The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-04-21
trusts.
,24eFkHgeA RsmadXs Suggested for Con-
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49, 8 smaMSs Suggested for Con.
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Tnt ttis iRt hat She'll VS. do with
the trusts. so called? Public attention
thereto has been called by the press, and
action therein by the political parties has
been called for. Is there any danger
ahead? Is our form Of government ade-
quate to solve the problem? Let us have
full and free public discussion OF the
problem. believe that congress and the
state legislatures have ample powers to-
handle the subject There are two classes
Eof corporations against which outcryt Is
raised-those engaged In Interstate COM
merce and others engaged In manufactur-
ing. buying and selling merchandise.
AS to the first, I suggest an act Of con-
gress providing for the appointment by
the president, with the approval Of the
senate, Of a commission Of license, sub
ject to removal at any time by the presi-
dent, all corporations, by appropriate PEN:
alties, to be prohibited from engaging In.
Interstate commerce un.ess licensed so to
do by such commission. The application
for such license is to be In writing, sub
ject to the Inspection of the public, stat
ing the name of the petitioner, by what
authority created, its capital, the nature
Of its business and purposes, a copy Of its
charter and what 1t asks and proposes
! 20 do. The commission to appoint a
| time and place 3of hearing and require
petitioner, at his expense, to give specified
notice of such hearing and inviting all
persons to appear and show cause If any
they have, why such license should not be
GRANTED, hearing to be had and a license
granted if it appears that the objects pro-
t,f RI
| for the public benefit; otherwise to be re-
fused. A license feesto be charged sufii2
Gent to- meet the expenses Of such tri-
IEunal. Such commission, on its own mo-
ton or upon application Of any third per-
son showing a contract or conspiracy by
]. such license In restraint Of trade or COM
4 merce among the states of: any foreign
i,Ffry, or other good cause, to issue and
serve upon such licensee an order to
show cause why such license should not
i be revoked. Make it a criminal offense
| on the part Of any agent of such corpo-
Iration to carry on such interstate COM
merces business without such license or
after It's revocation. gs5
FL AS to the other class of corporations,
! trusts not engaged in interstate COM
4 merce, each state may. by law, prohibit
l any foreign corporation doing business in
/ such state. Comfy and good faith should
i prevail between the states and there
should be uniformity of law on the
subject.
1 Could there not be an assembly Of able
! men, say one or more from each state
to prepare such uniform statute, which
i many or all the states could be induced
to enact, providing tor the licensing Of al
| foreign corporations and the revocation
/ of such license upon it appearing that the
! licensee had entered into any contract
i combination or conspiracy in the form o.
trust or otherwise in restraint Of trade:
A public discussion of these question:
/ in the press will throw light on the sub
i iect, its dangers and difficulties and OBJ
/ Jections to proposed remedies, and what
we can do, and respectfully solicit sucf
i discnssion Levi Henry.