Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-04-21
TO STRIKE AT THE TRUSTS.
Two Measures, Directed Against Trusts,
Formulated by the House Ju-
dietary Committee.

Washington, April l7.-rwo meas
urCS directed against trusts were de-
ttrmined upon yesterday by the spc-
cial subcommittee on trusts Of the
house judiciary committee. The spe-
cial subcommittee has spent many
days examining the various remedies
proposed, and the conferences were
not concluded until late hour yester.
day, As agreed upon the remedy Is
two-fold, namely, constitutional
amendment giving congress full pow
eI to deal with trusts, and a new anti
trust law making the following ex-
tensions to the Sherman act
To Extend the sherman Act.
Participating the branding or
marking of trust-made goods shipped
out of state, so as to be easily identi-
Gerl ae ths pruducI or q trust.
Second Prohibiting the interstate
traffic Of uust-made goods not SO
branded, and making them subject 20
seizure and condemnation
Third Requiring corporations hav-
ing a capital over Sl.000O0O or doing
an annual business of Sl.OOO,O0O, 10 file
"A report of their affairs with the sec
Rotary of state.
Fourth-Proyiding the process of in
junction against combinations sending
trust-made goods from state TO state
or t. foreign countries.
Fifth-Prohibiting the use of the
mails to concerns and their officials
proven to be trusts
summary of the Measures.
Judge Ray, of New York, chairman
OF the judiciary committee ard of the
special subcommittee ON trusts, gave
out the following summary of the
measures:
"Thc subcommittee Of the commit
tee on the judiciary yesterday agreed
to report to the fun committee a pro-
posed constitutional amendment which
LIoyides that congress shall have pow
err to define, regulate, control. prohibit
or dissolve trusts, mOnopoies, or com
binations, whether existing in the
form of a corporation or otherwise,
and which further provides that the
several states may continue to eXer-
else such power in any manner not in
conflict with the laws of the United
States.
To Meet supreme Court Decision.
"1'hc necessity for thi, Amendments
grows ont Of the fact that it is held
by the supreme court of the United
States that manufacture and produce
tior are no part Of interstate COM
mercc. and can not be reached under
the interstate commerce clause of the
even though monopoly
in manufacture indirectly effects or
controls such commerce. Therefore,
in manufacture is not re-
by congress even when It
con trolls the output of an article OF
necessity TO all the people in all the
states and fixes the price at WILL
Amends the Vet OF July =, 1890.
Another measure amends the act
or july e, 1900, he;..s 80 -.at CO. r-,os
tect trade and commerce against I'M
lawful restraints and monopoly, and
known as the Sherman act The pro-
posed bill increases the penalties fixed
by that act and adds thereto five new
sections. The new sections relate to
and manufacturing cor
porations and associations organized
and managed for the purpose of con
or monopolizing manufacture
or production or so conducting their
business as to monopolize manufac-
turc II provides that corporations
uuG associations organized and
business for such pur-
pose shall mark goods shipped with
out The state in which produced, and
that the same shall not he transport
eG or carried without such state when
not so marked either upon the goods
themselves, the packages containing
same or the cars in which shipped.