Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-11
Highest Tribune Win Hear Ar |
gumentS at October SESSION.
in SO-CaIled Hard Coal Case,
Cotton Corner Etc.
GOVERNMENT DEFEATED
IN THE LOWER COURT
Deciding of These Several Suits
Expected to Have Far Reach
ing Effect On Conduct of
Corporations Generally,
NV Morning journal sp. cal Leased wire,

Nv Merninx Journal sps essi Leased Wire,
| washington. Sept, l0.-More light
on the application of the sherman
| antitrust law TO the business of the
\ day is expected from the supreme
court Of the United States shortly af-
ter the opening of its session next
month. Several antitrust cases ad-
fanced for consideration by the tri-
bunal are being relied on TO give the
court greater opportunity than that
| afforded In the recent Standard oil
and Tobacco decision to interpret the
law and To impress upon the country
| how the court proposes the law
should be enforced
1t is planned by the court in the
! first month of its session to hear
| arguments In the so-called hard
coal ease" the cotton corner case"
and the "St. Louis bridge case" pos
sibly later In the session the court
may consider the sO-called turpentlne
| trust case.
All involve knotty problems grow
ing out of attempts of the govern
| ment to punish alleged violations OF
the sherman antitrust law. With the
exception of the so-called 'urpen-
tine case tho government has been
| defeated In the lower court and has
appealed to the supreme court to up
| hold it's Interpretation of the law.
The hard coal" case" constitutes
o governmental attack on the princi-
| pal anthracite coal carrying railroads
| and ooal-owning companies in Penn
! sylNanla. Ii is claimed that since 1895
these companies have been parties to
u combination and conspiracy TO end
| competition among themselves In the
transportation and sale of anthracite
coal and to prevent the sale of the
independent output in competition
| with their own. Besides this alleged
| general conspiracy a number OF lit
! tie conspiracies not only forming a
part of the genera conspiracy but
| occupying an Independent existence
have been charged by the govern
| ment.
Nothing like the cotton corner"
has ever been before the supreme
court. Il is said.
The government will ask the court
to overrule the action of the United
states circuit court for southern
New York in striking out an indict-
ment against James A. Patten, Eu-
gene q. Scales. Frank =. Hayne and
William +. Brown on three counts
These counts charge In substance
that these men conspired to monopo-
lie the Interstate trade and COM
merce in available cotton by acquir-
Ing enough of that commodity on the
New York exchange to give the alles-
cd conspirators power to fix arbitrary
and excessive prices.
In the st. Louis bridge case" the
government claims that the agree
ments whereby the terminal railroad
association OF st. Louis acquired the
| ownership ana control and operates
the Fades bridge and the "Mer.
chants bridge" across the Mississip-
pi river violates the Sherman law. The
United states circuit court of eastern
Missouri dismissed the bill.
The so-called "turpentine trust
case involves the validity of the in
dictment and conviction of head of
fiolals OF the American naval stores
company on charges OF having violat-
ed the Sherman law