Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-03
INSIST HARVESTER
TRUST FINALLY Be
DISSOLVED
United States Attorney De-
clares That This Time the
Big Harvesting Machine
Combination Shall Be Fixed
So It Can No Longer COM
bine,

f8y Leased Wire 70 Evening frsrnia.
~ faui, Mimi, Nov a. Edwin ~
Grosvenor special assistant to Al.
tofney General McReynolds, in opon.
ing fnai arguments for dissolution oi
the international Harvester company
before the United States district
court here, asked FOR dissolution in
such manner az 10 prevent. effeetlvely
"a possibility Of two or more OF tho
dislntegrated parts coming into
ownership OF companies having com
mon stockholders
MT Grosvenor declared that tho In
ternntional Harvester company Is oi
Itself a combination IN restraint OF
trade in harvesting implements. and
q monopoly and as such. proper safe
guards should be made by the courts
Co prevent a possible ACCOMPLISHMENT
81 such monopoly. after dissolution.
by the method OF interlocking direc-
torates.
MIR Grosyenar pointed out how the
supreme court had applied the stand
ard or "rtiie Of reHson" in nine cases
q scided since the court established
the rule In the Standard OH and To-
hacco decisions, holding every COM
lnation unlawful that smothers com
petition and monopollzes trade.
final struggle Opens.
81. Paul. Minpa Nov 3.--Oppnslne
counsel entered the United states dis.
trlct court here today for the final
struggle In the governments suit 90
dissolve the International Harvester
company. q monopoly IN violation OF
the sherman law
According 10 an announcement
made this morning, after the certin-
cate and report 81 Special Examiner
Robert s. Taylor has been returned
to the court. counsel for the govern
mont viii occupy tho entire day and
possibly "a portion ~ tomorrow's SEES
sion Ia the presentation Of argu'
monts. II was indicated that the
brief and argument OF the defense
might take even longer.
Attorney General James Mercy
nolds. Edmund r Grosvenor specia
assistant 20 the attorney general, and
\ Joseph n. Darling. special agent OF
| the department Of justice were IN ths
city to represent the government
Tho Harvester company had on
hand formidable array OF counsel
including Judge william u. McHush
Of Omaha; Frank y. KellogE. OF -
PAUL. Edgar A. Bancroft, John =
/ Wilson. philip A. Post, Victor a
Remy and W ". stlllweh, the las
| i've being from Chicago.
cyrus X Mccormick Mr. eros
vonor said. event 10 New York In IN
| sprina OF 1902 To consult some OF tn
leading lawyers 10 see whether
| combination of harvesting manuiac
turers could Doe made, legally.
''He saw william Nelson Cromwell
| Francis n.yndc Stetson and others
( Cromwell said there was nothing 1
prevent man selling his busines
and another buying Il. They sei~ze
IN this idea and sought TO give th
combination the appearance OF bein
separate sales OF properly.
'Those sales they made 60 dunn
my named W. c. Lane, presiden
Of the STANDARD Trust company, VII
Immediately conveyed an the proper
lty 10 the new corporation. All IN
manufacturers met and signed IA
preliminary papers In Paul y. era
vatl's office at 40 Wall street, Set
York, July 2S, 1909.
"rhc witness Swift testified thi
stetson had devised tho plan of ma,
ling separate sales through the dun
Imy' Lane. on the ground that tn
was the best method OF evading On
antitrust law.'