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Show CASE WILL BE TAKEN ! TO SUPREME COURT CHICAGO A,u0 12 The Carves er ase v 1 be taken to the supreme court , f the Un ted States as soon as poss b e ccordinst to a s aten ent made ere to daj by Cyrus H McCd m ck pres dent of th Internationa Harvester company i IJr McCormick sa d The adverse dec son s a great d s appointment As I unders and ft t ' Is not based on actual w ongs done 1 In the conduct of the bus ness of he Inte nat ona Ha vester company but , on the e minat on of ompet on j mo e than ten vears ago between the t eomtmn es whose p ope t es were pur 1 a ed bv It ' Tl e adverse op n on acqu ts t e conpan and ts officers and d ectors of the charges of o ercap ta Izat on and unfa and oppress ve po cies and pra t ces f It does not sustain the charge made i the pet t on of the govern ment but abandoned on the argu en at the company has charged e ess e o unfair p ces As de f om is o a o gan zat on a d the facts connected with ts pur hase of competit ve p ants the op n on finds nothing to be condemned n t e h ston of the company s growt or in the manner of deve op ing and carrjlng on Us bus ness T e o gan zatlon of the- company and the pu c ase of its p ants we e acts done n the be ef that no law was be ng Io ated after co su tat on w th competent counsel of the highest stand ng The organ zat on of the company Is condemned by he majo ty of the ou t as a o at on of the Sherman a t but the ompan ts not found gu v of av ng v o ated the law In the conduct of ts bus ness or of hav ng njured ts custome s or Its compet to s Good but Illegal The conclus on ar Ived at seems to be that the harvester is a eood but ega trust Its business has been onducted fair y and the econom ea secu ed bv Its o ganiza on have nured to t e benefit of its custom e e the fa mers but neverthe ess he major y of the judges ho d Its ex "tence s I ega The dec s on s by a div ded court and the ase wl not be ended unt the sup erne court has said t e as wo d We stl hope that the great p b enefi s sec ed by thp organ Izat on of the ompanv and the me hods adop ed n a ng on ts bus ness w b nadp pe n anent bv he fl-na e s on n the ou t of rb eso ma v. be a t h o w o d t p p ess d , I he d ssen ng op n of Judge Sa ) born f |