Show early antitrust anti trust law an old statute has h 1 I ien hoen unearthed by the cincinnati enquirer and applied to present conditions if the law today were what it used to be in the early days of 0 kentucky and were carried out we might see wall street dotted with men who had lost their ears for or conspiring to restrain trade A statute ot of some years ago which was as intended to put a stop to the meat meal trust the bre brewers hers trust the bread trust and the he fruit trust 0 of those days makes the sherman act look gentle this statute became law in virginia and therefore in kentucky when kentucky was formed out ot of virginia it Is fair to point out that the statute ot of edward VI also went after any laborers who got together to keep up wages or limit the hours of work so BO that it was markedly in opposition to the beliefs of our own day moreover we wa falate no confidence in saying that it was enforced more violently against the laborers than against the dealers who kept up prices kentucky it may be well to add has baa since repeated repealed the act Coll colliers lers |