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

the people without fear Of punishment.
tl way nothing really been dissolve the
CoaC Combinations and the people may expect relief from
this latest Coal Trust decision than they secured from the Oil Trust
decision other humorousy
styled trust decisions rendered by Mr. Tafts reactionay
supreme
The price OF nigh 90 higher.
combination Of the coal roads will continue be monopoly and
will become constantly and oppressive and extorion
monopoly
The monopoly will continue operate disregard of the inter
Of the people the will people
Mr. Taft reacona court continues render decisions
protection of trusts and the pepetuaon Of monop
olstic cXtortion and oppression
The farcca dissolution Temple Company an insti
tuition which had already served its purpose of srangng compe
ton and longer of essential value the Coal Trust
evidence Of the indifference with which the supreme regards
the people interests of the contempt with which regards the
peoples intelligence
The attorneys for the people with no such
empty and insufficient dissolution agencies of the
trust offered evidence of the combination The attorneys
people asked for genuine relief for people, permanent in
junction against the continuance oppressive combination
which Temple Company and the Coal Purchase contracts
proved to exist.
1t that the railroads their own mines in
the coal district and that the coal railroads deliberately
composition Of rival coal mines by of discriminating
poration charges
1t shown that refused to compete with each
other freight rates that there the coal pro-
ducers and shippers from universal oppression dscrm
nation
1t shown that attempt build rival railroad to secure
relief from this destructive oppression been
killed by the joint efforts of the six Coal Trust railroads
this purpose in the Temple Iron Company.
1t shown that the railroads. through coaeng compa
MES which they owned maintained uniform high York
and other distributing ceners responsible for high price
OF coal and prevented reduction price through oppression
1t shown that these established the selling price
of coal through price circulars issued by every the same
time and with the provisions
1t that these railroads compelled to be sold at
these fixed prices bacstng coal merchants who did not
adhere to these fixed prices
1t proven that these oppression were so Grim
na in their character that the agents companies who
attended the meetings authorizing these registered
minutes not by their but by numbers like the
pententary.
1t proven that in such ways the dealers were
oed and the coal mine forced by
out combine with the coalrairoads
1t proven that the Reading Railroad by obtaining
of the coal mines within its territory by absorbing
the New Jersey Central control 60 per
product in the coal mining district
1t has shown that these railroads they controlled
combination with roads and the coal they con-
roed established practically absolute monopoly
produced delivered sold throughout by
roads
This whole combination thing which oppressive to the
coal consumer and which exists defiance
expressed in the Sherman Antitrust law yet this
whole combination allowed under the
cson The itself recognizes
of the combination and the oppressive
The decision says: This defendants through
the Temple Iron Company effective The New York Wyo
ming and Western railroad successfully STRANGLED and
the monopoly of the transportation collectively held by
PENDANT carrier companies maintained.-
The combination by of the Temple Iron Company still
exists 1t has been and still efficient agency collective
activities Of the defendant for the purpose of preventing
competition in the transportation
Yet, what is the result?
The existence of combination STRANGELY competition
and which existed and still exists purpose STRAN
! CLING competition is admitted.
But under the dspensation supreme court the combna
ton not enoned the attorneys for the people prayed
guilty railroad presidents who violated the ANGLE
competition marked punishment competition is
not restored The supreme merely dssoves instrument
by which the last analysis license for the the
monopoly and which the privileged special and
degardS the demands of the people and the rights people
under the law
of Mr.