Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18

the people without fear of punishment
In the nothing has really been done dissolve the
Coal Combination and the people may expect relief
this latest Coal they secured from the Oil Trust
decision and the Tobacco humorous
styled antitrust decisions rendered by Mr. Ta reactionary
supreme court.
The price of will high will 20 higher The
combination of the coal roads will continue monopoly
will become constantly oppressive extoron-
ate monopoly
The monopoly will continue operate disregard of the inter
es of the people and defiance the will people
Mr. Taft reactonay supreme continues
resulting the protection of trusts and the perpeuation monop
olstlc extortion and oppression
The farcca the Temple Iron Companv AN ns
tuition which had already served its purpose strangng compe
ton and longer essential Coal Trust an
evidence of the indifference with which the supreme regards
the peoples interests and of the contempt regards the
peoples intelligence
The attorneys for the people content with no such
empty and insufficient act dissolution agencies
trust offered evidence of the combination The attorneys the
people asked for genuine the people for permanent in
Junction against the continuance oppressive combination
which the Temple Iron Company and the contracts
proved to exist.
1t that the owned their own mines in
the coal district and that the coal railroads deliberately killed the
competition of rival coal mines by of discriminating trans
pOraton charges.
1t shown that the railroads to compete with each
other in freight rates that there relief the coal pro-
duers and shippers from universal oppression and dscrm
nation
1t that attempt to build rival railroad to secure
relief from this destructive oppression discrimination had been
killed by the joint efforts Coal Trust railroads united for
this purpose in the Temple Iron Company
IL was shown that the railroads. through coaseng compa-
MES which they owned maintained high rates in New York
and other distributing cnters responsible for the high nr
Oh coal and prevented reduction of price through
1t was shown that these railroads established the selling price
of coal through price issued by every railroad the Same
time and with the provisions.
1t that these railroads compelled to be sold at
these fixed prices by backstng all who did not
adhere to these fixed prices
4 that Lor 81
mai IN their character that the of the companies
attended the meetings authorizing registered on the
minutes not by their by numbers like conc in the
pententiary.
1t was that such ways the dealers were con-
od and the coal mine forced one by one to sell
out to or combine with the coal railroads
1t that the Reading Railroad by obtaining posses
sion OF the coal mines within its territory by absorbing
the New Jersey Central grew control per cent of the total coal
product in the coal mining district
1t has shown that these and the coal thew controlled
in combination with the other and the coal they con-
roed established practically absolute monopoly the coal
produced delivered and sold throughout covered by these
roads
This whole combination the thing oppressive to the
coal consumer and which exists defiance intentions of con
gess as expressed the Sherman Antitrust law yet
whole combination allowed to remain under
on The supreme court itself admits
of the combination and the oppressive acts of the combination
The decision This combination defendants through
the Temple Iron Company effective The New York Wvo
ming and Western railroad successfully STRANGLED and
the monopoly of the transportation collectively held by
tendant carrier companies maintained.
he combination by means of the Temple Iron Company still
exists 1t has been and still efficient agency
activities of the defendant purpose of preventing
competition the transportation sale of coal in other states
Yet what is the result?
The existence of combination STRANGELY competition
and which existed and still for the purpose of 'STRAN
CLING competition, is admitted.
But under the dspensaon OF the supreme the combna
ton not enJoned the attorneys for the people prayed The
guilty railroad presidents who violated the law STRANGLE
competition not marked for punishment competition
not restored The supreme merely dssovs the instrument
by which, IN the last analysis license continuance of the
monopoly and which protects the privileged special interests and
dsregard the demands of the people rights the neo
under the law. F0F
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