The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-24
LUMBER TRUST
GETS GOOD JOLT
Missouri Gusts Several Con-
Germs and Tacks on Some
Rather Stiff
Fines.
TOTAL FINES OF s4se, 600
Supreme Court Upholds Contention Of
Attorney General In Twen-
! ty-five Of Twenty
nine.
TOTAL FINES OF s4se,ooo

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. "a
The supreme court today through an
opinion filed by Judge Faris upheld
the contention of the attorney general
as to twenty-five out of the twenty
nine lumber companies prosecuted un-
der the anti-trust laws and imposed
fines aggregating $436, 900 and custer in
twenty cases of domestic corporations
and the revocation Of the licenses Of
five foreign companies doing business
in Missouri under license. Judgments
Of forfeiture are ordered as to each Of
the following companies, dissolving
and ousting them from all their cor
porate rights, privileges and franchises
and in addition thereto a fine in the
sum below named, assessed them re-
spectively as set out following their
names as punishment for each of their
violations Of the laws Of this state
which sums shall be paid into the
state treasury within thirty days:
ALT Bennett Lumber Company, ST.
Louis. custer and fine OF $1,000. !
Bowman-Hdcks Lumber Company,
Kansas City ,ouster and fine of $10,-
900.
Bradley Lumber Company, st. Louis,
MI of or and Rna CSn O0n
Central Coal, and Coke Company,
Kansas City, custer and fine of $1O,-
600.
Colonial Lumber and Timber Com
pany, St Louis, custer and a fine Of
$4,000.
Carter Lumber Co., Kansas City,
custer and fine of $4,000.
Dixie Lumber Company, St. Louis,
custer and fine of $4,000
Foster Lumber Company, Kansas
City, custer and fine of $4,000.
Geo. w. Miles Timber and Lumber
Co., st. Louis, custer and fine of ST.
600.
GraysonMeLeo Lumber Company,
St. Louis, custer and fine of $4,000.
Hogg-Harris Lumber Company. ST.
Louis, custer and fine of $1,000.
Leidigh-Havens Lumber Company,
Kansas City, custer and fine of $5,-
900.
Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas
City, custer and fine of $4,000.
Louis Werner Saw Mill Co., ST.
Louis, custer and fine of $4,000.
Lufkin Land and Lumber Company,
Kansas City, custer and fine of $S,-
600.
Missouri Land and Lumber Ex.
change Company, Kansas City, custer
and fine of $4,000.
Missouri Lumber and Mining Co.,
Kansas City, custer and a fine of $780,
00O
The Ozan Lumber Company of Ar
kansas. custer and fine Of $4,000.
Vancleye Lumber Company, custer
and fine OF $4,000.
Being Of the opinion however,"
says the opinion, that there are di-
verse degrees of guilt among these
respondents and that upon the surface
at least the Yellow Pine Association
has reformed some of e,ie evils which
1t long openly and flagrantly practiced,
we are further of the opinion that lie
ends of justice will be subserved b!
granting stay of execution pending
the further order of this court of the
decree Of forfeiture and custer as to
some of these respondents upon the
payment by them of the fines several
ly assessed against them within thir-
ty days and upon such conditions of
continuing good behavior after being
thereto by this court by Its
order decretal, that is to say as to the
respondents: Bennett Lum-
ber Co., Colonial Lumber and Timber
Co., G. ]. Carter Lumber Co., Dixie
Lumber Co.; Foster Lumber Co., Hogg-
Harris Lumber ompany, Leidigs-Hav-
en- Lumber, Co., The Ozan Lumber Co..
vancleve Lumber Co., and the Louis
Werner Saw Mill Co.
I'VE are further of the opinion that
the licenses to do business n Missouri
issued by the state of Mis-
souri, to the following named respond
ent which are foreign corporations.
should be revoked for violations of
aw as stated herein, usurpation and
misuse: Arkansas Lumber Co., Chica
90 Lumber and Coal Co.. the Dierks
Lumber and Coal Co.. and Freeman
Smith Company and that in addition
to the cancellation and revocation Of