Show ENJOINED fROM fiXING i RESALE PRICE PIE OF fOOD Decree Entered by Consent in Antitrust Suit Agai Against st Kellogg Kellogg Kel Kel- Kel logg Company Detroit Mich Sept Tho S.-Tho Tho Kellogg Corn Flakes s company of ot Batlo Batie Creek Mich Is permanently enjoined from fixing tho the resale price of its product b by a consent decree announced today toda In United States district court here bore In the governments government's antitrust suit against t tho the thoI I Kellogg concern The decree decroo takes ef effect er- er feet teet after October 15 of ot this year and andis is considered highly Important because it establishes a precedent against the fixing or of prices on food products The Tho government brought suit against tho the Kellogg company in December 1912 alleging tho the defendants had no legal authority to fix the resale price of or their product or oi to su suggest est g-est or warn Jobbers jobbers Job job- bers hers that If It the they retus refused d to carr carry out the fixed prIce agreement n they thoy would be cut off oft from further supply of or toasted corn flakes s. s The defendants contended thc they wore were not violating the tho law Jaw Inasmuch as the notice to Jobbers concerning the resale price was waK printed on a it carton containIng containing containing contain contain- ing tho the product which had been patented patent patent- ed cd with the notice thereon The Tho patent the tho they claimed made It legal lel for tor them to handle their product In that way According to tho tim decree however the company is not on only I permanently permanent enjoined on- on Joined front from fixing tho the resale le price but It must also refrain retrain from nom using on its cartons or boxes tho the notice concerning concerning con con- the fixed the price I |