| Show q I SUIT AGAINST h ii Ii THE DRUG DAUG TRUST L Brought hy by the Government in Circuit of the District of h Indiana I b PETITION FOR AN INJUNCTION t tI i I Parties Defendant Charged With M Combining to Control Pro Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Medicine Prices t tt t it itI b Claimed I That I lint Trust t Through 1 h C h Has JlII it mt r of Near Nearly J ly I Twenty I li Ii L Washington May The attorney C t general today 1 made mude public the follow followIng I m I k lug Ing statement il i i The has today Laths filed In Inthe Inthe t the tIme circuit of ot the tIme United for forthe m the flue district ot of Indiana n a petition for an out 4 Injunction against certain association aS and Individual comprising ing what Is I commonly known as ns tIme the Drug Trust roust of ot time thu United 1 The 4 parties defendant nani 1 in li the tho bill hilt voluntarily combined together to oi limo Ilia PrIces priced at III which j medicines and drugs shall shah shalle be e fold to tm the Ih consumer umer through time till retail druggists tK In Itt violation of oC time the i Sherman antitrust lea law lit Time Tilt parties to time the combination In hut Include il elude clude the tho Association AI of or j America the Iho National Wholesale Whole ale Dru Drug DruH l timid and the National As A sti c of oC Druggists The National Association A of i l lt Is nl also o tin ami unincorporated HH nit Ion composed c of oC delegates l front from militated Intuit associations aH ot Of f i druggist druggists located III In time the various status 9 of oC hue Iho United and It II is III claimed 4 I that this Ihl through Its Ha af mit tl II I ii has hilS n it membership tim ot or it t or nearl henri all itIl the till retail drug druggists 1 In the hum United States who hull pur purchase p chase chi and amid sell Hell patent medicines chum hel helIta i J Ii c Ita Is drugs anil proprietary articles to 10 the th consumer i b J lIeh of it these th e three uj have officers who are charged with th thu ot of the tIme bu of ot the tho re associations These officers mo IH party defendant to the suit nult nn ms well troll HH as certain other Individuals firm u corporation who are arc ot mit lie respective associations o Tho bill charges In lit Iu substance that I these e their th l pu 1111 gates anti member are all engaged In lii Ina 1 t tit a it common Tho rho i hiti hUI of oC buying and selling ceilIng and drugs amid i i proprietary articles throughout time tile 1111 01 States That these 4 4 Still tIme the thereof have linto d dInto Into a it conspiracy lOIl to In I IK liv ami 1111 t i the thin Price pdro at lit h arti articles III 1 t fleA des be lId fO 10 to the flue consumer r anil tilt i 4 that Ih have established rules nail and lions to 10 enforce such nn mimi unlawful J fill ful agreement urI nl by h I the thu pur 1111 purchase vu A chase antI and sale Halo of such commodities tu lO I in e those member bH of oC the several lI lion shall live up imp to 10 atul oh 1 thin thu rules tied tt thus titus J Ily 11 by b the There IR III but hUl ono one object t of lit t thit the hit conspiracy viz Iz To lc fl nc time Iho uric price 4 1 i 3 u which hll h shall hall ho bo observed oh by h all 1111 retail I I druggists In hut lo to the hue I consumer OIl if i t tin Iii various 1 manufactured t I by liy h the several members of f Ih thu h proprietary iU f i as The lime Ih hiatt by h j i uch Is IH is I In lit brief UK its m follows t A ANo No Nt retail druggist can coin obtain goals gIH from rom n a druggist or UI II n 4 u I of out o 0 nn Ott 4 hess emmett total retail I Iru lit 1st a mu l member of the tho I of or fi Ii I rill and 1 In order to tm be ho Jf omo ill moll member 11 I ho tin t i tu I Ii SJ I I b tIme the mice at al hint t d i such b hI be lj fold tu time consumer rOIl 1 1 J 4 An Au n Injunction Is I prayed praed toe for 1 I Ilog 1 i I log Ing from acting In Iii f I fl i for Cor the tho of or i g I II t II I and a 0 1 the Its 1 fruit mi and a ti 1 t I corporations win wit it iii nit nin ar of out thu tl 11 r Ii homis from to 10 ij t i 1 1 i 1 for foi time tho pumIce of ot mu i 1 uniform 5 lo to Hie I li consumer h e 11 Iho the l States Sial PI I 1 i i I tl 11 1 |
