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SWereSdsemed necessary to perform a
functions VI anation These consist
sediofsthe rights for taxation or sup
port, Til. right tosdeclare war. make
treaties, acoiinrl5money, etc. There is
butaone clause in the constitution
now, under which. congress can act
On the great trust question and that is
thesscllasuse given to congress the right
toShave control over interstate and
foreign commerce. # the monopoly
sought to be governed does not effect
interstate commerce, the nation is
powerless, to deal with this question.
II must then be relegated othe state
courts. If, however, it does effect.
Interstate commerce, tho Sherman,
antitrust law reaches it. "a .#
During President McKinley's adj
ministration under this law, some. %
the most powerful monopolies Of the
United States have been dissolved
under the Sherman law. The first
one Of these cases was that Of the
United States against thirty-one joint
railroads, including nine trunk lines,
for freight and passenger traffic, who
combined throughout their respective
districts, in which the Sherman law
was held constitutional. 4
The next important one was that Of
a combination effected and whose
agreement was obstructive to the
national law Of competition in articles
efectinlg the interest ate commerce.
TWAS considered a%sviolation Of the
Sherman anti trust law, because it
did effect Interstate commerce, and it
was dissolved. q
The Addison-pipe case, whose pur-
aslossss the manufacture Of road iron
ppse.,fsdaan which company was organ
fxlsd into a combination to control
prices of their product in thirty-six
states, the government brought action
and promptly stopped the J Of
( the evil.
The next case where the govern
menlt3 enforced this law, was the case
81 the United States against the
Ohio and Chesapeake Fuel company,
which included nineteen coaling com
panies in West Virginia, who had en-
tered into an agreement to sell the
product Of the company in all the
other states Of the union, but only a
csr.tain per cent Of each mine at a
stipulated figure. This organization
was dissolved. Now, as to the
remedy for this evil. It is plainly
evident that the only complete
remedy to prevent the abuses Of great
industries in combinations, is a -
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States, which will take the
matter ont Of the various states and
place IN the hands oftcongress directly.
Ia conformity with this, in May,
1900, the Republican party introduced
III the lower house of congress q bill
for an amendment to the constitution,
which4provided that congress should
have power to define and prohibit
monopolies and combinations, whether
existing as corporations or otherwise.
Every Democrat in the house, with
the exception Of two, voted against
this amendment, and every Republi-
can, but three, was IN favor Of it.
As it requires t%wo-thirds Of the entire
vote to carry constitutional amend
ment, this one was lost, principally
because Of the Democratic opposition.
It il a we'll known fact, that the
southern Democracy is bitterly opposed
to every proposed extension of the
Congressional power over the police
power Of the state.
The Democratic party and its lead
ers say that protective tariff is the
mother Of trusts. This staten nt
can easily be demonstrate ted to be alb
8solutely false Free trade England
IL the trust center Of the world.
There is not accent Of tariff on the
product Of the Standard Oil company,
the greatest and oldest trust in The
United States. The International To.
bacco company trust between dealers
ia free trade England and protective
America is another sample. The
truth Of the matter is that tariff hal