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Show SEIE THE RECORDS OF MILKPRDDUCERS Illinois Officials Seek Evidence Evi-dence of Violations of Anti-trust Laws. CHICAGO, Sept. 27. Records of the ; Illinois Milk Producers' association, seized in a raid by detectives from the state attorney's office today, tend to show that a price was fixed for the retail re-tail marketing of milk by members of the association, according to Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney. The raid was conducted at the requests of James M. Wilkerson and Walter Drew, assistant attorneys general of Illinois and Wisconsin, respectively, and was not to determine -whether the present price of milk was fair, but whether the law had been violated in fixing the price, Mr. Wilkerson Wil-kerson said. The price of milk to distributers dis-tributers has jumped from $2.12 to 3.42 a hundred pounds since the February meeting meet-ing of the association. "If these gentlemen have not violated the antf-trust laws of the state in every way possible, then there Is no such thing as a violation of the anti-trust law," said Mr. Hoyne. The organization adopted a resolution, according to Mr. Wilkerson, that it would not sell milk to any dealer who bought milk from a man who was not a member mem-ber of the association. "They had an agreement that if they could not Vet their price for milk, they would sell the cream and skim milk and levy an asses?nerjt on members to make up the deficit," said Mr. Wilkerson. |