Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-11
IMPORTANT LAWSUITS
UP TO HIGHEST COURT;
MILLIONS INVOLVED
Harvester Trust Dissolution
Case, Ordered Reargued, May
Be Advanced at Govern
ment's Behest
IMPORTERS HAVE CASE
Ask s4O,OO0,000 Refund on Goods
Brought Here on Ships of
American Registry

WASHINGTON, october ia heavy
aocket confronts the Supreme Court,
which convened today and will start work
tomorrow.
The Court has under advisement a few
important cases that were left over from
The preceding term. These are:
The Oregon minimum wage law. involv-
ing the right Of state TO enact a
statute TO regulate the wages of women
IN the interest of public health and NOR
els.
controversy between union carpen-
tors in the city of New York and manu-
santurers OF woodwork who maintain an
omen shop and who seek to prevent an
alleged boycott of their products.
The West Virginia liqur cases, involving
the liability Of railroads which decline
shipments of liquor from ''wet" territory
10 dry territory in compliance with the
Webb-Kenyon law.
A trademark case involving the right
of manufacturers to conduct trade wars
against each other, and also the much
discussed question of unfair competition.
HARVESTER CASE.
The Government has several highly i'm
portant suits that will probably be
pressed to a final determination during
the course of the year. These include
the dissolution suit against the so-called
Harvester Trust, which was argued be-
fore the court last year. but which the
court assigned for reargument this year
The court OF course, did not make
Known it's reasons for reopening the mat
fer. but it is assumed that the bench
was equally divided. No date has been
SET for this reargument, and It devolves
upon either harvester lawyers or the
Government lawyers to ask permission
of the court to have the case specially
advanced for hearing If it is to be re-
submitted this year.
There is also the highly important 8
per cent. customs discount case, involv-
ing the validity of the section of the I'm
derwood tariff law which provided a re-
mission of per cent. of all customs
duties collected on goods imported into
the United States in ships of American
registry.
II the importers who have brought
suits to collect these remitted duties
which the Government has refused to pay
the Government will stand to lose about
s40O00,O00 which must be refunded
chiefly to New York importers. The
Government has not yet served notice
that it will ask for an advancement Of
this case, but the presumption is that
such action will be taken.
STEEL TRUST CASE
Whether the suit for dissolution Of
the steel trust will come before the court
this year on appeal from the District
Court of New Jersey is not known
Lawyers are expecting, however, that
the court will be called upon to decide the
appeal this year.
Reference to the European war may
be heard when the appeal of the so-called
German steamship trust is argued. The
Government is seeking a dissolution Of
this steamship combine and was victor
ious in some of its contentious in the
, lower federal courts. The questions in
the cases are almost OF an academic ma
ture now, owing to the fact that none
Of the steamships involved has turned
a wheel since the outbreak Of the war.