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Show ALLEGED CEMENT TRUSTREVEALED Three Utah Companies Are Included in Charges of New York Jury The Indictments were returned as a result of evidence presented to the grand Jury by Assistant T'nlted States Attorney Ueneral Wllllsjn Rand and R. A. Motthews. TKZT Ol 1CCUS l IOH It Is thf government's contention. Mr. Rand aald. that the combination 'has so effectually maintained uniformity uni-formity of price fllvldcd territories, limited output, and regultited the fins and character of customers who might buy cement, and the purpose to which coment might be iipplled hs In effect to exclude ement from the ordinary channels of trade and . ommcrrp The Indictment papers further charged that Inspectors are employed employ-ed by th Cement manufacturers to see that no builder contracts for more than ho actually net dn ' The building Industry Is always kept cement -hungry, " the Indictments continue Trice raiding ta never em-;,irrwf em-;,irrwf .1 I ', .i surplus supply of . ment. for no cement can ever he found except in the manufacturers" bins or probably in weak supply In the hands of a dealer." Similar tactics were employed with I cement dealer, who arr not allowed t. contract for a future period ex-l icedlnc fifteen days, the Indictments i charge. i - i I R OOMPAME6 The lollowlng Danvar, Colo . compa- nlea were Indiotad: Nebraska Cement company. Cement , rurltles company. Cfdorndo Portland r.-ineni company, Three Forks Portland Port-land fement company and I nlted i Slates Portland Cement company. I In lowu the Northwestern States i Portland Cement company. Mason City, and the Hawfcayt Roriland Cement Ce-ment company. Pes Moines. In I'tah the Ogden Portland Cement Ce-ment cOBtpany, OgttUm; Portland Cement Ce-ment COmpe-ny of I'tah. S-ilt Ike. and ; the Union Portland Cemept company f.f I gden. j fn Washington, the Olympic Port- lund I'ement cotnpan;- l.td Seattle; I Superior Portland Cement company, I Seattle and the International Portland Port-land Cement company. Ltd.. of Spokane Spo-kane In Oregon, the oregan Portland Ce-' Ce-' ment company of Portland. in California tha Pad fie Portland Pement ronipnn. the Powell Portland Cement company and the Santa Cruz Francisco, and tho Riverside Portland Cement ocmpany, the Southwestern l or'iand Cement company and the Oolden State Portland Cement com- pany. all of Los Angeles. In Texas, the San Antonio Portland; Cement company of San Antonio and' tho Texas Portland Cement company and Trinity Portland Cement company ! of Dallas. OfftdaJa of the I'tah companies Indicted In-dicted last night declined to comment on the case pending the receipt here of full Information. One cement company officer stated that the busl-1 ness in this stat is wide open, that ; there ore no secrets about It. and thai the Indictments come ss a complete! surprise. Additional information fconcernlngP fhe nature of 'he specific charges hae hn telecraphed for and will prob-, ably be sent within the nasi few days. Meanwhile the cement manufacturers tte they can make no comment on; the Indictments. NEW YORK. Mar. 2- Indictments nere handed dotsu Tuesday by the epeclal federal grand Jr lnveUaTaA Ing an alleged lulldlng material combine, com-bine, ogalnst hvint-fi- corporal nag and forty-two Individuals . ornprlslng! an alleged ' cement trust The, indictment contained two counts charging violation of thf Sher-, man anti-trust law. one alleging combination com-bination and restraint of trade arid the other monopolixlng aud attempting to monopolize Among the corporation named are the Alpha Portland Cement -urn pany. the Atlas Portland f'ement eompany. the Leblgh Portland ''ement COBaBanJ the Atlaa Cemant Haeurltles company, the Uldiit Pi.rtUn.l Omni' company and the t'niversal Portland ."ement' company. |