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Show CANTALOUPE GROWERS . , A8K 9300,000 DAMAGE3 Western Exchange Sued by Japanese Under Federal Antitrust Statute Chicago, Nov. 17. George S. Ku nlltlro representing flfty-threo Japanese Japa-nese who composed tho "Growers as-i soclatlon" today filed sutt for $100,-000 $100,-000 damages in the United "States district court against mlno corporations corpora-tions nnif elecn defendants affiliate J with tho Western Cantaloupe exchange, ex-change, whoso members were Indicted Indict-ed by tho fedoral grand jury In August, Aug-ust, charged with operating a monopoly mon-opoly In restraint of trade. Tho Japanese, according to tho bill, produce 80 per cent of tho fan tnloupes grown In tho Imperial alloy, al-loy, California Tho defendants, it Is alleged, controlled 90 per cent of tho markot and acted as distributing agents. In August, 1911, the defendants defend-ants entered Into a secret and unlawful unlaw-ful combination to obtain exclusive control of tho cnntaloupo production In tho Imperial alley, according to the petition. Through a contract, It alleged, tho Japaueso were defrauded defraud-ed out of $100,000 through fatso accountings ac-countings to growers. The Japanese assert tho fraud was easily practiced upon them because of their lnck of knowledge of American Ameri-can business methods. |