The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-09-04
HAOlEr On TRUSTS
Attorney General Haley
Addresses New Mexico
Bar Association az
Santa Fc.
THE LAWS ARE INADEQUATE
Address Orlertd Printed
And Distributed Through
out New Mexico And
Texas.

out New Mexico And
Texas.
Last Monday Attorney Ge neral
Herbert s. Hadiey, Republican
candidate for Governor OF this
State, delivered an able address
TO the Bar Association of New
Mexico In the Hail of Representa-
tives at New Mexico. The SUBJ
ject OF the address was, Laws
of Business and the Laws OF Man"
MIR. Hadley spoke in part as
follows:
"There exists in this country to-
day a conflict between the laws
of business and the laws of man.
This is due to the fact that in
many instances the laws of man
are unnecessary and unwise, con-
stituting an unwarranted and
meddlesome interference with
business methods and rules of
trade.
So far as actual results are con-
cerned, twenty years of ''trust
b busting" have proven ineffective
for the correction of the evils.
The results accomplished have
been in the inverse ratio to the
efforts and labor exerted. Legal
ingenuity and the technical of
delay have defeated many pros
ecutions and the effect of these,
which have apparently succeeded
h as been avoided by legal tricks
and devises. Both the National
and the State government in their
war on trusts, should adopt the
suggestion made by Gen. Tay-
lor to Captain Bragg at the battle
of Buena Vista, when he said: "A
little more grape and canister
please
l do not mean to say that the
fforts on the part of thu National
government and of the states to
punish and to prevent monopoly
have been a complete failure.
The conditions are much better
tn an they would have been had
these combinations been allowed
to continue without legal hinder
ance. The point l undertake to
urge is that the present method OF
procedure for the correction of
these evils are inadequate and
in effective. 1t is we'll that we
sh ould recognize this fact aud
proceed to deal vigorously with
the situation.
In speaking of the controver-
cies relating to railroads and the
re gulation of rates. MIR. Hadley
said:
The difficulties incident to this
CO ntrovei, emphasize the con.
tention that the work of railroad
rate regulation should be undertak
en- by boards of experienced, fair
minded men. To one even limit
edly familiar with this question
it must be apparent that it is
practically impossible for the
Legislature to deal intelligently
aud fairly with this question. L
there is one piece of advice l fee
justified in giving to the people ol
New Mexico, when they shall
have entered into the province o
statehood, it is this: Provide {
i law for a Board of Railroad Com
missioner 8, to be appointed by the
Governor in such q way as to bt
free from political influences, and
in such a way to secure men o
such character and ability tina
their orders will be respected
both by the Railroad Companie
and by the public. l recogniz
that this is easier to state than t.
accomplish ;but If you be success
! full in securing such board t.
deal with the problem of the reg
ulation of rates and the operatio
OF your Railroad Companies, yo
win do as much or more tina
, any state has yet accomplished i
i the solution OF this difiicul
problem.
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