Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...and injured. The bill further represents that a giant pool, trust, or combine has been recently formed, for the purpose of unlawfully regulating and fixing the price of glucose and grape sugar, being articles of merchandise and commodities manufactured and sold throughout the United States and in this country. The bill further proceeds as follows: "That the names of the persons forming such pool are now unknown to your orators, who have been unable, after diligent inquiry, to ascertain the same, but they are informed and believe and charge that all said defendants are parties thereto or interested therein, with others unknown; that said pool, trust, and combine is to be accomplished through and in the form of a giant corporation, with many million dollars of capital stock, formed or to be formed under the laws of the state of New Jersey; that the parties organizing, creating, promoting, and managing and interested in the said pool, trust, and combine have recently perfected their arrangements, contracts, and agreements for the purpose of unlawfully monopolizing, controlling, regulating, and fixing the price of glucose and grape sugar within the state of Illinois and the United States, and for such purpose said parties have already obtained control of the factories and plants of nearly all the corporations and individuals heretofore engaged in the manufacture and sale of said commodities in the United States; that, for the purpose aforesaid, the said parties organizing said pool have made overtures to the board of directors of said American Glucose Company to secure the control of the plant and property of the said American Glucose Company situated and operated In Peoria, and used in the manufacture of said commodities; that said...