Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-13
international Harvester CO.
Declared q Trust by Court
Ordered Dissolved In Opinion Handed in St Paul;
L Combination in Restraint of Trade; Controlled s5 Pei
/ Cent Of Business
JUDGE SANBORN DIssENTED

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cl.red - ~. . mon nnolv q restraint
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- aa,,.. = 80 = ~ ~ DO !, 3,
rrn,... ~. s,An 90 90 ccrrcr Z tion
.,,hn,,.s % /. M Nm tor .n0H ~ S,ssnlntion II
the combinations into at least three
INDEPENDENT concerns within go days,
- II case of appeal within 90 days Of
the issuance 81 "a appeal mandate
from the United States supreme
court. the decision announces that
the court will entertain an application
for the appointment OF q receiver for
all the properties Of the corporation.
Iuaae aanhorn D,..ene.
Tha dec;.,on - tho rmrt vas e,v.
On ~ Circ,,it 1napa waiter 7 smith
~ - .io~e ~ wstl, r,hich fndva Wil1iam
= tync,, - r. Ir.,... 80. a.raad go ~ frcrr
vhich % 1rdga M.ltar n sarhnrn NM ~
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;n.S % cnrncrs,,on = .,.e @ formad % -" I. Ave con.
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IN, 80 - 49,, - saIvas 49, Tt. aa,,h,n
slon smons snsMss.ses: lna aae con,u,n .an
.,,.e e. ...so y. e.sU -. ..nnrtsan .u = - . tha
Sa sasanS ..s.o. :. = 49, 49,. =. vA y s''o
3 - sn :. $50
Con!Te! - rereens OF !Ssos.
Tne decision declares tnat Wnlle
the lnternatlonal harvester company
ana its sel!lng ORGANISATION tne inter-
national harvester company OF Am
erica, control from ~ g 90 per cent
OF the trade IN agricultural lmple-
ments manufactured by them. their
treatment o. smaller competltoss IN
Gener:i mas SDeen Ialr ana just,
The court f1nds fault WIN the &C
tions OF she corporatlon' aside from
the tecnnlcal violation OF the Sner-
man law, lor only TWO actlohs. me
opinion declares tnat there was no ex-
cuse Tor the advertising OF the prod
ucts OF ~. ~: OsDorne = company -
1noependent lor Two years alter y nad
virtually entered the inseI eInatlonal y!
Harvester company. This advertis-
ings WA " induce purchasers tAe
eoass nnas =. nrn rGm o Mno th wers 0p
uon. IS. s. y !. ,''., G
OSnOf Aot SensusSo.
ine otner I. act scensuFed 10y; tne de-
clsfons WAs the manner y Wnlch tne =
nva orl9inai concerns We're turneo
over 70 tne lntefna l atlonai company Dy
!Wliiiam lu -. ~ Lane, new IorA -. DankeI'
VINO contendea tnat ne nsd spurcnas-
ea sne properties.
ane court is clearly q the opin-
ION tne aeclsion reaus' tnat the
pIocess ~ Wnacn u was nlaue 70 . ar,
pear .nst tne pI1pelt,es we're 0o1u
20 70 -, Lane was meIely coloraDle
Inc court noias, however, tnat tne
p.opeIty tulne'u y ~ tue in.Slnat.ol,. ~
q compsny was slea.sl tnan y. 'ae s'ocA y
lssaeu aor3 y, anu 'na' tne = ee ~
xolves no Quest'on q overcdpl'ali1a'
tion: d. =,
me couIl CITES poltions - u tne ~,
clsion y tue csses q ne e1anualu ,r
III vi company .ne AMel1can tla loDacco :.
company lne DuFont DeNemours .
70, ana otner cases As 20 wnat con
stltutes tne restsslnt q q, t1aoe, !esson''
aDle an91 FeasonaOle' ana con
cludes:
Coo'o not Ieea"y un.se.
we tnlnk u may De laid down as g
generai rule tnat II companies coula
not make legal contract as 10 prices
or as 70 collatelal services tney coulq
not legally unite, ana as tne com
panies named dld IN erect unite, tne
sole question Is as 70 wnetner tney
could have agreed on prices, ana wnat
collateral services tney would render
when their companies were all pros
porous, and they Jointly controlled ~
to 80 per cent OF the business IN tnat
line In the United states we thinK
they could not have made sucn an
agreement:
III the hve companies which form.
ed the international had been small
and their combination had been essen
tial to enable them to compete with
large corporations IN the same iine,
then their uniting would, IN the iieht
OF reason. NOT nave Deen IN restraint
OF trade, Dut IN the furtherAnce OF II;
iDut when they cons tituted the largest