The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-17
TO BURST TRUSTS.
House Committee Has Remedy
For the Trouble.

Washington, April 1.-Two meas
ures directed against trusts have been
determined upon by the special sub
committee on trusts of the house judi
ciary committee. The special sub-com-
mittee has spent many days examining
the various remedies proposed. AS
agreed upon the remedy is two-fold,
namely, a constitutional amendment
giving congress full power to deal with
trusts and a new antitrust law, max
ing the following extensions to the Sher-
man act;
First, requiring the branding and
marking of trust-made goods shipped
out of state, so as to be easily identi-
fled as the product Of a, trust.
Second, prohibiting the interstate
traffic of trust-made goods not so
branded, and making them subject to
seizure and condemnation
Third, requiring corporations having
a capital over 81 ,O0O. 900 or doing an an
nual business of 81, 900 GOO to file a re-
port of their affairs with the secretary
of state.
Fourth, providing the process of in
| junction against combinations sending
trust made goods from state to state
| or to foreign countries.
Fifth, prohibiting the use of the mails
to concerns and their officials proven
/ to be trusts.
Judge Ray, of New York, chairman
of the judiciary committee and of the
special subcommittee on trusts, gave
out the following summary of the
| measures:
THE subcommittee of the committee
on judiciary has agreed to report to
the full committee a proposed consti-
tutional amendment, which provides
that congress shall have power to de-
fine, regulate, control, prohibit or dis
solve trusts, monopOlieS, or cOmbina-
tons, whether existing in the form of
q, corporation or otherwise and which
1e-4r
may continue to exercise such power
in any manner not in conflict with the
laws of the United States. The neces-
sity for this amendment grows out OF
the fact that it is held by the supreme
court of the United States that manu-
facture and production are no part OF
interstate commerce, and cannot be
, reached under the interstate commerce
clause of the constitution, even though
monopoly in manufacture directly
affects or controls such commerce
Therefore monopoly in manufacture is
? not restrainable by congress, even wheI
it controls the output of an article Of
5 necessity to all the people IN all the
D states and fixes the price at will.
Another measure amends the act OF
July 2, $780, being an act to protect
I trade and commerce against unlawful
4 restraints and monopoly, and known as
= the Sherman act. The proposed bill in
= creases the penalties fixed by that act
and adds thereto five new sections
f The new sections relate TO pfOuucin&
! | and manufacturing corporations ant
associations organized or managed foi
= the purpose of controlling or mcnopoliz
t ing manufacture or production or 81
e | conducting their business as to moEop
Il olize manufacture. 1t provides tina
= corporations and associations organized
and carrying on business for such
: purpose shall mark goods shipped with
d out the state in which produced ant
S that the same shall not be transpo1 tet
or carried without such state when no
n so marked either upon the goods them
s selves, the packages containing tn
e same or the cars in which shipped.
t Articles of commerce not marke
i may be seized and condemned whel
IS made part of inter state commerce
d 1t is further provided that corporation
: and associations organized with or hav
ing capital stock of one million dol
J. lars or over or doing business of on
" million or over per annum shall befor
being permitted to transport their pro
duct into any other state or territor
lie with the secretary of state of tn
l. United States a report making substan
TALLY the same showing now require
OF railway and other companies engag
10 ed in interstate commerce.
? 1T further provides that corporation