The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-03-10
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OF Commerce ard Labor the DIV ar
to investigate and gather informa.
ton about Certain great corporations
or trusts, and to report such data Ia
the the President, is a meaningless
And harmless one 81 far ~ the trusts
are concerned. Here is the law in
p nutshell, and you can draw your
own conclusions, as it isa combine.
iion of Ifs:
AZ, The Secretary of this new De.
lpaatment is 20 inclined. he may fs h
FOR facts IN regard to trusts.
II, the chief of the bureau If cor.
p"ratinns IN this new department is
H"t owned by the trusts. and il he is
,capabie, aud if lie is competent and
honest assistants and if they fish in
the right place, they may obtain val
nahle data.
If, when valuable data is obtained
the President wishes. he nay have
access to it,.
If, then, The president has time Ia
read IL and sees fit to do so, he NAV
make public some or all of this data:
or,
II he thinks hest, he may simply
make Recommendations To Congress-
for legislation" 10 regulate trusts.
If, then, Congress is not controll.
ed BY the allied trusts and railroads
IT may, in The course of time. pass
new legislation 10 curb trusts.
IT, then, the Attorney General is
80 Inclined, and If he has time, he
may apply the new legislation to the
offending trusts.
If, then, he evidence is sufficient.
the courts may, in years to cnmr. de.
eide that the new legislation is con
atitutional, and that some particular
trusts has been guilty of illegal prac.
tees.
If, then. the trust has not ALREADY
Changed its form or ceased to exist
IL may pay nominal fine, and, in
the course of eight or zen years--ss
did the Standard Oil Trust-slighllv
Change its name and location and
continue its business of plunder,ng
the people.
When one one reads this program
OF Il is" the only word he thinks of ia
Ratsl!
The presence of William Randolph
Hearst IN this city last week accom-.
panied by former Governor Budd, of
california, who launched his boom for
the Democratic nomination for the
presidency at the big Jeffersnn.Jack
BON Line In barbecue in Columbus
OHIO, on the l2ih of February, has
Started The Democratic talk again ON
the presidential possibilities. A
number of the leaders of the party
here are beginning 10 take the Hears,
boom seriously and are quoting what
gov. Budd said when he launched
the boom. In that connection il NAV
he interesting to know the Governors
Reasons for choosing Mr. Hearst AS
his candidate, and this is what he
said:
And We, Mr. Bryan, in the West
have az our champion the man shat
we believe has done most for the
cause of the comm IN people: the man
who, in the tight when the ,reasurers
deserted you, came to your succor
and stood All able lieutenant under
your orders: the man who has spent
more money aud done more in aid
ing the cause 9th plain people in
these United States than any other
man, the man who mas fought all his
life for an eight lDUr law, for aud in.
come TAX, for national appropria lions
for schuUls; the man who i'm court and
out vt couf' has fought the trusts,
who has risked his mighty papers IN
IN the interest Of organized labor;
who has hooded the United STATES
with journals hat daily speak to
millions, the doctorines preached by
Bryan and the fathers. the man WIN
furnished The evidence thnt forced
Tat President aud Congress to act
90 the trust subiecI he nan born in
our state aud native spn, " HON we
regard ~ on Of the greatest If The
fines He is William Randolph
Hearst. Congressman 81 New York
tho only private citizen thanked by