Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-14
Promise Asked by Keutuckian is
the Occasion Therefor
WANTED POLITICAL PLEDGE
To support No Party Not Declaring
Tor Direct legislation and Cove
eminent Ownership.
[Afternoon pIsratehesl

Chicago. Feb l4,-At the opening ses-
sion today OF the antitrust conference
called by the American Antitrust
League. Prof John S Commons, Of New
York, was the first speaker
w y. osgood, OF Massachusetts, fox
lowed
Prof Edward Bemis. OF New York,
was the next speaker lie submitted
the following propositions:
"First-Our patent laws must be so
changed as to allow anyone to use a
patent. subject to royalty to be de-
termined either by the courts or by
some. commission that shall be selected
for the purpose by Congress.
"second-The tariff should be ma
terially reduced in all lines where Con-
gress, not the courts, shall decide that
virtual trust monopoly has been es-
tabnshed.
Third Such a large tax should be
imposed upon rental values Of mineral
lands az will prevent trusts in copper
0lAlAl AAAAE wal wv AA'tAt MI hf'1 -
OF the market enormous quantities Of
most valuable mineral lands while they
raise the prices 10 the public OF what
they mine.
"Fourth-Elasticty must be intro
duced into our monetary system, 50
that any one by depositlng government
bonds as security and paying a GER
tain tax. can at any time secure an eX-
ira issue Of greenDacks from the gov
eminent
DETERMINATIONS 10 favored
shippers which are eating out the very
lie OF business as we have hitherto
known II must be stopped, and that
right speedily.
"Slxth-The fullest publicity as 70 the
accounts OF all corporations engaged IN
Interstate commerce should be Sc
cured to the stockholders and bond
holders and TO the proper government
officials and all facts important for the
general public should be published by
the latter There might be a govern
ment tax on net profits, coupled with
sufficient control OF the bookkeeping 10
determine what they are or there might
b. d TAX upon nominel outstanding
capital IN order Ia check soyer-ehpitai-
izauonr
George Fred. williams, Of Massa
chusetts. presented the report OF the
committee on rules in favor OF the
ordinary parliamentary rules. The re-
port was unanimously adopted.
Louis +. Post, OF Chicago, reported
for the committee on platform and reso-
buttons. He said the report Of the COM
mittee had been unanimously agreed
upon and introduced. Prof, Wills, who
read the report, prefaced IL with full
list Of the committee An address 10
the American people on the trust ques-
ton formulated by the resolutions COM
mittee was read by Prof Wills. lie
then proceeded to read the platform
made public this morning.
Both papers were punctuated with
great applause.
Delegate Quinn, Of Illinois, offered an
amendment 20 the resolutions report
declaring that every person is entitled
10 a home. but that under our present
system Of land tenure such opp0rtuni-
ties are restricted 20 a few, and de-
mandng the removal Of such restrlc-
lions by the repeal Of all laws sustain
ing the right OF private property in
land.
A single tax advocate on the floor de-
nounoed this as not being part OF their
theory, which Il al first appeared 10
be. and the resolution was ruled out Of
order as not being gcrmane 10 the sub
ject under discussion
After a pr0tracted debate the address
TO the public, the report OF the resolu-
lions committee, was declared adopted
The vote was not unanimous. however
many Of the delegates maintaining that
under the rules the resolutions are en-
titled 10 two hours debate.
j. r. Sovereign. OF Arkansas. intro
duced a resolution which was adopted
denouncing the anti-scalpng bill as a
trust measure discriminating and I'M
just
Mr. Parker. OF Kentucky, presented q
resolution declaring that all members
Of the conference hereby pledge them
selves not TO support any political
party which fails TO declare Itself for
the principles Of direct legislation and
government ownership Of railroads and
telegraph This precipitated wordy
war between the opposing factions In
the conference. Attempts were made to
put on the resolution by points Of order
and Parker was pressed 20 take the
platform for a ten minute speech.
a motion 20 recess until 2 o'clock pre-
vailed, however, and cut OF debate.