The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-01
BITTER ATTACK
ON THE TRUSTS
Congressman Campbell Of Kansas De-
hvers Telling Blows During
Railway Rate Debate.
GOES AFTER STANDARD OIL
NEwlYoRKER OPPOSES GOVERN
MENT CONTROL.

Washington, Jan. S1.-Discussion Of
the railroad rate bill continued in the
house today. Incident to it two
speeches, the efforts. of Mr., Campbell
of Kansas and Mr.. Martin Of South
Dakota, took a wider range and swept
the horizon of trust evils generally.
Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia. a minority
member OF the committee reporting the
bill, made two hours speech in which
ne discussed the legal and constitution
al questions involved and advocated
the passage of the bill as 8. proper rem
edy for an intOlerabie condition. The
first speech in opposition TO the bill,
which concluded the days discussion,
was made by Mr.. Perkins OF New York.
He based his opposition to government
control of rates on an inherent aver
sion to government control Of business
enterprises. Red tape and fixed condi-
lions, he said, were an inseparable part
of the government action on any mat
ter
A bill was passed granting a federal
charter 10 the Carnegie foundation for
the advancement Of teaching. The fund
consists of 100000 900. the income of which
is TO furnish pensions to retired edu-
Gators.
MIR. CampbelI's Speech.
The discussion on the railroad rate
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Kansas.
with the avowed intention Of reaching
the Standard Oil company, Mr.. Campbell
offered an amendment which he will
press later, emphasizing the placing of all
private car and transportation facilities
under the regulation of the Interstate
commerce commission He quoted from
ne testimony of railroad officials show
ing that the beef packers practically
make their own rates; the Standard Oil
company had dictated in the same man
~. 4~HTTN and H. Trzr mr. rf1rG
were subject TO the same control.
Standard Oil Decree.
Revertng TO the Standard Oil company
Mr.. Campbell declared:
But yesterday they issued a decree
TO the attorney general and the cover
nor o. Missouri that furlher prosecution
OF a suit now pending IN lie court
against them must be stopped or thew
viii destroy the value Of billions of bill
lions Of property WITHIN the state of
Kans-s and the Indian Territory.
'Ye Gods!' exclaimed Mr. Campbell
after he read statement from an Of
flcer of the Standard Oil company an
nouncing that If the prosecution in Mis-
sour did not cease the producers of oil
in that section would lack facilities to
markes their product.
The power of monopoly stopping the
prosecution of lifts pending in the courts
by threatening the innocent producers
Sadness for John D.
After recl,-ng the Missouri threat Mr..
Campbell read resolution presented to
the New Jerset legislature yesterday di-
rected against the Standard Oil company
and remarked;
It must have been sad this morning
do Il in Florida under the palms. as he
was taking his walk and reading the
morning papers, after lie poin- ed to old
New Jersey, when Mr.. Rockefeller said
'et tn Brute, and tomorrow. as Antony
Rogers leans over the PROSTATE form
and picks out the particular slash that
was made in him he Will say and this
was the most unkindest cut of all -
and tho beef packers today in Chicago
are claiming immunity from prosecution
for crimes committed because they ad-
n1itted their crimes with what they be-
iieved to be implicit understanding
that they would not be prosecuted