Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-06

and Mr. Pettus but he felt that neither OF
them would strike quite deep enough.
If on every barrel Of sugar, said he.
there were branded the number of business
rivals crushed by the sugar trust the
number OF laborers thrown out of employ
ment, the number of dollars contributed
to political campaign funds, few American
citizens would welcome cheaper sugar at
the price of so much corruption and dis
grace. Trusts were beyond the reach of
states. They seemed to be beyond the
power OF the federal government. Every
gun shotted for them was spiked.
Morgan Against Trusts.
Mr.. Morgan followed with another speech
against trusts. He favored the amendment.
of his colleague CMr. Pettus) but said ne
ould attach to 1t another and more far
reaching proposition He thought seizure
and confiscation provided for by Mr. Pet
tus amendment might. as in the case of
the sugar trust, enable the trust to put up
the price of sugar pending action in the
courts, and he suggested a modification
which would provide for the Immediate
sale of articles seized
Sugar was in many respects the leading
feature of this bill. because 1t touched
every human being in the country. II
would require good deal of hardihcod for
a senator to support a schedule upon which
SO much obloQuy had been cast.
The pending bill would prove an incu-
bator of trusts. and the republicans of the
Senate could not afford to ignore the issue
II these amendments were adopted, said
he, the trusts would be trumped Then,
IL the courts did not execute the law, he
should have to regret In the future as he
rad IN the past, the fact that the courts
had not the sense of justice to do their
duty.
If the antitrust feature of the act of
1854 had been enforced. the sugar trust
would nave been stopped. Now that law
mad to be dug up in debate to ascertain ITS
existence
Mr. Butler IN O. asked in ,,;.u, ~ ,h.
1act that the antitrust Statute of the pres
ent law had not been enforced whether
there was any reason to believe that the
proposed amendment would be enforced
Mr.. Morgan replied that the amendments
directed the Attorney General to proce ed
against vioators of the law and to an
nualiy report to Congress That was as
lar as congress could go, unless an i'm
peachment proceeding were brought He
o1d not care to criticise anybody for the
failure OF the present law. 1t was sub
Ject OF general lamentation that vigorous
proceedings had not been brought
Mr.. Cafery did not believe that the Pet
tus amendment would affect the sugar
trust If the trust was stopped from inn
porting sugar the sugar would be Imported
on other accounts and he bought by the
trust in the New York market.
What Congress should do was to destroy
the proof of the trust, which was grounded
in the differential of the tariff bill.
Pcttus Amendment Lest.
Mr.. Pettus said he did not expect with his
amendment to destroy the trust. 1t would
only build Z fence across one of its roads
The vote was then taken on the Pettus
amendment and ii was lost, 3S-33.
Messrs. Teller and Heitfeld voted with
the democrats in favor of the amendment
and Messrs. McEnery and Stewart against
The Chiffon amendment was also lost
Is to 81.