The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-03
Brief to Be Filed in Dis
trict Court of Min
nesota To-Day.
CHARGED WITH
BEING ILLEGAL
Course Since Organization De
clared to Reveal Intent to Build
Up Monopoly of All Busi-
ness in Agricultural I'm
plements in United
States.
tSpecial 70 The Tlmes-Dispatch !

lSpeciat 10 The Times Dispatch
Washington. November 2-At,orncv-
General McItcynolds win iilc to-mor-
row In the District Court Of Minnesota
the governments brief FOR tho disin-
t"eration Of the International Har-
Ntster Company. which IS charged with
o''te Il combination in restraint of
trad. ana that 1t has acquired :: mo-
hop"iF oi trade and commerce in har-
Ncsting implements
II is contcnded BY tho government
that tho Harvester Trust is coz
p"rate combination ana monopoly SINH
lar to the tobacco trust before 1, wns
dissolved by order OF tho Sunre,ne
Court Tho trust was created I'm 1902
!"r IN" sole purpose Of taking over tn.
interstate business OF i've conpanies
engaged in selling harvesting !mple-
thchts. These companies were then
competing. They controlled 81 70 20
per cent of the total harvesting bust
ness in the United States
The formation Of the trust was nor
q normal ard natural dcvclopment or
~" commerce In harvesting machines
~ was inc child" says the brief. "or
one not heretofore interested in III.
business. Georg. ". Perkins. d banker
ana Insurance man. who stepped in AT
an opportunc time To bring the rival
manufacturers together. II. and others
ny means OF :. combination in corporate.
.
trenchcd monopoly."
To Huild Up Monopoly
ihe course of the trust since Its or
ganization in 1907 has demonstrated
an intent II is held. not only To per
peuatc the monopoly OF the harvesting
business, but also 10 build IN n mo-
nopoly OF all the business in agrlcul-
tural implements In the United states
combination may expand into tho
other classes OF agricultural imple-
ments II he refuses to buy the com :
bination's added lines of agricultural
machinery
Before the organization OF the Har-
vester Trust the big harvester machine
concerns in the United States with
their capital stock were the Nc
Cornick Co, s950,0o0 the Deer Co. a
60 partnership; the Plano Co. 81, 900, :
0oe; the Champion CO. So, 00o. 600: TIL.
Milwaukee Co, $1,000, 900, and L. NJ
Osborne X Co These were taken into
the trust with a capital Of $4,000. 600
George w. Perkins, Cyrus NJ. Nc
CormiclS and Charles Dccring being The
voting trustees and controlling the
business. The Mlwaulle Co WAS
made one selling agent for tho
trust and given exclusive contract for
All sales OF tho harvester trust in the
United States This contract is still
III force. The selling company has paid
no dividends on its capital stock of ST.
cuu.OoO. buying and selling al prices
fixed BY the trust Its profits average
about Si30.ouo = year iii a business of
S1O0. 100000.
Attorney General McReynolds asserts
that the trust has sold since it's or
ganiZation about 81 per cent of all tn.
binders sold in the United States. This
admitted percentage. II il held in the
brief. Is aS large aS any that have
been proven against any OF the COM
binations that have been held 10 bc
unlawful monopolies under the Sher-
man act