The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-16
BILL 70 GOVERN TRUSTS
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAS
PREPARED AN ANTITRUST
MEASURE
WHAT THE BILL PROVIDES
No Vote Cast Against Reporting the
Measure to the HOuse-FiVe
Days Allowed for
Discussion.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-At the after,
noon session of the house judiciary com.
nittee an antitrust bill was ordered to
be reported in addition to the constftu-
tional amendment previously agreed upon
The bill differs from that previously
framed and it's features. summed up by
Judge Ray, of New York, chairman of
the committee, are as follows:
The bill reported by the house judic-
iary committee is amendatory of the act
approved July O. 1890, and commonly
known as the Sherman law. Sections /.
2 3, and Of said act are amended by
increasing the penalties, but in no other
respect. The other sections of said act
are not touched. The Sherman act is
further amended by adding FIVE new sec.
tions, one Of which relates to the time
when it shall go into effect
The new sections declare that every
corporation, be it Joint stock or partner
ship, doing business in the United States
and producing manufacturing or dealing
in any article Of commerce, when or
SanlZed for the purpose of controlling
any article or business, or raising tho
cost of said article to the consumer, or
for the purpose of preventing competition
! is, for the purposes Of the act, declared
Illegal
1t is then provided that such an or
ganizatiOn may be proceeded against and
restrained from carrying on interstate
commerce and If declared illegal may be
terstate commerce in its products or prop
erty arc then prohibited.
proviso is added that such articles
may be carried for the use of the con-
signor or consignee.
Other sections confer jurisdiction upon
the district and circuit courts prescribe
penalties and forfeitures for a violation
OP ba OF nd L 5,,f,
torney generals and district attorneys o.
the United States to enforce the pro-
visions of the act.
Another section provides that persons
shall not be excused from testifying or
producing books or papers en- the ground
that their testimony win incriminate
them, but this provision is limited so
that any evidence given by such person
cannot be used against him in any other
court or place.
All provisions heretofore suggested re-
lating to the marking o. branding OF
goods or to the making or filing of re-
ports by corporations, joint, stock con
Germs or partnerships were eliminated by
the subcommittee before a report was
made to the full committee, and the re-
port of the subcommittee as finally sub
mitted has been adopted by the full com
lnittee.
No vote was cast against the bill en-
the question of reporting it to the house
but the Democrats reserved the right to
file their views if they determined to op-
pose it and Mr.. Ray, chairman of the
committee, wiz request that they have
five days in which to file such views.
TRUST QUESTION.
The TRUST question led to animated dis
cussiOn in the house committee on juGic-
tary today, constitutional amendment
finally being adopted BY a party vote
giving congress power to define, regulate,
control, prohibit or dissolve trusts, mo-
nopolies, or combinations, whether in the
form of a corporation or otherwise This
amendment and a bill restricting trusts
were framed some time ago by special
subcommittee on trusts. After many de-
lays, the work Of the subcommittee was
brought before the full committee today
with view to getting the trust question
before the house. After several attempts
TO amend the resolution which were de
feated on party lines, the COMMITTEES
adopted it, also by party vote, the
Democrats voting IN the negative.
CABINET ON BOER ENJOYS.
The cabinet discussed the reception TO
be given the Boer delegation, which has
just arrived in this country. The decision
was reached to raise no technical points
against the delegates, but to treat them
as literally as possible without breach
of diplomatic proprieties. Thus, if they
have any credentials, the delegates viii
be afforded an opportunity to present
them to the state department. 1t is said
there is precedent for this line of action
But as 1t is undoubtedly the administra-
tons belief that this particular delega ion
does not come in a diplomatic capacity,
the problem connected with their recep-
ton is exceedingly simplified, and officials
will not be called upon to extend any
form of recognition of the independence
of the Boer republics which might be re-
garded as interference in the dispute
which led to the existing war.