The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-03-03

Just passed by the congress, ana
which gives 10 The new department Of
commerce and labor the power to i'm
vesngate and gather information
about certain great corporations or|
trusts and to report such data to the
president. Is a meaningless and harm
less one SO far as the trusts are con
cerned. Here is the law in nutshell
and You can draw your own conclus-
ions. as st is a combination Of ifs
IT. the secretary Of this new depart
ment is So inclined he may fish for
facts in regard to trusts;
Il. the chief Of the bureau Of cor
porations in this new department Is
not owned by the trusts, and if he is
capable. and # he has competent and
honest assistants and il they wish in
the right place. they may obtain yaln-
able data:
n. when valuable data is obtained
the president wishes. he may have ac-
acvss to #;
If. then. the president has time to
read it and sees ct TO do so. he may
make public some or all OF this data;
or.
If he thinks best he may simply
make recommendation to congress
for legislation" to regulate trusts;
If then, congress is not controlled
by the allied trusts and railroads, it
may, in the course Of time. pass new
legislation to curb trusts;
n. then. the attorney general Is so
inclined. and II he has time, he may
apply the new legislation to the Of
tending ,ftsts;
II. then. the evidence is sufficient
the courts may in years TO come, de-
eide that the new legislation is con
stitutional, and that some particular
trust has been guilty OF illegal prac-
tees
H. then. the trust has not already
changed its form or ceased to exist,
il may pay a nominal fine. and, in the
course of eight or ten years-as did
the standard Oil trust--slightly
change its name and location and con
tlnue its business Of plundering the
people.
When one reads this program Of
"ifse. Che only word he thinks of is--
Ratsi -
When this letter is reSd the 57th
congress viii have ceased to exist, and
win have passed into history It viii
90 out without a single sigh OF regret
from any man in the country with the
exception OF few who failed of re-
election. 1t has done many things
that viii sim stronger fasten the
shaclleS OF the willing wrists OF the
people. It has been shameluliy extrav-
aeant with The money OF the people
It has failed 70 keep any Of IFS prom
ises IN SIS platforms it fairly reeks
WIKI rottenposs, hypocrisy false pre-
tense ana broken pledges i has done
only one thing that commends iseli
70 the people. and that was the killing
Of the ship subsidy steal, and result
never would have been accomplished
had Il not heea for the most earnest
ana sirenu6ns opposition Of the united
Democracy. The people Of the coan-
try may thank the Democrats of CON
gress for saving them ninety millions
OF dollars year that otherwise would
have gone into the pockets Of a few
ship builders and ship owners such as
3 Pierpont Morgan and others. The
death OF the 57th congress IS good
riddanee of bad rubbish
The chances are thar there win he
no extra session QUAY has laid down
ana finally yielded 70 The Republicans
on the statehood blll and that win let
through an ihe appropriation bills and
obviale the necessity Of an extra sea-
sion Of both houses OF congress. There
may. however. be am extra session oi
the senate. for the president says he
will cal one unless the senate ratf
aes the Cuban and the Panama canal
treaties. and 81 looks at this time that
hey Will NOT be able TO get through
during the life of this congress. The
Democrats wnl Sight both the Panama
canal treaty and the compromise
statehood biil. and that probably viii
defeat both those measures. The rep
roseniatlyes of the people Of both Ari
zona and New Mexico here 40 moi
want me Republican compromise
aehood bin passed They say ihcl
nc wsrl ,hose territories admitted
ae ono state but That they want then