. Review of reviews and world's work . ced itsecision (decision in the second of the twogreat trust cases which have caused so muchanxiety to business and finance. Chief Jus-tice Whites opinion, in which seven of hiseight associates concurred, provided for thedissolution of the American Tobacco Com-pany on the ground that its monopoly of theindustry, and the acts by which it hadachieved that monopoly, amounted to undueand unreasonable restraint of trade such asis clearly prohibited by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Supreme Court proceededto furnish a program for the dissolution andreorganizat
. Review of reviews and world's work . ced itsecision (decision in the second of the twogreat trust cases which have caused so muchanxiety to business and finance. Chief Jus-tice Whites opinion, in which seven of hiseight associates concurred, provided for thedissolution of the American Tobacco Com-pany on the ground that its monopoly of theindustry, and the acts by which it hadachieved that monopoly, amounted to undueand unreasonable restraint of trade such asis clearly prohibited by the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Supreme Court proceededto furnish a program for the dissolution andreorganization of the American TobaccoCompany. The present concern is to go outof business and within six months its headsare to construct, under the supervision ofthe Circuit Court of Appeals of the SecondDistrict of New York, a plan of business re-organization, so that there may be re-createdout of the elements now composing it (theTrust) a new condition, which shall be hon-estly in harmony with and not repugnant I THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 13. Copyright- by G. V. Buck, Washington HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE SUGAR TRUST (From left to right: John E. Raker, Finis J. Garrett, Thomas W. Hardwick [Chairman], Asher C. Hinds,George R. Malby, Edmond H. Madison) to the law. If six months is found to beinsufificient for this task, the American To-bacco Company may have an additionalsixty days to complete the reorganizationif the Circuit Court of Appeals the Trust is in the meantime guilty of anyof the acts of wrongfully suppressing com-petition, or if it does not re-create itselfwithin the time allowed and under the super-vision prescribed, the business of the con-cern is to be stopped, either by an injunc-tion against any interstate shipments of itsproducts, or by placing the company in thehands of a receiver. Such was the decision ofeight out of the nine judges. Justice Harlanhanded down a vigorous minority opinionagreeing with the courts decision only as tothe dissolution of
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