| Show A HUGE TRUST TO BE investigated IT is not all smooth sailing bailing with the reading beading anthracite coal combine at present on the inet hist the actor ney of new jersey jeney obtained an injunction from chancellor megill mcgill at trenton prohibiting the port beading company from operating the central railroad Bail road company and so 0 o on in the matter ol of all the loaft in the syndicate the object sought by the N new e w jorsey jersey officials is to declare the I 1 iaru trust ftp void told on the ground of public policy in that it tends to create a monopoly of anthracite coal trade in the state and thereby increase its price to the people this vast combination was inaugurated several months ago at first only three corporations fused and they did it under a system of leasing so as to disabuse the public mind of the idea of a trust soon boon after another road came into the combine and about two weeks ago all the roads interested in the anthracite th coal trade entered the combination A few of the eastern papers waged war from the first against the monopoly the of pennsylvania and new york also took some cognizance of the movement but nothing was done new jersey has now taken the mat ter up and if the huge monopoly cannot be subverted sub its objects and aims will at least be ventilated in the courts court a and the public will see ee whether it was a trusts trust or a operative cooperative co project this thin combine has hag secured the services of the ablean jurors and legislators in the united states slates it has in its employ men whose salaries aa larlee will quadruple that of the president of the united states it has a reserve fund for legislative work reaching into millions million |
