Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-12-21
From Washington.

general report Of the Bureauo OF Corpora
lions Of which James Rudolph Garfield
i. commissioner, and which was sub
miftel 10 Congress today, is the recon-
rendation that a law be passed provid-
ing for a federal Incense or franchise tor
c l1aauies engaged in interstate COM
MERGE. Mr. Garfield feels that the sug-
gestcd scheme of compulsory federal IN
corporation Of such companies, while 1t
is probably legally practicable, presents
serious difficulties because OF ITS effect
upon the authority OF the States over
the corporations in respect OF taxation
and local regulations. lie regards
federal license or franchise, however, as
not only legal but practicable. The re-
port. which is quite vOlumiuous, consists
mainly of a discussion from the legal
standpoint OF the powers aud scope OF the
bureau. and an outline Of the manner IN
which il has set about the investigation
Of the general subject Of corporations.
No statistics are given, and other
specifc results of the work OF the
bureau are reserved for presentation
later. Regarding the "beef trust
Investigation, which Is the most impol-
tant thus far taken up the report says;
con March IS, 1904, resolution was
passed by the House OF Re resentatives
directing the Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor to Investigate the alleged combi-
nation. The Secretary OF Commerce
AMI Labor directed the Bureau OF Cor
y raliops to conduct the inquiry called
Cor in the resolution. An extended
.ueC ial report will shortly he submitted.
The report was as follows "Ihe
present legal conditions under which
corporate business is carried on are ex-
lrenely unsatisfactory, They admit of,
and invite, extreme abuse. Further
more. the State system, applied TO in
terstate business, has developed addi-
tional and peculiar evils; a diversity so
great as to amount in operation to
anarchy, and inevitable tendency to-
ward the Lowest level Of lax regulation.
No satisfactory form is to be expected
nndor the State system Of corpora
lions. The federal government has at It's
command sufficient power to remedy
these conditions in its control OF inter
state commerce, supplemented by sub
sidary and incidental powers
Postmaster General Wynne today dis
missed two more rurel free delivery
carriers on grounds of pernicious politi-
cal activity. They are II. L. Neyin,
OF Berthoud, COL, and j. w. Whitehead,
of Medina, 0. Both are members OF the
executive committee Of the Rural
Carriers Association and we're accused OF
transmitting to other carriers circulars
written by President Cunningham and
Secretary lumber during the recent
campaign for the purpose Of encompass
ing the defeat of certain candidates for
Congress.
An international wedding Of wide inn
p0rtance was solemnized at noon today
in the Church of the Epiphany when
Miss Elizabeth Glover, daughter OF
Charles c. Glover, President OF the
Riggs National Bank, of this city, be-
came the wife of Mr. JOnkheer X. de
Mares van SwindereD, Minister to this
government from The Netherlands. The
company constituted the largest gather
ing of, the season of diplomatic society,
ambassadors and ministers with their
stats being out in iull force and shOwiest
regalia. There was also an OntpOuring
of strictly Washington people who had
known the bride from her childhood.
The Dutch minister is approaching forty
years of age, and has been a diplomat
for fifteen years, having first entered
the Foreign Office at The Hague, after
which he served in Washington fer
brief timein 1890. He later was among
his country's representatives in Paris,
Rome, Vienna and ST. Petersburg,
reaching the grade of minister with his
assignment to his present post. Although
untitled, Mr. Van Swinderen occupies
a prominent position in his own country
and has an independent fortune.
Secretary TAFT today, by direction Of
the President, settled the controversy
between the Quartermaster General Of
the Army and the seamstresses at the
SchuylkiIl Arsenal, Philadelphia, regard
ing the making Of $4,000 pairs of
trousers for the army. The President
has ordered that the present lot of 3d.
000pairs 0ftrousers be made by the SEAM
stresses but that all future contracts he
left to the discretion OF the Quarter
master General. 1t was held BY the
Ouartermaster General that by having
the trousers made by contract with large
manufacturing concerns there would be
a saving OF thirty.three and third per
cent in cost aud that the workman
ship would be moro satisfactory. The
seamstresses are supposed to represent
the widows and children of deceased
sailors and soldiers. The action Of the
President leaves the entire matter Of
contract with them in the future.
The Department of Justice, if present
plans are carried out, will draft a bill
embodying President Rooseyet's ideas
on the regulation OF freight rates. h.
P Bacon, chairman of the executive
committee of the Interstate Commerce
Eaw Convention, was introduced at the
White House this morning by Secretary
Morton. and after his conference with
the President made public this piece OF
information. The bill will closely fol-
low the lines mapped out in the Presi--
dents message. 1t is not believed that
any legislation on the subject can be
pushed through this session of Congress.
When Speaker Cannon was asked this