The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-23

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anime witnesses compel the attendance Of per.
sons and the production OF papers, and make
their investigation thorough one. More than
| l0 witnesses, including II. a. Haveneycr ana
Claus Spreckels, OF sugar fame; Mr.. Rockefeller,
Mr Flagler and others OF the standard vi cons.
pany, and representatives OF the cotton Oagg'ns
trust and whskey trust were examined.
thousand pages Of testimony were taken ana the
committee delayed its report until one day be.
lore the expiration OF congress, when IL pre-
sented It's testimony nut n'auc no reeommehua.
ton as to legislation, owing TO the present
diherence OF opinion between members OF the
committee
| .
| In 1894 the Democrats again grappled with
the trust problem adding to the Wilson'uorman
tariff law series OF provisions pnrporting to
authorize the regulation OF trusts, but wh'ch
| neither the Democratic president nor the Dciho'
cratic oi'cials VINO were IN power when thc aee
any attempt to put into operation. The Demo
cracys professional agitators have spent much
vocal EFFORT against trusts but none OF them
has added to United states statutes any Jaw
providing means for their extinction. Even MT.
| bryan, VINO omits no opportunity 10 oec'a,e
hostility TO uusts ohers no Legislative remedy
other tnan through constitutional amend'nent' u 10
ms address before thc trust conference IN ohi
eago. on sept. 10. is"'' ne SAID: II pcheve we
ought 10 nave renedies IN ootl state anu nat,o"'
ana ,hat ,here snonlo DC concurrent reinea,es. ,s
! neheVc IN addition TO q state remedy thero
must oe ieaerai remedy. ana l ncicve con-
| gress mas OF snouia nave tue power 10 pace re-
strictiohs anu iimitatons' even 10 the pom. OF
| P'ohintioh, upon any corporation o'sa','Ieu III
| one state tnat wants 10 ao business ou's,uc "
| !he sfte. congress ought no" 10 pass s".h
iaw IL II Is constitut'ohal ana so ''ec'areo oy
| inc supreme eout. l am IN .usor o. u" a'"e"o
| gress power 10 uestroy every truse III Tue eo"'
| n.y. ne., III the !ace OF TINS asseftion' Win
the judiciary committee OF the mouse OIL repre-
| senta'Nes OH June l. i'Vo' o'oush. oe'o'e '.' VA.
oouy JOINT lesoiu'ion' proviaing ior eo''''
| tntiohai amehuihehe "hieh shou'u give cohs,eS
power 10 regniate trusts' ohy hVe Demoerats
'otea ior IT, WINE pract,e"'iy every Nep"o'ie"n
| III tne mouse 'o!cd ior .he measure pu. as !.
required two'thiras vote. the Dehoer"'s "e'e
s'rohs enough TO defeat H.
ROW p'atah1 are MT. brsahs worus' anu eN."
| those OF the present Democratic platiorm' ae'
clarihe 'or an uhceasi's warfare III na'ioh' s'"'e
ana city against private monopoly III every
| FORM. TO the wo'kingmah o. new ierk VINO
!as 'e' the grip vi ."c He A'us'' mo" W.
| famous at its nead Is augustus van Msch'
tne master mlno VINO put INTO shape the hahs.s
oity platform. ihe oolecc OF tnis rust ].
was aptiy sh,a recently, is 10 com ic'er auu
tnirst into di'idenas LOT lammany oosses.
lammhhy hosses' VINO made the Nahsas Il'y
platform!
TINS piatform waj read 10 the Democratic con-
vehuoh Dy senator d. IL. JONES' OF Arkahsas'
henator Jones Is member OF the finan'" com
| mlttee OF the United states senate. ana TOOK
| an 1nllential part IN framing what IL known Us
'he sugar Ir'ist larlh OF 1877 senator JONES
next distinguished himself as foe to tile sugar
trust rev mohtil' ago. when the forto Nican
felet Oil was uhder consideration IN the senate.
it was proposed to ''se the money collected rs
duties on forto Hlcan products which mad been
Drought iito tne enited states ior tue oehent OF
.he island mat a,d not strike senator Jones
,i'orioiy anu lie ohereu an a'hendment Pro'id'
i"s that the money shonla DC retuinea TO those
rom whoh IL haa Deeh coiiected. IL ms amehu
iiehe had Deeh aaopted nearly Twelve hihdred
.'oes'io ooiiars "o"ia nave oeeh paiu OUT o'
1he national treasury into the treasury OF we
sugar irust h'seeau OF peing USED ior the oehen.
fo,.o Niuo. Dut Tue nepupiiean se'a'e e'u
n"t auope the aneh"nent ohereo ny senator
'o"es, WHO was one ot the trainers ot the huh
bryan hat'onai campaign comHit'ee
hepresentatWe hicnardsoh' permanent cnair-
man OF tne hahsas elty convention and chair'
man OF 'he democratic congressional campaign
committees also featured hnseif In the last ses-
SION OF congress ny ms attitude toward trusts
ana mohopoiles' lie ohered series OF Ioiht res
oi"tioi's a,'heo against them. ohe proViuea ioi
'he aoo,tioh o, duties on sugar an" moiasses
p'ooueeo III oupa "ro ror'o Hico anu Drought
mo '''e ehiteu States. Alter consideration ny
.ne ways anu means eohm'ittee ~ was mo'eu
INA. the resolution ne reported oach 10 tae house
win an ADVERSE Recommendation oh this mo
tioh sr' richardson voted IN the negative. FROM
tne adverse report OF thc committee IL appears
thae II 'he JOINT resolution shouia become law
'"e eus"i eo"eune's VI '''e .n''co o'a'es "o.'u
ue'''e ''o oehe'' "'i''e,ef nun ~ oa' 'na'
Tie sugar trust wo"lo De petter OH ny the
sum Oh fourteen miliioh dollars year MORE ana
."'I sugar growers Oh Tue ohltea states wouio
pe deprived OF large measure OF the pfotecton
necessary 10 t'c maintenance anu CROWN Oh '"ac
important domestic 1haustiE. from time 10
tiihe eaen OF the great ieaderS VINO h,ahuiac'
.u'e stuheu trusts 70 thro" 'huu at anu worse
ieeisiatioh 10 curu the reai ihohopoiistlc cohp'i
atioh' has SHOWN HIS hahu. heI they cover up
their tracks ny ignoring history ana attempting
10 pace 'he pia''le upon the hepuphe"h parry,
which mas long record OF WORK IN tie interest
Vi 'he iaoorer anu against 'honopoies
.
mat all combinations OF capi'ai are narmiui
10 the worhingman is disputed iact' mat IS
'he reason TIE hepuo,icah party mas declared
against constitutions proh'oitioh OF 'he con-
cehtra'loh OF capital Inc United states De-
partmeht OF LABOR maue puDhc July' nU, the
result OF caretu investigation OF iorty'one trust
ana iha'striai como'hatiohs Inc report was
university the trust expert OF the United states
,hustriai commission ana the materiai was COL
lected py speclai agents ana experts OF the
ohited states Depa'tment OF Laoor. AS lar
as statistics were a'aiabie the report SHOWS IN
general greater humper OF persons employed