Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-08 | Page 1 | Steel Firms Not Guilty of Collusive Bidding

I STEEL FIRMS NOT GUILTY OF COLLUSIVE BIDDING Boston Dec 8 Ameri Anion American American can steel st el firms and amid agents for tor the time steel companies were found not riot guilty guity o or of collusive bidding for city steel contracts In the Iho superior court count today toca The ho case was tho time outcome of a 1 re ro report port oC ot the finance commission two years eam ago ag The committee declared many man steel companies had combined to maintain prices by b permitting one ono of ot time the firms in time the combination to submit ton bids bide for fol steel work for the tho te city of at Bos Boa Boston Boston Tho The report created a a sensation and was quoted by President Roosevelt In Ina Ina ina a message to Congress in April lOOS 1905 Tho court count decided before the UI Jury JUr re retired retired tired tred that there ther had ha been no monopoly arid and ad also alo that the time defendants hUll hud the time right to combine to advance their own InterestS Interests