The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-14
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
Substance of His Recommendations to the
Congress of the United States.


upon the disputed Questions involved
III tue subject Of combinations in re-
eTaiht or trade and competition. They
nave not yet completed their inveetIga.
'lon of this subject, anu The conclu-
sions and recommendations at which
they may arrive are undetermined. The
subject Is one giving rise to many di-
NerSent views as 10 the nature and
variety or Gauge and extent of the in
JurIes 10 the public which may result
from large combinations concentrating
more or less numerous enterprises and
establishments, which previously to the
formation cf the combination, were
carried on separately.
CONGRESS URGED TO ACT,
1t Is universally conceded that COM
o!natfons which engross or control the
market OF any particular kind Of mer-
chandise or commodity necessary to
.he general community. by suppressng
natural and ordinary competition,
whereby prices are unduly enhanced
10 the general consumer, are obnoxious,
not only to the common law bat also
to the public welfare. There must -
a remedy for the evils involved in such
organizations. If the present law can
be extended more certainly to control
or check these nonopolies or trusts, il
should be done without delay. What
this most important subject should be
promptly ascertalned and asserted"
THE ACT OF 1890.
Harrison's message of December 3,
1889, on this subject and adds: "An
act to protect trade ana commerce
against unlawful restraints and mo-
nopolles was passed by Congress on .he
second Of July, 1890. The provisions of
this statute are comprehensive and
trin
combination, in the form Of trust or
otherwise, or conspiracy in the re-
straint OF trade or commerce among
the several States or with foreign ma
tions, to be unlawful. 1t denominates
as criminal every person who makes
any such contract or engages in any
such combination or conspiracy, and
provides a punishment by fine or i'm
prisonment. 1t invests the several Cir
cult Courts CT the United States with
jurisdiction to prevent and restrain vio-
lationS of the act, and makes it the
duty of the several United States dis
trict attorneys, under the direction of
the Attorney General, to institute pro-
ceedings in equity to prevent and re-
strain such violations. 1t further con-
fers upon any person who shall be in
jured in his business or property by
any other person or corporation by
reason of anything forbidden or de-
clared to be unlawful by the act the
power to sue therefor in any Circuit
Court of the United States without re-
spect to the amount in controversy, and
to recover threefold the damages by
him sustained and the costs of the
suit, including reasonable attorney
fees. 1t will be perceived that the act
is aimed at every kind of combinatio
| in the nature Of trust or monopoly in
| restraint Of interstate or International
| commerce.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Passing to our relations with foreign
States, the work Of the State Depart
ment for the past year is thoroughly
reviewed. Among the subjects touched
| upon are the settlement of the long
pending boundary dispute between the
Argentine Republic and Chill; progress
| that has been made toward the coloni-
zation of a convention of extradition
| IN the Argentine Republic, which
only awaits the adjustment Of
some Slight changes in the text
before exchange; the refusal Of this
government to assume liability for the
killing of certain Austrian and Hunga-
| rian subjects by the authorities OF
| Pennsylvania at Lattimer, while sup
pressing an unlawful tumult of miners
September 10. 1897; the mitigation by
| the Belgian government of restrictions
on the importation of cattle from the
United States: the attempt On the part
of our government to induce the gov
ernment Of Bolivia to amend its mar
riage laws 50 as to give legal status tc
the nom Catholic and civil marriages
of aliens within its jurisdiction: the
| settlement of the claim for the seizure
of the American-owned newspaper, The
Panama Star and Herald. by the au-
thorties Of Colombia, that government
agreeing to pay 100000 in damages
Discussion Of the question raised by
the action of Denmark in imposing re-
strictions on the Importation of Ameri-
can meats has continued without Sub
stantial result in our favor. The coed
VIII of Brazil in cordially receiving twt
American warships and that of Colon
b'a by the extension OF facilities to the
Nicarasuan Canal commission in theil
approaching investigation of the Pana
ma Canal and other projected route!
across the Isthmus of DarieD is men
toned. The controversy growing ou
of the collection of certain public due,
by the Nicaraguan government during
the insurrectionary movement last Feb
ruary is still unsettled.
AMERICAN TRADE IN CHINA.
The President renewS his recommen
dations made in his message to Con
greSS, December 8, 1888, for an appro
priatlon for q commission to study tn
commercial and industrial conditions ii
the Chinese Empire, and to report a
to the opportunities for, and obstacle
to, the enlargement of markets in China
for the raw products and manufacture
of the United States. The inportanc
of this subject has steadily grown an
no time should be lost in studying 70
ourselves the resources OF this grea
. field for American trade and enterprise
4 ~ tAl y,
! coming Paris Exposition and the ad
vantages of proper American displa
, are set forth.
GOOD FELLOWSHIP WITH GER
Our relations With Germany contlnu
, TO be most cordial. Thc increasing in
, tmacy of direct association has bee
marked during the past year by tn
granting permission in April, for tn
, landing on our shores of cable fror
, Borkum Emden, on the North Sea, b
, way Of the Azores, and also by the con
clusion on September End, of a Parcel
, Post Convention with the German En-
pire. In all that promises closer rela
tions of intercourse and commerce an
a better understanding between tw
, races having so many traits in common
. Germany can be assured OF the mos
: cordial cooperation of this governmen
: material paths, but our rivalry shoul
, be generous and open, ever aiming tc
> ward the attainment Of larger result
: and the mutually beneficial advance
: ment Of each in the line of it's especis
l adaptabilities.
: THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
I The work Of the joint high commits
: sion and it's failure to- determine tn
( Alaskan boundary receives attention
/ and the hope is expressed that the nege
v tiations now in progress between th
4 government and that OF Great Britai
will end in an agreement for the estaf
lishment and delinitation Of a perma
e nent boundary. Apart from these CUES
!: tons growing out OF our RELATIONSHIP
J with our Northern neighbor, the mo:
I friendly disposition and ready agree
: ment have marked the discussion