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New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The defendant admitted control Of 400

The defendant admitted control Of 400
per cent Of domestic and about 30 per
cent Of American export trade.
AS al amplifcaton of the "rule Of
teason," engrafted upon the Sherman
law by the Supreme Court in 1911 in
the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
cases, the government asked the court
to enunciate new basic principle;
that no combination so large or power
full that it dominates or occupies a
"preponderant position" in an industry
or main branch thereof shall be per-
nitted under the Sherman antitrust
law.
In defence, the steel companies con-
tended that the Sherman act does not
prohibit combinations for mere size
and power alone, and that the Steel
Corporation is a good" combination.
When, to attain efficiency and promote
foreign trade, combinations do not con-
troll an industry and cannot alone fix
end maintain prices, and have not
throttled competition by unfair meth
DDS, the defence contended, they are
not prohibited.
Dissolution of Corporation Asked
Dissolution of the United States
Steel Corporation, the New Jersey
holding company, organized in 1901 and
marshalling centralized control of 1oU
units or former competing factors in
the iron and steel industry, was asked
by the government.
The Supreme Court was asked to
give general dissolution decree, to
have the New Jersey district court
work out dissolution plan upon it's
own initiative or by submission from
the defendants, or, as compulsory
alternative, by Federal court receiver
ship and exclusion of the corporation S
products from interstate commerce.
The Federal suit was filed in 1911
in the New Jersey Federal District
Court 1t was dismissed in 1915 by
Judges Burlington, Mcpherson, Wool
ley and Hunt. Direct appeal to the
Supreme Court was taken by the gov
ernment.
The District Court decided that, al
though formed illegally to monopo-
lize and restrain trade and to procure
great profits, the combination was not
able alone to fix and maintain prices,
and, though dominant is not an actual
monopoly.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
1000 Tenants
On Rent Strike
In Jersey City
Commissioner of Revenue
and Finance, Who Leads
War, Urges People Not TO
Pay Any March Increase

The March installment of Jersey
City's monthly rent strike got under
way yesterday. One thousand tenants
are in revolt against profiteering land
lords, and James F. Cannon jr., Com
missioner of Revenue and Finance and
leader Of the strike, expects many more
recruits in the next few days.
Commissioner Cannon gave Jersey
City residents formal notice that this
was the time to strike few days ago,
VIXEN he inserted an advertisement in
all the local papers calling attention
to the landlords threats to raise rents
in March, and advising tenants:
"Do not pay increased rent March /
ii you feel the increase is not justi-
fed"
Ninety Per Cent Profiteers
Early returns indicated that about
100 per cent of those who have had
their rent boosted consider it unjusti-
fled. In February Commissioner Gan
nor settled more than five thousand
complaints against landlords. OF the
800 he has examined on this months
strike, 80 per cent. he says, show evi-
dence of profiteering.
The strike activities of Strike Leader
Cannon have SO preyed on the nerves
of numerous Jersey City realty men
that they have threatened to leave the
town fiat on its back and transfer their
activities to New York
when they tell me they are going
will charter boat to take them," Gan
non commented yesterday.
Among the measures introduced by
the Commissioner that have destroyed
the landlords peace of mind is his
strict enforcement of the law regard
ing disposses proceedings. The law
provides that any dispossessed tenant
has right to take his case to a jury
for decision. This is being done almost
universally now. In addition, the law
says that landlord is responsible for
any damage done to furniture during
dispossession.
Constables Demand Bonds
"The constables of Jersey City," he
said yesterday, will not touch the
furniture uress the landlord gives
bond. The process of dispossesson
can be made very expensive for the
landlord and we intend to make 1t SO
in the case of every rent proiiteer.
"We have advised the tenants to
stick together. The landlords know
that every department of the city is
ready to clap notices on them of va
rious violations of the building laws
they attempt to throw whole house
full Of people out into the street. The
members of the Teamsters' Union are
supporting US, having agreed not tc
move the goods of tenant agains,
his will"
Mr.. Cannon left last night for Tren-
ton, where he is going to aid in push
ing two bills before the Legislature
that will materially lessen the hous
ing shortage in Jersey if they are
passed and will also curb the activi-
ties Of the profteering landlords.
One of these measures exempts from
taxation for four years any house con-
structed in the next two years. An
other compels landlords to give
monthly tenants three months notice
of any increase and forbids them to
make any increase between October !
and May /.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
n Nonresident
Income Tax
Held Unfair
Continued from page 1

dent taxpayer shall be allowed such
proportions of the exemption which is
allowed to a resident taxpayer as his
net income from sources within the
state bears to his entire income from
sources both within and without the
state" {
The Legislature, it is understood
will move at once to amend mo law
and grant exemptions to non-rosidents4
The Comptroller said that in anticiJ
patton of the decision of the suyl md
Court he had granted an extension Of
thirty days from March Is to non-
resident taxpayers in fling their re-
turns.
The officials of the State Income Tax
Bureau estimate that the will collect
between $4,000 900 and 100000 from,
nonresidents. and that the requirement
under the Supreme Court decision, that
non residents be given the same ex-
emptions as residents. will mean a loss
to the state OF less than a million.
The income tax is expected to raise
about $4,000 600, which will be equally
divided between the state and its SUBJ
oiv sions, and in view of the loss of
liquor tax revenue and the record
breaking budget this year of Sl20 00O.-
900 the state would be put in serious
financial plight if the entire law were
held invalid.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Gary Sees Public
Good in Decision

In expressing his qualification yester-
day over the Supreme Court decision
Ebert H. Gary declared that decree
of dissolution would have been a ca
lamity and would have seriously inter
fered with industrial progress and
prosr ity. The decision, Mr. Gary
said, II immeasurably add to the gen.
oral feeling of confidence in the value
of property and in the opportunities of
business enterprise. His statement
continued:
'rhose Of us who were intimately
connected with the creation of the
United States Steel Corporation and
with its principles and policies from,
that time until the present never have
| doubted that the final decision in the
case ought to be in it's favor There
never has been any intfntion on our
part to violate the Sherman Jaw
1T has been our endeavor to be of
real benefit to our employees, our Gus
toners, our competitors and especially
to the general public, and to be Of in
jury to no one. That we may have
failed in some respects is cutie pos
sible
THE fact that minority opinion, in
dorsed by three able judges, was, filed
in the case emphasizes the necessity
on the part of industrial managers to
observe the requirements of all statu-
tory provisions and to keep constantly
in mind the rights and interests Of
the public.
II think from the beginning senti-
ment has generally been favorable to
the corporation, and, if so, it is be-
cause we have taken pains to publish
the facts concerning our management,
our conditions and our intentions.
The handing down of the decision
was a surprise to the corporations Of
ticials. In these quarters it was not
expected before June. Following the
announcement that the decision was
favorable Steel common, which had
been selling around 931s, advanced to
95@ and closed at 95M. for a net gain
of 21s points.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Il II;

Is the normal, easy
reading distance a thing
of the past?
When it becomes necessary
to hold written or printed mat
ter nearer to" or further
away" from your eyes than
usual distance-depend upon it
something is wrong with your
sight.
When letters run into ore
another where fatigue fol-
lows reading-havc your eyes
examined.
Our method is method of
convenience and concentration.
The OculiSt, the Optician and
the lens factory are under the
one roof.
Our charges for the glasses
prescribed (if glasses are need
.d) are moderate-due to our
patronage-(largest in the
world)-and our highly devel-
oped organization.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

Notorious and Continued Violation
"These facts established, as it seems
TO me they are, by the record, it follows
that if the Sherman act is to be given
efficacy there must be decree undoing
so far as is possible. that which has
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
u. s. Suit Filed izs
1911 in Ne,v JERSEY

The governments efforts to dissolve
the "stcel trust have extended over
long period of years. AS in the Fed
eral dissolution suit against the So
called Harvester Trust, the government
attacked the steel combinations prin-
cipally because Of their enormous size
and power, potential or actually exer-
csed in suppressng competition. Con-
troll of approximately one-half of the
general iron and steel industry, both
raw and finished products-and in some
cases up to 95 per cent-was charged.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

law was established in previous cases,
including the Standard Oil and Ameri-
can Tobacco cases. the dissenting opin-
ion declared. "Its Interpretation has
become a part of the law ITSELF" the
opinion continued, "and if changes are
to be made now in its construction and
operation. it seems that exertion of
such authority rests with Congress,
and not with the courts"
Congress intended in enacting the
Sherman act to limit and control the
power of business combinations to re-
strain trade and prevent competition,
the dissenting opinion declared
THAT the exercise of the power may
be withheld" the opinion conc, uded,
cor exerted with forbearing benevo-
lence does not place such combinations
beyond the authority of the statute.
which was intended to prohibit their
formation. and when formed to deprive
them of the power unlawfully at
tained"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Countervailing Considerations

but there are countervailing con-
siderations. We have seen whatever
there was of wrong intent could not be
executed, Whatever was of evil effect
was discontinued before this suit was
brought, and this, we think, determines
the decree. We say this in full reali-
Zatlon of the requirements of the law,
1T is clear in its denuncation of mo-
nopolies, and equally clear in it's di-
rection that the courts of the nation
shall prevent and restrain them Cts
language is to prevent and restrain
violations of the act), but the command
IS necessarily submissive to the condi-
tlons which may exist and the usual
powers OF q court of equity to adapt
Its remedies to those conditions. In
other words, it is not expected to en-
force distractions or do injury thereby,
1T may be, to the purpose of the law. 1t
is this fex|bility of discrer,on-indeed,
essential function--that makes it's value
in our Jurisprudence, value in this case
as in others. We do not mean to say
that the law is not it's own measure
and that it can be disregarded, but
only that the appropriate relief in each
instance is remitted to court of
equity to determine, not, and let US be
explicit IN this, to advance a policy
contrary to that of the law, but in sub
mlssion 10 the law and its policy, and
in execution of both. And it is certain
ly matter of cons sideration that there
was no legal attack on the corporation
until 1911, ten years after its formation
and the commencement of it's career.
We do not. however. speak of the de-
lay simply as to it's time or that there
is estoppal in it because of it's time,
but on account Of what was done dur
ing that time-the many millions of
dollars spent. the deYlopments made
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
'M.&:!&aviAs
0e>NAss&@pAc;>oNs

5o5 Broadway, Corner Duane Street.
II W: "a ST., 3 d'rs f'm McCreery & Co.
"a East 23d Street, near 4th Ave.
"a w. 125th Street, near Lenox Ave.
l42 Columbus Ave, bet. 81 G. 82 SITS.
70 Nassau Street, near John Street.
1905 ST. Nicholas Ave-. 1870 & 1S1 Sts.
1929 Broadway, bet. 80 and 100 Sts.
S54S Broadway, bet. las and LAG SITS.
1907 B'way, nr. Willoughby, B'klyn.
%Ss Fulton ST., opp. A. & S.. Bklyn.
fS3 Broad ST.. next to Bedell, Newark.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The A. B. c..

More than 1900 Publishers Advertisers and Adver-
tising Agents members Of association called
The Audit Bureau Of Circulations
The publishers include four groups CD Magazines;
(O Newspapers; CD Business Papers; CD Farm
Papers.
The association is FIVE years old and employs about
SO auditors who verify the publishers answers to
questions about CD the amount Of his circulaton:
l(2) where it is located; CD how it secured.
Elaborate precautions taken to insure an accu.
rate picture Of exact circulation conditions
AS result of the A. B. c. the advertiser can buy
with assurance of value received.
Five of our publications in this country, including
The Delineator and Everybodys are members of the
A. B. c.; and foreign publications do not belong
to it only because the activities Of the Bureau do not
extend into foreign Countries
Ad1nrtising space in the Butte,1ck publications
is t0ysak through accredited advertising ag<ueies.
Butterick-PubAyAer
The Delineator
Everybodys Magazine
Zve doha,s 4l eocb
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
COTTON Is KING,
EVEN IN AKRON
Fear of Fabric Shortage
Expressed by Tire
Makers.

In the kingdom OF rubber, cot
ton is king. and in Akron. the cap
ital of the rubber industry, interes
centers not around rubber but on
cotton" says John W. Mcguire,
vice president and general mana
ser of Portage Tires.
In the tire industry" he says,
"the demand for long staple cotton
fabric has become a subject for
deep concern 1t Is not generally
realized that cotton is as necessary
in the manufacture of tires as rub
ber."
An idea of the demand for cot
ton fabrics by tire manufacturers
can be gotten when it is. estimated
that the 1920 tire requirement is
S0,000.000 castings. When the short
age and cost of the available sup
ply of long staple cotton fabrics is
taken into consideration there seem
ample grounds for the prediction of
an increase in tire prices in the
near future"
While rubber Is plentiful and
comparatively low in price, cotton,
the real backbone of the tire in
dustry, is scarce and costly. As
cotton has risen, so rubber has
fallen. The situation of a few
years ago, when rubber was scarce
and cotton abundant. is Just re-
versed."
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
OWNERS SERVICE DEPART.
MENT.

Q. What is the best way to get
spots out of the top? The inside is
badly spotted, and have tried
cleaners without any results.
A. CASTLE soap and water Is the
best cleaner. Rub the soap suds
thickly over the spots and rinse
with clear water. using a sponge.
Do not use gasolene or similar
liquids containing oil.
.. How can l clean my spark
plugs? The terminals are very
black and dirty. and even the porce-
lain parts are brownish.
A. Immerse the plugs In kerosene
for a few minutes and then rub
them briskly with a stiff brush.
such as you can buy in any Access
sorry store. If this treatment does
not take of the carbon you will
have to dismantle the plug and
clean the parts separately.
q. have been told that an auto
mobile engine can, be run on ordi-
nary gas. II this Is so. why do we
not use II instead Of gasolene?
A. If you refer to illuminating
gas. 1t is quite true that an en-
gine can be operated on 1t. but
gasolene is far easier to handle.
Illuminating gas was used in Eng
land during the war when gaso-
lene was not obtainable, but II Is
necessary to- carry such big con-
tainers of II that 1t is not practical
for ordinary use.
Q. When I throw out the clutch
of my 1915 Dodge car the engine
almost invariably stops. This hap
pens when the throttle 10 about
eight inches Up, when the car is
running about ten or fifteen miles
per hour on an ordinary road. What
is the trouble?
A. The throwout collar Is worn,
so that when the pedal is depress-
ed the clutch does not not come en-
tirely clear. thus dragging and
causing the e-gine to stop.
Q. What Is the meaning of the
term thermo-syphon In reference
to the cooling system OF a car?
A. rmo-syphon cooling is the
type which does not employ a
pump. 1t IL natural circulation,
due to the fact that the hot water
from around the cylinders rises
and displaces the cooler water
above. thus inducing natural cir
cuiation.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
MOTOR ADVERTISERS
PLAN TO ORGANIZE

NJ. L. Heminway. general mana
ger of the Motor and Accessory
Manufacturers Association. has an
nounced a call had been issued to
the advertising managers and ex-
ecutives for business meeting In
New York, Friday, March %.
The advisability of organizing q
permanent advertising managers
council to function as a central
clearing house for constructive CO.
operative work on advertising prob
lens as they effect the automotive
industry. will be considered.
II 10 planned to have two OF three
speakers OF national note give brief
talks.
The council will function through
the general Offices of the Motor and
Accessory Manufacturers Associa-
tion, which will probably inaugu-
rate for this purpose an advertising
bulletin service, going directly to
the advertising manager and direc-
tors OF the member companies. These
bulletins will constitute medium
for the continuous exchange of
ideas and experience.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
TO RACE
WITHSUNBEAM
Entry Of British Team at
Indianapolis
Arranged.

New York, March 13.-with the
scheduled departure for England Of
Dario Resta to complete arrange
ments for the entry Of a Sunbeam
team In the next international 500
mile sweepstakes on the India
napolis Motor Speedway, the par
ticipation of Great Britain in the
Forthcoming struggle for world
speed supremacy seems assured.
Last year the Sunbeam aggrega-
tion spent $4,000 in preparation OF
two special mounts for the India
napolis classic, only to discoteE at
the last minute that through a
technical error they had been built
slightly oversize, and consequently
were not eligible for the contest.
The chagrin OF the British dele
cation over this mishap knew no
bounds and they returned to merry
England without even waiting for
the race to be run. Before depart
ing however. they stated In unmis-
taxable terms their determination
to wipe out the stain of their mis-
fortune In the next Hoosier inter-
national, and intimated that prepa-
rations to this END would be initi-
ated Immediately upon their return
to native soil.
Resta's imminent departure for
the headquarters of the Sunbeam
camp accordingly Is Interpreted to
mean that the work of preparation
for recouping the British Lions lost
prestige IL practically completed
and his own part in the program
ready to start
This year the English crew again
has tho advantage of access to tho
famous Brookiands track on which
to conduct its testing operations,
and IL is surmised that Resta's chief
activity abroad will consist of a
series of personally conducted speed
trials with the new mounts on
which England is expected to pin
her hopes in the Indianapolis con-
fiict. The concrete surface of the
Brooklands oval has recently been
refinished to repair the damage in
hicted on IL by heavy trucks dur
ing the war. when IL was used as
an aviation and supply depot, and it
Is now available for high speed
work once more.
Resta, winner Of the 1916 India
napolis race and holder of the A. A.
A. driving championship the same
year, is one of the shrewdest as
well as one OF the most daring and
skillful pilots In the entire realm
of the speed sport.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
PUSHES SALES
OFLAFAYETTE
New Secretary Of Walker
Motor Co. Has Had IS
Years Experience.

Robert Uran Geih. II was an
nounced yesterday. ha sheen ap-
pointed secretary of the Wake.
Motor. Company, distributors of the
new LaFsyetto car In the washing
ton territory. He leaves the post
tion OF superintendent and service
manager of the Washington CadiI-
lac Company TO assume his new
position in which he will also have
the supervision of the mechanical
maintenance of the new eight
cylinder car designed by ID. Mccall
White. when II makes its appear
ance In Washington.
Geib- brings to the Walker Motor
Company more than fifteen years OF
practical experience In the service
Of quality motor cars having begun
his sutomotive experiences with the
Cook & Stoddard Company In 1904.
In 1911 he became superintendent
and service manager of that cor
poration. remaining In the same ca
pacity when the firm name changed
upon the death of Joseph Stoddard.
Evcn before entering the automo-
bile business Geib's proclivities ran
along automotive lines, achieving
amateur distinction in this field
when he assisted at the Technical
High School in designing and build
Ing one OF the first self-propelisd
vehicles which was made in this
part of the country. He will be re-
nembered also for his athletic In
forests at Tech. from which he was
graduated in 1909.
He has been a student of mechan-
ieal engineering. and received ,prac-
tical electrical training with the
Western Electric Company.
Having always admired the de-
signs of White. who is information
ally famous for his work with the
Daimler and Napier companies in
England and the design of the g.
cylinder Cadillac. Geib has felt a
special interest In the Lafayette
ever since II was announced that
such car would be produced. He
Expresses his confidence In the COM
pany not only on account OF Whites
recognized ability. but on the repu-
tation OF the other heads of the or
ganization, Charles w. Nash, the
president, and f. c. Howard, vice
president, who resigned as general
sales manager OF the Cadillac Mo-
tors Company to assist in the or
ganization of the Lafayette Com
pany.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
PLANS SCHOOL
FOR DEALERS
Midwest UtiIitor Distribu-
tor to Provide Training
For Agents.

After an intensive course at the
service school OF the Midwest En-
gine Company. manufacturers OF the
Midwest utilitor. Augustus r. Nes-
bitt has returned TO Washington as
the head Of the service school Of the
Farm Utilities Corporation, which
recently secured the distributors
franchise for the Midwest Utilitor.
Its territiry extends over northern
Virginia. Maryland. a part of West
Virginia and the District OF Colum-
bia.
Dealers In this territory who ham
die the Midwest Utilitor are reauir-
ed to send representative TO the
service school of the Farm Utilities
Corporation for instruction in the
operation and repair of the ma
chimes. In order &c insure the pur-
chaser of Midwest Utilitor perfect
service. the factory attaches a de-
ferred certificate to each machine,
which 10 returrable when the pur-
chaser signs II. showing his ma
chine to be set up and working on
his farm.
The Midwest Utilitor. sometimes
called the Iron Horse. does every
thing a pair OF horses could do and
more" says Mr.. Wade Wells. pres
ident Of the Farm Utilities Corpora
tion. 1T may be hitchsd to trail
err and used for hauling. II will
plow. harrow. cultivate. churn. run
an electric light plant and do a
thousand and one other things farm
life neccssitates."
Mr.. Wells is planning to give the
people OF Washington an oppor-
tunity to see the UtiIitor on the
street In some unique demonstration
stunts soon.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
DR.. Steinmetz Perfects
Electric Delivery Car

DIR. Charles P.g Steinmetz, for
many years consulting engineer for
the General Electric Company, an
nounces- the commercial perfection
of an electric delivery vehicle on
which he has been at work for the
past fifteen years.
, The new car Is remarkable for its
light weight and rimplicty of de-
sign. 1t requires 20 per ceht less
storage battery than other cars or
the came ioad-carrSing capacity.
DR.. .teinmetz has also developed
a regenerative system under which
his car generates electric current
on down grades and recharges the
storage batteries, thus materially
adding to the mileage Of the car.