The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-06
70 PRISON WITH THEM"- BEST REMEDY, SAYS
/. TRUST BUSTER SIMS, NEMESIS OF STANDARD OIL

teal and soeiallasM Ideas whloh.
have been advanced were due 20
the belief that the government
was unable 20 cope with conditions
and deal with great corporate
combinations.
IL hia besnsdemonatratod that
tlna ~ Not the fact The prcaiienta
firm and active determination "a en-
force all of the laws has. without
doubt. restored the confidence of
the cinRll business man 90 very
lape degree,
The p~aldent IN his campaign
AGAINST law breaking corporations
aud Illegal nsata has demonstrated
that the government as Il now ex
lists has sufficient power TO punish
any offender no matter how Rroat
and POWERFUL
The pcops have carefully stud
ted the question and will without
doubt. demand that the state aud
national legislatures enact laws to
regulate the conduct OF corpora.
ttonH
To my mind laws which hold
tho directors ard officers 81 cor.
poratlons individually responsible
Tor offensea which they know the
corporation 10 committing. ard
provide for Imprisonment. VIII 90
lona way toward solving the
problem.
The enforcement o. the con.
spiracy laws. which carry with
them personal Imprisonment
penalty has eencluslvely demon.
ttratcd the correctness o. this
Vles. While prosecution ard con
vletion are much more difficult. the
effect "a TAR greater
The effect 90 the preaidonta Dc.
termination 20 compel corporations
70 obey the laws ~ already evident
IL Is notorious that a fow months
aso the granting ~ rebates by rail-.
roads was almost universal Re.
ports submitted then Indicated that
the railroads were continual and
persistent violatora of The inter
state commerce lava
A result uf the virlienee 81
the government number ~ the
railroads and corporations are max
Ing a bona tide attempt 20 obey the
Law.
In my Judgment. based upon my
experience In this office. a oontln
uance % the policy iuauwurnted hy
the president viii eventually rrsuit
IA the reesiabllshmcnt 81 competi
ton
I do not mean by that that large
bodies ~ capital will necessarily h.
broken up iHyeatiEalinna bY the
government have demonstrated that
the eilmiuaflou ~ the small mer
chant and small manufacture d
not wholly due % the fact that Ria
competitor vas a large corporation.
bat 70 the fact thar the large cor.
pofhtlon naed Illegal methods Al
crushing competition and IN crowd
ing TIE small dealer and manutae
turcr out % business.
"A rigorous enforcement 81 the
las which will prevent the ,Ileaai
crushing o. composition ard unfalr
rtetheds will without doubt make
possible for the small nesch ant
ard manufacture aqnin 70 cer.
dust his busiaeaa at profit."
fHHH - = HAF4Na Hk AfNE tNtNfaNffa
Telt typr fie Rises early la the
morning and works late a. nishs
tic doesn't believe in Hfe in a flat
BE has a large family faf . Chirn.
Noan- four ehildreu he lives la
hya" Pafk In = modraf home. with
laFEa lava aud fruit trees
Twlca this summer Mr. slrn. AZ
tempire 60 take a vacation. hut
each time h. vas recalled from
tishlns trip ~ ursont matter 10
bis office
y saa through Ills system Of
staying with zach detail ~ his WORT
until completed that he made nnas,.
bic the greatest fine ln hlaf1ry II
vas Characteristic ~ hlm that ~
took the higErst indictment aralmat
Tie standard OF cumpanr first ana
disposed % that The others viii
b. comparatively easy.