The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-18

! s.zt1.e Is the Tsansnlsssour. Freight asso-
ciaisoa tlssclved sitter the supreme court
hz. de-cide'4 that he Sherman snu-irus.
lsS applied 20 sAch conSinatioas
Nor Is ther~ any dAnSe- under the
amendment which have prpPosed that any
Innocent person could - made he victim
Q: its penalties. Local tsaie would rot ~
even remotely to-schesi. Cox The article must
Re sent from one state 10 another. Cnloss
the carrier knows that Il Is .rrst-.aaGe
commodity x Will Is ne violation OF law
10 trAosprt IL Upiess the shippe- knows
| thst II Is the projection o. q trust he VIII
incur DO tcDalty By sending IL across
| S;ate boundary line.
The result ain be that the statute VIII
| sali with viEor upon those lucs- clearly
| and ccnspiceopsiy guilty. to-wit: the man
| ayers O, the irli,-. They will. Q! course,
| always know when an article IS manuiGr-
turezi. or It's prise affected. or its sale con
| trolled by trust or monopoly, ana u tneJ
send or cause to be sent such IA article
! from State 10 STATE they Will deserve 10 De
! punished with seyer'.y.
The very fact that the possibility OF
/ term Of Imprisonment stares them IN tne
| face will d.sar1u these conepirNors more
/ quickly than any other device which cah
! he eontyiy.d The men who handle great
combinations az capital care nothing ior
| lawsuits injunc;ioas, attacks upon tne'r
/ charters pecun,ary fines, receiVtrships
! f-rtesture.f or other civil or money penal
/ lcr TO their breasts Is the chance o,
/ Term In the fail or penitencary.
Juries and courts may be dependeo On
70 deal hsrshly with none but fasr any
cases and with such cases there ought "
be harsh dealing.
statute unless II can be made 20 cover me
ground thoroughly. The first section Of my
amendment embraces all combinations anu
trusts. so-calied, ard meets the eoinHloness
form o.. the evil which ~e meet WIN IN
American business.
Tho second section covers all such cases
as tsN 10 presen, the clements Of COM
bInntion or conspiracy. such, for example
AZ where one great concern makes no ccm-
b!nauoD with others. but merely 'nohopVl-
lies or engTosses the whole trade ms -
d form Of trust equally a. perliodt. Trough
perhaps not as common, es those eoFeFeu
| by the first section.
The third section is intended 10 provide
against rnlscarylages Of justice Ihe prose
cltion 81 trust agents IN the State IN which
they reside would AFFORD no adequate pro
lection to the public. would rather nave
DO Law at all han one which ian be en-
curlvcnted or set a. defiance. so the thltd
Eec,ion provides that prosecutions may be
begun either IN the district from when or
the district luto which an article is trans
ported.
This section Is 90 vital to the efficiency
Of the law that / would regard it as
predetermined failure without II.
have heard the suggestion MADE that
PENALTIES should &c directed against trose
- -, .,oc3s fr9,,, e,sfe IN sta,. Il
ebaIi he crin1iual hui that none others
/ should be brought under the ban. But, SIR,
| il is essential to touch all who form the
I chain for handling the commodity In order
| r,,-,is a,,it,v
-. 80 -, ,i-s,dy se,t,cd as have
| s,,,.,, ,,,a, tho maxim, nj an article BY a
| $50 c,n nv no ,rnbibitcd by an act Of
| c1,,,,-a.e Nc,, Il, yni, en- stem further
- ,,ttl. ~ sariIr', ~ an article from
a. s,s,a ~ mother Nv n trust, YOU have
e,a,,'.. cIosriv copstttrtioual. but inef-
| .
| - ,r,,s, ,,,c,,it sir,nly change the
| s',, 80 ~. t.,s,,,ess, "a Instead ~ sending
a., -, - $50. ,,,tsii, Tho STATE Of its
! dn,,sI,tin would seil tn ucrsons ynslde that
So, ,,,,1 r., ,..rs,r,s would men 1is-
~, ,t ,r,t,is III o,,sr tba Ifrto, so
y. ,,,t az c ''. 70 90 t1yo s.ers
s,r,,,a. ,,',,,a3 81 one W.. Gan not nro-
$3.50. ,-'' - -, .,,ir,. -, ar,i1s.
,t,.s,'-o 5, II, yIi,, 20 }e,l ,,j,b mai asnee,
~ ,ba case W. sar t'r6bibit a trust from
-. .,,,.,,.r So no ,r.ic.,0 t,bicb /,
~ - 1,o,r,.,-, al Yin ~ An,
10 ,r,,.t, do NO, si,yn,s directly send their
- - ~ eI.,os a.. ,,,,e, an,
~, 80 re,,t,,t, ,,,hlr ,,.,sor-
80, ,,,,,,, - s,,r,a.s n S,s,e live
Tn. IN an a. -.
W. ~ - L.,.o do 80.
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aI,ist 5nIy tbass Who l-,,,g, hat an artIclf
,'I"1N Gu., -, ~ 10 % q .
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~ e.t'sJ IN W. . ~ -,
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