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Show SAYSS0UT1IWEST lUI!!Ei!ilEII WERE pECUfiEDCilllRESS Wichita Man Tells of Pre. ; vioui Investigation - of ' ' : His Association, y WICHITA, Kan., May 20. Howard G. Cass. of this city, president ef tbe Southwestern' Lumber , Dealers' association, asso-ciation, declare that agent of the government have investigated the ttoutliweatera aesociatioa aad pro-aounced pro-aounced it guiltles 0f any violation of the anti trust laws. Mr. Case said to dav: ' "There is no suspiciea of a lumber trust An th southwest. "fiome time ago th department sent it agent to thi territory nd they dug deep into th records, books, facta and price in thia territory and Ihey acknowledged that they did not find anything to justify censure, ' "They found out several things which led them to drop further invest!-gatioua. invest!-gatioua. They learned that all our meetings' were open and free to all eomere; that we held ao legialative meetings; that there are no secret counrile; that price ar never disturbed; dis-turbed; that there are ao surh things as blacklisting or price regulating." |