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Show HARVESTER SUIT 0PENSJ01AY Government Alleging Company Com-pany Was Organized in Violation Vio-lation of Anti-Trust Law. MONOPOLY IS DENIED Record Case in Number of Witnesses and Short Time Taken. St. I'aui, Nov L The suit of the United States vs International Harvester Har-vester company to dissolve It, will come on for hearing in the United State district court here before Circuit Cir-cuit Judges Sanborn. Hook and Smith on next Monday In Us petition which was filed April 30. 1012. the government alleges that the International Inter-national Harvester company was or ganied in 1 902 as a trust, in violation viola-tion of the Sherman law; that Its purchase of the plants, properties and business of the Mcf ormlck. Peering. Piano, Warder. Bushneli & Qlasener and Milwaukee companies created In thnt romnanv a mononolv of the bus iness in binders mowers rakes and binder twine in the United States; and that. In its business methods and practices, the company had increased Its prices, to ihe grave injury of the farmers, and had coerced dealers and eliminated competitors Company Admits Purchase The company, in Its answer, filed August 5, 1912 admitted the purchase pur-chase of the Harvester properties and business of the five vendor companies, com-panies, but denied that the company was organized for any unlawful purpose pur-pose or that such purchase pave It a monopolv In the Harvester trade or that it had increased prices or that Its business methods and practices had Injured th farmers or the dealers, deal-ers, or Its compet'torr.. but on the contrary Its answer slated that its organization and business had been a benefit to the farmers In improved machines and service, and in the low prices of the machine-:: The taking of evidence on behalf of the government began at ( hl-cago hl-cago on September 16, 1912, before Robert S Taylor, examiner The government called witnesses at hearings hear-ings held In Chicago, N"w York, St. Louis and St Paul On behalf of the Harvester company com-pany witnesses were called at hearings hear-ings held at Omaha S- . W chit a, Kan.. Kansas City, Mo, Sioux Falls. S. P.. Si Paul. Minn Pittsburgh; Pa., and Chicago The taking of evidence was completed com-pleted on June 27, last The record returned to the court bj the examiner exam-iner consists, with th exhibits, of 1ft printed volumes of about 600 paces each This case is believed to be a record, rec-ord, both in the number of witnesses examined and In the short time Mk-en Mk-en In preparing the case for bearing. Counsel representing the government govern-ment are Edw in P. Groscvenor special assistant to the Attorney General ot the United States and Joseph R. Darling: and for the defendants Judge William 1 1 McHugh of Omaha, and John P W ilson and Edgar V Bancroft of blcago |
