The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-02
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER WEDNESDAY, MORNING. NAY q 1900

tions of capital which had cheapened their
products to the people.
This "Populistic sentiment" about
trusts, he said. was the adoption of the
small ways of the past of transacting
business, and it was not in any respect
based upon good sense. Mr.. Berry said
it was we'll understood that the object
of such combinations was to raise prices.
Mr.. Hawley opposed the amendment as
officers would have to accept lowest bids
Mr.. Stewart took the ground that it had
thus far been impossible to frame such
legislation as would be effective against
trusts. The proposed amendment was one
of a comedy of errors in the way OF eff
forts along this line.
Mr.. Pettigrew produced figures, which
he maintained showed that neither the
Standard Oil Company, nor the American
Sugar Refining Company really had cheap
ened their products, their action at all
times being directed toward the crushing
out Of competition and the increasing of
their own profits.
Mr. Stewart contended that some COM
binations of capital were good and others
bad.
Mr.. Teller thought trusts should be
dealt with by the States, but many legis-
latures unfortunately were controlled by
the trusts themselves. National legisla-
tion of a kind that could or would be
enforced was therefore desirable.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Berry
was defeated-15 to 80, as follows:
Yeas-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Clay,
Davis, Harris, Heitfeld, Jones (Ark),
Kenney, McEnery, Money, Pettigrew,
Pettus, Taliaferro, Teller; Turner, Well
ington-1S.
Nays-Aldrich, Bard, Carter, Chandler,
Elkins. Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gal
linger, Hawley Hoar, Jones (Nev), kean,
Lodge. Mcbride, McComas, Penrose, Per
kins, Platt Comm, Proctor, Ross, Scott,
Sewell, Shoup. Simon, Stewart. Warren,
Wetmore, Woicott.-29.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Foraker
extending to contract surgeons the pro-
visions of the act enabling volunteer SOL
diers to draw one months extra pay if
they served in the army during the Span
ish War within this country, and two
months pay if they served in Cuba,
Porto Rico or the Philippines, was adopt
ed.
Mr.. Lodge offered the following amend
ment:
''For the purpose of establishing mill
tary telegraph and cable lines in Alaska,
$3.50, $50 Provided further, that no tele-
graph or cable lines owned wholly or in
part or operated or controlled by persons
not citizens of the United States, or by
any foreign corporation shall be estab-
lished in or permitted to enter Alaska. "
Mr. Lodge said his amendment did not
bind the Government to any route, but
left the subject open to be adjusted in
conference. He said it was important
that the United States should control the
telegraph lines in Alaska, and it was i'm
portant too that cable lines entering
Alaska should be under the control OF the
American Government. The idea of his
proposition was to prevent any foreign
government or corporation from entering
Alaska with either telegraph or cable lines
He adverted to the fact that Canadian
company was now constructing tele-
graph line with the idea of crossing
Alaska and laying a cable from the Alas
kan coast across the Northern Pacific
Ocean to China. This company had q
subsidy of $250,000 a year. 1t ought not
to be permitted to land it's cable on the
| Alaskan Coast. The American Govern
ment, he thought, ought to control the
| cable lines of the Pacific.
Mr. Carter said the whole matter had
been thoroughly discussed in the COM
mittee, and he could see no reason why
any number of cable lines should not be
| constructed across the Pacific.
Mr.. Lodges amendment was agreed to
| Without completing the bill the Senate
at SIS o'clock p. M, ADJOURNED.