The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-24
VERDICT FOR The DEFENDANT
If Attorney General Bell Does Not Decide
to Amend His Petition.
THE SHIPPERS COMPRESS CASE DECIDED
District Judge Morris Finds that the Ant-Trrst
Law Was Not Violated, as Was Alleged
on Behalf of the State.

e. some bcortno
ana nossihink upon Interstate cot1merc,
nsst,in"J it 10 restrain IT, 10 Fuppo~c q
dneisinn ~ V"uilseL that the cffpsf 81 III
render til "' iIunsmlsSouri case IL I
neressarv ia however Indispensable a
assert tGe, III nluN be' because as the
mote and nd in mIi restrain trade in some re-
most violent a,1u urgtcc, Is 80 make
called for or i,sti uin btiuh, and one no
toned or nv M! ny the decision men
court my uthcf decision ~ thi
Applying those o,,.,.....,
statute. We md tbUt a, a'!ohS To the TcNa
Structlnn yyhlrb e. so, w unreasonable con
II SO as to rrndrr /, 'Tishh tn 20 ne applied t,
business transart,n,, '"ulntlFe OF ordinary
cidentnliv or i,,i'r s "hlch might In
ton and TO tbcrnhv WeNcut compctl
adopted r1n .tat ,,iSn'S' shouiu not h'
terms prohibI, iii % 1"cS not ny lti
ness pufpoSc or Srn, ,T' Ter uSi
vcnt competition mic. ""',n Ky IRE
he made for the purnnsn ,r ~ ,'iiui.'l' iol
petition. IL declares I'M p''''hlulF com
! combination of rnnital I'm 'uN' l> q
iwO or moro persons f,,,s ,,. nv
associations az trr.,,,,,,i NC ".P'',lnHs on
! more Of them for cithcr nr,, 80, 'No or
: following purprsps " p,r,im!! VI W. W me
/ pose or intent is ther"gnra I'LL iIi' ur'
! pie element of the o0rnsn 1,I,, ~
/ law. No man has any c,,',,ti, "Igl'lS' we
To so use his nrupertt snd tii.l,.u ull fsht
/ tracing as TO create mounnni,,. 70. ", W. "
oily has ever hcrn rrgorIsd a IVA "'WIuP
I 'Nll Nhlch civil government may Sod. f,,n..
Prevent by prohibiting rontr,c' wiu,'l
OF property for the puIposc az cyt.l,ti, ia Ky
lhonopolics Monupoiics arc deriar"J Il.
! our constitution To be against IN" on,,i,,u
| OF free government Then n law can rn1
ne unconstitutional which docs no, n,i,ts'
wise, abrdge a mans right 10 contract and
use his property as he plcases tbnn hv " No.
o tur,iI ,hai ne snail not set about CO.
rnnitoIi" ", W n olhrrs by combining lis
for TX HN,, OF arts with those of another
tcinnti,,' - W ess purpose ana design of at
,,.biaab ,'TbI ~ estaDhsh a monopoly. through
ne mo ""s sIJu'' "JHCfs' rms Is IS far
Tho ,,s%, unitI CONSIDERATION .as gone.
rcroi, rt bti"t lsluhs OF me Stature arc
senartt W ,''!i OF the use Of yWi,us
lisbnart r az , o. assistance TO the ostIb-
II H. t, I ni"u"puileS
I'm these tinoss I'm in ng guru arEnmnnl is made
ana M u,ivG III cuortS 10 conunn" courts
coDsolidotIons IN Tue modern Industrial
against no ErIit. Ivy 1'P termed, are net
great bnncft me- - ~ result in
can nor cnter,,i, NV n,4sSes, but a court
Legislature is M ltsuuC'lS, ne
h1rifIl ia The "uhiIc i,,}n ur. W Wnnl Us
II ncts I'm gnod Pfniittt, 'TN'sss - lohE as
ISgislaturr 7'ris AM .ani,il.t, Il ohlE when
or with WOW 10 accon,,i, Gl "Inl.FaLiN
grfsed purposn or n.itb pr.Hunns some HiH'
Ing acts nnlnohI,, in,,aa,. ~ 10 PIuhipI'-
that a conrt can dntor,,i,n, ~ 'nEEustiNeS
latUre * NOT o"tiu,, e., IN ~, HSl iu' leS,S'
clarlng acts Of citi2cng ~ ''a A, u. Io
public interesfs in,,Is,iti ~" 3hTinHt inc
J1ofTr,.J ~ ~'''' ~ HuN tNhNuNlllH