Show THAT CREAMERY TRUST AttorneyGeneral Breeden Will Take Action STATE LAW ON THE SUBJECT I I If f Facts Are as Stated Pros I I cution Will Bagin Combination of Sevier County Creamery Cream-ery Men to Keep Down Prices L t to the Fanners AttorneyGeneral I3reedcn whoa t asked about the alleged creamery trust In Sevler county yesterday paid Idle the I know very little more about i matter than was published In The Tribune this morning Complaint was made that the different creameries had facreed to buy orly In certain districts land that since the agreement has gone into effect the farmers have received a Flower price for their cream and been obliged to furnlFb a higher quality WILL LOOOK INTO IT If such an agreement exists It Is un rdoubUdly In violation of the spirit of it the antitrust law and may come wlth In the letter We will begin an investigation investi-gation and If facts l milUclent to Justify it can ascertained piosccutlons will I be started > f WHAT TIlE TAII SAYS The law on the subject reads as folLows fol-Lows 1 i Am combination by persons having for its objret or effect the controlling of tho prices of any professional I services any produols of tin soil any article of manufacture man-ufacture or commerce or thC com of ox change or transportation la prohibited and declared unlawful Any permit or association of persons Vlio shall create enter Into become a ni mlKT of or a party to any i pool trust ncr menl contract combination confederation con-federation or understanding with any other oth-er person or persons to I regulate or llx tlio price of any article of merchandise or commodity or shall tour Into hccomc a member of or a party to any pool trust npnOTnent contract combination or confederation con-federation to llx l or limit the amount or ijuaatltv of any article commodity or maned merchandise tobe manufactured mined jiroducrvl or sold In till Stale shall bo s ilcfmcd and adjudged guilty of a con fplmcj to defraud and be imbjcct to punishment pun-ishment ai hereinafter provided I WHAT IT WILL COST The penalty Is a line of not less than I 100 nor more than 2000 for the llrst offense and for the second not lees than 3 jOO nor more than 5M00 with an In crtap for each succeeding offenso up ton to-n fine of 315000 Any president manager man-ager director or other oillccr agent or receiver of any corporation company firm or association may be fined from UI to J1000 and Imprisoned in the county Jail for one year or both In the discretion of the court Any corporation 3 violating the provisions of the aft there toy forfeit Us charier The Jaw provides pro-vides that WIIO MIST PROSECUTJ H shall bo the duty of the Secretary of Elate upon rcitlefactory evidence that any I corK > nulon or association of persons In corporatwl 1 or operating under thrt lawij of thin Stale ban entered Into nny trUtH combination or association OH mentioned 1n the preceding provisions of this title toe mr to-e iiotlc to such corporation that un lc < It withdraws from and severs all bus Ititss connection with raid trust combination combina-tion or association Its corporate right and franchls will bo revoked at iho expiration expira-tion of thirty days from the date of such notice HOW TO PROCEED At the expiration of thirty days If such Rlllidraival or severance bo nol thcrnlo fare mule tho SccTetary of Stale shall caw a cerlllled iitatemcnl of the facts to l be tiled In the ofllce of the AttorneyCen oral of iho Stutc who shall commonco or direct any County Attorney In the State to commenco an action in any District Court of the State of competent jurisdiction jurisdic-tion lo forfill and revoke the corporate tights and franchises of ouch corporation OOJKCT OF T1JI3 TRUST hi the Sevler county matter It ap iwfirs that the combination was formed not for the purpose of restricting the tale or Increasing the price of commodl tie but to keep down the purpchase price of raw material Whether this cornea within the purview of the law Is the question which the AttorneyGen eral 1 and the courts may have to determine deter-mine |