The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-07
Annual Message Deals
With One Subject.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF COURT
~ Gases Of Standard Oil and
Tobacco Companies.
AMENDMENTS NEEDED

THINKS AMENDMENTS NEEDED
Believes Present Statutes Good ao Far
as Thcy 90 but sussests Supple.
mental Leglsla.lon.For Fed.
erals Corporation Law. Z.
Washington, Dec. 5.-President
Taftsg annual message, which was read
itnS both houses ofeongress today. deals
exclusively With the antitrust statute.
me fulls textso the message IS as fol-
lows: + I Z
70 the Senate and House lof Repre.
nentatiyes: This tmessagesis the first
Of several which shall send to cor.
tgreHsF during the interval, between the
opening Of It's regular, session and It's
stadtourntnent sfor,the tChristmas holis
Idayss The amount Of Information to be
communicated al; to the operations OF
thesgoysrnnent, the number Of Impor-
IN. ~ 1ol4 co"Ileht ny
.ne ransmission 10
ctai commissions make II impossible
sSts y. .message q 2 reason
I. \ s,sss VIZ alssuss.on. oistne topics
ition OF the national Legislature at its
dIst regular session.
NEE rust EaW-The Supreme
Il Court Decisions.
n May last thds suprer3a coprt ( q
eds d6wn decisions In ! |. stits II,
equity Drought 81 III iUnIted;s tntes "a
erjcih the further maintenance of INA
Standard Oil trust and Of the .Ameri.
= TOBACCO tfest:s ntfd-t secure their
a . Ihe decisions are epoch.
800 ~ ny sslYe 70 ADVISE me bisi
M oI.tne scope
saaas lT I,auSn ol!the antitrust act OF
any hi sS's,ohs 10 nost aeparttin
we prey!aa
ma nnisia. sae y constituting
ma az ~: statgte
sis,s ~ ss.,a enoss Important gee
S,SS.,s Il .u.saer. oena9ng tnesaireadyS
1920 ea xeep.lons Y = ilteral son'
M ~ :, .ne .ae..g hyssnesaecrees.
MI 9 usetu, as 10
~, ,Ale.aoa 81 aeaiing with the
TSsss dsnls;pn .. nIesalitrusts
vIsdo,n ~ addit,enss ses .ne neeu aha
Nissisiafion ~ naia upplenlen.ai
entirs h,,s,nas !. eas,e. 'or ne
VIM ~ III sq"nIe
Ina .ansn nss,a S,,as. anu .eeallty
m banaat s.,.susa anu ~ preserve
sonabIa ~ Lii. spu' VI {
Al msjsna aM..nout 'oss OF
~ Agssess
#Go5 Snange Ia the Rule Of Decision
Merely Ia Its Form Of Expression.
The statute In It's frst sectIon do.
Eclareat to be Illegal "eyery contracf,
combinationfi In the form of tr,,st a.
otherwise, or conspiracy. In restraint
Of trade or commerce among the sev.
eral IS .ates or with foreign nations "
and in the second. declares ruiltv NJ a
misdemeaino,rr every person who shall
monopolize or attemnt To mononoI1za
Sorscombine or conspIre with any other
person to monopolize any; part of the
trade or commerce OF the several
states or with foreign nations"
Instwo early cases. where The statute
was invoked to enjoin a TRANSPORTATION
agreement between Interstate railroad
companies, It was held that Il was M
defense to show TINT the arreemen, no
complained OF was rea son,I
atscommon law. because Il was sa,d
that the statute was directed ]arainst
an contracts and combinations In re.
strta,int Of trade whether reasonn, NJ
common law or moi. n was nlaIn from
Tthe;record. however. that the contracts
complained Of In those cases would
NOT have been deemed rcason,hia NJ
common law. In subseonent casas ,%a
coartSsaid that the statute should ho
given a reasoual construction and re-.
seertain5 c~ontractual restraints Of trade
Wnich y dominated as Incidental or rs