Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-17
10 R[GU[A1 trusts
Two Drastic Measures Decided Upon
by the House Special Sub.
Committee.
Constitutional Amendment and New
Life For the sherman Anti
Trust Law.
Would Give Congress Complete
Power and Make the Law
Effective.

Washington, April 1.-two drastic
measures for the regulation of trusts
have been decided upon by the special
sub-c committee OF the house judiciary
committee. The first gives congress
full power to deal with them. The sec
ond revivifies and galvanizes the Sher-
man antitrust law.
In order to give congress the COM
plete power that is desired a constitu-
tional amendment is necessary. and
this is urgently recommended. AS a Cos
operative measure the penalty clauses
in the Sherman law are strengthened
and new sections are added to give it
further force. even to the extent of
contiscation of goods in certain cases.
The section which it is proposed to
add to the Sherman law are five in
number. Their gist is:
l. Requiring the branding or mark
ling of trust made goods shipped out of
| a state, so as to be easily identified as
the product of a trust.
.. Prohibiting the interstate traffic
of trust-made goods not SO branded.
and making them subject to seizure
\ and condemnation.
g. Requiring corporations having a
| capital of over 81, 900. 900 or doing an an
nual business of sl,O00000 TO file a re-
| port of their affairs with the secretary
LOT state.
\ 4. Providing the process of injunc-
]tion against combinations sending
trust-made goods from state to state
or To foreign countries.
.. Prohibiting the use of the mails to
Iccncerns and their officials proved to be
trusts.
Judge Ray OF Kew York, chairman OF
1.-THE judiciary committee. was also the
ihead of the special sub committee which
has drawn up these measures. He is
ecntident they will prove etticacious If
| adopted.
The Subcommittee. he said last
might, has agreed to report toi'the full
4 committee proposed constitutional
Iamendinent, which provides that con-
Igress shall have power to define, regu-
Hate, control, prohibitor dissolve trusts
monopolies or combinations, whether
}existing In the form of a corporation OF
jothsrwise. The proposed amendment
further provides that the several states
may continue to3exercise such power In
Iany manner not in conflict With the laws
of the United States.
THE necessity fur this amendment
grows out of the fact that it is held by
1.-The supreme court of the United State:
THAT manufacture and production arr
4 mo part Of interstate commerce, and car
I mot be reached under the Interstate
commerce clause of the constitution
even tho monopoly in manufacture In
Il directly affects or controls such com
q mercc. Therefore monopoly in manu-
fucturesis not restraina Bile by congress
! even when il controls the output of al
u article of necessity to all the people Ii
4 ali the states and fixes the price at will
The other measure amends the actto
II July 2, 1890. known as the Sherman act
a Besides increasing the penalties fixed b.
4 that act II adds a new section relating
s, 10 producing and manufacturing cor
a porations and associations organized o
managed for the purpose of controilinl
FOR monopolizing manufacture or produc
ton or so conducting their business a
s to monopolize manufacture"