Show STANDARD OIL IS VIRTUAL MM WINNER Construction on Ohio Anti Trusi Trust Law Enables Escape With Fine FIndlay 0 O. Oct 30 A 30 A now tiow construction con con- place upon tho time Valentine trust anti-trust law la has enabled enable tho the Standard Stand Stand- Standard ard arll Oil company compan to escape with a fine of or rid and costs which the thc court ollis Is 18 th the maximum fine that can be Imposed Impo The section of or the law under un er which the fine Is Imposed Impose Is perfectly clear anti and provides pro a n line for or each do day the thc law Is violated The Standard Is 18 with violating the law July 6 C. C 1903 which was WI generally supposed supposed sup sup- posed would make it liable to a fine aggregating S JUll Judge e Banker however hol holds s that each allegation must be the basis of o a n separate suit stilt and anil that suits cannot be bc entered colI col- col I rely The rho decision o of the time court hn has aroused arous ed etl attorneys nil nh over o the lie state It has hascen been cen the opinion that suit un under r the thu Valentino trust anti law could be bo begun begun begun be be- gun an and amid then If IC thet offen corporation corporation corporation corpor corpor- did l not at once c cease a business It l could coul bo be If found guilty guilt fined fInc for each cach days day's violation of tho the law Jaw after aner the he suit was vas begun Ha Had the court In tho the present case Interpreted the law In this way the thc Standard Oil company compan would havo have had hado to o pay a n large Jarge t sum um In If 1 fines Each Eachor ot or if the tho constituent companies connected with the present ent suit were notified In January to cease Clase business None Nono did hl Therefore If the common construction con- con had been put upon the law laws s. fInes lues would have ha totalled several million mil mil- lion lon dollars s flanker Banker however that a separate conviction must he be ex obtained for each separate offense lIe He le holds that the Valentine law was waso wasso wasso so o planned that the fines floes were not In other cases which have lave been tiled In Ohio under the lie Valentine law Jaw It has been hel held that lint separate convictions are not necessary lr and amid nd that the lie corporation found guilty o of f being a tr tru tr must pa pay u a fine for each ench In day the law lau Is violated |