The purpose of this bill is to enable the courts of the United States to apply the same remedies against combinations which injuriously affect the interests of the United States that have been applied in the several states to protect local interests.
Sherman articulates the purpose of the bill to empower federal courts to address harmful combinations affecting national interests.
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I wrote an adverse report, but it was suppressed in the committee.
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