Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-04
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
COMPANY IS MONOPOLIST|C
DECLARES CONANT REPORT


The power Of the lniernational liar
vesior Company so-called iiar-
tcror trust. which the federal Gov
ernmont Is seeking 10 dissolve under
the sherman law, lies In its monop-
oiisfr positiaon. It's superior COM
man1 of capital. Including b. con
neriHl with ]. T. Morgan aud CO..
and John u. Rockefeller. and certain
obje ouable competitive methods.
according 20 Luther C0nant. Dr.,
Conn ,sioncr Of Competitions in his
report 1u the operations Of the giant
cooperation. just submitted 10 Pres
dem Taft
Tho chief features of the Inter
national Harvester Company's oper-
atl0us says Mr. Couant. are the
subtaruaI maintenance ~ its mon
opolfte position In the harvesting
mach He business. originally acquf-
ga itr0Ieh combination. and Its ex-
tension on large scale into new
lines 1f the farm machinery industry
The company has been able 10
Do 'tF o. part through the acquisi-
ton 1f some OF Us chief rivals Ia
the harvesting machine business. In
part hy using ne monopolistic adyan-
tagc DOB the harvcsing-machlne lines
10 force the sale of its new lines. IN
Part Dbl certain Objectionable compo-
ut,c methods and especially
throufh ~ exceptional command OF
capital fself the result OF ocmblna-
ton
Tho harvester Investigation vas
made .u response 10 senate resolu-
ton passed several years ago Re
ooutly request vas made by rep
reseniatFes Of the company that the
report be- withheld pending the out
come of the anti-trust suit. but
President Taft decided to make u
public
Tho romliHation. the report de-
clarrf. eas arranged In 1902 by the
former owners OF five leading com
pstine concerns. and was not. as
Frequently asserted. a mere sale Of
their properties 10 new Interests. On
ibis point Mr. Conant says
II has been represented IN form
Al testimony by Officers Of the com
pany and Its financial promoter. q.
W. ParkInF. then OF the firm of j.
r Morgan a CO.. that It's organlza-
ton was not the result OF concerted
action hs the former competing
owners but merely of the purchase
~ their properties by new and out
side interests Documentary evi-
dence gathered by the bureau com
pleicly disposcs OF this contention
and shows that the principal compe-
ting interests considered and dis
cussed among themselves the lorna
ton of this combination and we're
active boo bringing IL about
Great resources came 10 the com
pany. d is asserted. through the com
hInatou Doc financial support OF j.
T. Morgan and COMPANY its fiscal
agents. and large loans secured from
John j.. Rockefeller. father IN law
of member Of the Mccormack fam
Ily which owns large portion OF
the total stock Of the corporation,
These exceptional resources, MT
Couaui maintains. not only enable
tbe harvester company 10 secure The
economies of arge-scalc operations.
which. al ule. give II marked adj
aniages Zoo manufacturing costs
bot also enable 10 10 maintain "A very
elaborate selling organization, by VIZ
'ue of th' variety and extent OF its
business Furthermore. they give u
great advantage in extending cred'
'ts 10 purchasers. an exceedingly inn
poflar' feature of the farm-machin'
efY Industry
Between ls0a aud 1904. the com
pauy a declared 0y The commission
or 70 have aGHrsi secretly, control
o' D. = Osborne a. CO., It's chief com
peuior che Minnie Harvester Co..
'he AuItman MILLER Co. and the
Keystone Co These are reffered Ia
2" hosas Independents The secret
control OF ihs Osborne Company. the
i.pon says Ras maintained for al
mos tao years bile 81 was being
advertised al al Independent con
D. These rerr's'utations' It Is
sRed, Errt supported by It's man
u H Hort F'aiements that u
''l a. .nde2enisr' company. Two
o' ths chief stool lders Of the Os-
borne CO AZ ....., dds asreed