The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-13
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FEDERAL COURT AT ST. PAUL
HAS ORDERED DISSOLUTION
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Harvester company was declared to
be monopoly in restraint of inter-
state and foreign trade today and
ordered dissolved by majority de-
cision filed by Judges Smith and
Hook in the United States district
court. Judge Sanborn dissented.
The suit in which decision was hand
ed down today was filed April 80, 1912.
in the federal district court at st.
Paul In its petition the government
asked:
That the s14o,ooo,ooo corporation be
dissolved on the ground that it was a
monopoly in restraint Of trade.
That injunctions be issued TO bar
from Interstate commerce the prod
ucts of the International Harvester
company or of the International Har-
vester company of America, its selling
agency.
That receivers he appointed to take
charge Of the property and wind up
the business of the defendant, If the
court finds such action compatible with
public interests.
The Defendants.
The following corporations and in
silNIaigais Mere mentioned as defendants
IN she petition:
international Harvester company, In
termationaI Harvester company of
/ America, international Flax Twlnc
| company. Wisconsin Steel company
/ Wisconsin Lumber company, Illinois
| Northern Railway, Chicago West Pull
man & Southern Railroad company
| Cyrus II. Mccormick. Charles Deering
| James Deerng, John j. Glessner. Will
! liam II. Jones. Harold t. Mccormick
Richard +. Howe. Edgar A. Bancroft;
William j. Louderback. George L
| Baker. Norman B. Ream. Charles
Steele, john \. Chapman, Elbcrt II
| Gary. Thomas d, Jones. John p. vii
son. William l.. Saunders and Georg'
/ w. Perkins. aE=
The Charges.
| The chief charges by. the. governmen
/ against the IiafSes fas eoh1panyEw
/ That the company in monopolizins
the sale and manufacture of harvest
ing machinery had advanced, prices 81
the grave injury ofethe farmer and tn
general public
80 per cent of the trade in the Unite
States in, harvesters or grain binders
Is per cent of the mowers. and NOR
than 50 per cent of the binder tWine.
That the company had absorbe
companies While allowing these com
panies still to advertise as being in
dependent, thereby misleading. de
ceiving and defrauding the public an
more effeetually crppling existin
competitors and keeping out new ones
That the defendants resorted to un
fair trade methods by attempting t
induce agents to handle only thei
products.
That it bought up patents to perpet
uate the monopoly.
That in organizing the Information;
Harvester company the defendant
planned to form monopoly.
That the company bound retailers b
contract not to sell the products {
other manufacturers.
That the Harvester company re
ceived iron, steel and lumber from tl
Wisconsin steel company and the wis
consin Lumber company subsidiarie
which were used to eliminate compe
tition.
That the company used railroads ur
der its control to obtain preferent
from connecting roads.
The international Harvester com
7 pany was organized in New Jersey
1907. Prior to that time. the govern
meni declared. there were ten or
establishments competing i'll the manu-
factnre and sale of harvesting imple
nents. ftsF
The alleged trust was forme
through the combination of the Nc
: Gormick Harvesting Machine compan
: of Illinois. the Deering company {
u Illinois, the Plano Manufacturing con-
pany Of Illinois, Wadder, Bnsllell
Slessner company of Ohm. and th
milwaukee, Harvester company.
> The company was Incorporated |
u New Jersey with a capital stock orig
!" inally of s12o,ooo,0O0. The control /
ne capital stock was placed III II
hands Of three voting trustees: Cyrt
- H. =MeGormiek. Charles i,eering an
George W. Perkins, who issued stoe