The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-02-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
Nations Capital. Things Being
Done and Talked About.
THE ANTI TRUST PROGRAMME.
Prospects for an Extra Session Of Con
gress Senate will Meet in Extra
Session. Bowons Diplomacy,
THE ANTI TRUST PROGRAMME
WashIpgrOn, Feb e. 1908.

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past week and as result the anti
trust program suggested by the
| Senate leaders ha. been practically
completed. This program has re
Ceived the entire approval Of the
President and only the adoption by
the House of the ElkIns bill remsins
to round out all that the republican
leaders purpose TO do IN the line OF
trust that control.
The Legislative accomplishments
for trust control viii consist of. (ll
an appropriation of $500, 900 Tor
the employment Of expert legal as
slstance III the prosecution of anti
trust cases; (2) the passage Of a
law expedlting antitrust cases in
the courts, including the appeal OF
such cases to the Supreme Court
without trial by the courts Of ap.
peal: (3l the prohibition Of rebates
and equal liability for grantor and
receiver, provided by the Elklns
| bill, which has still to receive the
approval of The House; al the
amendment Of the bill creating q
! Department Of Commerce and Labor
whereby there il to be appointed a
Commissioner of Corporations
whose duty il shall lie too gather
statistics regarding industrial cor
poralions for the use Of the PresI-
dent and the Attorney General and
the publication Of such as the Presl-
dent may indicate.
According to an agreement reach
ed by the Commerce couferees, and
with the approval OF the President,
the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion is to remain intact and with
the powers conferred on it by the
Elkins bill will be greatly increased
IN importance and ability to remedy
such evils as have heretofore at
tended the management OF trans-
portation. ,companles and corpora.
tlons. Sehator+Elkins, speaking OF
his bill, pointed ont TO- yapr CORE
spondsat that It was smtlkly form
Of the bill for which he BaF long
been laborlsg, but which heretofore
included an authorEafion Of tbe,
railways u spool" 'fV the' n,a'n,e
nance of rates and conferred power
on the Interstate Commerce Cesr-
mission u prohibit unnecessarily
high ra,e+ ''Fhe bill, in III press
eut FORM SAID the Senator, .meeis
with the approval OF everyone WHO
upderstandssi,s PtQv3sions. Il il
SIMPLE and can be Asilg eompre-
Bonded. There - nothing about IT
which ~ill rua coanter to the de
dlions Of the courts and it's IN no
dagger Of being condemned as mn
constltulionpl. II was unanimsusls.
adopted tey m sssa.e; which
proves that 1t %plsasss the demo
Gratis a. Well as the republicans. . |
hsve eveey confidence that the Till
whe. enacted into law. will do me
credit
The Li,tlr6sld shti trust bin
passed the House OF saturda y, after
many brilliant speeches on.the sub
iect of trusts, their antiquity and
the difficulties in The way. of ram.
edyIng their evils Representative
Llttle6eld, speaking of THE INTO
uity Of III. ,rtd, problem, traced
it back to the year 2apo B. c., and
said OF 1t, '.Like .tbe poor, it is al
ways with us.' Tue passage Of the
bill by the House was really more
of form than otherwise as 1t had
already been announced by the Sen
ate leaders that II could not pass
the upper chamber aud would not
even receive consideration by thata
body. The House Committee on
Commerce meets tomorrow I'd dis
,uss The EIklns bill and it is ex,
oected to pass IN the near future, |
Notwithstanding the fact that many |
members feel considerably cha.
,rlne1 al the side-lrackiDg of their
aVorite measure, by the Sens ate.
The prospects of apextra session
# the Senate continue! to increase
s the lth of March approaches with
o further consideration of the i'm
ortant treaties now before tia,
ody. The Statehood debate hangs
n ms di,pirited fashion and the