Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-11
PUBLICITY WILL Be
THE MAIN FEATURE
LittlefeId's Antitrust eiif
Soon to De Reported to
the COMMITTEES.
1T WILL PASS THE HOUSE
Obstacles in the Senate Expeeted-At-
tituae of Some of Leading Senator'S
Land Frauds Cause Intro
duction Of Many Bills.

Washington, Dec. Unreasonable
progress has been made by the house
committee on judiciary with the pro-
posed anti trust legislation.
The bill that will probably be report
ed out from the committee will be the
measure prepared by Littlefeld, of
Maine, during the last session of con-
gress and considered at several meet
ings of the committee nearly year
ago. Littlefield is not exactly satisfied
that the committee will agree to give
him the honor of naming the bill as the
"Littlefield antitrust bill,' but wheth-
er this is done or not it will be known
by that designation.
Littlefield is chairman of the SUBJ
committee having the subject of anti
trust legislation in charge, and will re-
port about the 18th inst. to the full COM
mittec. In speaking of the Forthcoming
bill Mr.. Littlefield said:
l have not decided as to the time our
subcommittee will be ready to make
final report to the full committee. l am
glad that the preliminary work was SO
we'll started last winter. Jenkins of Wis
consin, who is now chairman of the jul
dietary committee as the successor OF
Ray, devoted considerable portion OF his
time during the last session to anti-trust
legislation.
i notice the statement has been made
that the bill will be submitted to eau
Gus. Well, am perfectly willing to have
this done, but there is really no need of
1T. 1T will embody the views of the presi-
dent. There will be time for debate; the
bill will be open TO discussion, and where
is the necessity for holding a party eau
Gus? So far as / know there is not a re-
publican member on the floor who is not
IN line for the enaction of antitrust leg
islation.
/. Publicity of the doings of large corpor-
ations will be the leading feature Of the
bin We do not mean to pry into is the pri-
but where a gigantic corporation seeks
to control or does control certain commo-
lities that the public has to buy, why II Is
the public's business to know something
about it. We will also provide for a sys-
tenn of inspection which will, In my
opinion, result In much good.
Hepburn Will Amend.
1t is understood that Hepburn Of
Iowa, chairman of the committee on In
terstate and foreign commerce, will un-
dertake to move his bill for amend
rent, 70 the Sherman antitrust law,
when the judiciary bill comes before
the house for discussion. Mr.. Hepburn
said:
1 believe that there are laws sufficient
remedy the trust evil. The attorney gen.
eral has succeeded in hauling the beef
and the anti-merger railroad SUITS which
are pending and of which original juris-
aiction has been taken by the federal
courts is a clear proof that John .Sher-
man, wisest statesman of his day and gem
grafton and for many generations yet to
come, builded we'll and wisely when he
drafted his bill in 1890 to prohibit large
trade My bill gives the federal authori-
ties full latitude to carry out the provi-
sions of this BILL Suppose there was 800,
)CO available and placed in the hands Of
every United States district attorney in
the country to prosecute violations of che
antitrust law, which bears the name of
Mr. Sherman. You would see the trusts
and combinations take to cover mighty
quick. l shall vote and work for any anti
trust legislation that is wise and practical,
put believe my prop ,3s when II comes
majority.