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Patten entered plea of guilty February 11, 1913, and was: fined $4,000. Indictment dismissed as to other defendants, and another indictment was returned July 1, 1913. See case No. 6, page 104.

United States v. Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company et al. Petition filed July 22, 1910, in Circuit Court, District of Maryland, charging a combination, under cover of a patent licensing arrangement, to restrain competition and enhance prices of enamel ware. In a decision rendered October 13, 1911, the court sustained all the Government's contentions, and a decree was entered November 25, 1911. On appeal by defendants the decision of the lower court was affirmed by the Supreme Court on November 18, 1913.

United States v. Louis F. Swift et al. Indictment returned! in September, 1910, in the Northern District of Illinois. against 10 individuals engaged in the meat-packing: industry. Defendants filed numerous pleas in bar, etc.,. all of which were decided in favor of the Government. After a trial lasting over three months the jury returned a verdict of acquittal on March 27, 1912.

United States v. John Reardon & Sons Company and Con-solidated Rendering Company et al. Three indictments returned October 17, 1910, in the Circuit Court, District. of Massachusetts, charging defendants with entering into a combination not to compete with each other in the purchase of raw materials used in the business of manufacturing, rendering, and producing tallow, oleo oil, oleostearin, and fertilizer. Demurrers to these indictments having been sustained, two new indictments were returned on October 31, 1912, against substantially the same defendants charging them with monopolizing interstate trade and commerce in rendering materials. On December 1, 1913, a nolle prosequi was entered as to the individual defendants, and the corporations entered pleas of nolo contendere and were fined amounts aggregating $8,000.

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United States v. Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company et al. In addition to the above-mentioned suit in equity (No. 14, supra), indictments were returned at Detroit on December 6, 1910, against the same corporations and individuals, charging the same acts. After a trial lasting six weeks the jury reported a disagreement on March 14, 1912. Retrial in February, 1913, resulted in a verdict of guilty, and fines aggregating $51,006 were imposed.

United States v. American Sugar Refining Company et al. Petition filed November 28, 1910, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, alleging a combination in restraint of trade in the manufacture and sale of sugar and praying for its dissolution. Demurrer overruled December 11, 1911. Testimony was taken and the case was prepared for trial, but hearing was postponed by the District Court pending the outcome of similar cases then pending in the Supreme Court. On May 9, 1922, after thorough investigation, a decree was entered without contest, and in addition the defendants paid all costs and expenses.

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United States v. General Electric Company et al. Petition filed March 3, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Northern District of Ohio, charging defendants with combining to restrain and monopolize the business of manufacturing incandescent electric lamps. A decree was agreed upon between counsel, and was entered by the court on October 12, 1911.

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United States v. Purrington et al. Indictment returned September 14, 1910, in the Northern District of Illinois, charging defendants with entering into a combination to restrain trade in paving bricks and paving blocks. Demurrer was overrruled November 9, 1911. Nolle prosequi entered June 3, 1913.

United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft and others. Petition filed January 4, 1911,

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in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, to dissolve a combination of steamship lines regulating steerage traffic on the Atlantic Ocean. Demurrers were overruled December 20, 1911. A decision adverse to the Government was handed down by the lower court on October 13, 1914. On appeal, the Supreme Court, while reversing the decree below, refused to decide the questions in issue on the ground that the European war had rendered them moot.

United States v. William C. Geer, president Albia Box and Paper Company, et al. Indictment returned April 28, 1911, in the Southern District of New York, alleging a combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce in paper board. Demurrer overruled May 9, 1913. In February, 1915, the defendants withdrew their former pleas of not guilty and offered pleas of nolo contendere. The court accepted these pleas and imposed fines aggregating $16,000.

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United States v. Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers Association. Petition filed May 19, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, charging defendants with conspiring to restrain trade through the instrumentality of black lists and trade agreements. Decided by lower court in favor of Government January 9, 1913, and a decree entered March 1, 1913. The defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the decree of the District Court in an opinion handed down on June 22, 1914.

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United States v. Isaac Whiting et al. Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a combination to restrain trade in milk throughout the New England States. See note to case No. 25.

United States v. Isaac Whiting et al. Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a conspiracy to restrain and monopolize trade in milk throughout the New England States.

NOTE.-Cases Nos. 24 and 25 were argued on demurrers in November, 1912, and on March 23, 1914, an opinion was handed down overruling demurrers as to counts charging combination and sustaining demurrers as to counts charging a conspiracy and monopoly. Certain of the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere and the case was continued as to them pending disposition of the case against the remaining defendants. On October 22, 1923, defendant Whiting paid a fine of $500 in lieu of costs, and the cases were filed as to the remaining defendants.

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United States v. Holmes et al. Indictment returned June 23, 1911, in the Northern District of Illinois, charging the secretaries of 14 retail lumbermen's associations with conspiring by means of a central bureau to control the marketing of lumber. Demurrer filed. Nolle prosequi entered June 6, 1913.

United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 25 others, constituting the Bare Copper Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 33 others, constituting the Weatherproof & Magnet Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 38 others, constituting the Rubber Covered Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. F. W. Roebling and 17 others, constituting the Fine Magnet Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 15 others, constituting Horse Shoe Manufacturers' Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. Philip H. W. Smith and 14 others, constituting the Underground Power Cable Association.

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Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern
District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

United States v. Frank N. Phillips and 10 others, constituting the Telephone Cable Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 17 others, constituting the Lead Encased Rubber Insulated Cable Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h.

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United States v. E. E. Jackson, jr., and 17 others, constituting the Wire Rope Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. NOTE. In cases Nos. 27 to 27h the various defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere, and fines aggregating approximately $128,700 were assessed.

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United States v. Periodical Clearing House et al. Petition filed in June, 1911, in the Southern District of New York, against the members of the so-called Magazine Trust. The trial resulted in an equally divided court, and an order of dismissal was entered May 29, 1913.

United States v. Jay B. Pearce et al. Indictment returned July 19, 1911, in the Northern District of Ohio, against certain manufacturers and jobbers for combining and conspiring to restrain the manufacture and sale of wall paper. Demurrer overruled May 13, 1912. Trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty on May 24, 1912.

United States v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. et al. Petition filed August 4, 1911, in the Southern District of Ohio, charging defendants with entering into a combination to monopolize the production and transportation of bituminous coal in and from the Ohio fields and, to a certain extent, the West Virginia fields. A decision favorable to the Government was handed down on December 28, 1912. On March 14, 1914, a decree