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Show THE BIO BATTIE IS ON. The light against the Northern Securities Securi-ties company Is now on In earnest. The opinion of Attorney-Oenernl Knox that the .oinblne on which It Is formed is condemned b law. und the consequent preparation of a bill In equity ngalnst Ha operation, Join the battle, (if course the combine will resist, and the tight Is sure to bo both long and hard. Onv. Van Snut of Minnesota will welcome this turn 111 the case with Joy. nnd will very naturally hold that the Tnlted St lies Is upholding his position, which In fact it Is doing The principle Involved In-volved seems to be one or proportion rather than ptlnclplc; for no one contends con-tends thit the combination of two or more minor rnlluuvs would be unlaw ful: In fact, nothing has been more common thun such ccmblnntlons. The contest now on may lie expected to declare de-clare how fai thin qit nf combination can go, and at what point It must stop; while If the feature of being naturally competing loads enters Into tho cuse las It will or course), wo may expect that the court will make, clear how much more competition there Is In fact, when two naturally competing roads are opot uteri under nn amicable traffic iiei cement (as the Northern PacHlc and tho llrcnt Northern have been operated for many years), thnn there Is when the two are merged Into ono control, It Is the great light of the day, and Its various vari-ous maneuvers nnd developments will be watched with tho keenest attention by a curious and Interested public. |