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Show MANY MORE TO TESTIFY Harvester Company Has Big Squad of Witnesses on Hand Omaha, Nob., March 10 Another squad of witnesses was on hand to testify when tho second week of tho dofense of tho International Harvester Harves-ter company to tho government suit, charging violation of tho Sherman anti-trust law began today. Judgo Mcllugh In chargo of tho ""It tf"V caB0 'or tbo IIarv0Ster company, sta-'J) sta-'J) LJ ted that a number of now witnesses from his territory would bo called during tho weok to combat ovldonco prcsontcd by tho government nt St. Louis. It Is understood It has to do with tho testimony given at St. Louis by W. II, drcono of Croton, Nob., who testified that ho had boon among tho first to urgo Attorney General Wlckorsham to Instltuto the morgcr suit against the company. Ho nlco tostlfled ho had throatenod tho nttor-noy nttor-noy gotioral with Impeachment proceedings pro-ceedings U tho suit wns not begun. Stato Senator James Mattes, of Odebolt, la., the Ilrst witness culled, testified ho sold harvesting machinery of the International line, almost ex-clusUely ex-clusUely but benight freely of their competitors In other lines of farm Implements. The International company com-pany at no time, Mr. Mattes said, had forced him to gio up the Rales or competitor's goodB "and If It had I should have told the company to secure another agent." Ills experience has been that tho farmer was noer better treated by tho harvesting company trade than at present. On cross examination Senator Mat tes told Attorney Orosxenor, for tho governor, that ho camo to Omaha without subpoena and declared that ho was not treated partially by the International company. Tho Introduction Introduc-tion In tho Iowa house of reprcsen-tilth reprcsen-tilth ch for tin appropriation of $10,-000 $10,-000 to Investigate tho harvester trust he said, had failed, but did not express ex-press his attltudo on tho matter. Ho tcstfled that tho greatest Improvement Im-provement In the binder had been effected ef-fected when tho chango from wlro to twlno was made. |