Huge U S Steel suit targets its power and control
Government files case charging United States Steel Corporation and dozens of affiliates with illegal pools and interlocking directors. It alleges a vast network of corporate trusts and actions aimed at controlling iron ore supply, railways, banks, and key industries, to stifle competition and wield national economic power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Frank Cole
J. M. Dickinson
Stanly Committee
House of Representatives
Steel Corporation
Lehmann
Federal Steel Company
Carnegie Company of New Jersey
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Company
National Steel Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Steel Corporation and Tennessee Coal & Iron Criticized
In the document the text alleges mutual accusations within a government equity petition seeking injunctions to halt continuance and curb an alleged monopoly. It condemns the Steel Corporation's 1908 acquisition of Tennessee Coal & Iron, noting a panic era impact as harshly criticized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sation
Petim
Steel Corporation
le Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Try a Laxative Cough Syrup at Home
An advertisement promotes Essence Mentho-Laxene as a laxative cough syrup solution for persistent winter coughs. It claims quick relief and curative action within one to two weeks, offering a DIY recipe using granulated sugar and Mentho-Laxene to make a pint for home use.
Dry Shampoo Formula From East Circulated For Hair Care
A historic note describes a dry shampoo formula popular with society ladies and stage beauties. It suggests six ounces of pulverized orris root and two ounces of insane powder mixed with a box or jar quantity nightly to cleanse and invigorate the hair and scalp.
United States Steel accused of restraint of trade power
The government charges United States Steel Corporation with a Sherman act violation. It alleges control of Tennessee Coal and Iron Company was gained by questionable means and that interlocking directorates tied it to Standard Oil, Pullman, and others, suppressing competition and threatening the nation’s welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Gary
Henry C. Frick
Roosevelt
Steel Corporation
New York
Moore and Schley
Tennessee
Gary
United States
Standard Oil Company
Pullman Company
International Harvester Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama
Tennessee Company
E. H. Harriman
Bessemer Rails
James Gayley
Frick
Grant B. Schley
Moore & Schley
New York City
New Yo
Corporation
Moore
Schley
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Standard Oil
International Harvester
Western Union Telegraph Companies
George F. Baker
Edmund C
Converse
William E. Corey
J. Pierpont Morgan
Government suits against large trusts and the 1911 dissolution rulings
The government began suit against Standard Oil in St. Louis on November 13, 1906 and the Supreme Court ordered dissolution on May 15, 1911. A suit against American Tobacco started July 11, 1907 with a May 29, 1911 dissolution ruling. A United States Steel case began in Trenton on October 26, 1911 with subsequent dissolution actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Government
American Tobacco Company
United States Steel Corporation
Trenton
Industrial Giants Named in Legal Case Across Firms
The list names J Pierpont Morgan John D Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Charles M Schwab George W Perkins and others as individuals. Corporate defendants include Carnegie Steel American Steel Wire National Steel and related New Jersey corporations plus H C Frick Coke Tennessee Coal and Iron and Great Western Mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Frick
Charles Steele
James Gayley
William H. Moore
J. H. Moore
Edmund C. Converse
Percival Roberts, Jr
Daniel G. Reid
Norman B. Ream
P. A. B. Widener
William P. Palmer
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company of New Jersey
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
American Steel & Wire Company of
New Jersey
National Tube Company
Shelby Tube Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Sheet
Steel Corporation
Great Northern Railway
Steel Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
E. H. Gary
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry C. Frick
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
American Sheet Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Bridge Company
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Tennessee Coal & Iron & Railroad Company
Great Western Mining Company
Roosevelt Refuses Comment On Steel Corporation Suit
Ex President Roosevelt learns of government suit seeking dissolution of United States Steel Corporation in Oyster Bay. He declines to comment on the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Poslam Promises Skin Relief and Cure Options
An advertisement touts Poslam treatments for eczema acne tetter barber's itch and pimples with claim of rapid relief and permanent cure. It notes availability at Riker Jaynes Houghton Dutton drug departments and other druggists for 50 cents and offers a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York City. Poslam Soap is also promoted at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s
West 25Th Street
New York City
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy from New York claiming sage and sulphur restore hair color and gloss. It pledges refunds if it fails to work and markets to those with dandruff thinning hair or graying. Bottles priced at fifty cents, sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth Chemical Company of
New
York
Wyeth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Republic Tron & Steel
Wall Street
H.C. Frick
Oakleigh Thorn
Trust Company of America
Aid Trust Company of America
J. P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Perkins
George W. Perkins
Thorne & Schley
Tennesse Syndicate
H. H. Gary
H. C. Frick
Ashington
Tennesse Company
Gary and
Steel Plate Association
Structural Steel Association
Jan. U
Whelessle
Thomas Bnow & Bon
North Market
Ality
Nishey ‘Bas
Maia
Underwood & Underwood
All America
All America Shoe Shops
Tremont Street
Willson’s Shoe Shop
Washington Street
Old South Church
New England
Quilivan
Samper St
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