Show it was not the purpose or intent of the sherman antitrust anti trust law by JUSTICE STONE united abates a supreme court decision it was not the purpose or the intent of the sherman antitrust anti trust law to inhibit the intelligent conduct of business operations nor do we conceive belve thai its purpose was to suppress such influence as might affect tile the operations of interstate commerce through all the application to them of the I 1 individual intelligence of those engaged 0 in commerce enlightened by accurate information as to the essential elements of the economics of a trade or business however gathered gatli erod or disseminated trade associations or combinations of persons or corporations which openly and fairly gather and disseminate information as to the coat of their product the volume of production the actual price which the product has brou brought glit in past transactions stocks of se on liand hand approximate cost of j transportation rai from the principal point of shipment to the points of consumption as did these defendants and who as they did meet and discuss such information and statistics without however reaching or attempting to reach tiny any agreement or any concerted action with respect to prices or production or restraining competition do not thereby engage in in ua unlawful restraint of commerce |