The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24

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ana practices which injuriously affect in
t~erstnte trade, can be prevented under tac
power OF the congress to regulate com
merch' with foreign nations and among the
several states through regulations ard re-
quirements operating directly upon such
commerce, the ins~trumcntalitics thereof,
and those engaged therein"
After long consideration, congress
passed three practical statutes: on the
ilth of February, 1903, an act to expedite
hearings in suits in enforcement of the
antitrust act: on the l4th of February.
1907. the act creating n new department of
commerce and labor with a bureau of
eorporations. having authority TO secure
saiization and operation of corporations
engaged In Interstate commerce.; and on
the l9th of February. 1903, an act en-
lncrcc commission and of the courts. to
deal with secret rebates in transportation
charges. which are the chief means by
which the trusts crush out their smaller
competitors. (.
Attorney General knox's Work.
The attorney general has gone on in
the same practical way. not to talk about
the trusts but TO proceed against the
separate suits fourteen of the great rail-
roads of the country have been restrained
by injunction from giving Illegal rebates
TO the favored shippers, who by means OF
them We're driving out the smaller snip
pers and monopoii2ins the grain and
meat business of the country. Tho beef
trust was put under injunction. III" Of
ticers of the railroads engaged In the cot
ton carrying pool, affecting all that great
industry of the south. Were INDICTED and
have abandoned their combination. Tn
deitook by combining in one. ownership
the capital stocks of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railroads to end tra1-
ic competition in the northwest, has been
destroyed BY Il vigorous prosecution ex-
peditcd and brought to n speedy ard eff
fcctive conclusion in the supreme court
under the act of February II, 1908. The
attorney general says:
Here, then. are four phases of the at
Jack on the combinations in restraint of
ton suits, the cotton pool cases, the beef
trust cases, and the Northern Securities
case. The first relates to the monopoly
produced by secret and preferential rates
for railroad transportation: the second to
railroad traffic pooling; the third to a
combination of independent corporations
to Tx and maintain extortionate prices
for meats; and the fourth to a corporation
organized to merge into itself the control
OF parallel and competing lines of railroad
and to eliminate competition in their rates
OF transportation"
The right OF the Interstate Commerce
commission to compel the production of
books and papers has been established by
investment in lawful business has been
1eopardizod: no fair and honest enterprise
has been injured: but it is certain that
wherever the constitutional power of the
national government reaches. trusts are
being practically regulated and curbed
been before, and the men of small capital
are finding In the efficiency and skill of
the national department of justice q pro-
lection they never had before against the
crushing effect of unlawful combinations.
The Public Lands.
We have at last reached a point where
the public wealth of farm land which
has seemed SO ineXhaustible is nearly
gone. and the problem of utilizing the re-
mainder for the building of new homes
has become of vital Importance.
The present administration has dealt
with this problem vigorously and effect
fenced by men of large means, and the
hnome-builder had been excluded. Many of
these unlawful asgressors have been COM
than 100000 acres Of land have been re-
stored to the public. Extensive frauds
m procuring grants of land. not for
investigated and stopped. and the perpe-
traitors have been indicted and are being
actively prosecuted.
The postal service has been extended
increased from SIC. 100000 in 1895 to 800. ooo.0 coo
in 1899. and S14i,ooo,9 900 in 1904. In dealing
with these vast sums, a few cases of
p~eculatiol, trifiing in amount and by sub
ordinate officers, have occurred there as
they occur i'll every business. Neither fear
nor favor, nor political or personal in
N'N''NN ii't7 " l'lOltNi III "ioIIS-
doors. Rural free delivery has been wide
ly extended. 1t is wholly the creation of
spnblIca administration; The last demo
cratic postmaster general declared it i'm
practicable. Tn first administrator of
Mckinley proved the contrary. At the
BEGINNING of the fiscal year 1899 there
were about 200 routes in operation. There
are now more than 5000 routes. bringing
a daily mail service to more than ~, 600, 600
OF our people in rural communities, en-
larging the circulation of the newspaper
and ne ma p1y InI lnprNnCinC ON M mi
cation, and relieving the isolation of life
on the farm.
The Department of Agriculture.
II department of agriculture has been
brought to a point of efficiency and practi-
cal benefit never before known. The ole
omargarinc act of May o. 1852. now sus-
tainGd in the supreme court, and the act
Of July J.. 1902, to prevent the false
protect farmers against fraudulent i'm
itat,ons. The act Of February 2. 1903,
enable the secretary OF agriculture TO
prevent the spread of contagious and in
fectious diseases of live stock.
-Four years ago We held Cuba by mil
itary occupation. The opposition charged.
did not intend to keep the pledge of April
20. 1885,. that when the paciiicatlon of
nupa was accomplished we should leave
the government and control of the island
to its people.
On the 10Th of May, 1902 under a ccnsti-
tuition which embodied these stipulations.
lhs government ana control of Cub We're
surrendered to the president and congress
elected by her people. and the American
army. sailed away. The new republic be-
gan It's existence with an administration
OF Cubans completely organized in all its
branches and trained to effective service
by American officers. The administration
efficient. Peace and order have prevailed.
Inc people of Cuba are prosperous and
happy: Her finances have been honestly
administered. and her credit is high. The
naval stations have been located and
pounded at Guantanamo and Bahia Hon.
"a, and arc IN the possession OF our navy
Inc Platt amendment is the sheet anchor
OF cuban independence and of Cuban cred
It. No such revolutions as nave afflicted
Central and South America are possible
there, because 1t is known to all men that
an attempt to overturn the foundations
OF that government will be confronted by
the overwhelming power of the United
States. The treaty of reciprocity and the
act OF congress of December 6, 1903,
which confirmed it, completed the express
sion of our policy towards Cuba.
The Philippines.
When the last national convention met
the Philippines also We're under military
rule, The Philippine commission had not
yet begun its work.
The last vestige of instruction has been
swept away. With their work accom-
nlished. over 5000 American troops have
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