The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-03-06
ALLEGED GLUCOSE
TRUST SUIT STARTS
Dissolution of Corn Products
Refining Company Sought
By Wickersham.

New York, March 3.-Dissolution Of
the Corn Products Refining company,
an alleged starch, glucose and syrup
trust is sought by the federal gov
eminent in a civil antitrust suit filed
here today, charging the $4,000, 900
combination with entering c~onspiracies
and contracts to destroy competition in
violation Of the Sherman law. 1t is
alleged they kept the cost of corn prod
ucts unreasonably high to harrass and
discourage independent manufacturers.
1t is alleged that by controlling 66 per
cent of the American production OF
starch hi glucose and SO per cent OF
the interstate trade in mixed syrups.
that alleged trust is charged with fix
ing resale prices. with manufacturing
cheap grade candy at unreasonably low
prices in retaliation against confection-
ers who buy starch n glucose from
independents, with practically sup
pressing { = private brands of mixed
syrups of grocers by quoting low prices
on its OWL syrups, and with unlawful
threats and contracts to destroy CONF
petition.
Injunction Sought.
Aside from dissolution, the govern
ment ask Tor an injunction prohibits
ing the alleged restraint of trade. The
suit recalls the long drawn out fight
between the department of agriculture
and the Corn Products Refining COM
pany over the branding of it's corn
products.
The following corporations, officers
n directors are named as de-
PENDANTS:
Corn Products Refining company,
New Jersey; National Starch company,
New Jersey: st. Lou Syrup e. Pre-
serving company, Missouri; Novelty
Candy company, New Jersey; Penick
& Ford. Limited. Louisiana: Edward
T.. Bedford, William j. Matheson. Fred
erick L. Bedford, A. b. Boardman.
Frederick I. Fisher, c. H. Kelsey, Geo.
S. Manhana. George NJ. Moffett, Will
lam p. Nichols. A. A. Smith, James
Speyer. L. Beverly Walden. c. NJ. War
ner, r. S. Burns and A. M. Watkins.
all of New York; Thomas P. Kings
ford. Oswego. N. Y: G. H. Lorenz and
Louis suss. st. Louis; F. A. Lohmeyer,
| c. w. Lohmeyer and Edward r. Bed
ford II. of Jersey City, N. Y; Benja-
min Schneewind. Chicago. and William
S. Penick. jr., and James p. Ford, New
Orleans.
The bill. filed by United States At
torney Henry A. Wise. is signed by At
torney General Wickersham and James
A. Fowler. Jesse c. Adkins and WILL
lam H. Miller. his assistants.
DismantIed Plants.
1t is alleged that the defendant COM
| bination dismantled many of the starch
and glucose. factories it absorbed, sell
ing the properties in most cases under
covenants that the lanG conveyed
should never or not for a long term
of years, be Used in connection with
the manufacture OF similar products.
The alleged trust and Its predecessors
are charged with having taken con-
tracts from officers and directors OF
certain absorbed companies. not to en-
gage in the business for a period OF
years.
When the Royal Baking Powder com
pany acquired control of the American
Maize Produce company, The enc
combination, it is alleged. threatened
to engage in the making of baking
powder. resulting in an agreement
whereby the maize company sold to the
defendant the surplus product not con-
sumed by the baking powder company
To suppress competition, the combina-
ton is alleged to have employed the
firm of Stein, Hirsch & Co. in 1908 and
1903 to sell glucose at a loss as indie
pendent manufacturers =
Grab Candy Business.
When the National Candy compan.
organized in 1906, the Clinton Sugal
Refining mpa whose outpu: Woulc
come in competition with that of thu
Corn Products Manufacturing company
he latter, the bill says. informed candy
manufacturers throughout the countr.
that unless they bought a =~fTicien'
percentage of the glucose they needet
from the defendant combination, j
would go into the candy manufacture.
ing business itself in competition with
them.
In consequence. it is alleged, the Corr
Products Refining company acquired
control of the Novelty Candy compan!
to retaliate against the National Cand,
company and manufacturing confec.
TONERS purchasing glucose from indie.
pendents.
Until prohibited by the Interstate
Commerce commission, the company i.
alleged to have secured from railroad.
an excessive share of the through rate.