| Show FIXING PRICES I The prosecution pro ullon of the man g r of ol great preat industrial combinations proves sufficiently that there In It I law la enough In inthe the DIP country to correct abuses s provided those whose hoft duty dul It tl Is III to watch over the maintenance of lC the laws are to 10 apply them impartially and Justly This is I best Illustrated in tha thu pro of or the l lee Ito o trusts In III Ohio they hey ran up against an antitrust law lawIn la lan lawIn In n Pennsylvania fourteen dealer have ha e to ex fX extort ben ten prosecuted for tor conspiracy tort lorl an M exorbitant price and In Wash nh D i e C several dealers have 1180 been Indicted under the Sherman antitrust In law aw In St Louis t ul the matter ma lIer has aJo aleo been brought hl before beron the courts several lIe an being sued on the allega allegation all tieD tion that they the hive bare formed a combination tion lion to restrain trade and to tD fix and maintain prices B Bh Tile The h complaint against t tho the SU 51 St Louis r as will 11 be seen In n the dill dis dispatches I patches Is I that thal they th on or lr about the I lint fint day clay of or August UlU I entered Into an unlawful agreement combination and understanding with each other cutter find and with other persons pern firms and corpora corporations ions to 10 Jointly nit fix the prices prIce II to b be Chal t by each of them for tor lee Ice At t and retail In SU fI Louis and to Jointly j maintain the prices price for tor tea lee at I wholesale and retail In violation of or thu laws of the state of oC Missouri url Tile The suits ask uk that Judgment for lor b be tied against each tach company as all nn flutes s for roc the It If days daya that the alleged agree h hat has bf been en In effect It can ean do no harm to ICI follow these th cam capte for tor the offense alleged against A th the leo Ice companies Is so common as to form the rule rulo rather than the exeen ties tI II And nd yet cl U It Ills Is 13 unlawful It Is I a ACUt case CUt of or lawbreaking Cor the con eon consumers sumers ty Iii ia the Ihl penalty It U U be I a won ili t r that there are n nut net t many mD moro more on this account ne Hut them theme e ms mil to be an awakening I among U the Oil e people It H Is the till tee lea companies that at au In the searchlight IH now MeW The turn tarn nv mM y to r that Ox prices In I II violation of af the statutes Th They should houM be hie warned |
