Beaver Press | 1908-01-24 | Page 5 | Kansas Court Fines the Harvester Trust

kansas court fines the harvester trust topeka kan judge dana in tho the shawnee county district court hero here on an saturday assessed a alne of against tile tho international harvester company which tho the court found guilty on forty three counts of oc violating the kansas antitrust anti trust law hov tho the maximum fine la Is 1000 a count and tho the minimum tho the criminal suit was filed a year ago by attorney general coleman who contended that the harvester I 1 company was being operated in kansas in violation of the antitrust anti trust laws the specific charges were mado made by tile the state that implement dealers in topeka were compelled to sign a contract to handle no other harvesting machinery save that made by the international ter harvester company and the schedule of prices was not to bo be violated