The sun., 1910-06-02
REAL MEANING OF R. R. SUIT
,o,yPNM WENT SEEKS TO BREAK
rRTNk LINE COMMITTEE.
,,,,or Against ihe western Railroads
,,rcd ~ the NEcacy by Whach rasy
o., Ratc, IiS an Antitrust Law
Prorcrdlns and Wm Ne a I.oaS Ons.

Proccrdlns and Wm Ne a I.oaS Oas.
W,-uNGrov. June The real scope
Of ,r- rrr.asdlngs which the Attorney
General has r'gun against twenty-five
..--rfs 100 the middle West has been
..s- rssI he obtaining Of an iniunc-
..r from dge Dyer AZ Hannibal. No,
LIST righ' '1 restrain The railroads from
rfung into effect increases in rates was
only Incidental TO the main proceeding.
.rs sat which the Attorney General
Ia. f.ai in ~ LOUIS seeks the dissolution
~ rte Western Trunk Line COMMITTEES.
,ra medium through which the twenty
fys roads have made their uniform
rrr-eAse. and thus indirectly Affects
SIMILAR committees and associations
throughout, the country which have been
gsed Nv the railroads in the matter Of
fung -a'es.
Ths SUIT begun against the Western
Trunk Line COMMITTEES and the twenty
five railroads in the middle West Ia similar
IN character 10 tina, which the Depart
mant Of Justice began against the HArri-
man merger and against the Northern
Securities Company The Attorney Gen.
.raI holds that the Western Trunk line
Committee. In the matter Of fixing the
Increased rates is a combination In viola.
ton Of the sherman anti-trust law and
as such ought TO be dissolved
The trial q this suit means the appoint.
mpnt Of master the taking Of an i'm
urnse amount ~ test imony. a. ia the
Hartman merger suit, and a fight in the
courts which Will probably last for several
Years The obtaining Of the injunction
vas merely move on the Attorney.
GENERALS part tn prevent the increased
r.'es from being levied upon shippers
r'ndng the trai II the suit in squity
% dissolve the Western Trunk Line Com.
rr LEE
There j. possibility that the railroads
rav D- taken 10 task by the DeTR rtment
F Justice on another scnre Western
81 ppers were charging to-day that the
rods IN making these increases had
lated the general Injunction issued
.y 'hr Circuit Court and sustained bv
o. supreme Court in the ir9nsmissOuu
.ra o. ~ ~ seysr-l wears ago That in
..1etun. % ~ C0utpnded forbade the
O. roads from making any combination
Of. fh- sort that Is nov charged and if the
Government is s'iccessfIl .n Ifs SUR 10
sSolve the Western Trunk lane Com
'tes an attempt will b. made % pun an
ts railroads for contempt Jf this in-
notion
As 20 the temporary injunction Ehich
o Department - Justice has already
aimed restraining the railroads from
U.ttng their new rates into effect. the
attorney General intends % pvt o. up
,hs railroads. % show why thus inJunc-
I'm should not he made permanent
ne Attorney General already has ava lied
nseli Of the expediting act 20 take the
motion proceedings automatically
'1u the District Court before three Judge.
f me Circuit Court The Attorney
neral intends % rest On his oars now
ulrl The railroads step in and try 10 show
r-v he injunction should be Dissolved.
was an unusual prooeeding.- said
f.. Ar0rney General to-day. speaking
Of 'he Application Tor an injunction. II
rH, unusual. but I believe that we will
v0 tre case Il appears 10 me that the
'hiprers have excellent ground for CON-
laIn'. for ~ seems obvious That there
v-s combination among those twenty
.,s rods 10 raise their rates in concert.
Y apparent from what the Attorney
GENERAL had ~ say Of the cass to-d1y
. No The department. of Justice did not
mp into tHa fight without considerable
liberation The Attorney General be-
.sn 10 plan for the blocking Of the in
0-sa-ed rates and the suit for the dissOlu-
ION of the Trunk Line committee last
F-riav after he had had a talk with Repre-
sentative Hubbard Of Iowa. The Al
i'-rsy GENERAL sent 10 the Interstate
iommerca Commission and obtained am
Ct.'- -howinR the circumstances % the
'.rs NJ notioes Having accumulated
&C. 7s0esssry information ne ordered
mo- ~ bis assistant attorneys. Edwin p.
ir1syeror 10 start for st. Louis on sun
'rr ngnr Mr. Grosvenor went with
tr arThrsuon for temporary iniuno-
1'rin Hi. rorks, Mr.. Grosvenor already
Fss .r ~ Louis with the petition when
no Hrg' ia.eRation of Western shipper
n.eG nr 'ua Attorney General Monday
afternoon '1 tsk him % act,
.a -rsasirg " the case to-day Mr.
'rsarsham explained that he had deemed
71v-afis 70 keep from the railroads
t'1w.'dgs " the place where the suit
a, gong - be filed Otherwise the
sa' might have appeared and argued
A. '-e rsmpoTary Injunction should
-s-Is without hearing This would
la.a n0-f1oned the issue u the restrain
~ order Intl after June and the RATES
-.0 have gone into effect For this
rss1r 'ln Attorney General save the
'.'1"-. .1 definite answer In their pub
tsa-.ns hef1re him on Monday The
'1-nsE General selected q court In
i. f7 Judicial Circuit for the suit
.'"a"-. ri '-at circuit the sherman anti
..' af ..- reo.ived its fullest interpre-
'.a Standard Oil and other cases
and determined action on
F mo Attorney General has
'. |HI""' ~ ~ little comment
.IiirDad men They complain
..r ',g eesks ~, the Taft Adn.i.-
..- standing sLtnchly behind
u tho pending railway bi.l
'.H7r agreements The rail-
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