The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-05-25

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"Thus on the one hand with relent
less pert1nacity and minuteness Of
analysis" said the chief Justice, IT
ia insisted that the facts established
that the assailed combination took its
birth in a purpose to unlawfully ac
quire wealth by depressing the pub.
lie and destroying the just rights OF
others, and that It's entire career OK
emplifies an memorable carrying out Of
such wrongful intents, since. It is as
serted, the pathway Of the combination
from the beginning Of the time of thd
filing of the bill is marked with con-
slant proofs of wrong inflicted upon
the public and is strewn with the
wrecks resulting from crushing OUT
without regard to law. the individual
rights of others. It is as
serted that the existence of the prin'
cipal corporate defendant, the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, with
its vast accumulation of property, be-
cause of it's potency for harm and tho
dangerous example which its contin-
ued existence affords, is an open and
enduring menace to all freedom Of
trade and by-word and reproach to
all modern economic methods.
ION the other hand, in powerful
analysis Of the facts, it is insisted that
they demonstrate that the origin and
of the vast business
which the defendants control was but
the result of lawful competitive meth.
DDS, guided by economic genius of the
highest order, sustained by courage, by
a keen insight into the commercial sit.
uation resulting in the acquisition OF
great wealth, but at the same time
serving to stimulate an increased pro-
duction, to widely extend the distribur
tlon of the products Of petroleum at
g cost largely below that which other.
wise have prevailed, thus proving to
be at one and the same time bene.
faction to the general public as well
as an enormous advantage to individ.
uals."
Government Fully Upheld.
Commenting upon the Standard OIL
decision, Attorney General Wicker.
sham said that the court unanimously
affirmed the decree rendered by the
circuit court in favor of the govern.
ment in every particular, save that
give the defendants six months in.
stead Of 80 days. time in which to
comply with the decree.
President Mum on Decision.
President Taft and his cabinet in
the regular session today will take up
the solution of the crust question"
brought sharply before them by the
Standard OIL decision.
The president himself had nothing
to say about the decision. He wished,
to discuss it with the cabinet and tc
dissect it with Mr.. Wickersham. I'm.
til these things had been done, he
had no opinion to voice.
Washington, May 16.-Setting aside
the sentences Of imprisonment i'm.
posed by the supreme court Of the
District Of Columbia, for alleged dis.
obedience to boycott injunction, the
supreme court of the United Slater
held that Samuel .aompers, John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, presi
dent, vice-president and secretary re
spectively of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, had beep enormously
sentenced to jail on charge of con
tempt of local court.
The court unanimously, held that
the only sentences that could be i'm.
posed upon the labor leaders were
fines. In so holding tho supreme
court of the United States iuund thai
the court of appeals of the Distric:
of Columbia and the supreme cour;
Of the district erred in ire ,ting the
contempt proceedings as crimina:
case and not civil one. The effect
of holding the proceedings civil on&
was to make Jail sentences impos
sible. Hence the Jail sentences had
to be set aside.
Inasmuch as all Of the differences
between the labor men and the Buck
Stove and Range company have been
adjudicated including the boycot'
case out of which the contempt pro
ceedings arose. today's decision II
probably the last to be heard of THU
| famous action.
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