The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-24
SUPREME COURT:
PASSES ON CASE
LUMBER AND OIL SUITS DIS
POSED OF BEFORE AD-
JOURNMENT
AMOUNT is LARGE
The Decree of the Court Was One
Step in Fixing Title to
Oil Lands

washington, June ZZ.-Ine Su-
preme court today adjourned until
October after deciding the Intermoun-
tain rate case, the California Oil Land
grant case, the eastern States retail
lumber dealers suit, and several other
important cases pending for many
lnonths
Just fourteen cases in which argu-
ments had been made were left unde-
cided. These include cases involving
the constitutionality Of the Grand
father clauses" limiting the right of
negroes to vote in Oklahoma and An
napolis, Maryland; the Washing
ton land case involving the validity Of
President Taft's withdrawal of oil
lands from entry; the Nashville Grain
reshipping case; and the Henry case
involving the right of congress to
compel individuals to testify before
investigating committees.
The court during the term disposed
Of more cases than in any year since
1880. Five hundred and ninety one
decisions were handed down.
The court affirmed the decree of the
New York federal court holding or
ganizations Of eastern states retail
lumber dealers had violated the
Sherman anti trust law by circulating
among their members lists Of whole
salers who sold lumber direct to con-
sumers. The Pipe Line act Of 1906,
placing all interstate oil pipe lines un-
der interstate commerce commission
regulations was upheld by the su-
preme court. The court held, how
ever, that the act Is not applicable to
the Uncle Sam Oil Company.
Transcontinential railways won their
fight for title to seven hundred mil
lion dollars worth Of California oil
lands when the supreme court today
held void the clause in the patents
making the land revert to the govern
ment if later found to contain miner
ais.
The supreme court recessed until
October without announcing decision
N the tariff withdrawal oil land case.
The Grandfather clause, the Nash
Vile reshipping case and several 9th.
ers.
Lumber Trust, Case.
Charges of blackl1sting and unfair
methods figured largely in the socall-
ed Lumber Trust suit which the gov
ernment brought against ten retail
dealers associations and 1877 of their
officers.
The defendants were: The New
York Lumber Trade Association, in
Hudson County, N. j., contributory
of Westchester County, N. Y; the Of
fcers, directors and representatives
of the New Jersey Lumbermen's Pro-
tective Association an unincorporated
body composed of retail lumber deal
ers in New Jersey; the officers, di-
rectors and representatives Of eh Re-
teil Lumbermen's Association of
Philadelphia, an mnincorporated body,
composed of retailers in Philadelphia
and vicinity; the Massachusetts, Re-
tail Lumber Dealers Association; the
Lumber Dealers Association of Con-
necticutt; the Lumber Dealers Asso-
citation of the State of Rhode Island;
the Retail Lumbermen's Association
of Baltimore; the officers and repre-
sentatives of the Lumber Exchange Of
the District of Columbia; and the
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers
Association, a membership corpora
ton of New York, composed of three
of each Of the other
associations named.
Charged Combination.
The government charged that the
retailers had combined to prevent
wholesalers from selling directly to
consumers by blacklisting them and
refusing to buy from them if they did,
and by other specified means. The
government showed that there had
long been friction between wholesal-
ers and retailers growing out of the
alleged invasion by each of the trade
province of the other.
The federal district court for south
ern New York held that there had
been violation of the Sherman law
along the line complained of by the
government, and issued an injunction
prohibiting the circulation of the So
called Official lists" containing the
of wholesalers who sold direct
to big consumers.