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I'AHT XV,
303
iicss until the ni;ii!iii';icl iii'ci> li.-id .-iLirrcd to ti'misfcr the nalriits il ;iii<l t<» t;il:c mit iiiii t'oriii licenses. h w as el'eated I^H* 1 lie jMll po^e (»!* ser\'ini;' as an inst runieiilalit v hy means ol* w liieli (let'endaiits nii,i>'lit impose np(ni the eommeree in lilms a uniform method of doinu business. I>y means of tlie licenses each manufacturer oi* |)i'o(lucer distribntes his ])roduct in commerce according' to the prcseriluHl terms and conditions which are the same for all. By means of the exchange licenses, whicli are referred to in tlie as^reements witli the manufactnrers and form an essential ])art of tliose agreements, all eomjx'tition between exchanges has been (diminated and X\wy are reqnired to do ])nsiness in the manner dictated to them.
Tlie form of com])ination adopted can not give a legal character to a combination otherwise illegal. If the defendants may not nnder the law restrain the trade in their products by means of a scheme of uniform sales contracts {(Continental Wall Paper case, supra, and Dr. Miles Medical Co. case, supra), it is manifest that they can not accomplish the same result through a scheme of so-called leases; by combining on a fonn of the lease they may not say who shall or shall not manufacture the product and distribute the same in interstate commerce; nor can they agree upon cei'tain exchangemen to handle their products and say that no others shall handle those products; nor can they select a certain class of exhibitors and say these and no others shall handle their products. We are deal