Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-19
Attorney General Hasn't Dissolved
a Single Trust, but Has Helped
Ten in Last Seven Months.
Worse Than BaIIinger in Delay,
STILES Greatest Victory Ever Won
for People Before U. S. Su-
preme Court by Action in the
Union Pacific Dissolution Case.

WASHINGTON. oct. 1s.-An rec
ords for first aid to trusts" have been
broken by the Department Of Justice
under the administration Of Attorney
General McReynolds.
During the seven months he has
been in charge Of the Governments
campaign for fighting monopolies the
Attorney Generals notable accom-
plishments-eXclusive OF the number
Of small proceedings nstituted-stand
as follows:
Number OF trusts dissoIved-NONE.
Number OF trusts or other infuen-
tial defendants which have received
first ad"-TEN.
The only other Cabinet officer IN
the history Of the United states who
approached the present Attorney Cen
eral in this respect was former Sec
Rotary Of the Interior Baliinger. and
the record indicates that he was nos
even q close second.
Here is the record:
I. UNION PACIFIC SOUTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD cAsE-Tae
United States brought suit TO
compel the Union Pacific Rail
road Company TO dispose Of s12G-
G50.on0 or the stock OF the South
eru Pacific under the sherman anti
trust act. Attorney General Wicker
sham won the case The Supreme
Court ordered the Union Pacific 10
proceed to divest itself ~ the stocL
The lawyers for the Union Pacific
drew up a plan and submitted It 20
the new Attorney General OF the
United States, Mr. McReynolds. lie
accepted the plan, although. contrary
to the expressed wishes Of President
Wilson, he withdrew his request for
public hearing
on top of this Attorney General
McRevuolds forfeited the right to an
peal the case by consonting to the
entry or decree by the Circuit
Court and it can not be reopened .ex-
cept by special action on the part Of
Congress.
Thus lie effectuary stifled what IS
considered the greatest victory ever
won in the Supreme Court by chs
people. The man who represented the
Attorney General in the latter part Of
this remarkable proceeding, z. Car
roll Todd, has been promoted by his
chief to the position Of First Assist
ant Attorney General. IN full charge
Of the crust busting" work of the
department.
2. THE ANTHRACITE COAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES began this dur
ing the time Wickersham was Attor-
ney General. The latter assigned hin.
to the case.
The first proceedings were taken
under the Hepburn rate law. and. in
effect. McReynoIds lost the suit. Then,
with the same z. Carroll Todd, he
fled a bill under the Sherman anti
trust law. charging conspiracy. After
a long struggle McReynoldK won a
decision from the Supreme Court.
Part Of the responsibility for tie
A'A t''ANA- ANtNA y W as ltt4h 10 IdHuFG
on the part of McReynolds to draw
his bill properly. Now, in 1918. al
though the proceedings were begun
originally in 1907, the Attorney Gen
eral has just filed a bill against the
five coal companies concerned, whiea
complies in form and manner Of
pleading with the rules established
for such cases by the Supreme Couts
in 1895 In other words, he has Just
now made fair beginning IN the
case And the retail price Of coal has
steadily gone up.
3. THE INTERNATIONAL HAIR
VESTER TRUST CASE-This cass
was nearly settled by Attorney Cen
eral Wlchersham. \ compromise was
proposed. Wickersham thereupoa
made out q list Of conditions for the
Harvester Trust to subscribe to. but
they We're SO binding and so favors bIo
to the Government that the trust Dc
ciaed it could better afford to fgat
through the courts
This .-llft V-lirb y-as ha,.ur uesrty