Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Mashington. July "A. 1902.

heard the President make such
claim. The Sugar Trust, for in
stance, has materially reduced the
price Of Sugar to the consumer and
at the same time has employed a
large number of American work
ingmen at good wages. The Stan
dard Oil Company has reduced the
price of oil to the consumer to
the minimum. 1t stands to reason
that institutions doing a large
business can afford to employ ex-
perts in all their departments and |
with their help reduce the cost of
production to the lowest figure and !
at the same time realizethe greatest !
returns from the by-products. !
The Beef Trust, on the other hand,
has brought public condemnation
on itself, and as a result the federal
government is now prosecuting it
in the courts. If the Attorney
General deems the present law in
adequate to enable him to accomp-
lish proper supervision and re-
straint over the trusts, Congress
will stand ready ouphold his hands
by the enactment of legislation
which will prove efficient"
Referring to the Canal, Senator
Foraker said that in so far as he
had been informed, everything pos.
sible was being done to facilitate
its construction and that he be-
lieved there was nothing but dem
: agogery back of democratic claims
to the contrary. The Senator
frankly admitted that there was a
time when he feared that the DEM
ocrats might gain control of the
House at the fall elections but
stated that now he had every con-
hdence that such would not be the
case. He regarded the democratic
handling of the Philippine ques-
= ton as bungling and offensive to
. the people. He said that the re-
marks of Senator SpoOner, on the
last day of the session, represented
the position of nine-tenths of the
: people of the United States who
E stood ready to repudiate the con-
= demnation of the army for political
e purposes.
+ Since my last letter great interest
: has been aroused by the report
that the President has selected Re
{ preventative Little6eld of Maine tc
o draft an antitrust law which will
/ meet with the approval of the Pre-
y sident and of the Attorney Genera
as we'll as with that of Mr.. Little
field himself. This report has moi
e been confirmed and Mr.. Little6elC
/ has declined to affirm or deny it
j. but it is generally regarded as be
! ing very close to the truth. It i.
anticipated that Mr.. Roosevelt will
y foreshadow the necessity of such f.;
> law in his message to Congress
|. much as he did in his last message
ID and that Mr.. Little6eld will thei
+ introduce bill which the Presiden
in conversation with the leaders 0
- the party, will support. There i
le undoubted necessity for such lay
l. and it is deemed likely that the Lax
as which Mr.. Littleheld will presen
Sc will receive the support of man
of the gaeatest fnanciers of tn
Il country. AS Mr.. Roosevelt in
u. timated in his previous message
one of the greatest dangers of tn
trusts is over-capitalization, and h
q has frequently expressed the be
- lief that were the affairs of tn
- trusts made public, this tendenc
t would be overcome, at least, to
lie large extent. Some of the leadin
is financiers support Mr.. ROoseve
in this view and regard with til
gravest apprehension the day whe
- "the water will be squeezed out {
a trust stocks, as they express
is They say that such an event, wei
" it to come suddenly, would pr,
a cipitate a panic of unprecedente
proportions and that if feder;
y Legislation can be used to prevei
Il unwarranted initiation of stocks
he will make for the financial pro
nd perity and stability of the countr
of The enhancement of prices is T
- garded as by far the lesser evi
az particularly as it is believed tn
De any serious increase will be follON
Ia ed by such severe competition
ID to insure a return to a normal basi
of Mr.. RoOsevelt's staunch adhe
enCe to the principles of civil r
~ form have long been regarded
n certain politicians as a weakne
IS rather than as a source of strengt
se- in national politics but apparent
that view is losing ground for Il
i, republican leaders have seen fit
u give the Presidents civil servi
he record a leading place in the 7
al publican handbook. AS a matt
I'd, of fact, the people are coming
10 realize more and more that ci,
service reform makes for Gle;
ny government and an economical a
asst ministration of the public fun
ans and there is little doubt but tn
they will support Mr.. Roosev,
more enthusiastically because
J. has never swerved from his CO
oe victions and has been energet
rec and consistent in his efforts to
,w- move from the executive depa
lille ments in Washington the last ira
.pd of the "spoils system" Befc
? AZ leaving for Oyster Bay, Mr.. Roo.
ips welt caused the Civil Service Co
one mission to issue two orders, o
sea- providing that no employee of t
Inr- government shall be promoted c
ted cept on the recommendation of
88 : chief and that political influence
275 not to be considered in maxi
cts promotions the other providi
for the establishment of examini
are boards in each department to
car lect that class of employees kno,
,tc as 'laborers," merit and gene
qualifications to be the only C
the sideration in their appointment.
aw- This removes the last class
.ood employees from Congressional do
the nation, and hereafter there is r