Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-18
JUDGE Nj. WADE 1ALKS.
Gives His Impressions of Anti
Trust Legislation Enacted
This Session
THINKS GOOD BEGINNING MADE
In Mr.. Wade's Opinion the Chance of
the Anti. Rebate Measure Being Made
Effective, Is Important-sees Dan
ger in sociaIism-Wade to Start for
Washington Monday.

| Washington Monday.
Des Moines, Feb. 1S.-"I expect to
start for Washington Monday" said
Judge M. j. Wade of Iowa City, con-
gressman- from the Second dis
| trict, who was here yesterday on legal
| business and was at the Slavery last
| evening. Il want to look over the
ground to some extent and to ascertain
| what are the prospects for an extra
session. do not consider there is much
likelihood of AN extra session as things
stand now, tho there were strong indi-
| cations of one for while before the
antitrust legislation was disposed Of.
| In an understanding reached on state
hood 1 presume there will be still less
| likelihood of it.
Yes, the decision of the governor not
| to cali Il special session in the Second
district was satisfactory to me. l had
no desire to see an election held on
account of the expense in which 1t
| would have involved the district. The
| time was SO short that 1t would have
been useless to hold an election. In
fact, had not thought of there being
any likelihood of an election until the
Sunday following Captain Rumple's
death, when it was called to my atten-
tion.'
What Is your impression of the anti
trust legislation enacted this session by
congress?"
We'll. believe on the whole that a
good beginning has been made. If the
succeeding congress takes the question
up and follows it out, as it should,
there is no doubt satisfactory solution
may be reached. 1t is something to
have made start in the right direction.
1t seems to me that of the anti-trust
legislation enacted by congress this
session the anti-rebate measure is cap
able of being made the more effective.
OF course it is obvious that everything
depends on how the measure is carried
out. We can have an interminable num-
Der of ANTITRUST measures spread on
the statute books and nothing come of
them If they are not carried out in the
proper spirit. / believe, however,
If this law is enforced as it should be
it will accomplish considerable. There
is no doubt that It is in part by taking
advantage of Determinations in freight
rates that some of the great combina-
tons of the country have built them
selves up. AS to the publicity feature
of the department Of commerce. bill. l
have no great faith in that 1t Is easy
enough for great corporations to make
report to the head of the department
of commerce in a way that will be alb
soiutely unintelligible to the average
man and mean nothing to him. altho
an expert might be able to interpret
them.
The trust question is a difficult
question to deal with properly from the
fact that the man who opposes trusts
is apt to be unreasonable in his de-
mands concerning them. 1t is time, it
seems to me, when there should be
something done to educate the public
sentiment of this country. If this is
not done, We will wake up some morn
ing and find ourselves face to face
with a worse danger than any that now
menaces the country that is. socialism.
i
ually increasing in strength. The only
way to counterfeit this. is to give the
public mind to understand that the
evils that do exist will be squarely met
and intelligently considered. The people
of this country should begin to realize
that no doctrine that contemplates
breaking away from the fundamental
principles on which our government
rests has any place here. I believe
many of our public men make the
mistake of following out and consider
ing only those lines of action that
their own minds tell them are correct,
instead of looking about them and sort
of drawing line on the notions of the
other fellows. 1t will not do in these
days because man has proposition
to advance that you do not believe in
to dismiss 1t as nonsense. / believe
public men should be reasonable in
those things and that when man
approaches you with any reform he
may desire to see carried out, that his
idea should be fairly considered, so
long as he stands on ground that is
not inconsistent with the principles of
this government. But when 1t comes
to common ownership of property and
those principles advocated by the So
cialists, there the line should be drawn
sharply. 1t is true, many men believe
in municipal ownership and the social
lists point to this as proof that the
public has to take up with their ideas.
But municipal ownership should be
considered entirely apart from social
ism and so with the propositions for
public ownership of telegraphs, mines,
railroads and the like. On all these
questions. public men should be will
ing to meet other men helf way and to
give them careful investigation and
serious consideration. The line should
be drawn, only on propositions the |
carrying out of which would wrest |
this government from the foundations
laid by the constitution.
do you believe in the government
ownership of railways"
II am not prepared to say at this
time whether l do or not. l have not |
looked into the subject sufficiently to
give an intelligent opinion. am pre-
pairing to make careful investigation, |
however, for the purpose of determine
ing in my own mind whether govern
ment ownership of railroads is prac-