You appear to have misread the article. Not difficult. They use language very differently to the way we do today. A key line, 'They [representatives of big bu

You appear to have misread the article. Not difficult. They use language very differently to the way we do today. A key line, 'They [representatives of big business] regarded with especial favor the establishment of the proposition that a combination must be in "unreasonable" restraint of commerce to be unlawful' They're basically saying, "phew just because the government went after Standard Oil, doesn't mean it will come after us next because we are also big." In those days they talked a lot about "trust busting". This is a monopoly when one company creates an artificial market or a cartel when several do.