The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-26
THE GOVERNMENT
IS STILL FIGHTING
It Will Prosecute All Suits
Against Violators of Anti
Trust Laws

Washington, April 26.-The depart
ment of justice is pursuing with vigor
its policy of urging to final deter
mination all cases civil and criminal,
involving violations of the Sherman
antitrust law, the interstate COM
merce act. and the act prohibiting the
granting and receiving of rebates.
On October 1, last, Lightweight
cases under these several acts were
pending in the courts, but this num-
ber has been reduced by at least twen-
ty or twenty-five, removing some of
great Importance from the list.
The American naval stores case is
now on trial in Savannah. The Maine
mercantile case, an alleged trust
among sardine packers, is in progress.
In the last few weeks the government
has intervened in two employers liza
bility cases on the ground that private
suits involved the constitutionality of
the act
One of these cases was brought in
Connecticut and the other in Illinois.
The commodities clause" case. involv-
ing the constitutionality of the law,
which in effect prohibits railroads
from owning and operating coal mines,
has passed through IT'S several stages
to the supreme court. whence de-
cision is expected soon. The civil suit
against the American Tobacco COM
pany and others is now before the SUI
preme court of the United States on
cross appeal, the government appeal
ing from the decision of the lower
court dismissing the bill of complaint
against the Imperial Tobacco company
and others. and the tobacco company
appealing from the decision of the
court in favor of the government as
to the parent company. These cases
will come up for hearing before the
supreme court on October 13.
The case of the government against
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company. involving the
question of the violation of the Sher-
man antitrust act by combining vari-
GUS railroad and electric railway sys-
TENS, in New England, is now receiv-
ing consideration by the department
of justice. Cases against the Standard
Oil company are on the dockets of
several courts. and are being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. Some
are thought to involve one or more
questions at issue in the recent $685.
100000 fine case. The Du Pont pow
der case. in which it is alleged that
combination is being maintained in
restraint of trade in the manufacture
and sale of gun powder and other high
explosives. is nearing completion. In
the case of the United States against
the Union Pacific Railroad company
and others, charging combination and
conspiracy in violation of the Sher-
man act, testimony is now being taken.
In the terminal railroad association
case at st. Lotus involving an alleged
combination between that association,
the bridge companies and railroads
and ferry crossings on the Mississippi
river, at that point, to operate the
Eads bridge and the Merchants bridge
is common agency of interstate COM
merce and to suppress competition, is
nearing final determination.
Suits against the Reading company
and others, to dissolve an alleged COM
bination among anthracite coal carry
roads in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law are pending. Testimony
is now being taken. Testimony also
is being taken in the case against the
Union Pacific Railroad company,
charging combination and conspiracy
III VIOLATION OI Llc CHclulcu dCl.
A large number of criminal cases
for violations of the Elkin's act, pro-
hibiting granting and receiving re-
bates. are now pending in several
states. Among these are cases against
the Great Northern, the Suffolk and
Carolina. the New York Centr"l and
Hudson River, the Delaware and Hud-
son, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
the New York. Ontario and Western.
and other railroads, as we'll rs against
the Pacific Mail Steamship company.
Cases under the Elkins' act also arr,
being prosecuted against the Chicago.
indianapolis and Louisville, and the
Missouri Pacific railroads. Records
of the department of justi..e show that
there are several cases pending
against corporations and individuals
of thr:e OF fo"' years stan'il:.
TWO ASPHYXIATED.
New York. April 26.-Two little
children are dead and a third child
and two adults are in a critical con-
dition from the effects of inhaling coal
gas in a tenement house on avenue
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