St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-14
TWO LAWS RECOMMEh DED.
The Work Of the Legisla tive Conven
ton at st. Louis Finished.
TEXAS TRUST BILL INDoRSED
Also the Nebraska Act for the Inspec,
ton of Cattle on the
Hoof.

ST. LOUIS, March 13.-The legislative
convention reassembled this morning.
and practically finished their prelimi-
nary work. A considerable number OF
resolutions bearing on trusts, local in.
spection, and other matters connected
with the work of the convention
were introduced and referred to the
committee on resolutions, and what is
known as the trust bill, now before the
Texas legislature, and copies of the in
spection bills pending in the legisla.
lures of Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and
other states were submitted and re-
ferred to the committee on needed leg
islation. The convention then adj.
Journed to 4 p. M, to give the latter
committee time to draft bill.
which sha IL represent the sense of the
cOnventio on the whole subject, and
serve as a uniform measure to be
adopted by all the states. The com
mittee on needed legislation at the Sec
ond sesS ion presented as a desirable
measure the bill submitted by
the Texas delegation. This bill
deals with the definition of trusts
and penalties to be inflicted
for violation of the act. The bill has
passed the Texas house by a vote of
Sc to nothing and will probably become
law. The section defining trusts is as
follows: ITO make or enter into or
carry. out any contract or agreement Of
any kind or description by which
they shall bind or have bound
themselves not to sell, dispose or
to transport any article or commodity,
or article of trade, use, merchandise,
commerce or consumption below COM
mon standard figure, or by which they
shall agree in any manner to keep the
price of said article, commodity or trans
portation at a fixed or guaranteed
figure, or by which they shall in
any manner establish or settle the
price of any article Of commodity in
transportation between them or them
selves, or others to preclude an unre-
Stricted competition among them
selves or others, or by which they shall
agree to pool. combine or unite any in
terest they may have in connection
with the sales or transportation
of any such article or commodity,
that its price might in any manner he
infection of punishments provides that
any corporation violating any of the
provisions of this act shall for
felt its charter and franchises,
and its corporate existence shall
cease. Any foreign corporation
under similar conditions shall be
denied the right to do business in the
state. Any violation is also declared a
conspiracy against trade, and upon con-
viction carries fine and Imprisonment,
the maximum being $1,000 and ten
years. After few slight changes, the
bill was adopted by the follow
ing vote: Yeas-Colorado, 8; Iowa,
s; Illinois, s; Indiana, s.; Kansas
s; Minnesota, s; Missouri, 6 2-5; Ne
braska, 4; Texas, S. Nays-Missouri,
3-5; Nebraska, 4. The various dele
cations were pledged to recommend the
bill to their legislatures. The adoption
to the gentlemen from that state,
but it also appeared to greatly
please the big four lobby and its
utility is questioned on that account.
The second bill introduced by the COM
mittee on needed egislation-practi-
cally the Nebraska bili-for the inspec-
ton of cattle on the hoof, seemed to fill
the lobby with excitement, which COM
municated to the floor of the
ensued, resulting in an adjourn
ment to p. M, in order that Bill No. Q
might be printed. The Texas men
claim that the adoption of the preamble
to the bill would be a fatal mistake, as
if this convention should announce to
the world the necessity of legislating to
protect home consumers against
the sale of diseased meat,
it would result in shutting
American meats out of all foreign
markets and be severe blow to pro-
ducers. The second bill introduced by
the committee on needed legislation
was practically the Nebraska bill, pro-
vlding for the appointment of local
inspectors and the inspection of
all cattle, sheep or swine twenty
tour hours before Strengthening.
Penalties are prescribed for eyasions
of inspection or sale of meat taken from
animals not inspected. 1t does not APP
ply to canned, smoked, cured or salt
meats. At the evening session the de.
bate on this measure was very lively
and lasted until after midnight. Texas
and Illinois delegates were most bitterly
opposed to the measure, but it was
finally adopted by vote of 46 4-5 to
% 1-5,and the convention adjourned sine
die