Show I PROTECTION AGAINST TRUSTS I II I I AttorneyGeneral Washington Replies Re-plies to Governor Rogers i OJympln Wash Doc 23 Attqmey General Stratton today flled with Goy Rogers his reply to tho Governors recent 4 s re-cent letter asking for leml Advice OR to 111 tho Intuit of the Northern Securities I t company In tho State of Washington 1 After quoting tim Governors letter Mr S 4 r rntton says In part 1 urn of th < opinion from an examina i lion of the anthorltlo that without lur I thr legislative enactment the State through lla AttorneyGeneral may main t Lain proceeding In tho courts to protect tho people against the trusts and monopolies monopo-lies and unlawful combinations either under the constitutional provisions pro hibiting them or under the common law While the law lii thus clear the facts which I have been able to gather arc so few and the real transaction so little known that It IH not possible for me to say at this time whether the facts oxlst upon which a suit could bo successfully maintained bjr the State |