The Washington times., 1910-12-09
By JUDSON c. wELLIvER.

Not only VIII the great anthracite
combination Of railroads and mining
companies be smashed but the Neat
trust viii be dissolved. under the de-
cision rendered in the anthracite case
by the circuit court for the northern
Pennsylvania district
At the Department Of Justice q
prominent official said today that the
Government. far from being defeated
in the anthracite case, has apparently
killed two trusts with one stone
the hard coal and the meat combines.
He said.
I'VE have not seen the text OF the
opinion in which justices Gray, Buf-
6nErOn. ana Launing decide the anthra-
cite ease. but from the telegraph ac-
counts it Is plain that the Government
wins on the most important point More
than this, as the organization Of the an
traCite combination was almost the eX-
act parallel 10 that Of the packers com
biBati0n, 81 decision against one would
apply against the other
The Temple Iron Company, organ
lied in IS9g is charged with being the
cruE Of the anthracite combination II
ls Jointly owned bE the Reading jersey
Central, Lehigh. Lackavs anna. Erie and
New York, Susquehanua and Western
roads Each StoCEhUldiuE road names
director These get together and de
eide the policy Of the Temple Iron Com
kanE aS 10 prices, production, etc They
decide theoretically for nobody else but
that company but the Government
charges thar IN fact the decisions
reached at these conferences are al
lowed TO bind all the st0ckhoIdinS rail
roads and anthracite interests, and thus
there Is perfect combination
Violates Sherman Law
The court holds thar the Temple Iron
Company is q combination violative Of
the Sherman law, and orders il dis
solved That is the essential thing IN
the Government case There seems to
have been some MISUNDERSTANDING Of the
decision. and reports have gone out that
IN the main II was a Government defeat
30 Tar a. may be judged from inf1rna-
ton at hand, IL is altogether the con-
uaIy- without doubt the railroads
and the Temple Iron Company viii ap-
peal at once.
The Temple Iron Company. which IS
declared an Illegal conspiracy. stands
IN exactly the same relation 10 rha An
JhraCite trust that the National pscL-f-g
company occupies 70 the Meat trust
In one case the railroads which CON
troll coal are Joint owners Of The TrronTa
Iron Company. and make all plans Tor
control OF the business through its
board OF directors
Business Is Parallel
In the other case the big packing
concerns which control the meat busf-
ness are the owners Of the stock OF
the National Packing Company- They
are represented in its board. and when
they meet around lis directors table
they make plans for its policy. fix
pIsces, ETC. for that one company but
when they have agreed. each goes out
and enfOrCes these prices and conditions
In the mana cement of his own com
pauy-
The parallel is complete If the Gov
-rnment has won in the Temple Iron
case, il viii win In the packers case.
There seems 10 be no uuc.ertainty about
the victory so far as concerns Temple
Iron. If sustained by the Supreme
Court, that VIII be the determinative
precedent that VIII compel the dIsSOlu-
ton Of the National Packing Company,
and. at the same time, the dissolution
Of the Packers trust
No official statement was given out at
the Department OF Justice because the
fun text Of the decision in the authra-
cite case has not been received