Show PlANS FURTHER STEPS IN STANDARD OIL nil AND ANO TOBACCO TRUST CASES Attorney General of Opinion Real Competition Has Not Yet Been Established SHI aTO July 17 AttorneY Attorney W WASHINGTON v G General Genera la is still sUli con- con the tho dissolution of ot the thc Standard OH oti and tobacco trusts trust to de determine do- do termine tormine whether furth further r steps should be taken by the tho federal te-deral government to pr promote real end and n 1 free treo competition which it Is la alleged doc does not exist In tn those Industries under present con con- despite the tho decrees decree of at tion Tho rho attorney general is II giving se serious so- so rious thought to the bill Introduced b by Senator Cummins directing the tho department department department depart depart- ment of ot justice to appeal to the su aU aU- aU premo promo court from trum the decree of ot dissolution disco disso lution against tho tobacco company compan entered by the tho circuit court for the southern district of ot New Now York ber her 16 16 1911 and also alao author authorizing In Independent independent In- In dependent tobacco manufacturers manufacturer to In Intervene Intervene In- In In the tho owe case to object to the thed d decree cree F. F U. U La- La Levy Lovy who represented Inde Independents end when the they unsuccessfully unsuccessful unsuccessful- I ly Iy sought Bought to Intervene before the fine find entry of oC the decree has filed d with the tho department A digest of the situation and argument In favor lavor of the l legality of ot tho the proposed d law la This now Is la un un- der consideration and aDd U the attorney general gen eral oral l IB expected to give Elv hi his opinion to the Senate committee on judiciary to which the bill has haa been sent Some Soma Intricate questions o of law JAW ar are Involved In the Cummins measure The government under the pre present ent statute had sixty days dos In which to ap appeal al to the court from tho New cw York courts court's decree a dissolving tho the tobacco trust but bul former Attorney General Wickersham agreed to the decree and did not nol appeal It has bu been suggested that since tho government did not avail 4 Itself Ittel of oC the rl right ht to Appeal within i ithe the time limit the tobacco Interests were wore entitled to regard tho the decree as asa asa I Ia a final determination of ot tho the Issues lues and I the tho government o should not attempt to I undo It after tho the expiration of ot nearly two years cars However the iho attorney general gen Kon- KonI I eral oral who regards regarda the tho decree as s a a. mere 1 Ia 18 giving the Cummins bill consideration AS us a a. possible way I to euro cure alleged ed evils C In the Standard Oil case the attorney attorney attorney ney general Is continuing his stud study of ot the report of oC Charles s B. B Morrison and ond I Oliver r E. E Pa Pagan an tho government at attorneys attorneys attorneys at- at who Investigated In the question whether tho decree of ot dissolution Is be beIn being being be- be ing In- violated A 1 conclusion lon has hal not yet et been reached Tho The oil Interests maintain maintain main main- tam tain th they f are re complying v t tho d de cree While the tho governments bill In Inthe tho the oil case Clue And the supreme courts court's decision wore cro sweeping In character the attorney general before taking an any further action in the courts must decide whether the decree properly In Interpreted Interpreted In- In the supreme courts court's decision which was designed to compel compol com corn petition Unfair competitive e methods method are arc said Bald to hare havo been eliminated and tho question IB is 18 are arc tho the disintegrated companies competing or ar nr aro they fixIng fixing fix fix- Ing tho the high price of oils Attorney General principal principal prin prin- cipal complaint against the tho decrees revolves re re- about the tho pro rata rats distribution of or stock among tho same samo stockholders who controlled the original companies He lie pointed out today that the tho supreme court In tho the Union Pacific antitrust case decided that such a n. distribution wax wall not a 4 real dissolution of ot a trust under tho the Sherman law |