The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-11
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II. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
Tie Trans-r1issourl Traffic Association.


The EAGLE expressed its sentiments quite length
the CulIom bin in Sundays issue Following the original
interstate commission law which law the main
effective and satisfactory came the organization Of traffic
associations one Of the first and most formidable organ
lie being the Trans-1Issour Freight association which
included the traffic Of western rail
ways several Of these being trunk lines including the
santa Fe Rock Island, Missouri Pacific Burlington chi
cago and St Paul Denver and Rio Grande Missouri
cas- and Texas St Louis and san Francisco and others
The Eagle ably assisted by j. Of this city-who
this week goes on to washington interest Of the
culiom b-induced United States Attorney ]. Ady
bring suit to test the legality Of The combine The matter
finally reached the circuit court Of the United States in
and for the district Of Kansas Judge Foster handing down
opinion after followed like decision against an
eastern transportation combine with the enactment Of
the cuom amendment and the decisions already made.
which decisions were afterwards affirmed by the supreme
Of the United States wholesale determinations would
have to cease which would be better for both the railways
their patrons The decision which Judge Foster made
which was later affirmed by the supreme court of the
United states was sweeping leaving no Ioophoe for crawl
ing out omtng the title to the case and the more merely
formal matters that decision which still stands and is
the law reads:
1T further ordered adjudged and decreed that the
Transssoui Freight association be- and the hereby
is dissolved and the memorandum of agree
Of March Is, 1889 partially BILL
copy which attached of the defend
railroad companies be- and the hereby is an
Hued and held naught the said defendants each
all them and they hereby are forever enoned
prohibited from further agreeing combining conspir-
ing acting together maintain rules regulations
for carrying freight upon their lines rail
so hinder trade and commerce between the
territories Of the States
defendants last named. them, be they
hereby perpeuay enjoined and prohibited
into, continuing in, combination association or
conspacyto deprive the people engaged in trade
between the territories of the
United States Of such facilities rates and charges
freight transportation, win be afforded by free and
restrained competition between the lines of railroad
operated by said defendants;
said last named defendants and each Of them be- and
they hereby are perpeuay enoned and prohibited from
agreeing combining, conspiring acting together to
monopolze the freight traffic arising from and
between the states territories of the United
States; and from agreeing combining conspirng, act
ing together either any their co-deendants
or any other carrier Of freil traffic from carrying and
Transporting freight and commodities in the trade and
commerce between the states territories United
States such rates shall be voluntarily fixed the
officers and agents Of each of said defendants acting indie
peudantIy and separately in its behalf
And it further ordered adudged and decreed that
complainant from the defendants its
costs in this behalf expended taxed at dollars, and
unless paid within ninety days from this
date than execution issue therefor"