Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1908 — Antitrust Cases Compromised. [ARTICLE]

Antitrust Cases Compromised.

Little Rock, Ark., July 28.—The several suits pending against WatersPierce Oil company in the circuit court here, charging violation of theantitrnst laws of the state and illegal descrimlnation. have been terminated, the attorneys for the defendant company offering a compromise penalty of slo,000. The prosecuting attorney in accepting the compromise, gave as his reason the improbability of securing convictions.