The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-24
DECREE 0F0US1ER
But Suspended, Provided They
Pay Fines Assessed.

But Suspended, Provided They
Pay Fines Assessed.
Jefferson City, Dec. A.-The Missouri
supreme court today issued a decree Of
custer against several wholesale lum-
Der companies.
The supreme court suspended its de-
cree Of custer against the twenty COM
panies named. on. condition that they
pay the fines imposed and hereafter
state. The fines imposed by the court
aggregate $4S6. 900. In addition to the
suspended custer DEGREES issued against
the twenty companies, the licenses OF
four other companies not Incorporated
in Missouri. were revoked and fines
were imposed. The custer decree but
suspended applies to the following
companies which also are fined the
amounts indicated:
ALI Bennett Lumber company, $14,-
600.
Bowman Hicks Lumber. company.
ST. 900.
Bradley Lumber company. $50. 900.
Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber COM
pany. $4,000.
Colonial Lumber and Timber COM
pany. $4,000.
Central Coke and Coal company.
S5O.OVV.
Carter Lumbar company.
* n0o
niria T,umher companv. ss-000.
Foster Lumber company, $1,000.
George w. Miles Timber and Lum-
Der company. $1,000.
Grayson-McLeond Lumber COM
pany. $4,000.
aoe uoel con'ps"s'
>1,vvv.
= h Lei Lumber company
*5.o0O. - oon
Long-Bel Lumber company. $4,000.
Lewis werner saw MILL company
$o,0o:
HuIkln Land ana LUMBER comPany'
$1,000
missouri Lana ana LUMBER tx
change, 5000.
Missouri Lumber and Mining COM
pany, $5O,OOO.
The Ozark Lumber company. 5000
Van Cleve Lumber company. $5.OO0.
rn. decree If The court was ;ssued in
accordance with the INSTRUMENTATION
Of q snecial commissioner. who. after
taking testimony, reported that the
companies had entered into an illegal
agreement to control the price of lum-
Der and limit the production thereof.
The commissioner said tho companies
had violated the law in the following
ways
By using what was known AZ an as
ISOLATION price list BY curtailing the
output OF lumber IN 1SO4 ana ASOS ZOE
the purpose OF increasing the price OF
yellow pine lumber 70 the consumel.
~ enteIing INTO wn1. wa hnown sc &c
the JoInt tIAoe Ieass 1e ~ VnT.. =.
1SO4 Detween melu " III 10
fine naahu.a1su . =. ats.' Sa"Ia ~
.ao,a+,crs
Dc. .tE... .v-a.nss,+. he r>ncrtea
~, fs;ct,,s.rs .nIr Thole.alers arreed
- eli ,,,I,, - certa Il, retaiIera q nd the
re+oiiar. :vree1 .o--..uv onlv from
me,nher. ~ the Yellov pine Manufac-
tnrer. asaociation.
BY blacklisting certain retailers. who
did not conform to trade ethics. ~
div1oine the territoIy anu ny 1ehusins
to sell TO consumers IN caf4oao ioss oS
to cooperative stores.
The names OF the 11orelen comP4 1ss
| whose licenses were Ie"oAeo anu lilies
| imposed follow;
chicago LUMBER anu Soaa company
$4,000.
| $1,000.
| Freeman Smith Lumber company.
1000.
Arkansas Lumber company, 5000.
The Detroit Timber and Lumber
company was found not guilty because
it was not definitely shown that the
CONCERN Was a memf,er Of the yellow
pine Manufa cturers, a.sociation Ths
suits arainst the lumber comnanies
were fiIed in 1908 bv Herbert 81 bad
lev. then attorney General acting in
! concert With the atfornevs General al
Tarsas oLI.hcr,o and TsSas wnc
al s;,,,,o. 10. g. 49,. 49,
M e. ~ Ws, =. ~. e.".es
| en WI 1.ooey oece11He Sovel l ~.
OF Missouri ms successor Enott "
MAJOR, now GOVERNOR, continueo tne
prosecutions, spending n1teen montns
| taxing testimony ana In presenting