Show ANTI ANTITRUST TRUST PUT TO TEST asirit A sail hag has lately been brou brought by the united states in the circuit court at nashville tenn under the auti trust law recently passed by co coi i cross grow tha the ciao 19 interesting lato aa as baing the first under tho the new now statute and arid as euch such will be closely watched in other parts of the union beside besides the elate state of tennessee simmers the ciso case dawn down into a few sentences sen tancos the tile bill filed charges viat tho the coal companies com pinies doing ia in nashville and the dealers who cell sell the products to of the mines to the people of the city have farmed a combination or trust in order to fir fix tha the of caal coal for the local market and thereby control the trade that the trust hag has fixed the rates to be charged for coal sola there that tho dealers havo pledged them selves not to pur purchase chass coal from any mining company not a member of the in mining ining exchange and that the mining companies will not sell to any local dealer who is not a member ot of the combination it is c charged that the price I 1 of coal a at t the mines is fixed that the local dealers are allowed acer a certain talu margin and in d that any advance in excess of tho the otal total amount allowed the miners and do dealers alerE with tho the freight added is divided between them an injunction is asked for under the law exactly what answer the companies will mace make to these charges which certainly come como within with in the prohibition of the statute remiena ta ba been it goes without sa ying that the case will bo be learnedly conducted on both sides as a test it will command the ablest legal services vices of the day |