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Show TWO ARTICLES CITED. Mr. Wilcox's Views Set Forth In the Totum, Washlnston, Oct I The Attorney General stated today that he hud been asked about what Mr. Wilcox had al-leKcd al-leKcd at the meeting jeslerda at the White House, that he had written to the President and Attomey-Genetal In Juno last calling attention to the fact that the miners' organization was a tiust Interfering with the operations ot the Delawaie A. Hudson company In mining coal In Pennsylvania. Mr. Knox said. "I did not take Mr Wilcox seriously upon this subject Any one desiring to know his calm lews upon that subject sub-ject deduced from decisions of the Supreme Su-preme Court of the United States, will be much Inteicsted In two articles bj Mr Wilcox, one entitled 'The ltecent Con'tructlon of the Anti-Trust Act," In the Korum for December, 1SS8. and the other on 'The Futility ot the Antl-Trust Antl-Trust Act,' In the Forum for February, 100O "In the first of these articles Mr Wilcox expressed his construction of Ihe statute In these woids "The statute stat-ute applies to nothing sao Inter-State commerce, which begins when the subjects thereof begin to move to their place of destination, and cuds when they arc sold. The local facilities or Individual set vices Incident to this operation nre no part nf Inter-State commerce, and uie not covered by the. act' "In both Ills articles Mr Wilcox makes It cleat tint he thinks mining and Us operations are within the provisions pro-visions ot the Mate statute," |