Show I II I PILL COMPLAINT CO ERRS Alleged Drug Trust Officials Deny That There Is Illegal al Combination Indianapolis Ind May a 10 Pro Pro Proprietary medicine manufacturers fix their prices In Independent epen ent of each oth oth- er The remainder of the charges In la Inthe Inthe lathe the bill accusing the druggists of or conspiring conspiring con con- to prevent natural trade Is the result of or misinformation In substance substance substance sub sub- stance this is the statement HK tiE defendants In the tho government suit have given out Joseph E E. Toms secretary of or the 1 Wholesale Druggists' Druggists association association association asso asso- and John N. N Carey chairman of ot the proprietary committee of or the thea a association are the most prominent Indianapolis defendants Mr 11 Tonus Toms said that such charges as tho thore e filed flied In the federal court cour have b been bei c fried filed the national 0 organizations nR hr heretofore hud always have failed railed of oC conviction Tho The manufacturers of or proprietary medicines medi clues cines have been wont ont for years ears to fix both the whole wholes ale ale and retail prices at which their product shall be sold he said These prices however are fixed b by each company Independent of oC any other organization or corporation corpora corpora- tion l Publish u Un Rate Hate te Cutters Mr Toms said that a n list of rate cutters Is published In Chicago o for or the theu u use e of time the different corporations in interested Interested In- In In tho the manufacture and sale saie of drugs anti and medicines but denied that this was used u ed as a method metho of boycott boy boy- colt cott or of depriving an any ammy one of le legitimate le- le business s. s The charges of rebating have havo grown out of a former method a adopted opted b by the proprietary manufacturers manufactures to sustain their prices said MId Mr Toms Tonis Years ago when the they fixed their prices of oC wholesale and anti retail sale saI they did grant a rebate or discount to tu firms or corporations which sustained their prices and these discounts comprised com corn comprIsed the greater part or all of the 1 J This was done Independently however r and Ion lont long ago alo fell Cell Into dis dis- dis use At present Mr 1 Toms said a discount discount dis dis- count Is often orten given the Jobbers or re retailers retailers retailers re- re for prompt payments which Is called a rebate and anti this Ii h said Mid led to the allegations in tho bill |