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Taft Urges Anti-Trust Reform Not Repeal Today
President Taft sends a message to Congress urging continued enforcement of the anti trust statute and proposing new remedies. He discusses Supreme Court decisions in Standard Oil and American Tobacco cases, defending the law and rejecting broad judicial discretion. The message emphasizes dissolution as a remedy and outlines the complex reorganization of the tobacco trust to restore competition.
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Supreme Court
United States
Standard Oil Trust
American Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil
Supreme and Circuit
New Jersey Company
American Tobacco Company
Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
New
Capital
P. Lorillard Company
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
British-American Tobacco Company
Porto Rican Tobacco Company
Corporation of
United Cigar Stores
Liggett & Meyers
Lorillard Company
Reynolds Company
Belus
Tobacco Trust
Circuit
Noyes
Congress
Powder Trust
Circuit Court
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
Attorney General