The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-20
OBJECTIONABLE asEc. s..
Clause in the Littlefield Bill to Which
the Trusts Take Exception.

| )OTLeQ In the SeIldle, IeduS as lOllOWS.
hat no incorporation engaged in the
productions, manufacture or sale of any
article which may be the subject of inter-
tate commerce, attempting to monopolizei
he production, manufacture or sale there
If in any state, by discrimination in prices
IT by giving special privileges or rebatee
,r in any other manner whatever in or
Ter 10 prevent or hinder competition there
n, shall in any way engage in interstate
commerce for the purpose Of aiding or
facilitating. either directly or indirectly,
such production, manufacture or sale with
intent to monopoiize the production, man
l~facture or sale of any such article; Meth
ar shall any other person or corporation
in any way engage in Interstate
N buying, selling or disposing of any
such article, for the purpose of enabling
such aforementioned corporation to en-
gage or continue to engage in such pro-
a%uction, manufacture or sale, with such
intent.
The business of any person or corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture, produc-
ton or sale of any manufactured article
that may be the subject OF interstate COM
merce, which by reason of ownership or
vegetable products. or containing coal,
( oil, iron or other minerals or metals used
in the manufacture of such article, or by
reason of ownership or control of the in
strunentalities Of manufacture. produc-
ton or sale, shall have the power to con-
troll or affect, in whole or in part, the
prices of said articles throughout the
United States so as to prevent, forestall,
stitie. destroy or hinder competition there
In, and which shall be so conducted, in
whole or in part, as to prevent. forestall,
ton, Is hereby declared to be a monopoly
within the meaning of this section. The
include a business founded on a secret
process. so long as the secret is confined
to one manufacturer or producer.
Any person violating either Of the pro-
visions of this section or aiding, abetting,
assisting or counseling any other person
or corporation to violate the same, shall,
on conviction, be punished by a fine of not
more than 5000 or by Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not more than five
years, or by both sucn fine and imprison-
ment at the discretion of the court. Any
corporation violating the provisions of this
section shall for every such act forfeit to
the United States the sum OF 5000, to be
and for the purpose of sue forfeiture
every sale of goods, wares or merchandise
for shipment outside the state where said
corporation is located and doing business,
with the intent SO to monopolize, and
every contract for such sale and every
shipment OF such articles pursuant 10 .such
sale or contract, and every act Of discrim.
nation, with such intent, In prices or of
giving special privileges or rebates. shall
be considered a violation of this section.
This is the section to which certain
interests object to so strongly and want
| modified.
No Good Jobs There.
There seems to be an impression,
till louIl llS colI hllb Pal u
~ among statesmen in the senate and
house Of representatives who have lost
their jobs that there will be a large
number of good positions under the
new department, and hundreds of APP
plications AVE been filed already, in
GLIDING twenty or thirty from gentle
men who now occupy seats in the ma
tional Legislature. This, however, is
4 great mistake. There are not more
thai three or four good positions in
he new department to be filled. Mr..
S~ortelyou will have an assistant secre-
tary, the commissioner of corporations
will be appointed and draw a salary of
$4,000 a year and will ave an assist
ant with a salary of $500; the new
department win require a chief clerk
at a salary Of s2,250, but that is all.
The present incumbents of the hu-
:eaus to be transferred from the old
% the new department will be retained
Colonel Wright at the hea of the
labor bureau, Mr.. Merriam at the head
of the ensus 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
many, Great Britain and Italy lose a
big point in dealing with Venezuela.
Whether Minister Bower understood it
u 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 so per cent. of the
SKINNED milk.
The protocols between the allied pow.
ers ana Venezuela provide for a divis-
ION OF the customs revenues at the two
principal ports after March l, in such
4 way as tc reserve 80 per cent. for the
creditors and 70 per cent. for the repub-
lie. The continental diplomats over
looked 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 toll to the alliance.
Ever since the blockade began valu-
bile cargoes. have accumulated, partic-
ularly at Curacao. 1t has also been
learned hat the agent of the Red D
Steamship line. which carries the bulk
of the business 10 Venezuela, has been
in Washington during the negotiations,
and notified his company a week ago
the blockade would be raised about his
time.
In this way it has been possible to
!oad big steamers with cargoes for
Venezuela. President Castro will see
the Importance of getting them all
through the custom house before March
l.. Castro is pretty well versed in
dubious financial methods, and it would
be quite like him to offer special induce
ments to every importer who gets ln-
der the line before March !.
According to recent estimates the to-
tai customs revenues of Venezuela is
about Sc, 000, 900 annually, SO that or
dinarily it would be easy to import
enough to provide receipts OF $225, 900
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.