Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-11-26
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The Uniee6 sea1es Cirr71r CoErr II s.
Pss.L MszneaaGz IN rszszr cenasioc- r.
~aseh Al ne Fgs9es cnzcszrZs1- hesn tasr
the sezznz-d O. Csupa1g hzs been en-
zz<~< 4 trzzaacr5ona EhscE cnnsSitase Z
csraEzzsiau and conspiracy IA restraint Ct
ard C zaorocngzze cnuEercs zznzs TIE
sszres zz6 rlca s5rsizn Ezr5ouS
The uznasc1iors rstsrTs1 70. Il q ce-
etz-s1 b. tire eou-t are n v50lzrinz of the
saeruza szel-srzsr scr Il july 2. 1880.
The cfs.rr thersfors eajoszs TIE individual
deker1zzes "a the sssi,- iacs815nz NJ Joha
q. aocxefsAer, the Standard Oh Company
ard IA severity Subsidiary corporzrio1a,
fssza csnrins5az IN gals~fsl eDrablnstioa
he deszse siz take sSec1 n thirty days
frsya The tine L was shed ga5ess suspend
81 b. an appeal % the sgprsne Cos7rt n
the United seates- Il IL STATED in View
York dsapsteh hit the Standard Oh Coza-
uaay vii spDeal from the decision 81 the
CtrczsIr Court Consequently. Until the
hSE,esr cur IN the Land has acted. the
qaezri0r whether the STANDARD Oh Cozn-
pany il an mezal corabination in restraint
II commerce viii remain unsettled. Under
the decree If the Circuit Court the Stand
ard Oh Company Is fosbddden 70 enzase OK
continue IN interstate commerce Until The
aalasDfsI eosnhansti0n il discontinued
The decision Of the Circuit Court is one
u far-fesehins importance. The specifc
Transaction which. 10 the judgment of the
coart. constitutes hasrsnt violation q
the Sherman antitrust sct, ~as the trans
fer, IN 1899, By the individual defendants
and their sss0eiatss of the rnajoSity Of the
stock Of nineteen c1zpoEstio1is 70 the Stand
ard OIL Cornpany0 View JERSEY in eIchanse
for It's suck For ten years. pEios % 1879,
the defendants had been enzazed in sup
peessSn< competition, They had acquired
oaatrll If many oxposations, reAneTies
ard p1stnegshipa and had placed the ma
J<xity II The STOCK Of tFese cospGxatiors
zf.a the Interests in property and business
rfaa osesinkd "a ysri01s trustees, who he'd
zza op<-zis1 ten tx the stoekbo8ders Of
The sezadzsd Oh Cozapeny 81 Ohio From
1915 70 1872 taey prsFsntsd these cogpn-
rzrssna f,ora eompe4in< fsx commerce
Frsnz 1882 70 1853 they accomplished
,sse azzze rsagss1s By similar stocAh06lns
1egses sad b. the j15nt equitable OSner-
sass Il TIE nzjoxify Of the SUCKS 81 the
esxuSxzssor.- r. 1893 the transfer was
razsde 70 the Standard OIL Company Of New
Jersey. Firm the DAY this transaction vas
c11zs1rrrrated do~n u the present time the
Standard OIL Company has BEEN maintain
ing an unlawful noonopoly-
The oil combination being noS paaced
under the ban Of the law. il is Understood
that the Government IL preparing 10 pFose-
cute the SUGAR trust, under the provisions
Of the Sherman act. for unlawful con-
spiracy 70 monopolize trade. This trust
was caught recently defraudins the Gov
eminent Of revenue and forced 70 make
restitution. Its demofalizins influence per-
vaded the custom house in New York, and
many Government employees there have
been dismissed from the service for dis
honest and corrupt practices, which had
been going On fog nobody knows how long
II thus develops that the boasted purity
and efficiency Of the late spectacular ROoae-
yeit regime was more empty fuss and pre-
tense than anything else. and that there
is yet remaining any amount Of reform
and p1rihcation for the present admins
tration to srapple with, If Taft is really in
earnest about bringing the dishonest trusts
and other rosues under the ban Of the
fa.sr