The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-01

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|five western railroads were temporarily
RESTRAINED tonight by United States
District Judge Dyer from enforcing or
making a general advance in interstate
freight rates.
The injunction was granted on pc
tition filed by the government on the
hllegation that the advances in rates
gere arrived at by the defendants by
1greement in violation of the Sherman
pnti-trust act.
A The petition says unless such re-
5training order were issued, the rate
ADVANCES would become effective at
midnight tonight, TO the grave injury
of the people of the United States.
/ The petition upon which the iniunc-
lion was issued was presented TO Judge
Dyer by Edward P. Grosvenor of
Washington. special assistant to the at
iorney general, and by Frederick n.
hudson of st. Louis. acting as special
tounsei, 1t was signed by GeoEgee, w.
Nickersham, attorney general; William
y. Kenyon, assistant to the attorney
EeneEal. and Charles A. Houts, United
5tates district attorney.
i The roads restrained from increas
ng the freight rates tomorrow are:
Missouri Pacific; Chicago & North
Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
IA; Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific;
Eabash; Chicago, Milwaukee 8 St
pn; Atchisou,. Topeka & Santa Fe; Chi
ago Great Western: Missouri, Kansas
! Texas; St. Louis s. San Francisco;
2uincv, Omaha & Kansas City; st.
3aul & Des Moines: Minneapolis & st.
eeuis: Iowa Central; Fort Dodge. Des
Holmes & Southern; Chicago, st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha; ElgiD, Joliet &
Eastern; Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis;
chicago, Milwaukee & Gary; Minneap.
lis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie: Kan
Ins City Southern; Chicago, Indiana &
Uouthern; the Western Trunk Line com
,nittee.
\ The restraining order declared it was
ssued upon tho statement of the coun-
.el for the government that they would
Immediately file an eXpediting certifi-
tate under the act OF February II, 1908,
providiDg for a speedy determination
pf the issues in contention,
Details Of Action.
The title of the suit is "the United
Mates of America, complainant, versus
fhe twenty-five defendants, restrained
d Injunction
1t alleges unlawful combination and
conspiracy.
The petition says the railroads, gem
rally speaking. are the only ones for
he transportation Of freight and pas
@enger traffic for the states of Missouri,
DIVA, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska,
5onth Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming
md parts of Montana, Michigan, Wis
*onsin, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee.
Referring to the unlawful combina.
pons and conspiracy alleged, the com
Dlaint says:
.1The maintenance of the lines Of
failroad has been encouraged and as.
listed by the United States of America
md by the states and territories and
W the people of said several states and
"errltorles, by franchises and by grants
nd donations of large amounts of land
~ great value and of money and Sc
fprities for the purpose of securing to
INC public and to the people engaged in
[rade and commerce throughout the
united states, competitive lines Of
transportation and communication.
n Government 6 Contention.
T." But for the unlawful combination,
onspiracy, agreements and understand
hgs petween the defendant railroads,
be defendants would have continued i'm
pc sad interstate transportation trade
nd commerce IN competition with each
liner rs To rates and charges 10 he
ollected for the interstate transporta-
ION of freight and passengers and as
ID The facilities and ADVANTAGES to be
tered to the travelling public and to
nippers OF commodities in Interstate
pmmerce and would now be competing
SAID interstate transportation, trade
\ mo- commerce.
~ ne second part OF Tie petition states
~ on December g. 1906, the defend
.S, with the exception Of five roads
,nsd below, not content with the usual
an.i aass and charges for which they were
I,nus,ioned Irn 10 carry freight but intend
.rss,a w monopoliZo the transportation
f. .3,mao. Trade and commerce betwacn the
'~nns states. did combine, conspire
ra ni1e aaIe and unlawfully agree TO or
,,,, anu become members In tho west
~ .rnnk line committee. with the Oh
q onrn,. II, using said western trunk line
"A co,,,.as as n means for suppresssing
tp'peuilon an between said defendants.
s. .,ada ana said Interstate transporta zion,
- ~ petltion then cites the st. Paul G.