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Show Gigantic Mine Controls Drog Trade It Costs Consumers Forty Million Dollars Annually, in Business of Four Hundred Millions. CHICAGO, March 3. Existence of a glgantlo combination controlling the drug trade of tho United States and costing tho consumers $-10,000,000 annually an-nually is held to have been proved by the hearing Just concluded before Spo-clal Spo-clal United States Commissioner Marshal Mar-shal E. Sampsell. The amount of business busi-ness controlled by the combination is placed at $400,000,000 yearly. Evidence Conclusive. The evidence taken before Commissioner Commis-sioner Sampsell Is said to be so conclu-Blvo conclu-Blvo that it probably will be placed In tho hands of Attorney-General Moody for prosecution on the part of the Government. Gov-ernment. The fight against the combination is being made by a large retail druggist In Philadelphia who Is suing for $10P,000 damages under tho Sherman anti-trust law. The action was begun In tho Federal Fed-eral courts of Philadelphia, and the most important evldenco obtained is that given at tho preliminary hearing in this city. Who Chief Witness Is. The chief witness was Thomas "V. Wooten, secretary of the National Association Asso-ciation of Retail Drugjrlsts, the examination exami-nation being conducted by Attorney W. Wilson Carllle of Philadelphia. Attorney Attor-ney Carlllo has left for Indianapolis, where he w III examine officials of tho National Wholesale Druggists' association. associa-tion. Later ho will go to New York to examine members of the Proprietary Association of America In the Edmo case. |