Show THE T TRUST D THE T HE d on pr af t the t I ot of tile o un lit fat Is knon i rUt n ur s case cannot fU fail to to t 1 fl a sou ot Of Uon t to t nudo ot tb people of the 4 A i t Te ques Uon Is one f s but butof or law lawand lawand and justice ansi and right it is pleasant to tobe tobe be able ablo to note with truth that the meat ment of fit the Is 19 Its appio approval aJ or of th doctrine that con has the to regulate the trusts JUStice Harlan who reed the decision acid that the I ower ot of congress over Oer Interstate commerce Is Isas as complete as the power or of a state p er domestic commerce ThIs II time the ver very point over which a aI great nt raised In I congress and ana out pf t It Tue Democrats ts have taken the stand tlona tIona nt Is l nece necessary to gl give power to congress to regulate the he trusts that congress already has han that that por r The be headed b by n nd le lose au aR authority ent have declared an amend j mt moitt to be The he decision on this is f sound law and what Is even more it Is common i s sound md law and anci common sense do not al aiWa run t together The ho Securities company or fr tIme the purpose of effectIng a co of oC the Great Northern anti and Northern railways parallel a anti competing lines Ja Is held to be an ul corporation The immediate effect ot of the will be the dimo lution lutian of this thIef e company and the segre of the tha GreAt from the Northern Pacific The tone of the decision indicates s that J Pierpont Mor Morgan or glUt gan himself was responsIble toro for forth th casting or of th the coMbInations fat IMo the Ore lire accord tn in to the Washington tIm e ont object of the mFr r wu wen to t competition J and Ond If Ie o neW this to beth bathe ease T J one or of the hae been th easo caso Ani be from Mr Morgans t 11 Th Ute the States cl circuIt court ourt 1 tny an Int that restricts or 18 Ii under this deel decIsion lon w wr r tub t Vh lh co court rt odo sloes S not Dot go into the the of ctr the right Ot or wrong rong or of con and trusts It simply up bol hoId ute tle lav 11 the tte Sherman Sherma n antitrust law Jay under um Ute the action against the the rR Sec SecuritIes company was In It t f be eh CBS easy no noto nov to reach the t truSt which 1 Id clear clearly ly a combination In restraint ot of trade within time the meaning of the Statute Evidence hi abundance to sustain a serious pro prosecution or of the mea trust can ean be obtained without difficulty The Standard OIl company than which there Is no more Iniquitous trust mua be harder to rOach It t Is not a combination It Is Ie simply an alt S corporation but It has i throttled and fixed prIces as 89 i remorselessly as any combination I could Now o thAt It has been definitely decided that congress has the pow r to regulate time the trusts It Is able that legislation under which l on compan can be Q r reached ache will be d The decisIon handed down n yesterday esterday was n a majority decision The ment had indeed a narrow escape as asfour four or of the nIne justices held adversely to It I However with such eminent jurists ns as Harlan and Brewer ou op the majority side there tan an be little ques question question tion as to the justness of the verdict |