The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-02
THE DECISION or The So
PREXE COURT - TIE TO
EACCO TRUST CASE.

The Supreme Coar of a- United
STATE ~ Woadsy .zst Ire zs'a ms.
delivered Us op.a.9n 10 me Io5scco
Trsr rase
The T.b<cco Truss is orc n Ire
large, ruse ~ com5.nzfoas DING
bus.u.ss 10 Tbs country and me as.
Vas ore which attracted great public
interest
From these iacs it is apparent hat
the opinion bad been written some tine
before rs delivery. bot 'aas after the
discerning opinion u Judge Harlan in
the STANDARD OH case, amended or re-
written. beczase i Nas s,sfed ~ Judge
Harlan ia bis oral dissent When nc
court delivered BIS opinion. that be DID
not get a copy 81 me courts decision
Until last Saturday evening
This clearly indicates that the opinion
had been rewritten or amended. This
IS also clearly apparent because u he
opinion 10 The Tobacco Trust cas.. SIX
page u the opinion seems ~ 81 10
reply 70 Judge Harlan discerning op.n-
ion IN the Standard oil case. a. an erDis-
nation II the light u reason ruiz.
adopted IN the Standard OH cas-. We
can see 10 reason for this. unless the
majority 81 Do. cour; felt that . defense
Of that rule ~as rendered shso.gtely
Necessary.
We f.H 70 So how Judge H4rlans dis.
ssniing opinion can have any bearing On
either u these case. except 70 show
fsat the majority u The court xas wrong
~ SIS Interpretation u this iaw
/The fad, however. remains that The
tourt has IN their two dedsions prscii-
cally repealed The Sherman Ann-Tmst
Law
The reason for any and 40 avs Is The
strength of fh - The rezsou and
the purpose Of the Sherman Antitrust
Law was 70 destroy Tnd prevent Ill com
bifstions " men ~ 81 any one man
fron establishing monopoliea 10 restraint
dirzde and business. and siI combine
Ions and conspirsciss % m9nopoiix-
kssi. and business and ~ declared 10
plain and unmsiakab- words The
Icourf has IN both cases decided that
Conzress Did NOT mean Nhs' me words
used clearly mean and impair boz that
the words must be- construed by the
light d reason and By that rule ahai
fCongress meant vas that trade and
business should not be 'unduy' re-
Strained
The court has thus clearly BY judicial
Interpretation. written into The statute
after each and every word u prohibl-
tion, the word "unduly
The explanation u the court iu ih-
Tobacco Tru,i case and ehsi b. meant
BY ihe light n reason 10 'he Standard
Oil case, fails utterly 20 explain its use
cftbe word "unduly" .n ihs STANDARD
oil case.
suppose Congress bad when r. framed
thu Sherman Anu-Tmsi Law inrorpa-
rated after ihe things thar b prohibited
the word unduly. Would tbe statute
have amounted 20 anything 81 b-ue
fitted anybody
Now then that + sssci'y shsf ths
Supreme Court has done in iAess TAO
cases. They have in cfcri decided hat
everything tina, the sherman Anu Trust
Law prohibits. my BE- done hr an .udi
vidual Or any trust ~ combination. rro.
yided only that il is done in the igbf a
reason, aud not unduly
&xh seems 20 ~ that 20 intelligent man
esnread these two decisions ai.d reach
!; ae]y other conclusion
<I'he court dissolved both trusts ihs
standard Oil and the Tobacco Trust bsi
rave them ample time 10 rsofganixe iu
d harmony with the law. The majority If
d BE court are the only men outside u the
tusis that seem desirious lLaiuAksese con.
ceEns shall reorganize ihsF hsse bssn
heard Of The Standard OIL and the
Tobacco Trusts have been two a the
mosa heartless and grinding trusts hat
have Impressed the people for long yesrs.
and nobody wants 10 see either
oneof them longer Cypress the people
and destroy thousands Of individuals and
,pfiv4ie enterprises in the future a. they
have done In the past
IT. Ibeyhave both accumulated untold mil
lions Of dollars by monopoly. eEtoriion
isnd the destruction Of private enter
arises. and no one desires their continued
sistence. OF the two the Standard OIL
sSinfinitely the worst trust, because Il
Bed control Of prime necessity. espec-