Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-29 | Page 11 | Taking Testimony in American Tobacco Case

TAKING TESTIMONY IN INAM AM TOBACCO CASE New NIJI York Feb l cb 28 SI F C Lontz a I wholesale grocer of or Chicago with var various ar ious bums brunch offices In tho northwest was called us a witness for Cor tho defense today at the tho hearIng heating In tho the proceedings brought by b tho the government to dissolve tho the American Tobacco company On Mr Lentz said sal 1 that for fOL years nl up to Jan 1 last his linn firma had hll been allowed besides tho time jobbers prices prIce a n 3 per cent reduction on th Us gross gros Bales I Ho lie said sad ho lie always found manufacturing willing to pay fo foi CO business anti and that tho the Independent nh had Imd offered him more lOore than tIme the Ameli can Tobacco company W H II McCord ot or Omaha who Is i In Interested In branch houses bouses In i 4 Kansas l Oklahoma Texas Colorado aM mint Wyoming declared that tho the American Tobacco company had never neer d to prevent him from fl m handling goods of ot Independent dealers and If Ir so 10 he would not have hava consented to any aimy such ar Sr arrangement a t