Show SHERMAN LAW TEST 16 COMING OFFICIALS ADMIT LAW WILL BE DEAD LETTER IF HARVESTER SUIT IS 18 LOST lono long series of victories for the gov rement has haa been followed in i the last few months by several defeats washington wash ing ton reviewing owing twenty five flye years of trust and of interpretations by the federal courts of the sherman antitrust anti trust law officials ot of tho the department of justice have reached the conclusion that the ultimate usefulness of that statute to reg hulate business would be determined by the united states supreme court coun probably within the next few months A long series of victories for tho the government for tho the most part in the enforcement of the civil side eldo ot of tho the act act has haa been follo followed wedin in tile the last few months by several defeats both in minor courts and in the supreme court so far as the civil section of tho ithe law Is ia concerned tile the government flooks upon the suit to dissolve the international harvester company do ao ot of tho utmost importance this case 1 I la now in the hands bands of the supreme curl court the principal case involving the criminal end of the sherman law mow w before tile the courts is ia that against vo t acers and directors of the new naw york new haven hartford rall rail proad it if the harvester suit finally Is lost it was admitted that the sherman sher man law awill virtually become a dead letter and the government in the future must depend upon the clayton antl anti trust act to curb unlawful practices in business |