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“...legislation, should it be deemed necessary. Certainly the suggested
invalidity of this section, if true, would not invalidate the entire
act, the remainder of which may well stand without regard to
this provision.
Fifth. The final objection is to a provision which prevents
the owner of any steamship who is guilty of violating the antitrust
law from using the canal. It is quite evident that this section
applies only to those vessels engaged in the trade in which there
is a monopoly contrary to our Federal statute, and it is a mere
injunctive process against the continuance of such monopolistic
trade. It adds the penalty of denying the use of the canal to a
person or corporation violating the antitrust law. It may have
some practical operation where the business monopolized is
transportation by ships, but it does not become operative to
prevent the use of the canal until the decree of the court shall
have established the fact of the guilt of the owner of the vessel.
While the penalties of the antitrust...”
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