Show HARVESTER CO SUIT Defendants Defendant's Attitude ill in Trust Trust Anti Action Is Set Forth The Harvester com coat com 11 attitude In regard to the petion jut just ju t fled filed led against It by the jo in the United States court at St Paul Min Un Is tt st forth In a o statement by Alex Alex- Alexander ander r Leg Legge president of ot the com corn company pany which thich has hns hen ben received by C CW W Stream tream branch manager of Salt Lake Lahe Mr Legge s statement ass TJ TEST J PERIOD FIXED This petition Is a s of the suit brought against us 11 lears ears i o 0 Upon the hearing of that case held mor more than nine nino years ears cars ago aeo the H ester compan company es 5 acquitted both boh b bl bi the findings of ot the court and hv by tIme the attorney generals general's ad- ad admission ad admission mission of ot any wrongful rong-Cul rong dealings at 01 unfair to ard or competitors but but to Insure the th fullest competition lL a n decree decre na was as en- en en entered tired in m 1918 HIS requIring the com company l pan pany any to soil sell to competitors certain lines of hal hane ma- ma ma and to limit its sales lion to a II single tie ler In any anyone ono mc town to t it further provided pro that 11 the erd eld ol 01 o a tt t period which a noe now no e expired the tIme Ight ask the court to determine Whether nether or not the tre fre competItion bythe by the Sherman law l IsIS in the th farm latin Implement In- In in try This step the cov gO has 1185 s now taken talen As vie no 0 understand It the sole Issue raised by hy the present petition h lates to competitive 0 conditions 1 v Ith r to harvesting machines only It floes not ot charge charee the com corn company company pany n with ith unduly raIsing the th price ot of han to the theer ve v Injury of the American farm farm- farmer farmer farmer er as s na 0 a ed In 1912 but It Saps dols char charge e that the company has len unduly depressing the tho price of eating machinery particularly since Ince 1920 1020 to the Injury or Its com corn competitor Without attempting to argue arcue our caSe cne at this time it seems fair to toMY toMy MY that the unfortunate condition I In which of harvest harvest- Ins harTest-Ins mr machines IDa In fact tact of ot all al other farm arm Implements find them them- themselves selves aches se h es Is due to the serious busl busl- busl depression that affected the country bes In the tall o 0 of 1920 TROUBLES During the th last list few years year the th hole farm Implement ment Industry has r leen iLeen in an abnormal and end distress Ling situation which directly reo re- I fleets the situation ot of the tho th farmer High costs of labor material and transportation have burdened It th high manufacturing costs hiie on the other hand low prices for agricultural products have hav left lott I the farmer unable to buy his hi nor t mal and needed requirements ot of machinery We to W are aro confident that the th hear I hear hear- log Ing on the th present petition will clearl clearly show hoW that the har company Is not In any 0 way for these thes In the th farm industry Prices of bar har- 1 testing machinery are aro the th result ot of competition e exactly the th I 11 Und lind nd of competition which the Sher- Sher Sherman Sherman man lawas law was w as s enacted to preserve sher-I sher and are aro ro fairly comparable with the prices of other Implements the government go concedes were fixed I b normal competition 00 I I |