The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-28

Before the American Ear Association
Yesterday at Festival Hall III. Interesting
feature WIS furnished by the presentation
OF two reports from tn. Committee on
Commercial Law. In which the whole trust
question was thrashed over. DEBATE. IN
which representative lawyers and corpora
ton attorneys participated. followed. and
after sharp preliminary tilt the whole
matter. with the two reports. WAS laid on
the table until the next annual meeting OF
the association.
AT the last meeting OF the association
the report o! this committee was present
ed. but was again referred 10 IL with the
iI,s'I uc;ion that specific remedies "a legs
iaiive form be reported 10 the association
at the St Louis meeting. Four Of the
committee decided that. as IL was i'm
practicable TO report measures which
would be constitutional in each state. they
had decided that IL vas intended that they
make some report which would cover In
terstate commerce. and stated that fl
their opinion there were now in force suf
fcient remedies for restrictions OF trade:
in other words that the Sherman anti
trust Inv was all that was necessary az
the present time
The minority report prepared by Walter
ID. Logan of New York. chairman OF the
committee. set out that the law was inad-
equate and that the trust question was
OF paramount; Importance at the present
time and that circumstances demanded
that the American Bar Association take
steps 20 formulate law whereby private
persons might obtain redress for injuries
through restraint for trade by applying
cor Injunction in I-ni,ai States cou,-s
,.h,c, q, mi. ,,,,. q. -, .,.,.,s -.
"N4Vi', a' TINS uihe' II Hot contemplated oy
the Sherman law. lie also offered the
fey, NJ n hin u,btch ,,,,.,a.s ,or r,,,o,a,
f'''.S ioi ii'""'ia'
Incorporation or all companies or firms EN-
gagged In Interstate commerce. charging
them license fee of ~ cents
on each s.ol3 OF capital stock for
IN. a,s, s,,., a., "a. nv -, o., - -.
Ger each $500. the second sie,.ooo..o. and
50 on Prov.sio,, ia .,so nd. o., :.
nuaI tax TO the United States Government
81 70 70, cents for each sicc for the first
each 1850. the second 500 $50 md
SO on. '''''" anu
MINORITY REPORT.
Inc minority report was characterized
during the discussion as an attempt to
widen the power OF the Federal courts and
to give them additional rights ,o gran,
In functions which un-,IJ h.. a., .1,a.-s /
with q democratic Government. The. dis
Sussion was sharp. and resulted In pass |
.Hs tne WhoIe matter over TO the next 1
At the morning sessIon tbere ~a. ,
large Attendance ~ dcI..a,as -, -
NJ Thaver ~ az 1880 Suuse amos
cour, was TO have been the speaker Of
the day. but because OF sore throat he |
requested Judge franklin F'erriss to read |
isiana Purchase: It's Insuepcc ,n5 ndI.ai
opnen, I-nder 1.r,na, p, anu I.ssf
Tbayer.s addra-e - = -. -. 49, 'uose
- h;.,a,, nas Il mastery review q! /
uIciase and 4 resume Of the laws which 1
had been In force over the territory from
1850 to the present time
dress foJinna, Va 'uose ihiyers ad-
A1eSS iohoWs-
CLOSE OF ADDRESS
.ne-re,;c - nov ihna nited oy an industrious.
49,, g.. .io'ioS eheous population form the
o,,r 80, E,n, ~ 10y the iairest section Of
Iii g, union. ana IN the years TO
III viii. IN Iarze measure. direct its policy
nnn,ssssoy, T Co. acn,,nis I am aware that the
s,s,ex n,rr,c,,1ar, :" some pare OF the United
thai the neonis - .,nn aHen states
STATE. ~. ~. o. some OF the purchase
~. -. e. -. 10y uustwofthy. That They
y 49, W cIuos ana rash legislation which
,iews on sone .o w PUBIC seifare that their
so,na,rs, aIe a. ZINES unsornd: that they are
,cca-.n,s 80 "a. III ,Isi.nafy: tiat on some
and nr.sua,ess arc t In1uiy inhuenced by passion
a ~ Sr 4, re ahd mar. given their way,
!, i ue e"u loosen the wholesome re-
,.sa...s .. '@w ana .eaken the authority Of
~, tan y, ~o.id ~ become me to ray
'" ,t..r
wi.l eSusL Ieason' pefhan the people ot the
90. W est nleht say 10 their brethren Of the
. -. sou SIe 700 uinia ana comparative. you