The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-30

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cs whsTA tAe American TeAaee0 coa-
gag held majority 1s the siees.
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manufacture IS tAis e9sHsFg Beth
The lscCrioe 2a4 tAe t0I aaaaog0 ies
arese said &c hare a#en obtained la
aea rf Ae Sherman aatiR a=t
Arsther phase of Litigation
Aaather phase nf the slsa ion
concerned the foreign tsa .he
petition charged fhag The American
E0aae&n eonp5ug AAa entered aan
contrasts with the fnfpeF5al TuAaecu
comnaAy. the sEC4lled British
Trust wkere0y the latter should
lniis lts activities TO Great Britain
aSeaNr SIS gtAe purchase GO ceg-
s45a amount uf Eeaf sn Amee5e1 ana
the former shegla llmit lss busiacs
ds the raisE1 states It vas aileget
that she rgo trast organic .he
sritlsa American Tobacco eomranr
E0 take over Ae export business of
aoth au1 MiyiEa the world between
them These contracts ware made
ir Great Britain
The circult court found that .hsga
existed restraint of commerce. hut
sasd nothing ahaaT the charges 0f
nacncnolsziug III its decree the
ecHrs dismissed the petition as to
the Imperial company and the Brit
american company and from This
ReaeaFe pf 1he Decree the g0TRfnm
appealed to THE supreme c0aFt AZ
dismissed the petition rs 10 she
tFnifed Cigar stores company ana
lgOm this too. The government ap-
peaged
Tne circuit eaurt daereed that the
American Tobacco company. sha
American SNUFF company. the Amari-
car Cigar cDmpaay the American
Stogse company and MgcsnareHs g.
Forces company xere mHsa fri com
alnatSaHs and restrained them from
egsg gFag in interstate Dr foreign
commerce From this the defend
ants appealed 10 the supreme court
50 eli the government. The govern.
meHs objected because the Confer
Full company ana the indieidual de-
fAndaats headed BY James y DuFe,
were not made parties 10 Tie com
spiFaey To restrain and because ali
were not held 70 be attempting 10
noa0p0llze
Circuit Courts Decree
The circuit court Hecreed THAT the
American Tobacco company. the
American SnuM company the Ameri
CAR Cigar company. p KoFiIlard com
rany. r. u Reynolds Tnbacc8 conn
pany. Elaekwells Durham Tobaro
company ami the Conley Foil eOm-
pamg held shares in specified cn~Bor-
ati0ns and eHi9iAed them from ac-
At4F&tA& TIC AtNAA@ VI NgAttAANoN W.
voting the sAares 0s ana fFam exer-
rislng control over the sabsidfarv
companies. aad enloiEed the saJ-
sidiafy companies from permitting
control Both tae defendants and
the government anY aled The latter
objected prlacipally because the lm-
periai Tobacco company, the British
American Tobacco company and the
United Cigar Stores company we're
not ineluded among the subsidiary
companies and because the hOldlug
companies were NOT prohibited from
collecting dividends FROM the sub
e.diary oomp-nies
TIE appeals HeFe argled before
the supreme court. first Ia January.
1910. and the second time ia January
ie1i Prominent attorneys AMP Mrs
ea F0r the government Attorney
General WiekeFsnam and his special
assistant. D. G sleReyn0Ids address
ea tha court For ihe American To-
HaNan cDmuanias there appeared
gu1n q. johnson uf Philadelphia
Bel.aneey Nic0l ard Bunias parser.
~ MeW Y0tks Waile William B Horn
blower. 81 NGH York, aggaed 10. lhe
imperial Tobacco cnmrany. and 3pt
Mt Ssrark. og New York for fhe
United Cigar stores company