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Show ' V. t v- , . ...... . , i n 1 1 nagcsa i : AWAIIEIIG PREDICTED IN THIS CITY : : ', .. ' . Leading Financial and ; Business Men Optimistic " "Abo tit Decision. MONEY WILL FLOW MORE FREELY SOON Bit Enterprises Cah More With Certainty; Statements State-ments Made Today. , Local tanker, capitaliata and business men take: ' an optimiatio view of the reault-that will follow the decihion in the Standard Oil cae. ; When -atked by. THE TELEGRAM to make atatementa, most all thoae approached . were willing, and. they' predict an end to the- feeling of .depression that has dulled business so long.' The proposed copper, merger, which haa been diacussed considerably in the newspapers, ia being talked of again, -owing to constructions of the law made by the supreme court. "'".. D. C. Jackling said todav that the copper merger hsd not taken any tangible or definite-form. It might ba good thing, he said, for ita object would, ba to make a good market for copper, and as this would be world wide,, the result, re-sult, would be beneficial and not detrimental - to' the smaller producers.- r . , ; ' ' The opinions of leading citizens will Je found below t ' : masks BBoimmco or . OUAI COMBTB.UOTIVB FZUOO BT D. O. JACTKXIWCI. . Ths Indications are that the derision of the aupreme court has been received with general satisfaction throughout the country, both by Corporate snd other Interests, In-terests, snd In my judgment It should bs so received. It Is ths first great step towards indtcatlrtsi to corporations just whst can aad what cannot he done under un-der ths law. and nlves definite sssursnos that ths buslnesa Interests of the country coun-try ere not to he nampsred or circumscribed circum-scribed Is their activities, otherwise than to sn a tent necessary to prevent the stifling of legitimate competition. In other words, ths decision seems only to sssure to business or Industiisl Individuals Individ-uals snd corporations the same rlghta of equality and freedom that are sssured to Individuals with respect to their per sonal sftalrs. under tlis constitution. The buainess Interests of the country will doubtless receive this decision with a dletinct feeling of relief. In that It Indicates. Indi-cates. In a general way st lesat. whst Is legal snd permissible In the wsy of consolidation con-solidation of business Interests, for economic eco-nomic or other purposes. I hsve no doubt that ths result will be Immediately beneficial In all directions, snd that the feeling of uncertslnty. which hss been so-Isrgely so-Isrgely responsible for Industrial Inactivity Inactiv-ity during the past few months, will speedily dissppesr. If this Is so. ths cielop will mark the beginning of a con-, ff'ontinned on cage 10.) thtM cotikj not ba racnl by lha mall troducr Still It haa Ktvtm tho popl rhoap oil and probably a, b?ttr quality, and whn capital can com bin and a-iv th work In claaaea ft cheaper commodity it la a i Deflt to tho maaaaa. of which no qm -can complain. MILLIONS OF HOABDBD POLLABa TO BE TXZED BT EDWTJC 0. WOOLLET, JaV of Jamas a. Pollock Co. It waa ao much what the dicta km would b. aa when It would bo out of tha way. certainty lo ny form twins prtr-aMe prtr-aMe to the doubt and extreme uncertainty uncertain-ty of the past several months. Now that the supreme court haa definitely Axed tha limits to which corporate Interests may Co, through what appears to be ft very liberal construction or the antl-truat act, we may confidently expect general buel-neaa buel-neaa to speedily Hs;ht Itself, and already the effect of the decision la be In felt for food. In ft return of confidence ftnd sn i awaken ins; of Industries tons; held In , leash. It waa stated this morn Ins: by one unusually well posted authority that fully $760. uoo. 000 was being held out of Invest-.. Invest-.. t, a waiting any decision, and that thU vast sum will now go Into old and nrw enterprises. However, It Is well to bear In mind that decisions In the so called trust cases will hardly solve all of the Industrial, economic and financial probiema confront ins; this country, although al-though they are very Important factors In their solution.. "uwrnmrnmnaBnuBBBBB, WILL STIMULATE ALL ; BUSINESS CONDITION BT T. B. H'OTJKBIN, President of tba alt Laka Security and Trust Co. The Immediate effect on buaineaa In Salt Lake Oily and the country at lance will be a marked stimulation. The ultimate ulti-mate effect must still be worked out. If It Is possible for the great monopolies to evade the federal law,, then the state legislature, may be expected to take action ac-tion and pass more drastic measure, which will prevent eueh monopolies from e5oGisf" BorS4neeev" vTtev Has TeaTt onw a I ready In Texas where the Standard OH company la barred from business. If this wars to become a general condition, then the trust, would be willing to get back under cover of tha federal lawa and "ba good." ' The effect Is going to be good, not only because the' decision la favorable to the trusts. Inasmuch as It allowa th, organisation organi-sation of great Intereata. but because the ruling will relieve the tension and uncertainty which ' haa prevailed for .a long time. New organisation, organisa-tion, will now be effected. New enter-prleea enter-prleea will be launched In different line, of buaineaa. . These new enterprises will create a demand for copper among other things, and thia will help the west - AWAKENING ' (Continued from page 1.) struettvs ' period euch aa wa bava rarely seen. , MEANS NEW ERA FOR THB COPPER INDUSTRY . . BT SAMUEL VZWHOUSB. What splendid tolerance has been shown by our great supreme court. I believe In one respect at least I am Justified Jus-tified In saying,- our greatest supreme court.- Never ran I recall such an encouraging en-couraging spectacle. Think of this supreme su-preme tribunal of Justice softening the 1 rays of the searchlight of relentless law. to the end thst the eves of Industry and commerce might not be blinded thereby. If the world at large feels aa cheerful nd hopeful as I do this morning, there must come without further delav a magnificent mag-nificent business uplift. . The knowledge that our supreme court haa ta fingers upon the business pulse of the nation and has felt constrained to read Into the Sherman Sher-man law that good word un reasonable" as applied to restraint of trade, convinces con-vinces me that we are approaching a period pe-riod In our country's life when periodical business bugaboos with their consequent disastrous upheavals will be relegated to the niche In memory occupied by tha nightmares of the past. .The decision tn Itself Is made so closely close-ly applicable to the caae In hand that the timidity which many branches of business busi-ness have felt lest the finding 'of the court might be so general In Its scope as to render 1m practicable all large com-blnatkma com-blnatkma of buaineaa, muat give way to courageous yet legitimate advancement. Every Intereet la to be judged upon Its own merits. I believe thst this action of the eovrt eaa be made to martt the beginning of a new era for the copper industry. Combinations Combi-nations of Interesta can new ba affected under Ita guidance which win enable us to maintain profitable prices without doing do-ing Injury to, or working hardship upon the small producer. Under tha law. as now Interpreted, there can he no "unreasonable" "un-reasonable" restraint of trade and the way Is made clear for the little fellow to reap tha benefits of economical production, pro-duction, and dlatrlbutton and price maintenance main-tenance which result from legitimate combination without being eruahed or swaJ lowed up. In Its relation to this, the arras fa nt VtWm InrlnstrlM tha. aiawalalMft be a result of the ruling Is another question. ques-tion. ' Much depends on the construction of the terms "undue and unreaaable" In the Sherman antl-tmat law, the point on which Justice Harlan dleeented. There can be no "undue" or "unreasonable" murder, for Instance. If It la murder. If is murder. If congress passes an amend -,ment settling this point, conditions will naturally adjust themselves, but if the trusts ara allowed to V unchecked. It will cauae trouble There will be a great upheaval, and thea there must be ft settling. set-tling. ' However, tha Immediate effect 'of the ruling will ba favorable. U7COEBTAIHTT AND HELPS CONDITIONS BT S. V. DEKBAH, Aaaiatant Oaaarai Freight Agent Denver Bio Oraatta. I believe thst tha decision handed down by the supreme court of the United States ysstsrdsy afternoon will have a decidedly beneficial effect on ths business busi-ness conditions of ths eountry. It . Ill remove tbe state of uncertainty that all business haa been laboring under for some time. I belleva that the decision will result In the Inauguration of many big enterprises throughout tha country, for -If I understand the deetatoa right, it doss not mean that corporatlona shall no longer exist but that they a hall not etlAe competition. Thia will mean an Increased development develop-ment of ths country. Capital will now seek legitimate Invsstments In large enterprises en-terprises with ths feeling that It nsed not fear advene action by tha court, aa long as Ita buaineaa la legitimate. Tns opinion Is of great Importance, m,ane much to tbe eountry at large, and I belleva It will clear up tha financial condition of tbe country to no amall extent. CLBeAM UP OORPORATIOIC SITUATIOK PlaAIKLT BT T. A. MATH AAD, Bpedftl aiaslst. aai of tba Unlived Statee Attorney General. The decision handed down by the supreme su-preme court cleara up the corporation situation more than anything that has yet been handed down by that court. The corporatlona now know what tbevlaw la and what will be expected of - them In Its observance. It also shows that the government Is supreme In all cases of this character. The decision only affects those corporations thst have been oper-etlng oper-etlng In "unreasonable" and "undue" restraint re-straint of trade, and not every corporation. corpora-tion. I believe that the business of the country will .boom as a reault of the decision. . v , SATS CAPTTAJ, NUBD NOT TAKB aftJsAXM BT PAKXE Y L. WILLIAMS, General Oovnaal Oregon' Short Line. The opinion handed down by 4 he su Fireme court Is what i have been ex pee t-ng. t-ng. There has been ao question In my mind that the hlgheat court of the land would sustain. In the 'main, the opinion of the- lower court In the Standard Oil company caae. I do not think that the delayed opinion of Ote aupreme court has had as much to do with the business depression of the country as some would make It appear. ap-pear. However, the decision may go to help to settle the business conditions which exist throughout the country today. to-day. I do not think that capital need take alarm at the dedeion,' nor do I think that It need ba timid In investing la corporations. , DECISION WILL HAVTB GOOD EFFECT AT ONUS BT 8. H. LOVE, Preaident Coinmerclal Club Traffic Boreas. The decision means that the United Is fraught with" deep significance and much eDcouxagement. BANKERS BEE GAIN IN MONET MARKET BT W. 8. M'OOUaCK. ' The decision of the supreme court In the Standard Oil company case will have the same effect here that It will have in every other part of the" country. I have no doubt thai business will Increase bight away. asthe decision has been rendered and the people know what to expect, and what they will have to meet. I believe It will stimulate all lines of business, almost Immediately. STANDARD BROUGHT FOREIGN MONET HERB BT SENATOR THOMAS KBARNS. I haven't, had time to read" carefully the full text of the decision of the Unit-; ed States supreme court In the Standard OH caae. 1 had followed the proceedings before the court some, and was most Impressed Im-pressed by the magnitude of the ptand- ard Oil company. As 1 recall It the company com-pany ahowed that aomething like 00 par cant of Its revenue came Crom foreign countries; even barbarous Russia contributed con-tributed something like li to 30 per cent of the Income. From this it spears to me that Rockefeller Is eome thing of a man to have rounded up a lot of small oil concerns snd built up the greatest Industrial In-dustrial enterpriae the world haa ever known. The fact that he ta an American and this money wss directly used In this ooantry. .and a great part of It went Into other institutions Is evidence ta my mind that It would be better to have him do this for this country, rather than that he should have located In China, end made the people of this country contribute con-tribute to such a corporation tn the orient. ori-ent. Of course, the law most be upheld. ' tt was not right to have forced the smaller producer to sell out to the trust, by putting put-ting the price of the all down In the field affected and making It up In markets Bum government is Digger man any corporation, and muat remain blggsr than sny corporation. It slso dmih thst th. government of ths t'nlled Ststes Is big enough to handls sny proposition thst may confront It. I do not think that the decision will havs any detrtmcintal effect oa capital Invested In corporations. Ths decision will doubtless have a good effect ef-fect on the country at huge, aa wall as en capital. . - BENXFITS BUBUfBSoV BT COL. 8. A. WALL. I prefer to let the lawyer, work this thing out. Thev know mors about It than I do. - I believe, howsver. that the ruling will nave quieting effect on buaineaa generally. '. BT JOHN 0. CUTLXeV . I think that It will Improve business conditions If snythlng. The people have been wslttng for the decision. Ths monevad Interests have been playing s waiting game, and aow that they know the reault of the supreme court's denbera-tluo, denbera-tluo, 1 believe thst money will bs easier. BT riAJCK KVOX. While tha dectsloa will not affect na very much locally the general effect throughout ths country will be good. The dcisloa will not affect ths physical condition con-dition of th. company, but will sllcct tba manner of hokllng im aluck. - IT a. I. BADGER. I rather think that tha decision haa been thoroughly discounted by tns money powers In ths market, aad 1 do aot believe be-lieve It will affect ua a partleuls. Tbe decision waa Juat aa 11 was expected It would be, v - "' - |