The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-12-08
MESSAGE OF
the PRESIDENT
HI. Taft Champions the Anti.
trust Statute.
Kew Remedies SUGGESTED.


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Commission Prooosed--Tne Test Of
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sontatyeS:
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which | shall send 10 congress dngiN-
tue interval met wren ,ie u'yuiu- II
it, regular session amt It's td'ol|A'
1uent for the Christmas holidays. TIE
amount Of information - 10" ygWWU.
uicatGd rs TO IL, operations II Tue
government the number %. Important
subjects calling t"r comment ly the
executive ana the transmission - con
gresS Of exhaustive reports OF special
commissions make it impossible u IN
clude in one message of Il reasonable
length discussion of the topics that
ought to be brought to the attention
Of the national legislature at its first
regular session.
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Count Deo;s;ons
r.. lac. th, s,,nror,o oourt hand.
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~ hro,nht be, tha Irnited Stotas to on.
IT,, ,Ie s,n,h"r r,nirtn,,roo ~ rho
S,ondo ri Ou trr.t and of the Ameri.
can Tobacco trust and to secure their
dissolution. The decisions are epoch
making and serve TO advise the pusi'
ness world authorltatlVely OF tne
scope ana operation OF the ANTITRUST
act OF lSoo' Inc declSlohS 10 HOT ue'
part III any suoslalillai way lIolu tue
previous ucclsions Vi tue COURT III con'
strulng ana applying this iihport"hI
statute' out .hes cl"l'iF tnose ue.'
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NO Chanee IN the huie OF Deo'sIon'
mere'y IN IT'S rorm OF EXPRESSION
The statute In its first section de.
rarcs TO be Illegal every contract,
combination in the form of trust or
otherwise or conspiracy In restraint
OF trade or commerce among the sew
eral states or with foreign nations"
and in the second declares guilty of a
misdemeanor every person who shall
monOpolze or attempt 10 monopolZe
or combine or cOnSpire with any other
person 20 mouopolize any part Of the
trade or commerce Of the several states
q 0ito foreign nations
IL two early cases, where the statute
vas invoked 70 enjoin trauSporta-
81" rate agreement between inter.
Sue r.,,lJa0 companies, II was held
r9t Il was no defense 10 show that
he agreement as 10 rates complained
a. "as Reasonable at common law be.
o,usr & WIS aid that the statute was
elected against all contracts and com
s'aHiuns !. restraint of trade, whether
ya!.Aarlr at common law or not II
H's plain rom the record, however.
t-~. the contracts complained of in
y.o,~ cases would not have been deem
q .nls,Idble at common law. In sub.
f..aeut cases the court said that the
Hl"utc should be- given a reasonable
construction and refused To include