Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-07
to the federal statute known u the sher

to the federal statute known ~ the SheN
man or antt-trust Law.
1.-The commission believes that an ex-
ample should be made of these 1nen. and
| thai the members Of the Boston Agrees
ment." or at least all those Who. In DC
tober and November, 1905, entered NJ the
fraudulent competitions for the Cove
street draw span and the Brookline street
bridge. should be brought before "a fed
eral grand jury for violation of the act
OF congress of July =. 1890. The three
years, limitation for participation IN these
s~raasac.ion has not yet elapsed. and the
SO complete that there should be no diff
ncu!tN IN the governments securing a con-
vict.on In this case"
have submitted this eport to the de-
partment of justice for thorough invests
cation and for action II acton shall prove
practicable.
Demands Legislation.
Surely such a state OF affairs as that
above set forth emphasizes the need OF
cause of the material benefits such iegis-
lation will secure. but above all because
this federal action should be part, and a
large part, OF the campaign to waken our
people as a whole to a lively and effective
condemnation of the low stanoaru OF
morality implied in such conduct on the
part of great business concerns; ihe iirst
duty Of every man is to provide a hyeli.
hood for himself and for those dependent
upon him: 1T is from every standpoint de-
sirable that each of our citizens shouid
endeavor by hard work and honorable
methods to secure for him and his such
a competence as will carry with IT the OPP
p%ortunity to enjoy in reasonable 1ashlon
the comforts and refinements OF IRE; ana,
furthermore, the man OF great business
ability who obtains q fortune IN uprisht
fashion inevitably in so doing confers a
benefit upon the community as q wnois
and Is entitled to reward, to respect, anu
to admiration.
But among the many kinds of evil. So
cial. Industrial. and political, Wnlch " Is
there is none at the same time more base
and more dangerous than the greed Wh-ch
treats the plain n simple rules OF non
esty with cynical contempt II Ia 5he es = a", na-
ton we can not be held gniltless II we
condone such action. The man VINO
breaches hatred of wealth honestly ac-
quired, who inculcates envy n jealousy
and slanderous Ill will toward those OF nus
fellows who by thrift. energy, ana IN
dustry have become men OF means. Is a
terpart in evil is to be found in that, par
ticular kin of multimillionaire who rs al
most the least envible. and Is certain!
one of the least admirable. OF an our n ell
said that his face has grown hard and
cruel while his body has grown SOIL:
whose son is a fool and his ~ a
~travaga luxury, and whose real de-
light. whose real life work. Is the &C,
scrdid and least elevating form. In the
chaos of an absolutely unrestricted COM
mercial individualfsm- under modern con-
dit.ons. this is a type that becomes prom I'M
inent as inevitably as the marauder baron
became prominent In the physical cnaOs
Of the dark ages. We are striving Tor
legislation to minimize the abuses wnicn
give this type its Furnishing
partly for the sake of what can We ac,,
complished by the legislation itself,
partly because the legislation marks our
movement to bring our ideals and our con-
Theodore Roosevelt.
he White House. April ~. 1Wo.
Summary Of Report.
In the report Of the finance committee
subjoined by the president to his message.
the methods employed in the alleged COL
lusions are considered under threeeheads-
combinations among botlermakers. COM
binations among contractors for fire proof
ing, and combinations between corpora
tons and firms engaged In the manufac-
ture or supply Of structural steel.
Under the first heading the committee
charges that some one familiar with the
operations of the school house department
would furnish each person invited to bid
the names of the other persons to whom
invitations had been extended. The con-
Germs selected would then arrange be-
tween themselves as to who should do the
work, as to the price to be fixed and as
to the division Of the profits.
The report names two companies as the
corporations found to be guilty of collu-
sive practices in bidding for fire proofing
contracts. and says: ''These companies
combined for the purpose OF parcelling
out the work. Contract for contract was
generally conceded, although in some
cases money was paid as the price of alb
staining from competition. This resulted
in high prices to the customer, and exac-
lions were thus obtained from all sorts
and conditions of men and corporations"
The portion Of the report devoted to
combinations in the structural steel trade
deals with what is termed 1.-THE Boston
agreement" and the charge is made that
competition and to ensure the success Of
the scheme of collision. the parties to the
agreement would arrang the bids to be
submitted in a progressive scale above the
prearranged bid of the concern to which
the work had been allotted.
hesitate to fortify their bids by false
statements in writing that they were
| made I'm 0nO6 faith without fraud collin.