New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-28
COASTER BRAKE TRUST
cONFESSES ITS GUILT
Six Corporations and Eleven In
dividuaIS Admit Violations
of the Sherman Law.
S81,500 IMPOSED IN FINES
Decree Agreed On and Signed
Enjoining Combination Which
Has Controlled Bicycle
Sundries Trade.

Rochester. May T-Fines aggregatlng
81. go were imposed tonight in the United
States District Court by Judge John r.
Hazel I'm the cases of six corporations
and eleven individual defendants In the
governments action against the coaster
brake trust for violation OF the Sherman
law. The corporations and eight indi-
viduals pleaded guilty this afternoon 20
two counts Of the indictment-conspiring
10 restrain trade and attempting TO mo-
nopoliZe domestic and foreign trade. Four
persons pleaded nolle contendere. Three
Of the four We're among the eleven de-
PENDANTS fined. Six additional causes were
discontinued.
The corporations and the fines were:
New Departure Manufacturing Company.
Bristol Conn. $1,000; Corbin Screw Cor
poration, New Britain. Conn. $1,000;
Eclipse Machine Company. Elmira &c.,
30: Miami cycle and Manufacturing
Company. Niddletown. Ohio. $1,000; Buff
falo Metal Goods Company, Buffalo, 81
90. Aurora Automatic Machinery Com
oany. Chicago. 5000.
Tho individuals fined were Edwin f.
Jackson. ir. arbitrator for the combina-
tIon. 500 Frederick r. Huntington. ar
bitrator. 5000; Albert f. Rockwell. New
Departure Company. 5000; Dewitt Page.
New Departure. 5000: Charles r. Tread
way. New Departure. Sl.o0o: William 4.
Graham New Departure, 5000; Gales P
Moore. patent attorney for the combna-
ton. 81 GO: Charles Glover. corbin Screw
Corporation. 5000; Clarence A. Earl. Cor
bin corporation. 1900: Kelly r. Jacoby.
Miami COMPANY 5000. and Ralph u.
Webster. Eclipse company, 5000
Sentence was suspended In the case Of
Emmett VI Jackson. because he was a
Miami employe and was held not to be
liable Besides Jackson the three who
pleaded nolo contendere were f. T.. Jack
son. ir.. G. F. Treadway and ca p. Moore
The following cases were discontinued:
David l.. Whittier Leonard S. whittier
and Edward j. Dunno. of the Eclipse
company: Simon Florshem and John d.
Hurley Aurora company. and James p.
Droulllard. Miami company
In imposing the fines. Judge Hazel said.
THE evidence shows that the Sherman
act was discussed among you and II
would seem that efforts were made 10 get
around IT, Eight OF your number pleaded
guilty on two counts. avoiding an eXpen-
slve trial for the government, and are
willing TO concur in the dissolution pro-
ceedings. For that reason | shall show
Ieniency In leaving imprisonment out Of
your sentence and also in the amount of
your fines"
The maximum, penalty in the several
cases was one years imprisonment and
5000 fine on each count.
Each corporation in the combination
posted $1,000, as a. forfeit TO guarantee
that the rules OF the association would be
observed. 4 selected list OF bicycle job
bers was prepared. and only those JOB
bers whose names appeared on this list
were allowed iobbers' discounts from the
full retail prices. Because or this, the
government claimed, the combination
controlled not only the coaster brake but
the entire market in bicycle and motor
cycle sundries.
Prior 10 the formation Of the combina-
ton bicycle coaster brakes sold at less
than s. and motorcycle coaster brakes at
about g. The combination raised the
price to jobbers to s. 10 for bicycle brakes
and 81 for motorcycle later increasing the
price to 50 % and So 30, respectively.