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Show ATTACKS THE TOBACCO TRUST Charge Made That Dissolution Plan la a Bold Attempt to Nullify Judgment of Supreme Court. New York In protest axainut the proponed dissolution plan of the American Tobacco company, the attorneys at-torneys gener al of Virginia and Nrth anil South Carolina on Molality submitted sub-mitted formal objections to the Judge of the 1'nlted States court They charge thut the plun In a bold attempt at-tempt to nullify the judgment of the United States supreme court and declare de-clare the present status Is more tolerable tol-erable than the plun proponed. "The plan turns loose no asssets and no agency," the attorneys general set forth, "by which the American Tobacco To-bacco company now maintains Its absolute ab-solute dominion over tSie tobacco trade. Its avarice for power and its utter unwillingness to looaen its grip on the tobacco business Is strikingly Illustrated In Its refusal to give up one of the leant of Its subsidiaries, it. P. KIchardHon, Jr. &. Co., although that company hug petitioned to be allowed to do ii n Independent business." busi-ness." The attorneys general assert the dividing of the compuny Into several working organizations will effect a change In bookkeeping only. |