The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23
anti TRUST Bill,
Measure Which Has Been
Agreed Upon by Committee
To Which Was Referred All
Bills on the Subject.

Washington, Jan 3@Representative
Littlefeld of Maine, chairman of the
subcommittee of the house judiciary
committee. tc which all antitrust bills
were referred, today viii report to the
full judiciary committee a bill which
has been drawn and adopted by the
b-cOmmittee. Several weeks have been
devoted to the preparation of the bill.
The committee considered some %
or 80 measures. The bill is offered as A
substitute for the publicity bill intro
duced by Representative Littleheid at
the last session. The full committee is
expected to take the bill up today and
decide If to be reported to the house
as now framed. The text of the bill
follows:
"A bill requiring corporations engag-
ed IN interstate commerce to make re-
turns pl ohibiting rebates and discrimi-
nations. the use 0e interstate commerce
in attempts to destroy competition and
for other purposes.
Re il enacted etc. that every cor
poratou which may be hereafter organ
lied shall. at the time of engaging in
interstate or foreign commerce. file the
return hereinafter provided for; and ev
cry corporation, whenever organized
and engaged in state or foreign COM
merce, shall file a return with the inter
state commerce committee for the year
ending December 81, whenever and at
such time as required by said commits
ri0Hs Sldllll8 ltS name 0dLE OF OISdUlLa-
ton, where and when organized, giving
statutes under which it is orga nized and
all amendments thereof if consolidated,
naming constituent company and where
and when organized, for the same in
formation as to such constituent COM
pany so far as applicable as herein re-
quired of such corporation; if reorgan-
lied, name of original CORPORATION or
corporations, with full reference to laws
under which all the reorganization have
r.1u f-@
as to all prior companies in the cham
of reorganization, amount Of authorized
capital stock. shares into which it is
divided. par value. whether common or
preferred and distinction between each,
amount issued and outstanding amount
paid in. how much If any. paid in in
cash, and how much. if any, in pro-
perty
IF any part is in property, describing
in detail the kind a nd character and To-
cation. with its cash market value at
the time it was received in payment,
giving the elements upon which said
market zalue is based, and especially
whether m Whole or IN part upon the
capitalization of earnings. earning ca
paclty or economies, with the date and
the cash price paid therefor at its last
sale the name and address of each Of
iEell managing agent and director a
true and correct copy of its articles of
incorporation, a full, true and correct
copy of any and all rules, regulations
sAH pN-iaWS ADOPTED Tor mana cement
and control of its business and direction
Of its officers. mana sing agents and di-
rectors. Nothing herein contained shall
pc construed as relieving any corpora
ton from making, in addition to the
foregoing. such returns as are now re-
CURED by the act to regulate com
me1ce- approved February 4, 1887. and
gu amendments thereof, but the provis-
ions of this act as to signing and max
Ing oath to returns and making answers
on oath to written inquiries shall be APP
pheable 10 returns and sucn answers
made under said act and amendment
thereof
SO far as any return may be a duplf-
cate OF one already fled that fact may
be stated, and the details which are in
such case duplicates. need not be re-
p7ated Upon its being made TO appear
To the satisfaction Of the commission
without fault on its part it is imprac-
fleaDie for such corporation to furnish
any Of the items aforesaid, it may. by
written order Of said commission be
excused from furnishing such item or
items.
Said commission shah cause to be