| Show FEDERAL ATTACK ON DRUG TRUST Unlawful Combination to Control Control Con Con- trot Prices Charged by Government SUIT BROUGHT IN INDIANA J Companies III In Seventeen Se States and amid of N. N A. A 1 R. R I n 1 Made I I I Wash Washington I M 1 May a ay 9 The rhe The attorney attorney- general tonight made mado public the names of the associations corporations and Individuals that hat ar are arc alleged to to toconi eon com comprise coni prise the drug trust rust Against whIch proceedings have havo been be begun un inthe In In- the he circuit court of or Indiana under the the trust anti laws of the he United States The They hey are The National Association of or pct Retail U Dru Druggists Searle Hamlins Hamlin's Wizard Oil company E. E C C. DeWItt Co H H. E Bucklen Co of Illinois Worlds World's Dispensary Medical 1 atlon D D. Ransom Son Co S. S T T. W. W Sanford Sons Seabury Johnson Himrod Manufacturing company compan Altrock Altrock Alt Alt- AI- AI rock Manufacturing company compan Chemical company com pan of New York state Dr Miles Medical Medial company compan the Eli company compan the tho Milk Ik Emulsion company of Indiana John Wyeth Bro Smith Kline French Drench com company pan the Piso company of Pa PennsylvanIa a van Ia Nelson Baker Balter Co to Parke Davis PO o o. F F. Stearns Co Pyramid Drug san gun company compan F F. A A. A Stuart C Co of or Michi Edgar C. C Powers Power company compan J J. J CAyres C C. Ayres company I I. I I C C. Hood company of or la 1 Massachusetts s Sterling Remedy company compan the Vapo- Vapo cresolene company of New Jerse Jersey Paris Medicine company compan Chattanooga Chatta Chatta- a Medicine company compan of Tennessee Tennesee Wells Richardson Richardson company compan Dr B. B J J. J Kendall company of or Vermont Tho The W. W Hill Hi company of West Vest Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Tho The KIckapoo Indian Medicine company company com corn pany of Connecticut Chamberlain Medicine company company of or Iowa Ly la A A. A Pinkham Medicine 1 company company com corn pany oC or Maine Dr Shoop Family Medicine compan company com corn pany pan of or Wisconsin Meado Medo Baker Carbolic Mouth louth MouthWash MouthWash Wash Yash company of Virginia Battle Batto Co chemists corporation of or Missouri MissourI California Fig Sy Syrup Syrup- up company cit of v f.- f. Nevada Im l lm r 1 4 w m nm o h In ll ton arc the lie following L Charles Challe I F. F Mann Man n of or D Detroit Mich Ml h. h WillIam A A A. Hover HO Denver Colo cold G George Georg C C. a Greene ree mm a Wood Woodbury b N rl T J Oscar Wakefield III Charles H 11 I 4 Avery er Charles Chale Bombaugh h Charles CharlesL M. M f. f Carr antI and ant Thomas V Woo Woo- oo- oo ten Chicago Julius Julus Garst Worcester III II William D. D Freeman FIeman Cincinnati r Lewis C C. Hopp Lucen B. B 1 Hall Hal and Samuel F. F Strong Cleveland O. O Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel B. B D Hartman and Frederick W. W Y Schumacher Columbus 0 O. Joseph E E. Toms AV IV J. J Mooney John N. N Carey Care and arid Frank E. E Indianapolis Ind lad Frank Franl A. A Faxon Kan Kansas s City Mo ro Thomas F. F Vannatta St. St Joseph Mo Simon N N. Jones Jone and W. W Cal Gary Cary Peter Louls I Louisville K Ky and anil Benjamin BenjaminE E E. McKeesport Pa Com Combined to Control Prices Attorney General Moody Issued time the following statement tOCa today The Time government bo has ha today tola mad flied in iii inthe the circuit of the lie United States for 10 the district of Indiana a petition pellon for au an al Injunction against certain associations corporations and amid Individuals comprising lag ing what is commonly known as ns tho the DIu Drug Trust of tho the United State Staled States States' Thi The parties partes defendant specifically named In iii the bill bi have voluntarily combined together to control the prices les at which proprietary medicines and drugs ru shall haJ bo ho 10 sold to the consumer through the retail druggists in viola violation lon of or the time Sherman Shelman trust anti t law hair The parties partes to the combination In Include In- In elude clude the he Proprietary association of or America the tho National Wholesale Druggists Druggists' association and the lie National National Na Na- bum-ti Association of or Retail Druggists The Tho National Association 4 of of Retail Druggists Is also an unincorporated association as as- composed of or delegates from local associations of or retail druggists located In the yam various states slates of ot the United States and ahl It Is claimed that this association through Its affiliation af af- has a membership of oC about all the retail druggists druggists drug drug- OOOO or om nearly Al drui- drui in the United States State who purchase purchase pU pur pur- chase and sell sel patent medicines chemIcal chemicals chem chem- Ical drugs drug and proprietary articles to tho lie consumer are Party larty Defendants Each of or these three ee aMo have ave officers who are c ae charged with the 10 transaction of the business s of toe the associations These Thee officers officers' arc re made party purt defendant to the suit stilt suits as s well wel as certain other firms arid antI corporations who are aro members mem- mem bers of the lie respective respect c associations Tho bill charges in substance that thai bi those these lose a associations their lieU officers dele dele- gates ates and in members embers are arc all al on engaged a ed in ina ina a common undertaking wit to-wit Time The business of or manufacturing buying buln and selling patent m medicines and amid drugs and the thc j proprietary articles throughout United States State That these a socia- socia ions and the members thereof have havo entered tons into a conspiracy to Ii 1 ly lix tx and end regulate the price at which such uch articles shall bo sold to tho the c con con- n- n umer and amid that the they have established od rules ules and amid regulations to enforce such an n unlawful u agreement I 1 by restricting th he the purchase purchase and amid d a sale sele Ie o of such uch to those members of or the soy soy- modies oral mi associations who shall shul Jv U up to and antl nd observe the rules and Ant regulations thus hus thul arbitrarily prescribed b by tho the re- re u associations Object of Conspiracy piU There is hi but one ultimate object of the conspiracy viz To Io 10 fix lix fx I the all ice pm-ice which shall bo be observed 1 by al retail druggists In selling to lo tho the consumer con con- sumer the lie various commodities manu manu- by the lie s several ral members of oC the he proprietary a association Tho b by y which such object Is effected In brief as follows No 0 retail druggist can obtain ln goods from a wholesale druggist om or O a a a Continued on oil Pac Tuo 1 0 FEDERAL ATTACK ON DRY TRUST Continued from front Page e One I manufacturer of a proprietary medicine medicine medi medi- cine unless such retail druggist becomes becomes becomes be be- comes a n member of the National association as as- a- a of Retail Druggists and in order to become such member he must agree igrec to observe the established price at which such proprietary medicines shall hall be sold gold to the consumer An Injunction Is prayed for prohibiting prohibit prohibit- lug ing ng these associations from acting in concert for COl the thc purpose of maintain maintain- In lag ng prices and the individuals firms and corporations who are members of ot the he respective a associations from Crom acting to together ether to for l' l tho the purpose of or maintain maintain- big ing ng uniform prices to the consumers throughout the United States Stales |
