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Show LUMBER TRUST CASE J TRIM JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, June 27. The hearing of the state's ouster suit against the lumber companies alleged to be a trust was resumed hero today to-day with John B. White, gcnerul mauagor mau-agor of the Missouri Land and Lumber Lum-ber exchange and tho Missouri Lumber Lum-ber and Mining company of Kansas City, as tho first witness. He testified testi-fied that ho had served as president of tho Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Manufactur-ers' association, which Is now the Yellow Pino Manufacturers' association. associa-tion. "I never used tho price list except as n guide to my own prlco list," tcs-tlflod tcs-tlflod Mr. White. "Goo. K. Smith of tho Southern Lumber Manufacturers' association Issued the price Hats." White idontltlcd a telcgrnm sent to Smith at tho annual meeting In Mom-phis Mom-phis In 1909. Tho telegram advised Smith to "hold to list. We tiro advancing." ad-vancing." "Then we followed u list of advancoa on different grades of lumber." Whlto explnlned the telegram by saying ho wauled to advise the association asso-ciation In prices IiIh company was getting so that there would be no 1 eduction In prices and thut "hold to the list" meant lumber should not be sold lower than the price list, as thero was no necosslty for lower lumber lum-ber prices. |