The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
AMERICAN BAR
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Association Would Have United
States Move for
..-,a.>.s 49, Peace. @e=

st. Louis, Sept. 27.-The second day s
session of the American Bar association
was occupied with the reports OF stand
ing committees. The standing report
of the committee on international law
takes up the. Russo Japanese war and
discusses 1T at some flength.1 "a Briefly the
report states: =, - p -.-- 49,, ...~. =.
It is not for your committee to pass
any judgment upon the merits Of this
war; but we do submit, that the Japan
csc claim is of a character that affords
just grounds for mediation under the
second article Of The Hague convention
The third article declares that the sig
natory powers think it to be useful that
one or more powers which have no part
IN the conflict may offer Of their own Vo-
lition, so far as circumstances may make
it appropriate, eotheir friendly offices OF
their media ton sto the. states engaged in
the conflict"
The United States might asaitv seems
to your committee very properly, avail
itself Of the provisions Of The Hague
convention and make an endeavor to put
an end to further shedding of blood in
Manchuria. - @'.
Combines and Trusts.
The standing committee on jurispru-
dence and law reform submitted it's
report dealing with combinations or
trusts. The committee reports that I'M
der the clause of the constitution to
regulate commerce, congress has no
power to create corporations, except
those which have for their object the
| carrying on Of exclusively interstate
business The report concluded by SUBJ
hitting a resolution:
That the bill presented to congress by
the maritime law association of the
| United States entitled ''An act to author
| ze the maintenance Of actions for negli-
gence causing death in maritime cases.
is in the opinion of this association one
which supplies a defect in the law of the
United States and we earnestly recon-
mend to congress that it should take ul
and pass this bill.
The majority report of the standing
committee on commercial law, sub
mitted in pursuance of resolution
adopted at the last meeting of the asso
citation that the committee be in
structed to report specific remedies il
legislative form for any unlawful com
binations which may threaten CONNER
cial intercourse, is based on the conclu
sion that the resolution referred to the
federal power to regulate interstate
commerce rather than to the state pow
er to control commerce exclusively with
in the state.
Try Existing Remedies.
The committee is therefore of opin
ion that until the existing remedies re
Gently provided by law for the protec
tion of commerce against illegal comb
nations are further invoked land thei
efficiency further tested tits not nee
essarv to PROFOUND additional legisla
alton extending the summary pro
cedure. "'r @::.
A minority report was submitted b,
Walter S. Logan stating that he wa
unable to agree entirely with the con
illusions of the other members of tn
committee on commercial law. His re
port concludes:
, 1 know of no better weapon that tn
community has for it's defense than tn
weapon Of taxation. I am more con
WINGED as to the effectiveness Of th1
method Of regulating large combination
in the form of corporations when I Sc
the opposition to it that is made by 18th
combinations and corporations affected
, The passage Of SUCH Legislation WOULD
believe, go long way toward settling !
the interest Of the people the importan
and vexatous trust question.