Show I ARGUMENT B VERTREES Southern Lawyer r Appears Before the Supreme Court in One of the Standard Oil Cases Washington April 20 Antitrust legislation the great commercial comm problem problem problem lem which the supreme court of the United States has found so perplexing this term came up again agath today in the court when arguments ar ments were made on the appeal from the ouster decree Is Issued Issued sued su d by b the Tennessee courts against the Standard Oil company of Kentucky The state claims that the Standard com corn company pany violated the tho state antitrust act Attorney John J T Vertrees who de defended defended defended fended the tho Standard told the court that dealers tried trl d to get merchants to coun countermand countermand countermand orders to the opposition dealer he ho admitted it was not fair trade He argued that inasmuch ae no a the countermanded order was for oil in an another another other Of her state the transaction was Inter Interstate Interstate interstate state commerce and if It any offense had bad been committed it was against the Sherman antitrust law baw Although the act complained of oc occurred purred within the state of Tennessee Tennesse asked Justice Lurton Every Ery act must somewhere replied Mr ith Vertrees |