The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27
GROSSCUP ASSAILS
The SHERMAN LAW
Chicago Judge Condemns the En-
actnent as Unameri-
can.
cRITIcIzEs EXECUTIVE
Lecturer Says Courts Can Do
Nothing Save Inflict Punish
CRITIClzES EXECUTIVE

New York. March aG.-Pcter S. Gross
cup. Judge OF tho United States Cir
cui. Court in Chicago. in the Rcpubli-
can Club yesterday afternoon con-
dcmncd the sherman antitrust law and
criticized certain OF the things done
b. tho Executive. The discussion the
last OF tho season. was on ''The En-
croachment Upon the Three Co ordinatc
branches Of tho Government, One Upon
the Other"
David Jayne Hill, United States am
hasSador TO Germany, was present with
Jacob Gould Schurman. president OF
Cornell, and Frank j. Goodnow, pro-
YeHsor In Columbia. Judge Grosscur
said the Sherman antitrust law is
typical OF the laws that cncroach on
The powers of the judiciary. He gave
u as his opinion the laws should con
form to existing conditions. and insist
ca the judiciary should remain indie
pendent both Of the legislative and
executive branches Of government.
" you think am going to speak
on the cncronchments on the bench by
tue Leg islaturc and the executives YOU
VIII be mistaken he said. The. judi
ciary. from the bench, is well able TO
take care Of that. He attributed the
loss of judicial power to tho enact
inHnt OF laws like tho sherman anti
u liSl Ia W. ] nc corporations. ie assert
cn, have grown until they rival the
government itself. both in revenue ana
business activity. .iftcr going over
the history OF their growth. the speak
or went on:
Ny Own theory IL that il IL not the
man. but the garment. The business
OF the conntry is tho man. and the law
IS the garment thtl; tho tailor
should cut lie garment 10 tit the man.
and not cut TIC man to ~ the gar
mcn,. ISu, the law took another
course Under the sherman law COR
l.orations are even forbidden TO meet
To conaidcr tho law among themselves
You shall not even confer in order to
do what tho law says YOU must do
You shall not meet 10 discuss the hest
way to carry out the las. or course,
II is absolutely absurd. Two farmers
discussing the price Of their has from
the tops OF their loaded wagons come
under the sherman law"
Corporations. said Judge Grosscun
Drc d. benciit to the country at large. II
proparly administered. lie said tic
law went UP stream, while the rest OF
III. community vent down stream. and
tina; the sherman law is being broken
ana denounced, and in many instances
denounced with propricty.
There IL letter remedy than the
Sherman law the lecturer held '.as
Interpreted BY the United States SUI
rrcne Court The Interpretation the
supreme Court has put on the Sher
man law is the Calvinistic doctrine Of
universal condemnation. Every man
who does business is violating the law
nnlsss he does business with himself"
lie went on: THE Calvinists believed
thai no matter how good q man was.
the only way nc could escape punish
ment was by the mercy OF the Creator,
This IS the case with the business man.
and particularly the corporation.
Through the mercy OF the Department
NJ Justicc, you may never be prose
cutcd The whole power Is transferred
to Washington. 1t is no longer, What
VIII they say at the court In Buffalo,
In Now York or elsewhere? but What
Will they say In Washington
The courts can do nothing except
iulct punt shmcnt II the Executive One