The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-15
t SsSIIe are besides injurious to the general

tons s.ot,, are besides Injurious to the genera,
THE POWER OF CONGRESS- NOT ~
HAUSTED.
II 1t be true that a State can antbo,,,o
or permit monopoly Of production within
Us borders because II has the powar 49,
productions as such, although ii Indirectly
anects Interstate commerce, may NOT ~
United states regulate Interstate commerce
vNef winch Il has exclusive control pven
though 1t indirectly Affects prodncfion o,'e1
when. as such, II has no controlT
~ lhe sherman act exhausts the pov-er
, Oe congress over monopolies. the American
peyple mud themselves hopelessly imprtnnt
racing situation fraught WITH tbs ,npst
sslurmlng possibilities, with which neither
tne eoeral nor state governments can desi
nnlle states mag regulate the production
ana SAFE Of articles within their own bor
ceases u"tu'i's
Jefferson. In his letter OF March l.. l7sa
70 Maulsoa, says Of the constitution .srhls
n'.St tq,lne9l forms US into one State as to
w IAN objects, and gives US a legislative
ana executive body for those objects
ole nMnqred years later the supreme court
" the United states declared THAT IN the
SS,s.,Vr OF interstate commerce the United
s.ales are nut one country, and are and
must DC subject TO one system OF rce,tia
uene. md not TO a multitude of systeins'
lnese are Illuminating and vital state.
t tb,u's o. the original purpose, in founding
snis government, to provide for Natolai
SVutNl OF intercourse, and OF the extong Of
Natlouul power over Il. These statements
Mese made, respectively, by that great
,,S,I, o. tne constructive period VINO was
suost jealous for tho reserved rights OF tne
SS.ates against the cnCrolchment or the new
National sovereignty, and by ono of the
Wtsest Judges who has Interpreted the con.
iJrbt. PURPOSES and meaning In the
uknI or such statements, then can IL he
tVsslble that the people of the United
states FEELING the pressure Of undoubted
ey pls,, are nevertheless totally powerlrss?
tlolhly the power must reside soma
where either In the nation or in the states
reservations. Concedlng that the ureeent
Jaw is not effective throughout the s'+,,o.
slon We come to the dnn alternative May
NOT congress under the existing cnust3tr.
Ilo1ai grants. amend and extend tho law.
ana thus remedy its defects and 80 eject
lNeiN regulate National and foreign com
Hsrce as to prevent the stialrg ~ CONNIE
ana the restraining of National or nterna
tioual tradeE II the answer To this 0res.
uon should be In the affirmative Second
question Follows; How might congress so
unend the present iaw7
do not scrupo 10 say that In NV udr
hehI the moro a thoughtful mind Rejects
on the first question, the more unbesltot-
!ihgly VIII an affirmative answer be re-.
The president said In his first message he
dld not think the authority Of congress- 10
protect the people agaiist the evils Of the
trusts nad been exhausted. The views I
his.
Public sentiment Is sufIiclently aroused
AMI the situation is sufficiently grave to
cal Tor the effort the president Is making
70 secure an authoritative exposition NJ cx.
listing laws, and suggesting additional ones
to the end that the public mind shall he
set az rest and these economic questions
taken from the domain Of controversy aud
uncertainty.