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Show U, S. STEEL IS I 1JAM10P0FY I "LEADS THE WORLD" Defense Denies Unlawful Acts on Attempts to Coerce The Consumers. Philadelphia. Oct 22 Resumig his argument for the defense today in the f( d i-ul suit to dissolve the United Strfc$ Steel corporation on the ground j fl violates the anti-trust law. Rich- ard V. LIndabury. in the United Stat f district court continued to describe the conduct of tin- corporation nf I its organization He denied earnings of the corporation were excessive anu said that they were quite ordt- Counsel told the court that the record rec-ord In the case does not show a single instance of rebates having been asked or received by the concern or by any of it subsidaries. In 1905, he sab., the finance committee, fearing that some of Its subordinates might report to r bates, sent a letter to the presidents presi-dents of most of the railroads with which the corporation did business, warning them against the giing of re-bales re-bales to any representative of the corporation cor-poration No competitor anywhere, he added, has charged the corporation corpora-tion with unfair methods or with un- ' Ming In particular localities No Attempt to Coerce Consumers. Thl corporation has not attempted to coerce consumers or dealers Into tracilns with it exclusively, he asserted, as-serted, nor has it otherwise restricted their freedom of action. Mr. LIndabury said the steel corporation cor-poration was not a monopoly, and that In its treatment of employes it "leads H the world He gave figures to show that since the formation of the cor-pc cor-pc ration the wages of Its employs have been increased an average of 28 12 per cent and that in 1912 its employes numbered 221 025 with a total to-tal yearlj payroll of 1189,851,602. In 1913 the average yearly wage was about $920. The corporation's method of compensation for injured employes, he said, antedates the statutes of any Btate on that subject and Is now ,t model for all of them. oo ikkl |