The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-28
TO FILE SUIT TO
SWEEPO|LTRUST
OFF THE BOARD
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DRAW
PLANS FOR a GIGANTIC
LEGAL BATTLE,
WILL KILL OCTOPUS
Rockefeller, Rogers and Arehhold viii
Answer to Trump Card Held In
Reserve ay Garfield--To Be
Tried in ST. Louis.

! Wash naton d q. Oct III Within
shor time probably before fort
Enight elapses the Federal government
will go into court and ask for The DIS
solution of the Standard Oil company
upon the ground tnaJ ii is a comhina-
ton Of the monopolistIe order aud is
Operated in restraint Of trade The
action VIII bo Instituted under author.
lity of She Sherman anti trust law, AMI
viii be civil proceeding OF the same
character as that taken in the case OF
he Aorthern Securities company.
which Waa dissolved q couple of years
ago Unless the Department Of Jus,
ticc changes its present plans the suit
VIII be filed In the United States cir
tcuif court at SIT Louis.
Tho government petition Is already
drafted and today officials Of the de-
parment were engaged in putting the
finishing o caes to 1t. Briefly, The
prayer Is made that he court onjoin
tho Standard Oil company from con.
tiuuing the bus ness methods It now
employs for the alleged reason that
the antitrust law rs being vio,a 4
thereby, and restrictions arc being
placed upon legitimate trade. per-
manent injunction will be asked fer.
The governments lawyers al FRS
We're disposed to petition the court for
Q temporary re- train ng order a,s1.
but It would ao such tremendous IN.
70 put into execution an In
junction ol that character that Il was
decided To ask only for a permanent
order oi prohibition
Going After the Owners.
Not only viii the Standard OH Com
pany, as d corporation be named as
defendant in the suit, but individual
'fficer5 viii also be required 10 sum-
non into court such men Is Joan u.
Rockefeller Henry r. Rogers, VIII
lam Roekefeifey, John D. Archbold
,nd others who have become multi
through their association
vi.h the Oil Trust" The object n
ECU ring the men 10 answer o the
ctiol Of the government Is to plug =
p any i1ophole through which the
spirits Of that stnrendous
nterprise might wrlggle The admin
'trai0n has endeavored 70 shut of
very avenue Of escape and when its
'ga representatives go into court
ley expect 10 be prepared to cope sue
assfnily with the sharp and sagacious
)uncil of the greatest bus ness cor
ora'ion In the world Milton D. Purdv.
ssiste1t TO The Attorney General anil
.cssrs Kellogg and Morrison. spec-
] counsel for the government. will
ave charge OF the case under the di-
'c.ion of the Attorney General him.
'l1 These three men have been In
Inference here for several days con
ding their preparations for wha-
-omises to be the most notable legal
'tion ever instituted by the Federal
,vernmeu'.
Tho officials of the Department or
Istice profess to be- absolutely GER
i'm 'hc government will be victor
gs ia IT'S suit against the STANDARD
hey are confident, they tell one au-
her that hey have made mp case
900 viii prove impervious against all
% resourcefulness Of he standards
ly attorneys. Four months ago
ion they started on the case .t was
ih considerable misviyng that q
'uIl be futile 10 under take TO dis
I've he oil combine But after they
c well into q study of The evidence
Concluded on second paSel