...commerce by shutting out the operation of the general law of competition Г We think it has. . . . It is the combination of these large and powerful...constitutes the alleged evil, and in regard to which, to far a» the combination operate» upon and rettrain» interstate commerce, Congress has power to...

...Increased. It Is the combination of these large I and powerful corporations, covering vast sec- j tlons of territory, and Influencing trade throughout the...operates upon and restrains Interstate commerce, congress has power to legislate and to prohibit. The prohibition of such contracts may, In the judgment of congress,...

...contract in the use and management of their property requires the right to combine Opinion of the Court. as one consolidated and powerful association for the...throughout the whole extent thereof, and acting as one b6dy in all the matters over which the combination extends, that constitutes the alleged evil, and...

...reasonable. They may easily and at any > ^ 77 time be increased. It is the combination of these large and I powerful corporations, covering vast sections of territory...upon and / restrains interstate commerce, Congress has power to legislate and to prohibit. The prohibition of such contracts may in the judgment of Congress...

...said that ordinary freedom of contract in the use and management of their property did not require — the right to combine as one consolidated and powerful...operates upon and restrains interstate commerce, Congress has power to legislate and to prohibit. A final point urged by counsel for the carriers was that unrestrained...

...charges higher than they might otherwise be under the laws of competition. And this is so, even chough the rates provided for in the agreement may for the...operates upon and restrains interstate commerce, congress has power to legislate and prohibit. "The prohibition of such contracts may, in the judgment of congress,...

...the reasonable rates where competition had placed them before the agreement was made. The court says: "It is the combination of these large and powerful...and Influencing trade throughout the whole extent, and acting as one body in all the matters over which the combination extends, that constitutes the...

...placed them before the agreement was made. The Court said: "It is the combinaPost v. Railroad. tion of these large and powerful corporations, covering...and influencing trade throughout the whole extent, and acting as one body in all the matters over which the combination extends, that constitutes the...

...competing corporations, and which would in that way restrain interstate trade or commerce. We do not think, when the grantees of this public franchise are competing...whole extent thereof, and acting as one body in all matters over which the combination extends, that constitutes the alleged evil, and in regard to which,...

...in the use and management of their property requires the [671] right to combine *as one consolidate and powerful association for the purpose of stifling...throughout the whole extent thereof, and acting as опя body in all the matters over which the combination extends, that constitutes the alleged evil,...