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Show AGAINST TILE MERGER SUPREME COURT DECIDES IN FAVOR OF GOVERNMENT. Northern Security Railroad Merger Is Held to De In Violation of the Anti-Trust Anti-Trust Laws of United States. In tho United States supremo court Monday nn opinion was delivered In tho merger enso of tho Northern Securities Se-curities company vs. United States, In favor of the government's contention that tho merger was Illegal. Tho opinion of tho court wns handed down by Justicn Harlan, and it uphold tho decree of the circuit court for tho district dis-trict of Minnesota In every particular. Four of tho Justices dissented from tlio five- constituting thu majority. Tho division In tho court wns duo to a difference dif-ference of opinion as to tho right of federal control of stnto corporations. Tho ninjorlty opinion proceeded on tho theory thnt congress has a right undor tho constitution to control Interstate In-terstate commerce, no mnttor by whom conducted, whllo tho minority, or dissenting opinion, was based on tho theory that In tho present enso tho effort to tcKUlntu tho ownership Is not Interstate trnlllc. |