Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-04

Company. Indianapolis Sanitary Milk
and Ice Cream Company. Peru; johnson
Creamery Company, Bloomington; West
Side Milk Company. South Bend Cham
berlain Ice Cream Company. Lafayette !;
Liberty Crea merry Company. Liberty I;
The Ideal Dairy Company, Evansville:
Furnas Ice Cream Company, Terre
Haute -Kokomo Sanitary Milk and Ice
Cream Company, Rokomo, and Turner's
Creamery, Orleans.
ASSOCIATION FORMED
UNDER CORPORATI0N LAWS.
Attorney General Lesh, In his complaint,
states that the nrst named defendant,
the Indiana Manufacturers Of Dairy
! Products. is a corporation organized I'M
der the voluntary association act Of In
diana. passed March =, 1871. and received
| its license in December 1917.
In its articles Of Incorporation it is
set out that the purpose OF the organi-
ration is formed mot for pecuniary profit
! hut for the purpose Of assoCiating to-
| gether all persons, firms or corporations
/ interested in the manufacture of dairy
products or supplying equipment and
materials 70 the manufacture of dairy
/ products, to aid in the development OF
/ ell branches Of the dairy industry, up
/ hold and aid In enforcing the Jaws OF
/ the State of Indiana. relating TO the
/ dairy products and Industry in said state,
/ and to protect its members In the trans
action of their business and the farm
/ ers Of the State Of Indiana from any
thing that would disrupt, discourage or
burden the dairy industry, and 10 de-
wise plans and methods. and provide
means Of developing the dairy indus
try and encourage an increased produc-
ton OF milk and the raising Of more
profta BILE cows
/ Then the complaint proceeds to show
/ that the other defendants are engaged
/ in "buving and selling milk and cream
/ and the making and selling Of butter
! ice cream and other milk products
/ Thirty eight companies are members OF
/ the association and the entire membership
/ is made a party to the suit
COMBINED SOME TINE
PRIOR TO JAN. !, 1921"
Some time prior TO Jan. I. 1921" reads
( the complaint, the precise date Of which
+ the realtor is unable to state, the several
/ defendants entered into q scheme. design.
understanding. combination and conspi-
racy in the form of a trust and in re-
straint OF trade and commerce, for the
purpose Of creating and carrying out re
strictions in the production. distribution
and sale Of milk, in the making, distri-
button and sale OF butter ice cream and
! other milk products. and in the manu-
facture, sale and delivery Of such ar
! ticles of merchandise as are necessary or
useful in the production, sale and dis
I tributlon Of milk, butter, ice cream and
other milk products. and for the pur-
I pose Of limiting and reducing the pro
duction OF said articles. or any Of them,
and to increase or reduce the price there
/ of. as their selfish interests might apear
/ to be thereby subserved by suppressng
Z and preventing competition, either
/ amongst themselves or with others who
were or might at any time wish to en-
/ ter into the business of producing, max
ing, buying, selling. distributing or de-
! Iivering any of said articles Of merchan
disc within the territory in which the
I several defendants are operating and con
Quoting their respective business activi-
ties within this State. and practically
covering the entire State.
IN furtherance Of said wrongful and
unlawful scheme, design, understanding
com bination and conspiracy, the defen-
dants conceived the idea and plan Of US
ing the corporate franchise granted by
the State Of Indiana to the defendant. In
diana Manufacturers of Dairy Products
as a convenient pretext for Get together
meetings, and appointing suitable com
mittees to work out the detail plans and
direct the manner Of executing them.
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