Show ON l LANDIS ND DECISION i iI I It May Ma Go No Higher Than I II United States Court of I Appeals I I PENALTY L TY OF IMPRISONMENT I Public Taking a More Nea Nearly Neaily ly Correct View of Corporations Corporation's Corporations Corporation's Cor Cor- Corporations Corporation's 1 Status tUII AUg AU 5 G While It Il Is generally believed that hal time the Incision decision of District JUll Judge e at Chicago ago on Saturday by h which time the Standard OH Oil was n-as- lined more than 29 tJ- tJ fer COI ci rebating will vill not go SU any amy uglier than time the United States circuit oC C C appeals there Is h at al lea least t n a lossi milky that I the thu Im Supreme court may pass upon it As A jt it I Is It a criminal matter In which punishment Is I. I not nol involved OJ ol the thc circuit court COUlt of nit appeals would be the thc tribunal of M la last l hut ut lot It U is lit Isal said al in well informed neil legal circles here izere that If that clause of the time constitution rein rela ling hug Un to cruel and tin un- ary aly punishment is Invoked Iho court might hl undertake to toJ tomass J mass ass as upon It of ut the time depart depart- meat nent of o Justice Ju tice however appear ai to that time Iho circuit c court will willI I I nall of If if I the Ii appeal I A high who has l been heen In close cose l touch with rebate matters was today toda asked the time heavy penalty in- in by hy I andla l-l l did not nol seem to tu reduce tho Limo in of or imprison In such tl cases lie said said- ald Original Ii Tin TIll uLl law s enforced up I Ithe to the time hum lIml u nt it time the S1 of em o tho time law l provided ell as Xi an to or fH jj additional In a n la oC or cases While tU the law vas W III In that thul suite tl it wa UK ver non fur UI railroad olt to dull uhn Hint 1111 th they y ou l not Hot on un on one uno h lh ii cr I r. r fI l n S 'S U tl 1 I r. r of I itu I r of or thc v the and amid arlI l a Lime lino had had imal to lo br be Jr fared the 1153 Snot not hesitate 4 lu o give Inform tI lulL 0 1 As u a practical mutter th there Ic was waft a 1 good fir Or force III In position an null coil deal lea rn II If 11 lC tho tilo luter commission i il to tit nt itt Joust Joost consent to ii 11 It did not recommend lul that tho the im Inn- feature be nf d bu hut hut wore lIO VIC expectations that any criminal that tho enforcement f oC of time the would Id be he I IWI features f of ur time the law la WI I hardly realized were I tips from roam lom railroad in men cit still under time the legislation of uC last year hll there Was vas not nut u it very ery general lon tion to become informants Since the time amendments of last year ear In InthIs Inthis here has been au an un Improvement by IJ way u of The rIte penalties respect this Ills lines that the time r HI kins law lav pro l provides es atc of Jar large e and time the aggregate are Lime very number of offenses for Co I a doubtless acts as a very cn powerful de tie- er e rent m mt Changing iH Views jc transition pass pass- sIllS s- s V Ve 1 are ate in a astute state conception eOl of oC tho tito tall rall- from trout the lug IllS ng whose enterprise a Private ato road oad as management may deal eal with it as It IL sees oes lit Ill to time the more correct conception a pub pubic railroad Is performing that hat time the state I and function of oC the thc lie ic lie sen service Ice a u from front tariff charges charse deviation that hat any an of act of or an atm Is s not only on I a violation tIme the but a D. clear invasion tillon of or gross It there there- therefore citizens rights o of the time fore fez Involves moral immoral delinquency great greal- real real- time the offenses than many of o often orten cr um r. r recognized as been that hat have l long rimes a against property properlY evolution it Is Isa of or In that thai state stute Now ow all things considered a whether hethel 1 question the time fume flue is not nol likely to he be bemore hemore more lore efficacious on Oil the whole than titan Of course II Il Is 15 very to lo sui sn soy that the time offense will go go on oni onI onS onias easy be reached 1 I time the offenders renders of can long Ion as I as S that they tho only by hy h r a money monc penalty and will vill never stop stull until men are arc in III danor danor dan dan- but tit time qUe Is gor or u of going to jail juU lot quite so easily disposed o of as that thai Of OC course it Is well I to lo all of or orthe that the tho purpose pun persons he tIme law Is often oneil defeated eft b by tl tile the very IY severity s of or the time Speaking time the time lime will I 1 believe for fOI or myself come ome when the time true of this Continued un cit iI l. l itt T o. o. o SPECULATING ON i LANDIS DECISION ION II from Pace 1 One service to tie lle public will wi bo ho understood and antl then it will wi be altogether alto alto- alu- alu ethel gether JIO 1 that the law Jaw provide Imprisonment for COI those occasional in instances In- In stances In iii which 11 it i Is violated but hut for fut tho present I should b be Inclined to leave heave time the matter as It Il I is orr OlP TIN 11 MAI L I I t e c l andl Heal Death Blow lut to lu Fimm Trust l. l I Chicago l' l lub Aug 5 Judge 5 Judge La ml is In InI Inthe the time United States Stales tates District court COUt followed fol fol- I lowed up imi his solar olal plexus blow to Standard Oil 01 by clil delivering a i quietus to tu the time church chuich and antI school chool furniture trust I tutla today Time The court permanently enjoined enjoin enjoin- ed etl the companies composing the time trust from Crom further fum agreements and amid operas opera luns as a monopoly In the restraint of If trade In Violation of ur the time Sherman I law Jaw aw Already punished b by In lines hines s amounting amount ing ing- to the tue trust members entered en en- no protest mutest to the time court decree As j District Attorney Sims states slates time tho action acton fairly wipes time the furniture trust off of the tIme map mal Hero They i-c. i Those affected by time the tie Injunction arc are The rime American Seating Sealing company ChiI Chi Chi- ca cago o the trust head which wa was fined I by I Judge LandIs A. A H. H Andrews An An- drews company Chicago similarly I lined Superior Superior- Manufacturing Manufacturing- com coin COI- COI Pi n M Allen leh n Kcf Kc- Kc f r pora I C i lor lU iO pa gnu ii i 21 J I J lir 11 Peabody school Fut Furniture company I North Manchester hid Ind Inc lanc Haney School I Furniture Furniture- company Grand Rapids I Mich Hudson School Furniture com cent COI- COI pan pany Lu Logan an W. W Va Owensboro Sealing Seating Seat Seal ing InS Cabinet company Minneapolis School Furniture company Sealing Cabinet company i Jacl Jackson son Tenn Ci Cincinnati CincInnat Seating mig Friedman Seating company company I New ew Richmond 0 O. 11 1 C. C Voght Sons Suns Co Parl Parker cl Cit City Ind V I FrederIck A. A moving lu spirit of the tho trust was vas lined limed and antl u a I score of ur other were serc I mulcted I I e s. s I Mass Aug AuS' 3 Attorney Attorney- torne 5 General Charles J J. J was seen al at the time Hotel Aspenwall at tl Lenox toca today and aud asked regarding ln John U. U hems ler's statement to thc effect t that at Jl Judge c I ls will wil have l cn dead a long bug lm mt l I before the time Standard Oil Oh 01 company compan pays pay the time line hue Jle imposed b by him last Jast week Time The lc said suld If I Mr 11 Rockefeller really Ieli said sHie what whal Is attributed to lo him I suppose he b by this language e to express Ids his hil conn In lit II securing a reversal of Ju Judge Sc I fro from I tl time the court COUt of ap nJ- nJ ap- ap peals What grounds he hue may think hu he he has fur ur such confidence I do eo not know ICo and c et It I ma may bo be lo with wih him al any discussion of or time the subject on UI m my may part purt would be In II II my Judgment mII m m- II Ing g. g t lion How long cun cumi CUI the they f tight light ht It off oc and timid what will tho time government O do du was WK asked Time The TJI government U said time the tit will wi do lu what It I can cumm cal to tu the lie conviction con on Oh appeal and amid ane If I this lila bo bu sustained to 10 collect prompt promptly pm time the tie tine hue nie Imposed In II other words U it I will ivill wil do ulo Its IH iut dut duty in II trying to 10 compel or every one umme whether rich or ur 1101 poor loor to lU ob obey lh time the lawIt law aw If It 1 there shall be any amm un miscarriage e of ut jU justice hereafter I tt this will wiil wi nut not l be through time the fault autt aul of uC tte the prosecution |