Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-16
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mission to Increase the cost of said ar
ticies to purchasers by preventing com
petition or otherwise.
/, Pettigrew said that this anti-trust
, policy had been plank of the Repubh-
| can party up TO the time of the st Louis
convention, when it was left out OF the
platform. Whether it was purposcly let
out in behalf of the trusts. would be DIS
! closed by the vote, today, he said An
opportunity was now at hand by TINS
amendment to check the rule OF the
/, trust and to force it to dissolution.
1ioar said ne expected TO do everything
in his power to check the evil complained
of. But it had no place in tariff bill, he
said. and should be dealt with as sepl-
rate measure. He trusted such measure
would be devised. Hoar said he specili-
caiiy objected to that feature OF the
amendment which permitted three or
more men to form a combination ana
thus force the articles handled by them
on the free list. Three men in Chicago
might he said, form a combination which
would wreck 10000 WOODEN industries Of
tho entire coutry. He believed. he said.
tn t the effect of the amendment was to
place the entire protective system at the
me rcy of three or four men who might
combine and thus affect an entire In
dustry.
Faulkner. w. Va, insisted that the
amendment would not bear such con-
st action and that the dangers pointed
OF. by Hoar could not arise under this
amendment. floar insisted that the
amendment was an 'abomnation, :
through ana through. There was never
u scheme conceived in the widest imaEi-
ma lion which comes 10 terms like this.
plncing the commerce of the whole coun-
try at the mercy. of any three unprin-
cipled adventurers.
ipettus Dem. Ala, said he begged his
d, lnocratic associates to 'go slow on
dh!s Kind of an amendment tending by
~ no al
classes OF commerce. and manufacture.
1t WAS patterned. he said. after the Ca
na,iian law. brt was wholly unsuited to
our Institutions He aympathized with
the aim o. the amendment. for we had
become n government by the trusts and
by money. and the governments heels
should be put on the neck OF the system.
Bur in striking at trusts the mistake
should not be made of destroying the en-
tire manufacturing business OF the eoun-
try by throwing II into tho courts.
Iettus said this tariff bill was another
evidence of the power of wealth which
w@s fast driving the country to the com
mune. lie was net for communism. but
he warned the senator's that they were
pAu&iGg along road leading TO the
commune. C&ferE spoke for the amend
mint. Linaasy ironically pointed out
tflt it would be serious by this amend
mont 10 kill the Sugar Trust after the
bill took such care in the sugar schedule
10 foster the trust.
ms mt ought TO go over for the time being
~ he appealed 10 Fetti6rew &c allow
this to be done,
l'ettierew answered the objections mate
to his amendment. lie said the objec-
ti0ns were In the nature Of excuses aud
tie weakest OF these had come from the
senator from Massachusetts. dioarl. He
IN intained that every objection could
be met and that he was willing to SO
amend his proposition MS to make il an
eiiectuai remedy against the trusts. He
wgs willing to lot the amendment SO over
Until tomorrow. when he hoped IL would
be passed on, as he asserted that the
people would not allow senators TO crawl
OFT Of the matter. In the course CT his
II marks PettisreW referred to the rise
in sugar stock during recent days. where
u~on Gear, Rep. La. said the sugar de-
bate CT three years ago sent up sugar
stock 40 points.
Il think. exclaimed Pettigrew, "that
The two debates on sugar-uow and three
wears ago--justify the existence of new
political party"
Morgan pointed out what he regarded
regarded the existing Sherman antitrust
act rc-cufOrced by the recent decision of
tie supreme court of the United States
as the real remedy against trusts.
Allison moved To lay the Pettlgrew
amendment ON the table This speedily
developed something Of breeze Chill
ten. Texas, moved an amendment per-
feeting the procedure under the Petit
81 eW amendment. Allison had remained
standing, claiming the floor.
Chiffon yielded the floor to Faulkner,
WHO declared that the purpose of Allison's
motion to table was TO avoid q direct
vote on the trust proposition.
Allison holly resented this suggestion
ana claimed the floor Three senators
were Claiming the foor-Aliison. Chiffon
and Faulkner. The presiding officer, Gal
hngcr being temporarily in the chair,
hold that Allison was entitled to the floor.
Senators asked to perfect the amendments,
bnt Allison insisted on testing the sense
Of the Senate on the amendment.
a vote was then taken on Allison's
motion TO table. the amendment and it
WIS agreed to: Yeas. 35 nays %. The de
tailed vote is as follows:
Yeas-Ailison, Burrows. Cullom Davis,
Dcboe, Elkins, Fairbanks. Foraker. Frye,
Gear. Hanna. Hawley, Iloar Mcbride.
Mcmillan, Mason, Nelson. Penrose. Per
k.ns. Plat of Connecticut. Plat of New
York. PritChard. Proctor. Quay, SeweiI,
Shoup, Spooner Thursitoa, Warren, Wei
lington. Wetmore, Wilson, Republicans;
] mes Of Nevada, Silver Populist: and
Morgan and McEnery, DemoUrats-}j.
Nays-Bacon. Bate, Berry Gallery.
Chiffon. Clay. Cockrell. Faulkner Gray.
Jones of Arkansas, kenney. Lindsay. Me
i>aurln Mallory. Martin, Mitchell. Muir
phy. Pasco. Pettus. Rawlins Roach,
Fillman, Turpie. Vest Walthan, White,
Democrats; Butler, Harris of Kansas,
fieitfeld. Kyle, Turner. Popullsts; pct.-
grew. Silver Republican-32
Pettigrcw gave notice of another
amendment that none Of the Increased
duties OF tho bill shall apply 30 any ar
tirlc made by trusts. Pasco and Chiffon
gave notice of similar amendments.
Allison asked that the tobacco schedule
so over and that consideration of the ag-
riculurd schedule be resumed. This
was agreed to and the Senate took up the
provisions . to dairy products in the
agricultural schedule.
On tAe first paragraph t22D butter and
substitutes therefor, cents per pound
Jones. Arkansas, moved to reduce the
rate to 4 cents per pound: disagreed to,
- to 81
AT o'clock the bill was laid aside and
after short executive session, the Sen
ate adjourned.
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