The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
BUNDLE OF MEAN.
INGLESS IFS. ="
is the So.caIed Republican Antitrust
Legislation-Littlefeld' List
OF 800 Trusts,

tluSt law passed by Congress, aud ,
which gives to the new Depart f.
mcnt of Commerce and Labor the |
power TO investigate and gather |
information about certain corpora
tious or trusts, and to report such ,
data 10 the President, is a mean
inglrSS aud harmless one so far as
the trusts are concerned. Here is |
the law in n nutshell, and YOU can
draw your own couclusions it il Il
combination Of IFS
IT, the Secretary of this new de-
partmcnt is so inclined he may fish
for facts IN regard to trusts;
IT, the chief Of the bureau of cor
porations in this new department is
not owned 10y the trusts, and if he
is capable, and if he has competent
and honest assistants and if they
fish in the right place, they may
,hto,r v,Inoll. d,t,.
If, when valuable data is oh
t,i,o1 ho prcs,dr,t u;.ho. no
may have access To it.
II. thcE, the President has time
to rcod # and 500. fl t,.l, 80 hr
ro, w,lo r,hI;c .,,n, -. NIL of
/ this data, ur.
If he thinks best. ne may make
Recommendations 10 Congress for
lrrisIo,jou" 10 rcpulatr trus,s:
IT, then. Congress is not con
tollrd by fine ollird ,rusts and
raiIronds, it may. in the course Of
time mass new legislation to curb
trusts;
If, then, the Attornry-tirncraI Is
so inclined, aud if he has time, he
may apply the new Legislation to
. the offending trusts
If, then, the evidence Is suIli.
cicut, the courts may, in years TO
come, decide that the new lrgisla-
tion is constitutional, and that
some particular trust has hrcn
guIIiN OF III'EaI practices;
H. men, the tfuNI mas i"l aIFra"l
changed us form or ceased l" 'NlSI'
II may pay nominal me ana III
'he COURSE oi r'"il' "r ''il \'"IH
aS dld iic NlaU"'id va lr"N'
siI@h'I! 'ia'E' us ia'll' ana 'o''.
uoh ana continue lis o"S'i'''S u
pInl"'rIilE the PeoPi'
Nil'h one I'a"S 'Ii'N l'"Hr"'''
ol 'lS' ''l' "'''H ""r" Nv ''''''NS
"l Is -hatS'
''' i'E'' 't'" ; us vi "'' h' ,, ~
IT VIII he "ilIl'u'' l"f tue h'l''''.
I'"""' 10 run AWAY from tue 'f"Sl
ISSUE III '"''r'' VI i" "'''l' IL III"
senator iiai'''a III '"o"' tl'' ''''''
are any trusts. ott oi 'il''r I''""
ing congressman non 'i'aS' f.
hh''IeheIo' "i NaIh'' "loh' 'i'c
administration '''S' year S'''''c' Il
present 'ho o'iS H''''oh pure anu
trust hilI III Congress mas S'''lr'
inns dlS'nSSI"I' III MS party Moru
Il'a' perhaps oc'"''S' MS "''' ""'
NhrlVca hH 'Iie lrnS'S "iilrh con
| 'r"licd HIS purity h' rcs"iN'" !" III
p 'H'n' an" 'h''r "er'''S !" congress
, Il narh 'hhi'u'" S"'l' "il''I' ""''l'
max" them gasp Tor h'ra'h. 1T
got '"Ec'her ANA p""i'Sic' III 'll'
congressional Kecoru " ilSt q
II trusts NOT cofPora''o'S SIMPLY
= hut real trusts" WHICH hl'H "l'r'
thah SIX pages OF 'he 'ohEreSS'oh'
record lie says Oh 'hIS ''S' III"
II contains 'lc Grahu 'ot"' u
i, nearly ooo trusts with " 'o''
cap'''l'"a''oI VI "t'r'H l"''''e'
"llI'oh'' lcS' V"''''S are '"''!
u 7' per cent, '"rRcr '''"'' ''"Sc "
any other IiS' h''licrlo p"pl'S"cu
LUIS llSI lu's III 'he Si'""c an
l'S' P"o''S'''o u! '"e ''c'l''ci"'H "
IN any "l'n"'"c OF year pooN' !
must make "c"a'or ha''lia ''u'
n curl 10 see 'n's ''S' Pu' 'h'o u"
y hecoru ny " Hrc"' hePup''c"h
:, iiau INC lis. '''c'"io" '"''r"a"S
e prac'ic''iS al VI "ll'ch are NOV