| Show AMP AGAINST TilE COMBINATIONS I Indictments n o g i Firms I arid and Thirty Two Individuals 1 In n the Bath Tub Trust D DETROIT Dec e antitrust campaign or of Attorney l Wuk shifted to De Dtreit this wool week with the result that bat were ware by the federal grand jury against sixteen firms and aad thirty two alleged to 0 have kan control or of per cent or of ortho the tho annual output of ironware bath tube rinks lavatories l etc in inthe I Ithe the United States The criminal pr grow ow out of a civil suit to dissolve al combination begun by the in the federal court at Baltimore Bal Baltimore Hearings wore hell held ill iii Chicago Pittsburg and New York within the last forty days Th evidence adduced dd Pd was a to the grand van Jury Jur b by Edwin P Gr Oras Yenor I tnt to the ettor I 1 IM M ny general eral or of the States tat 1111 I Attorney Watson of trott and I Joseph taI agent nt of the department rhut of r tI Serret roo I baan an yesterday and nothing waa gavel I el eft out oat anti the indictments Ind were hand Handed I ed down don this thle It it charged chrS that aa t the hI of ff ofa A ten tea days at Mount c tem m mn i ene n Mleh last April a fund of 1 w was 4 to t to In motion a plan pla il 1 that resulted In th the defendants control of sixteen and nearly rl 4 Jo Jobber r rp representing an Jt out output put of a year yar Both th the sett tarred at t 1 more and d the he criminal lin here have ItYe been la anchor Ih tut Sher Sherman man IlIA Law Th The f da I la tb lb criminal l are of Pittsburg Pa A R company th the Barn company fluid 0 1 Iron Iroll Works Chat Chattanooga tan T Tenn Colwell Lead lAM company New MeW City the h ayWard com company pa pany Warren 0 T Menu Manu t company 0 Kr Ker Kerar ar r company ls J T Molt Mott Iron orkO Nw New NewYork York tic Walker Braddock r Pa on nn l J Two s CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE COMBINATIONS H Vr rn a One Oneth th 1 Ht 1 Sw New k 10 1 ll Man KaD Mant t 1 I I U L tl company fo Q M kI II Ind 1 I L mr ln 1 0 Enamel I n K Ya Va Unit ad tar coot I In an Pa h he e T Individual an dor A Ahrens acI J 1 Tor Torr r K F I sari W A Mylor Myler Co p president frt and ad second nta and of till to toi i ar I M 1 t ci and nd T I frame pr pres I nt I and nd secretary 0 of th Barnes c 1 I 1 Trunk I 11 and n J J Ka IMa KaI IMah I h r n y pr o n and d vt at p president et el ett elt t ahl 1 I Iron Works orka Ise i and Hari O 0 Tn j Iden 1 1 and 1 secretary f th the 11 I t s I 1 remnant n nO I V O G Id and nd A ti 0 Ward rr rep I 0 nl an n t n r president of 01 the 1 lay 1 ol i end Reid pres t tl 8 of th the Humphreys 11 I Ing J 1 l 1 rr or r th X Manufacturing I pw y yI I Imn NI Ift t Mat It p pInt Pr bt Int nt and tr of It J T Nutt tt Ir Iran n r rhon rhon hon as J r and Alexander Inel f r p Jat and s etor t of Me le len Cn n a ll 1 k 11 d trum and nd 1 T Cate ate and of t the he 11 company m n frank n t and IMI It II W and n t ot of the Sa I tarr corn any n I II 11 i man m and nd t F V Brigham rb 1 F dent Int and tot p of f th the oleo CeI lIar arr Ma and A H Cline Un Jr and nel ry or of th the United sanitary Manufacturing corn 1 L t r n pr nt of nf A At I t 1 tour nn nl a arc I II and Hrman M Host Hoel HostI 1 I r and eI of oC L Lv 1 v r Iff compan t 1 I t t and GI orge W Wm m Jr ItI and nd ot of the fm company pa twee t a ach h eI de der r c sic t anI four mI an and that th d de rf nr r rent nt of the output to to trod ad of r t the h and andr DeI DeIr r ur by r r to 10 II 11 t l handling th the ud of 1 by fix r ro ale al hy by th the I titer 1 ashes by tl 11 t t I r wh who no not main maint t t their Ir ale 10 prices rk I hM d th the of f th r at pr r s is to tn make mak t the hp pr price th the theun un t th the tat tati and i or of Jobber a ai II III I a of r 11 l Ind io mn m nt alp In hn re that n nt the t tnt Ih the Joh r to tn Pilo n nn tutu n m and that n It t 1 fu 1 I to te Abet uni a h Ign a cone on nt officials took the thed d 1 the h the II nce In the that ht the At Att to t disguise their combination n of the thene ern ne non oa r rain In tools and In firs 1 to I ape u tool Immunity tr for r 1 ria great 0 or Edwin L I WAn I who I 1 rI a th the theer er ot of the combination conet I II In the In cult alt has given him Immunity from crIt nal pr The Tb go eur Marge ea that Wy Way maA 3 blamed J 7 9 the Mate hank k et 1 P D Ity by giving ah of Ills IMa Ata MAnu I n IU as anft that lot tit It find do t re ev everal I eral 1 pat wt bark to te the theAu Au company for tor t It fe I to baY bar turned over OYer to the Wayman In not A wit The Th empt charges ba that Way Wa Wayman man collected Sri i a furnace farna a day from rom each h of the defendant firm come nC M which h had as many y a as eighty rumor and that after two months month those thoN firma that did not DOt violate th the w wore re to r a rebate t 0 of ofa y or a a It ra ran rana a kig 1 as a day el a against whom menta t wen round found today toda will be 4 ie e eaird aird to appear at t once In tIt the t coax coart here and give bond bonda for their Among the who pv gate testimony mony 0 h herd are Walter Wlter J Kohler of the J X 80 Seas and nd Sheboygan Chicago tean New Turk ork John t Kelly Uv of the Iron City Ity gani DI DItar tar tary Manufacturing company pan Pitta borg Mr and Pao Pa L 1 president ot of t the tt supply company St t Paul Minn Henry F E Bullock president of tb the Illinois Iron company Chi Chicago cago J James K Gilmore president l nt or of the theD D M L Gilmore company pa of nf Washington I h d reached the department of JutI justice lat late today relating IU to the In 0 De Detroit trot troit ot of of sixteen corpora U tilt In the he manufacture or of bath tu tub enameled w ware eta tc the d de a corn concern cornIn concernIng In Ing U Its of the allee Reviewing th the evil ne the state statement tate tateto ment to In n part follows tollow The department ome time since Ince brought civil cult against aln this com and has hall been taking evidence edeD In that emit It for tor some tl time TIll This jf e 0 the ft that th the annual out output output put of 01 bath tb tube and 4 supplies million eta ete aggregates about fifteen dollar a year r that th the h have fixed prices b by t and nd harry Mw Iod so eo fixed And have haT regulated In fI r th the price at t which Jobbers were permitted to r re epil 11 tile the products pa ha d from t h and that an effort bed beets made mad to bind all n jo Jobbers In Itt h bI basin to sell 11 such auh At only th the pried fixed b by the combination To that end the combination re reI refused fused to te ell 11 to jobbers who would not I agree to 0 resell at t tM the price fixed and andales al ales fu to 11 ton to any jolt who hI hII handled an any supplies b by I not in the tb Int it Ie m The evidence tended to bow that th the defendants knew when th they en enI entered In tat combination that such uth ar arrangement I world be unlawful and nd that at th thee accordingly ought for tor a I behind h to conceal te the true char har arter of the combination that after I the Ih red had agreed eI upon th the t term and nd conditions and nd upon uINta resale prk tin on tinh the h cia day before to the final meeting at t which the agreement w was to he be signed Ip hr m members of the combination as In certain patent for tools used In InI Inthe I the h manufacture ot of the wr ware t to tI the promoter of Ih the combination who bor borrowed or towed rowed securities rIU un n which to 10 obtain a alon aloan lon loan of 1 h by th the D of f of h he claimed to hll the patents and thereby the right to control th the entire U output of the arACa ra ann n of dollar nara annually ann The evidence nc further showed that UI appointed a soot eom mute It on en the day the they entered tred Into 1 MI with the r referred to fix th thI the I wt c of ef tM the product sold eoN by the corn eom nation and tb the t term al sad l upon apon which they shall 11 be sold 1 I MIt It further appeared ncI that hat tIN the tf deg f at t a tit t in Nw New York City appointed a known as the Price sad and schedule committee tl to p prices and nd conditions or of sak 1 This committee hold held a at t Mount lout Clemens OUch Mich some months month ago and fl ed prices conditions et etc The department Itt being lag d that not only was wa th A deliberate c case ot of Intentional violation tl or of the th Sherman Sherm law but a semblance blan of deal dealIn dealing ing In In pat patented articles under a legitimate mate mat patent u license agreement was adopted to conceal th the nature of th the transaction It caused u the he evidence to te tobe be submitted to te II a Judge at Detroit Rail ad this Ine investigation h has resulted to ha the Indictments above rf referred to |
