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Show i TO DISSOLVE MONOPOLY Government Files Civil Anti-Trust Suit Against Thread Trust Trenton, N -I March The so-j called thread trust was attacked by the federal government in a civil antitrust anti-trust suit filed here today seeking tin-I tin-I liissolutlon of the alleged attempted monopoly by th "Coates Interests" of Croat Britain of tho thread trade of the United States, including thai of i hp American Thread company, itself a consolidation of 14 American companies. com-panies. Under Hie domination of J & P. Poate (Limited) of Great Britain. It Is alleged that the Interstate and for- j elgn thread trade in this country has boeti restrained hy combinations and Unfair competitive methods The court Is asked to order the disintegration dis-integration of all the combinations in i .us country controlled by the "Coatee" into such nitegray units .is will restore competition and restrain the continuance of the unfair competitive- methods alleged. If necessary to accomplish this io-sult io-sult the court is asked to appoint a receiver for the properties. M Among the defendants are the i American Thread company of New f -lersey; the Thread Agency of New l Jersey; the Spool '"otfon company of j (fw New Jersej ; the Clark Thread com- I pany Of New Jersey, the Clark Mlle-Nft Mlle-Nft End Spool Cottou company of New Jersey; George A Clark & Bro Ol 1 New Jersey. J. & P Coates Inc., or Rhode Island. James Chadwick & Ero . Limited. Great Britain, and J 1 P. Coates. Limited, of Great Brit- ain. The -petition, signed by Attorney General Wickersham and James A Fowler assistant to the attorney general, gen-eral, was riled by United States Attorney At-torney Vreeland. |