The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-29

Mr.. Stewart argued, also, that if
there was to be a protective tariff bill
all sections should share in the adyan
tages it gave. Incidentally. Mr.. Stew
art paid a tribute to the Chicago plat
form, and said he supported it through
out
Mr. Allen, of Nebraska. said that
while not an advocate of general
protective system, yet he concurred
with the view that if there was to be
such a bill, every section should share
in the benefits it gave. He spoke of the
benefits of a hide duty 10 the farmers
The discussion branched off to the
prosecution of trusts in which MeSSrS.
Allen and Hoar discussed the law.
Mr.. Hoar said that while the question
of trusts could be dealt with TO some
extent by striking at their imports. as
in the law of 1894, yet he feared that
the most serious phases OF the evil
must be dealt with by the states. He
showed the technical legal meaning Of
the word trust" and showed the. diff
Guilty in making the sugar trust and
Standard Oil trust amenable TO fed
eral law. He regarded these monooo-
lies as a menace TO the republic and
was hopeful that some means might
be found to check them, yet he could
not say how they could be hit The
state could limit their amount of cao-
ital, which would be one of the effect
i've means of dealing with them.
Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky said that
in the case of a confessed MONOPOLY,
such as the Sugar trust, one effective
means of dealing with it would be TO
extend il no further benefits from the
tariff legislation. When the point was
reached in a tariff bill where sugar was
to be dealt with, then it should be so
SNAPPED as not to be in the benefit OF
the trust
Mr.. Hoar replied that the answer to
this was that the policy seemed TO be
established that revenue was TO be
raised on refined sugar, and it was
further desired that the business of
refining sugar shall be done in this
country, rather than abroad. A great
foreign government was about the big
gest trust that could menace the trade
of the United States, Hoar asserted.
He hoped that some effective remedy
would be found, instead of going on
the theory that because a jackal or
fox preyS on our commerce il should be
given to a foreign wolf or lion
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana argued that
the Sugar trust was within the opera
ton OF the antitrust law, and he felt
that ii was time the attention of he
attorney general and the United States
district attorney was called to the. fire.
quent and fragrant violations of the law
by the Sugar trust. The senator de-
clared that the Sugar trust was the
most arrogant and iniquitouS trust in
the world.
Mr.. Allen, resuming, declared that
the country was rotten with trusts,
every article we eat and wear and use
being controlled by trusts, while con-
gress, the judiciary and the executive
authorities are impotent and oowerless
to act, according to those who argue
that the federal laws cannot reach the
trusts. He maintained that the laws
are sufficient if theoretically enforced,
but that the authorities have not exc
cuted them with zeal.
The vote was then taken on the hide
paragraph, as amended by the commit
tee. and it was agreed to-S9 to 90
One Democrat. Rawlins, of Utah,
and Messrs. Allen, --Itler, Hetfeld,
Jones CNev), Stewart Mantle and Tel
ler voted with the Republicans in the
affirmative. The balance of the vote
was on party lines. The committee
presented a substitute for paragraph
427, band or boiling leather, etc. 1t
was agreed to-30 to 10.
The glove paragraphs were taken up
and agreed to without change from
paragraph 42S TO 4S4. The substitute
previously agreed TO by the committee
for paragraph 434 was offered by Mr.
ana agreed 10, also paragraph
435. This completed the leather and
glove paragraphs.
MIR. Allison proposed a substitute for
paragraph 215, relating TO cattle, as
follows:
Less than a year old. 81 a head; on
all other cattle. if valued at not more
than Sl4, $3.50 a head; valued at more
than Sl4 and not more than $25, % per
cent ad valorem; valued at more than
SIS. 80 per cent" The substitute. was
agreed to.
The bill was laid aside at o'clock.
and after an executive session, the SEN