Eureka Reporter | 1906-06-22 | Page 2 | Tobacco Trust Magnates Indicted by Grand Jury

TOBACCO accused are charged with en in consa racy for restyle tion of trade and commerce new york the federal grand jury on monday handed down an indict mant charging the macandrews corbes company the john S young kompany of baltimore and the dents of the two companies karl jung bluth and howard E young with vio lation of the sherman antitrust law the indictment Is the result of an in into the so called tobacco rust commenced by the federal grand lury in may 1905 the indictment charges that the ac used knowingly engaged and con aired in a combination in the lestric ion of trade and commerce destroy ng competition and maintaining abbl arary and non competitive sale in the ale of the licorice paste the indictment contains a long seles of correspondence signed by the accused both as corporations and in all showing a control of the licorice paste market and a constantly increasing ncr easing price to be charged to the nde pendent manufacturers