UQiNliS UP THE WEEK
Current Events of Interest Galhernl
From the World al Large.
General Resume o f Important Eventa
Presented In Condensed Form
fo r Our Busy Readers.
Burning o f a big St. Louis hotel
caused many accidents to guests who
were forced to jump.
Beriln papers quote President T a ft
as being in favor o f an arbitration
treaty with Germany.
The immediate construction o f a
second railroad from Eugene, Or., to
the coast is announced.
The champion fat steer at the Chi
cago L ive Stock show sold to a depart
ment store for 90 cents a pound.
A rancher at Pacific City, Wash.,
stumbled and fell while carrying a
charge o f dynamite and was blown to
atoms.
P A R O LE 30 C O N V IC T S .
Prison
Board of California
Rushing Business.
Does
San Francisco— The California state
board o f prison directors, at its meet
ing Monday, granted the largest num
ber o f paroles ever allowed by the
prison directors o f this state. Chances
were given to 30 prisoners to begin
life over again. Among the number
paroled were three women, one o f
whom had served 20 years for the mur
der o f her husband.
The board, a fter much debate, de
cided to abolish the rule requiring $25
as a deposit o f good faith from all
prisoners receiving their paroles.
A fte r serving 17 years at Folsom
prison for complicity in a fatal train-
wrecking job perpetrated near Sacra
mento during the American Railway
union troubles o f 1894, Samuel D.
Worden, who was convicted o f murder
for the part he played in the affair,
and who escaped the noose only
through the intercession o f ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, was among those
paroled. Now, bowed by the w eight
o f more than three score years, he is
on his way to Japan to join the young
er brother, who has promised to take
care o f him for the remaining years
o f his life.
RODGERS ENDS FLIGHT.
A New York girl only 19 years old
spent $21,406 in high livin g in 18
months, and her guardian wants to 60,000 Greet Ocean-to-Ocean Avia
tor on Sands of Pacific.
throw up his job.
Long
Beach, Cal. — A via to r Cal-
It has been decided that holders of
fractional Bhares in the subsidiary braith P. Rodgers completed the last
companies o f the Standard Oil com leg o f his cross-continental flight and
landed on the shore o f the Pacific at
pany, w ill have no votes.
4 :04 o ’clock Sunday afternoon. The
A carload o f fa t steers from Iowa final lap o f his trip was 12 miles.
won the first prize at the Chicago Live Rodgers started at Compton, near
Stock show and were then sold for here, where he fell November 12.
$15.75 per hundredweight.
As Rodgers approached the sea from
It is stated that James B. McNam the east, Frank Champion, in a Blér
ara, when first arrested last April, iot monoplane, and Beryl W illiam s
boasted that he had $30,000 and the and a passenger in a biplane, met
American Federation o f Labor to back him. The airmen circled over the
sea-to-sea tourist as he made his land
him.
ing.
Beavers have attracted so much at
A crowd estimated at 60,000 per
tention in the Yellowstone National sons saw the finish o f the great trip,
park that the government has decided and as the wheels o f Rodgers’ ma
to stock all national parks with the chine touched the sands an enthusias
animals.
tic throng surged on the aviator and
The American Federation o f Labor the impact o f the rush pushed his ma
denounces the McNamaras and de chine into the waves.
Rodgers declared his actual flying
clares organized labor should not be
held responsible for crimes o f individ time from the Atlantic was 3 days, 10
hours and 14 minutes.
ual members.
George B. Moffatt, builder o f the
Oregon Electric railw ay,jiied at Port
land.
M cN A M A R A S REACH PEN,
Don Regulation Stripes and Begin
Prison Life Stoically.
President Gompers 'says the grand
jury may examine all labor union
San Quentin, Cal.— The McNamara
books in his care at any time.
brothers Sunday entered San Quentin
Theodore Vail, president o f the penitentiary, where James B. is con
Western Union and Bell telephone demned to spend the remainder o f his
systems, would buy all independent life for the confessed crime o f murder,
and John J. is sentenced to 15 years.
lines.
The men entered the prison, it is
Detective Bums says McNamara
fa irly well authenticated, believing
and McManigal carried on the work of
that they had achieved much for the
dynamiting with a regular monthly
cause o f union labor and had been
allowance o f $1,000.
cruelly misunderstood in their efforts
Tho river and harbor bill to be in and the results they obtained.
John
troduced at this session o f congress in J. McNamara, those who have talked
cludes an appropriation o f $1,000,000 with him for many hours say, donned
fo r improvement o f the Columbia.
his convict garb a devoted admirer o f
little, simple, kindly deeds, and a firm
P O R TLA N D M A R K ETS .
believer in the psychological efficacy
o f dynamite. James II. habitually be
W heat— Export basis:
Bluestem,
81c; club, 77c; red Russian, 75c; val lieves a good deal as his brother be
lieves.
For themselves, the men
ley, 77c; forty-fold, 78c.
would
say
nothing at all.
Corn— Whole, $37; cracked, $38 ton.
corporation to com ply w it h their re- I
quirements so as to c a rry on business
in a number o f d iff e r e n t states.
I re n ew the reco mm endatio n o f the
enactme nt o f a ge neral la w p ro v id in g
f o r the v o lu n ta r y form at ion o f c o r p o ra
tions to e n g a g e in trade and com merce
am on g the states and wit h fo r e ig n n a
tions. E v e r y a r g u m e n t which w a s then
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
DEALS WITH TRUST EVIL
pfenTuon^’c h V a J V t ' T e n n e s s e e Coal Mine Wrecked
fere d to possible objections, have been
c on firm ed by our experien ce since the
By Dust Explosion.
enfo rc em en t o f the an ti-tr u st statute
Would Have a “ Trust Overseer” and
O. K. for “ Good” Combinations.
W AS H IN G TO N ,
Dec.
6.— Pre sid en t
T a f t ’s message to Congress, read in
both houses today, w a s devote d w h o ll y
to the sub ject o f trusts and the e n
f orce m ent o f a n ti- m o n o p o ly laws.
T h e P re sid en t b eg in s by s a y in g the
message is one o f s ev er al he shall send
to Congress b ef ore the Christmas h o li
days; that the number o f importa nt
subjects to be tr ea te d is too la r g e f o r
one.
He then r e v i e w s the an ti- tr u st
law and the Supreme Court decisions in
the tobacco trust cases. H e says:
T his message is the f ir s t o f sever al
which I shall send to Congress durin g
the in te rv al bet ween the o pe nin g o f its
re gu la r session and its ad jo urn m en t for
the Christmas holidays. T h e amount ol
in form at io n to be com municated as to
the operations o f the Governme nt, the
number o f im p o rt a nt subjects c a ll in g
f o r comment by the E xe cutive, and the
transmission to Congress o f exh austive
reports o f special commlssmns. make It
impossible to include in one message
of a reasonable le n g th a discussion or
the topics that o u g h t to be bro ugh t to
the a t te n ti o n o f the Na tio n a l L e g i s l a
ture at its f ir s t r e g u la r session.
It has been said that the court, by
in tr oducin g into the construction of the
statute co m m o n -la w distinctions, has
emascu lated it. T his is obvio usly un
true. B y Its j u d g m e n t e v e r y contract
and com bination in re stra in t o f i n t e r
state trade made w it h the purpose or
necessary e ff e c t o f c o n t r o llin g prices
by s t i f l in g competition, or o f estab lis h
in g in w h o le or in part a mo nopo ly of
such trade, is condemned by the s t a t
ute. T h e most e x t re m e critics cannot
instance a case that pugh t to be con
demned under the stat ut e which is not
broug ht w ith in its term s as thus con
strued.
MANY DEAD IN
MINE DISASTER
has resulted in the actual dissolution
of ac ti v e com mercial organizations.
R e c re a tiv e L a w s t rged.
O v e r T w o Miles o f Tunnels W recked
I t Is even more m anife st now than it
Day Shift Had Ju st Gone
was then that the denunciation of con
spiracies in re st ra in t o f trad e should
O n— Bodies Found.
not and does not mean the denial o f
o rg a niz ation s la r g e enough to be in
trusted w it h our in terstate and f o r
eign trade.
It has been made more
Briceville, Tenn. — Somewhere in
clear
it was then that
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purely n e g a tiv e statute li k e the a n t i - 1 .
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by spe cific provisions f o r the b u i l d i n g ! their sorrow-stricKen iam nies
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up and re gu la ti o n o f le g it im a t e Na- v ig il at the mouth o f their tomb, hop
i tional and fo r e ig n commerce.
ing against hope that their loved ones
T h e d r a f t in g o f the decrees in the
dissolution o f the present trusts, with may be alive when rescuers reach
a v ie w o f their re o rg an iz ati o n into them.
le g itim a te corporations, has made it
E ight mangled bodies were brought
esp ecially apparent that the courts are forth by nightfall, when search was
not provided with the ad m in is tr a ti v e
Except fo r
machiner y to make the n ecess ary in abandoned for the day.
quiries
p re p a r a to ry
to
r e o r g a n iz a the immediate fam ilies o f the entomb
tion, or to
pursue such
inquiries, ed men, no one in this little mountain
and
th ey
should
bo
em po w ere d
to In v ok e the aid o f the Bureau o f villa ge believes that any livin g thing
Corporations In d et er m in in g the sult- in the mine has survived the terrific
ab ie re o rg an iz ati o n o f the d is ln te gra t explosion o f coal dust that wrecked
ed parts.
T h e Circuit Court and the the workings Saturday morning.
Seven dead men discovered sitting
A t to rn e y -G e n e ra l w e r e g r e a t l y aidod
in f r a m i n g the decree in the tobacco upright in a train o f nine cars in Cross
trust dissolution by an exp e rt fro m the entry No. 24, two miles from the
Bureau o f Corporations.
mouth o f the mine brought the list o f
panies w i t h a v i e w to the con tro l of
the m a rk e t, th eir num ber is so la r ge
that such an a tte m p t could not w e ll be
concealed, and i t « p ri m e mover s and
all its part icip an ts w ou ld be at once
subject to c on tempt p roceedin gs and
im p
riso
n m e en
nt o
or f a s su
um
r y e character,
nurauer.
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pris
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m a
ary
The im m e d ia te re sult o f the present
situation w i l l n ec ess ar ily be a c t i v i t y by
all the com panies under d i f f e r e n t man-
agers, and then co m peti tio n must f o l
low, or th ere w i l l be a c t i v i t y b y one
compa ny and s ta g n a ti o n by another.
Only a sho rt time w i l l in e v it a b ly lead
to a ch a n ge in ow n e rs h ip o f the stock,
a « all o pp o rtu n it y f o r cont inued c o
operation must disappear. T ho se critics
who speak o f this d is in te g ra tio n in the
trust as a me re cha n ge o f ga rm ents
have not giv e n con sidera tio n to the
in ev it a ble w o r k i n g o f the decree and
understand litt le the personal dan ge r
| ^ a t t e m p t in g to e va de or set at naught
the solcunn injunction o f a court whose
objec t is made plain »by the decree and
whose in hibitions are set fo r th w it h a
d et ail and com preh ensiven ess un exam
pled in the his to ry o f e q u it y ju r is p r u
dence.
T h e e f f e c t o f these tw o decisions has
F o r S p e c ia l B u re a u .
led to decrees d is s o lv in g the com bin a
I do not set fo r th in detail the terms
tion o f m anu fact ure rs o f e lec tr ic lamps,
a Southern whole sa le g r o c e r s ’ as«ocia- and sections o f a statute which m ig h t
tlon, an In te rl o c uto ry decree ag ain st supply the c on structive le gisla tion per-
I
known dead from the explosion to
Every surviving miner in this
gion is toiling with no thought
f o0H
sleep or Day to remove the
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re-
of
de-
the Ct°rcuft Court* c o m p e llin g ' d i s l o l u - m lt tln * aml aldlnS the fo rm atio n of bris and force fresh air into the inner-
combinations o f capital into F e d e r a l , m o s t reCesses o f the mine.
tion, and oth er com binat io ns o f a sim
T h e y should be subject
ilar history, ar e now n e g o t i a t i n g with corporations.
Black damp developed and stopped
the D e p a rtm e n t o f Justice lo o k in g to to rig id rules as to their o rga niz at ion
a d is in te gra ti o n b y decree and r e o r and procedure, in cluding e ff e c t iv e pub- 1 progress for a time, but soon the
silent force pushed dauntlessly on,
ga n iz a t io n in accor dance w it h law. It
o f them untU they were carried
seems possible to b rin g about these " c i t y . aad to th e closest supervision
r e o r g a n iz a t io n « w it h o u t g e n era l busi as to the Issue o f stock and bonds by out overcome by the noxious gases.
ness disturbance.
an e x e c u ti v e bureau or commission in
Thousands o f the morbidly curious
M ovem eu t f o r Repeal.
the De part m en t o f Commerce and L a
C o u rt P o w e r L im ite d ,
But n o w that the an t i- tru st act is ' bor, to which in times o f doubt t h e y , flocked into . Briceville and , crowded
The sug ge stio n is also made that the ( seen to be e f f e c t i v e f o r the accom- m igh t w e ll submit their proposed plans , ab°ut the main entry o f the mine,
Supreme Court by Its decision In the pllshment o f the purpose o f Its ena ct
It must be dls- They saw nothing but^ the outward
last tw o cases has com m itt ed to the ment, w e are met by a c ry f r o m many f o r futu re business.
court the undefined and unlimited dls
l l f f e r e n t qu arters f o r Its repeal. I t Is tin ctl y understood that Incorporation manifestation o f the pitiable g r ie f o f
cretlon to determ ine w h e th e r a case o f said to be obs tr uc ti v e o f business p ro g - | under a Federa l la w could not exemp t the stricken families.
restrain t o f trade Is w it h in the term s , es«, to be an at te m p t to re sto re oi
the com pa ny thus form ed and Its in-
There is hardly a fam ily in the en
o f the statute. T his is w h o lly untrue, tashloned methods o f des tr u ctiv e com-1 corpo ra tors and mana gers f ro m prose
tire Coal Creek valley that has not
A reas onable re stra in t o f trade at com - petition b etw e en small units, and to cution under the an ti- tr u st la w for
The problem
mon la w is we ll und erstood and is ! make impossible these useful combi- subsequent i l l e g a l conduct, but the pub fe lt the touch o f death.
c lea rl y defined. It does not rest In the nations o f capital and the reduction licit j- o f its procedure and the oppor- o f caring for the widows and orphans
discretion o f the court.
It must be | o f the cost o f produ ction that ar e es- ^anI t y f o r frequent^ con sultation with*1 ¡ 3 great, requiring immediate solution.
limited to accomplish the purpose o f
sentlal to continued p ro sp er it y
and the bureau or commission in cha rg e o f
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" Certainly B riceville w ill be unable to
la w fu l main con tr ac t to w hic h, in or
normal gro w th .
the in corporation
der that It shall be e n fo rc ea ble at all.
In the recent decisions the Supreme purpose o f Us transactions wo uld o f care for her living, with most o f her
It must be incidental. I f It exceed the | Court m a ke s clea r that there Is n o th in g f e r g r e a t s ec uri ty ag ain st such success wage-earners numbered among
the
needs o f that contract, it Is void.
in the s ta tu te which condem ns c o m b i ful prosecutions f o r vio la ti o n s o f the dead.
T he test o f reasonableness was n ev er nations o f c ap ital or me re bigness of la w as wou ld be practical or wise.
Food is scarce but'plentiful supplies
applied by the court at common la w to plan t o rg a n iz e d to secure economy in
Such a bureau or commission m ig h t
con tracts or com binat io ns or c o n s p ir a production and a reduction o f its cost. w e ll be inves ted also w it h the duty, a l are promised from Knoxville.
So far
cies In re strain t o f trade whose p u r It Is o n ly w h e n the purposes or neces ready r e fe rre d to, o f a id in g courts in there has been little suffering among
pose wa s or whose necess ary e f f e c t sary e f f e c t s o f the o rg a n iz a t io n and the dissolution and re -crea ti o n of trusts
would be to s tif le competition, to c o n ma intenanc e o f the c om bin at io n or a g with in the law. It should be an exe c u the families o f those who lost their
trol prices or establish monopolies. The g r e g a t io n o f Immense size ar e the s t i f tiv e tribunal o f the d ig n it y and p o w e r lives.
courts n ev e r assumed p o w e r to say that lin g o f com petition, actual and p oten o f the C o n tro ll e r o f the Cu rrency or
The men had entered to begin the
such con tracts or com bin at io ns or c o n tial. and the enh anc in g o f prices and the In te rs ta te Co mm erce Commission,
day’s work when a terrific explosion
spiracies m ig h t be la w f u l If the p a r est ab li sh in g a monopoly, th at the stât- which n o w e xerc is e su p erv is or y p ow er
Only three
ties to them we re o n ly m oder ate in the j ute Is violated, M e re size is no sin o ve r im p o rt a nt classes o f cor po ra tio ns wrecked"the workings.
use o f the p o w e r thus secured and did ■ again st the law’, T he m e r g i n g o f tw o under F e d e r a l regula tion.
have come out alive.
The body o f
not e xa ct fro m the public too gr eut and or more business plants nec ess arily
T he d r a f t i n g o f such a F e de ra l lncor- Lee Poston, operator o f the mine fan
exo rb it a n t prices. I t is true that ma ny ; eliminates
co m peti tio n
b et w e en
the j poration ta w would o f f e r am ple oppor
theorists, and others e n g a g e d In bust- units thus oomblned. but tills el im l- tu nity to p r e v e n t m any m a n if e st evils plant, was found buried and mangled,
ness v i o l a t i n g the statute, have hoped nation
Is ir. c on tra v en tion
of
the in c or pora te m a n a ge m en t today, includ under the cave-i l, in the mine shaft.
that some such line could be d ra w n b y l stat ut e o n ly wh en the com bination i n g Irr es po n sib il it y o f control in the
The shafts extend moie than three
hands o f the f e w who are not the real miles into the bowels o f the mountian.
courts; but no court o f a u th o rit y has 13 made f o r »he purpose o f enn
ever at temp ted It. C e rta in ly there Is *ng
this
p artic u la r
co m peti tio n In owners.
I recomm end that the F e d e ra l cha r According to President Stephenson,
n o th in g lti the decisions o f the latest order
to
secure
con tro l of,
and
tw o oases fro m which such a dange rous enhance, prices and c re a te a monopoly, ters thus to be gra nted shall be v o lu n o f the iron company, the men, i f they
th eory o f Judicial d iscretion In e n f o r c - ! T h e com plain t is ma de of the statute tary, at least unt il experien ce Justifies had reached their posts, were in lat
Ing tills statute can d e riv e the sli gh te st tllat 11 is not s u f fic ie n t ly d e f in it e In its mand at ory provisions.
T h e b e n e fi t to eral shafts when the explosion oc
sanction.
description o f th at which is forbidden j he derived fro m the operation o f g r e a t
W e hav e been 11 y e a r s m a k in g this j to e n a b le business men to a v o id ita vio- businesses under the protect ion o f such curred.
cha rt e r wo uld a t tr a ct all who are
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purposes for lation. T h e sugge s ti o n is, that w e nmy
This encourages those on (Tthe sur
which It was enacted.
T he K n i g h t ■ tlave a com binat ion o f t w o cor pora- anxious to k ee p wit h in the lines o f the face to hope that many may be living.
case was d is c o u ra g in g and seemed to ! tions, w hic h m a y run on f o r years, and ; l a w.
Other la r g e com binations th at
re mit to the states the w h o le a v a il- j that subse quently tho A t to r n e y - G e n e r a l (»11 to tnke a d v an ta ge o f the Federa l There is little prospect o f an early
Workers have encountered
able p o w e r to a t ta c k and suppress the j mRy con clude that It wa s a v iola ti o n o f incorporation w i l l not h av e a r i g h t to rescue.
e vils o f the trusts.
S lo w ly , h o weve r, 1 the statute, and that wh ic h wa s s a p - 1 n« m p la !n i f th eir failu re Is ascribed to dense and compact deposits o f slate,
the e rro r o f that Judgment wa s cor- f’ °sed by the combiners to be Innocent un w illingne ss trf submit th eir t r a n s earth, rock and coal in the main shaft
a c t e d , and only In the lust three or ! tlien turns out to be a com bination In actions to the careful o f f ic ia l scrutiny,
fou r yeurs has the h e a v y hand of the , v iola tion o f the statute. T h e an s w e r to, com petent supervision and pub lic ity at- o f the mine and also in an abandoned
la w been laid upon the g r e a t Ille g a l this hyp oth et ic a l case Is that wh en m e n : tendant upon the e n jo ym en t o f such a entry used for an air shaft.
combin ations that hav e exercised such a tte m p t to amass such stupendous cap- charter.
an absolute dom inion o v e r m any o f our 1 ital as w i l l e nable the m to suppress
T h e o pp o rtu n it y thus sug ge s te d f o r
REBELS WIPE O U T FOES,
Industries. Crim inal prose cutions hav e i competltlffn, con tro l prices and e s t a b - , F e de ra l Incorporation, it seems to me.
been brought, and a number ar e pend- llsh a monopoly, th ey k n o w the pur- Is
suitable
c on str u ct ive
le gisla tion
ing, but Juries hav e f e l t av e rs e to con- , pose o f their acts. Men do not do such needed to fa c ilita t e the squ a rin g of Well ‘Armed Reyistas Put Mexican
v ic t l n g f o r Jail sentences, and Judges ! a th in g w it h ou t h a v in g
it c le a r ly in j g r e a t industrial enterpris es to the rule
State Guards to Rout.
have been most re lu c ta nt to Impose i mind. I f w h a t th ey do Is m e re ly for ; o f action laid dow n by the anti-tr ust
such sentences on men o f re spe ctable , the Purpose o f redu cin g the cost o f p r o - ! law. T his stat ute as construed b y the
Merida, Mex.— A force o f 50 state
standin g in society, wh ose o ffe n s e has duction w it h o u t the th o ug ht o f sup- Supreme Cour t must continue to be the
Indians, en
been re garded as m e re ly statutory. pr es sing co m peti tio n by use o f tne big
_
line o f distinctio n for le g i t i m a t e busi guards, mostly Yaqui
Still, as the o ff e n s e becomes better ness o f the plan t they are c re atin g, then ness.
I t must be enforced, unless w e gaged a band o f Reyistas estimated at
understood and the c o m m it t in g o f It the y can not be con victed at the time are to banish Individualism from all between 400 and 600 near here,
partakes more o f studied and d e lib ihe union is made, nor can the y be c o n - , business and reduce it to one common
Few er than a dozen guards esoaned
erate d efian c e o f the law, w e can be vict ed later, unless it happen that la t e r system o f re g u la tio n or con tro l o f
a-
1 n “ QOZen guards escaped,
c on fide nt that Juries w i l l con v ic t
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on they conclude to suppress com pe ti- prices
like that
now p lvla4ln
re vails accoruing to information brought to
viduals and that Jail sentences w i l l be tlon and ta ke the usual methods f o r ! wit h respect to public '^tWlties ' " a m i ' this city by fugitives.
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d oin g so, q and
thus estab lish
f o r » them-
which
wh
en app « lied
to
all
business
I m
The government troops were routed
selves a monopoly. T h e y can, In such wo uld be a lo n g step to w a r d state so.
S is e o f N e w C om p a n ics.
completely.
The fight occurred on the
:Ialism.
Objec tion was made by certa in inde- I w h T e h ^ I e q u e n t l T u d l i L ^ à
haciendas o f Saoniote and Misnolba-
endpnt tohurrn
E f f i c a c y Seen.
pendent
tobacco rnmnnnlP.
compa nies »hat
that tWI«
this I , !V * subse quently is disclosed is at- |
I tributed by the court to the o r ig in a l,
T h e a n t i- tru s t act is the expression lan\ A fresh force has taken the field
settle men t (T ob ac c o T r u s t ) wa s unjust ! com bination,
because it le ft companies w it h v e r y |
o f the e ff o rt o f a f r e e d o m - lo v in g people to dislodge the rebels.
The stories
N
e
w
R
e
m
e
d
ie
s
Stijrfreated.
.
la r ge capital in a c tiv e business, and |
Much —
Is -----
said - o - f ----
the . repe
o f ......
this . Pres<?r'
e , e q u a lit y o f opportu nity . I t told by the survivors, confirmed by
Mi it tin* settlement that wo uld be ef-
« r « . al . w*
.
fec ti v e to put all on an e q u a lit y would statut« and o f c on s tr u ctiv e le gisla tio n 18 tne r* 8UIt ° f the c on fid e n t d et er m i- the owners o f the haciendas, indicate
be a divis io n o f the c ap ital and plant i intended to acc omplish th e purpose and nation o f such a people to maintain that the insurgents were fa r better
of the trust into small frac ti o n s in , *,laxe a t'lear path f o r honest mercha nts their futu re g r o w t h by p r e s e r v in g un- equipped than was generally
sup
amount more n ea rl y equa l to that o f ) ;,nd' business men to fo ll o w . It ma y con trolle d and unrestricted the enter- posed.
each o f the independent companies.
* ucthh a plahn w ‘ 1 be evo lv ed , but prise o f the Individual, his industry, h i.
They
This contention n results
f ro m a m
i s - i 1 submit th at m
the
discussions w h i c h : ! i inge
■suits rrom
mis-
e aiscussions
n g e nu
n u ity
it y , his i lnteiiio-.n^.
n te llla e n c »
i.
1 were
c c well mounted, carried
carried
understanding of the an ti- tr u st la w have been b ro u gh t out in re ce nt days dep endent cou ra ge
8
’
i modern arms, used dynamite and oper-
and Its purpose.
It is not Intended by the f » » r o f th e f ° " ' ‘ " u e d exe cutio n
F o r 20 y e a r , or more th]s
ated field telephones, it is declared.
tht*reby to prev ent the accumulation
of la r g e capital in bu
in which such a com bination
Stenogrgphers to Testify.
¡nation can secure
d ‘ « l n« tJ0* «»; o f its v iola to rs w
ti
w e e r r e e c c yn
yn ical
ical ove’r
o v e r l its
reduced cost o f production, sale, and r ule o f action ns d efin it e and as clear
Indianapolis
— A ll
stenographers
button.
I t is d ire c te d ag a in s t * » ' b a t wh ic h the Sup reme Court It se lf “ w e ^ e i i f ^ e e ' m e n ' » 1 V n t T * ? * ' mPm '
« ‘ ble of enforcem en t. S l o w l y the mills who have been employed at the head-
such an a g g r e g a t i ■—
o n o " f c ---------
ap ital o n ■
ly I lays d ow n in e n f o r c in g the statute.
o n — and Indeed I c
can
when Its purpose is that o f s t i f l in g o f i I 1 see
,et' no o b je c ti
tio
a n 1 „ . n — ” j i .
* ra a-
T .
..
, .
competition, en h ancin g or c o n t ro ll in g
4 ec laed a d v a n ta g e s — in the enact-
- [ ' i t » , c f ' Ma n ,- nf u « ° i i ! a . I ’ T * *
?-'i8 r ^eJ S
^n^e ^na<J’ ° n a l A s s o c ia -
prices, and estab li sh in g
If w e shall have
these purposes
tion between
which the capital and pla
o b je c t is near a c h ie v e , the alleged nation-wide ' dTnamitinir
divided, w e shall h a v e accom pllshed ■tru,,t l a w - T h « a tte m p t and purpose to ls h e a v y ' noar
supi
the useful purpose o f the statute.
It is not the purpose of the statute hlr
p ce so u n p ro fi tab le as to w |th business prosp
and we are vestlgators
is understood to
be to
_ erity,
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to con fisca te the p ro p e rty and capital d riv e him out o f business, or the mak
* — * In
' most ge n era l terms, h o w by ,V
identify
copies
o f letters seized in
of the o ff e n d in g trusts.
Methods of Ing o f e x c lu s iv e cont racts w it h custom advised
B O m A f i t h o t * C t A t I I t A a n . l
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punishment by fine or Impris onm ent of ers under which th ey a r e requ ired to some oth er stat ut e and In some other t h . ro id a « thi„
® j 0,1 th® ° ffices. o f the associa-
the individ ual offend ers, by fi ne o f the g i v e up ass oc iation w it h o th e r manu- w a y the e v i l w e ar e Just s ta m p in g out
an
be
cured
I
f
w
e
only
abandon
t
h
i
s
1
tl
o
n
and.
to
im
plicate
groups
c or po ra tion or by f o r f e i t u r e o f its
u. r ! r !'.,t.n d _num*
goods in transportation, ar e p ro vid ed
___ rou.s . * 1 n d mat h- , w o r k o f >* y e a r , and t r y an o th e r Vx- o f men in many cities.
J
Millstuffs— Bran, $23 per ton; mid
M A N ’S LEAP ENDS P O V E R T Y .
dlings, $31; shorts, $24; rolled bar
ley, $35.
Park Row Suicide Is Identified as
Oata— No. 1 white, $31.50 ton.
ex-Body Guard o f Lincoln.
Hay— No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo
thy, $ 1 8 «ll8 .60; valley, $16<ft 16; al
New York— The man who jumped
fa lfa , $13(d 14; clover, $ ll(d 12, grain, from the dome o f the Pulitzer build
$11(» i 12..
ing and was smashed to death in Park
Barley — Feed, $36<il 37 per ton, Row recently, was Pryce Lew is, the
brewing, nominal.
first Federal spy o f the civil war. He
Fresh Fruits— Fears, 50c6t$l.50 per was 83 years old and killed himself to
box; grapes, $1.256(1.50 per box; escape poverty and because his appli
cranberries, $ll.50(</13 per barrel.
cation for a (tension had been refused
Apples— Jonathans, $1.606(2.25 per in an official letter received by him.
box; Spitzenburg, $1(0 2.26; Baldwin,
Lewis, in his services as a spy, was
75c(<i$1.50; Red Cheek Pippin. $1.25 tw ice captured and once condemned
(it 1.76; Northern Spy, $1.250(1.75; to death.
He lay 19 months in pes
W inter Banana, $2(u3; Bellflower, tilence-ridden Southern prisons. He
$l(«i 1.26.
was many times the personal guard o f
Potatoes — Buying prices:
Bur President Lincoln, who became his
banks, 90c6t $1.20 per hundred.
staunch friend.
O nion«- Buying price, $1.25 sack.
Vegetables — Artichokes, 75c per
To te m Pole* to Be Saved.
doten; cabbage, l 6 ( l i c per pound;
Washington, D. C.— One o f the mod
cauliflower, $1.90(u2 per crate; cel
ery, 75c per dosen; garlic, 10(<i 12c est appropriations recommended by
per pound; lettuce, 65(tt76c perdzen; the secretary o f the interior is $1,000
pumpkins, l(t£ lic per pound; sprouts, for the protection and improvement o f
8(<(.9c
squash,
ljdt l f c ;
carrots, the Sitka National Monument in Alas
$1 per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1; ka. This national monument is the
old historic Indian R iver Park, near
parsnips, $1.
Butter — Oregon creamery, solid Sitka, which was converted into a
pack, 36c; printa, extra; butter fat, national monument by proclamation o f
the president on Manrh 23, 1910. The
lc less than solid pack.
Poultry— Hens, 15c; springs, 14c; ancient totem poles and graveyard in
ducks, young, 16c; geese, 13(ul4c; this park, it is said, are in need o f re
tnrkeys alive, 20c; dressed, choice, pairs, and, moreover, the park, now
in a rough state, is in need o f clearing.
23c.
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
Darrow Is Not Condemned.
47J((t 48c‘ per dozen.
Pork— Fancy, 8(<t9e per pound.
Denver — A resolution condemning
V eal— Fancy, 12$(u 13c per pound.
Clarence S. Darrow, chief o f counsel
H op«— 1911 crop, ,44(i(45c; olda, for the McNamara brothers, was o f but the proceeding in equity Is a spec!- j ing tnonopoly.'thould b . d e a c rlb a d 'w lth j ^ 'i t “¡ a ' ^ a ^ t b i r t h l i l W n l i T i '
flc remedy to stop the operation of the sufficient accuracy In a criminal stat- good
C n Ihl h .
il o . t
° nt
Guns Tu rn e d on Rabbits.
fered f t the regular meeting o f the trust by Injunction and prevent the ute on the one hand to enable the G ov- fhe effect nV thb, V n i V
nominal.
‘ be face of
Boise,
Idaho— A demand for rabbits
but was future use o f the plant and capital in eminent to shorten Its task by prose- d e c r e e » t w
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 9f«i.l6c per Denver Trades assembly,
Northeyn Securities
as a table delicacy in the East has
outing single misdemeanor, In ite .d of
c o T ta w ilS ™ . I V
"n“ 0
Although violation o f th. statute.
pound; valley, 156(17c; mohair, choice, tabled without being read.
I venture to say that not In the an entire conspiracy, and on the other the
deU11 a ® elther caused firearms
ranging from
the
the meeting was the first since the
Sfifd 37e
history of American la w has a decree hand, to serve the purpose of pointing decree but did I|t<,e o ii * . ° r V** T ° bacc0 high-grade hammerless shotgun to the
Cattle— Choice steers, $5.506(6.65; McNamara brothers pleaded guilty, more effective for such a purpose been out more In detail to the business com- -
»
d d i ?0t ,top fo r a11 tlm*
the then pow erfu l movement toward antiquated musket to be resurrected
good, $5.36(ii 5.50; choice cows, $4.60 local leaders had determined that the entered by a court than that against munlty w hat must be avoided.
the control of all the railro ad » of the by Jerome, Idaho, farmers.
The ani
•embly should not, at this late date, the Tobacco T r u s t
I24.75;
fair,
$4.50®4.60;
extra
The President recommends Federal country in a single hand? Such a one-
It haa been assumed that th* pres- Incorporation, and refers to his spe man power could not have been a mals are regarded as a serious pest,
choice spayed
heifers,
$S6i 6.40; take any official action.
The resolu
ent pro rata and common ownership ' cla,
t0 Congress on January 7 h' a llh fu l influence l n the Republic, but the announcement recently that
choice heifers, $4.806(4.90;
choice tion did not mention the McNamaras.
In all these (tobacco) companies b y 1-----
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bulls, $4.26«i 4.50; good. $S.T6*i.4;
,».0 . when h . pointed out th * disturb- ^
K l t i f , * « » I Eastern commission merchants were
form
er
stockholders
o
f
the
truet
would
O il Pension Fund Split.
paying six cents for the rabbits here
choice cahcs, $76(7.76; good, $6(a
ance to business that would prob
prob- ! mission.
Insure a continuance o f the same old
6.50.
New York — When the Supreme single control of all the companies Into ably attend the dissolution of offending
Do we desire to make such ruthless has prompted hundreds o f hunters to
trusts,
saying
i.
. »
| combinations and monopolies law ful? invade the prairie country.
Hoga—Choice light hogs, $6.5561 court diseolved the old Standard Oil which the trust has by decree been
If tho prohibition o f the anti-trust When all energies are directed, not to-
6.76; good to choice hogs, $6.3561 company, o f New Jersey, it incident disintegrated. This Is erroneous and act against combinations in restraint of w ard the reduction of the cost of tiro-
trade !«
Is trt
to H a affoisflwelw
l so
P , - a \. _ . . . .
.
... . *'
Hobbles Hobble Profits.
6.50; fair, $6 206(6.25; common, $5 ally dissolved the corporation's pen la b a «fd upon the aasum .d Ineffloacy trade*
and Innocuouenes* o f Judicial Injunc
Paris — French dressmakers assert
6 ( 6 .
sion fund, which supports more that tions. The companies are enjoined
that they lost $4,000,000 this year.
Sheep Choice yearling wethers, $4 72,000 persons — former employes, j r m co-operation or combination; they
6/4.40; choice tw o s and threes, $3.85 widows and children.
It is said that 20.000 girls are out o f
The fund haa|h e differen t m anagers, directors,
6 1 4; choice k illin g ewes, $3.256/3 60;
employment because o f the wearing o f
been split up with the rest o f the Inis j purchasing and sales agents. I f el! or
many of the numerous stockholders,
h °bble skirts and kimono blouses,
choice lambs, $4.606(4.75; good to | inoss, but w ill be kept alive in each reaching Into the thousands, attempt
pirit of commercial j which require only h alf the usual
J o f the new companies.
choice, $46(4.25; culls, $3q$3.75.
I to secure concerted action o f the c o m -, it difficult.
not Impossible, fo r one freedom w
amount o f material.
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