The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-04-29
TNE UNITED STATES IS PUSHING
a BIG DOCKET 10 4 FINISH
since LAST OCTOBER.
STILL AFTER STANDARD OIL
Important Cases Under the Sherman.
the Eikins ard Interstate Commerce
Acts Involve the Standard OIL. Rail.
caos and others.

Washington A.rll 2>.-The d,par..
mout OF Justice IS pursuing with ,.-or
its policy of urging 70 final u,..rm.
nation all cases. civil and criminal. iu.
v1ly.us violations Of the sherman au,.
trust law. the Interstate commerce
act. and the act prohibiting ,h, grant
.uE and reC,iluL of rebates
October las- ..chty.s.eht cases
under th" several acts W.r. pending
in the courts hut this number has
been reduced 10y at i.as' twenty u~
TWENTY-FIVE removing som. OF great
Importance from the list
The American naval stores case IS
now ON trial iu savannah T.. Main.
Mercantile Gaze. an ALLEGED trust
among the sardiuo packers. b., iu pro-.
cess of settlement The ",ommod..
Ties clause" case. involving -l. con.
s'itutiouality of the law which iu
effect prohibits railroad, from lEuu-
and operating coal mines. ha- rasssi
through its several stages 90 -l. SO.
prcmo court. whence q decision '- rx
p"ctcd very soon
Cases AGAINST 20. standard Hl Gone
pauy are on the docket. of several
courts and ar" being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible som. .. -..-.
cases are thought 20 iuyolv. on. r-
more of the questions AZ issu. % -ha
recent 20 million dollar fine case.
I'm the case OF the United ~-at. t..
against The Union Pacific Railroad
company and others chargiu, .puh.
nation and conspiracy In violation Or
IN" sherman act. TESTIMONY is now
being taken. I'm the Terminal Rail
road association case al ST Louis .r.
volving an alleged combination be.
tween that association. the hridg, COM
panios and the railroads and ferries
crossing the Mississippi river al that
poiut. 20 oparatc the Eads bridge and
the Merchants bridge as commGn
agency Of interstate commerce. and
TO suppress competition, is nearing
iinal determination.
The suits against the Reading com
pany and others TO dissolve an alleged
combination among the anthracite coal
carrying roads I'm violation OF the
sherman antitrust law is still pend
ing. In this case testimony is now Do-
ing taken Testimony also Is being
taken in. the case against the Union
Pacific Railroad company. flcd i'm the
district OF Utah, charging a combinl.
tion and conspiracy In violation OF the
sherman act.
\ large number of criminal ca,re
for violation oI the Elkins act prohi0-
itiug the granting and receiving OF ro.
bates are now pending I'm several
states. Among these are the cases
1.1lu-; fhu Great Northern. the Sut.
folk n Carolina. the New York Cen.
iral 4 Hudson River the Delaware *
Hudson, the AtchisOu Topeka Il Santa
Fo. the Ontario n Western and other
railroads as well as against the Pa
oific Mail steamship company
Cases under the Elkns act also are
being prosecuted against the Chicago.
indianapolis 4 Louisville and tho Mis-.
~ouri Pacific railroad The records of
the department of Justice show that
there are several cases pending
against corporations and individuals TO
three or four years standing and it is
understood that cases of this charao-
ter will be taken mp and disposed Of
as rapidly as they can be reached.