The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-27
SEC Of,
Clause in the Litttefield Bill toSWhich
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he Littleield bill, which hasspeen ra-i
ported in he senate. reads a~ssfollowsss
Tha no incorporation gay IN the
production, manufacture oIASale sotsanyI
article which may be the snbjectBof inlsr-.
state commerce., attempting to- nlonopolize
he production, manufacture or sale there
If in any state, by observation-disclosures pricesH
or by giving special priviiegeasor rebates
| 81 in any Their orr
Ter to prevention hinder competition there
n, shall in any way engagesin3 tnterstatej
commerce for the purpose of aiding or;
..acilitatingi either directly OF Indirectly
| such production. manufacture or sale with
intent to monopolize the production, man
fracture or sale OF any such article; neith-
or shall any other person. Incorporation
IN anyway engage In Interstate commerce
N buying, selling or dtsposing Of any
s,ch article rite;;s f1r the p SaTost q enabling .a ing
gage or continue to engagesin such pro-
suction. manufacture orssaie. with such
The business Of any person or corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture, produce
ton or sale of any manufactured article
that may be the subject OF interstate com
control Of lands. growing timber or other
vegetable products or containing coal,
pill, iron or other numerals or metals used
in the manufacture ofasuch article, or by
reason of ownership ur control OF the in
strumentalities Of manufacture, produc-3
troll or affect, in whole or IN part, the
prices Of said articles throughout the
United States so as,to prevent, forestall.
In, and which shall he SO conducted, in
whole or in part, as stp.p prevent, forestall,
%stife., destroy or hinder such competi-s
within the Meaning OF this section. The
Foregoing definition shall not be held to
Include a business founded on a secret
to one manufacturersso producer.
Any person Violating either of the pre-
visions Of this section or aiding, abetting.
N SdtEffr D. nrE NnyYFfrhltr n n ~ y
or corporation to- violate the same, shall,
on conviction. b~s5punished by q fine of not
more than 5000 or by Imprisonment in
years, or by both sucn fine and imprison-
ment at the discretion OF the. court. Amy
corporation violating the provisions of this
section shall forseyerySsuch act forfeitsto
the United Statesst The sum of 5000, to b
recovered. as I'M other cases OF penalties,
and for the purpose Of such forfeiture
every salegofs goods, wares or merchandise
for shipment outside the state where said
orporation IS located and doing business,
s1eny tie een 1Rssat f 81 such sS hm sa1e ons ey and
shipment Of such articles pursuant 10 such
sale or contract. andieNery act OF discrim-3
t Riyinga sp Mash Ia1,ch yil lnsent; ~ n ra prices OR sbs 81
oesconsideredSa Violation Of this section.
This Is the section to- which certain
interests object to so strongly n want
modified.
No Good Jobs There.
There seems to be an impression,
thr~oughoutEthe country and particular
ly among statesmen in the senate and
house of representatives who have lost
theirsjobs that there will be a large
number Of good positions under the
new department, and hundreds of APP
plicatioils have been filed already, in-s
cludingstWenty or thirty from gentle
men who now occupy seats in the
tional Legislature. This, however, is
4 great mistake. There are not more
than three or four good positions in
the 8neW department to be filled. Mr..
Cortelyou will have an assistant secre-
larry, the commissioner of corporations
will be appointed and draw a salary Of
s5,000S53a9year and will have an assist
ant with a salary of $4,000; the new
department will require a chief clerk
at sas salary OF $2,250, but that Is all.
The present incumbents of the bu-
reausi to be transferred from the old
10 the new department will be retained
Colonel Wright at the head of the
tabor bureau, Mr.. Merriam at the head
of the census bureau, Mr.. Austin at
the head OF the bureau Of statistics,
and SO on.
A Touch Of Skin Game.
BY not being good men of business
the diplomatic representatives OF Ger
I many, Great Britain and Italy lose a
i bis point in dealing with Venezuela.
Whether Minister Bowen understood 1T
tJor not, it has just now become apparent,
that Venezuela will get the cream of
the customs duties at Its port this year,
while the triple alliance will have to
be- content with 80 per cent. of the
t3skimmed milk.
The protocols between the allied pow
fsers and Venezuela provide for a divis-
lion of the customs revenues at the two
principal ports after March In such
q way as to reserve so per cent. forsthe5
.lcreditors and 10 per cent. for the repub-
Sic. The continental diplomats over
Hooked the fact that they have been
starving Venezuela for some time and
that there Is an enormous collection OF
dutiable products now within easy dis
.ances which will be rushed through the
customs houses the next two weeks
and not pay toll to the alliance.
Ever since the blockade began yalu-
lble cargoes have accumulated, partic-
ularly at Curacao. 1t has also been
learned that the agent Of the Red D
Steamship line, which carries the bulk
of the business to Venezuela, has been
TN Washington during the negotiations,
and notified his company week ago
the blockade would be raised about this
time.
In this way 1t has been possible to
load big steamers with cargoes for
Venezuela. President Castro will see
SA~ 6StSAhi6 ~ ~
through the custom house before March
1. Castro Is pretty well yersed in
dubious financial methods, and 1t would.
be quite like him to offer special induce
ments to every importer who gets un-
der the line before March,.
According to recent estimates the to-
tai customs revenues Of Venezuela is
about $6,009,000 annually, SO that or
dinarily 1t would be easy to import
enough to provide receipts of $225,o0O
during the time which remains until the
supervision Of the customs receipts by
foreigners goes into effect.
Venezuela will make up In the next
two weeks considerably more than
enough to pay the entire preferred de-
mands OF Germany, Great Britain and.
Italy. 0
"A LOVELY STEAL.
Nice Little Graft for $25o,o0o,ooo Coin.
on in Oregon Legislature.
Portland, Ore, Feb. 19.-The greatest