Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-01-29
CONGRESS Az KlORK
Senate Tackles Trusts.

meree and Labor to SUSPEND its in-
vestigation into the affais Of. the In
ternationaI Harvester Company,
which was ordered by z resolution
over a year ago. During the discus
sion Senator HansbrouA declared
that the "harvester truss' is attem-
pting to control the selection Of dele
gates to the next Republican nation-
al convention and isiespecially plot
ting to defeat him for re-election.
The resolution was naIlysreferred to
the committee on agriculture
The criminal code biz was again
considered for over two hours and
at 40 the Senate adjoussled.
In offering his resolntna Mr.. Hans
brough explained that s1ere exists
between the several DEF ehaaments a
certain courtesy or c6mity which
makes them desire to actin harmony
and for the reason thes Department
of Justice is holding bach on its pro-
ceedings while another apartment is
under direction to naks: an inyesti-
CATION of the trust it eoatemplates to
prosecute. ~
The resolution called Forth storm
of protest: during which Mr.. Hans.
brough declared that the; gnternation-
al Harvester Company SIS taking a
hand in politics in NortE Dekota and
lis trying to capture delegates who
are to represent that Ststa in the Re-
publican national convention. aNot
alone that" said Mr:Iansbrough,
"the edict has gone fog j from this
monopoly that I am to be defeated,
for the Senate of theSI1riited States
because Ihad the temefitg to offer a
resolution to investigated. =
aThe political fortune OF o man is
a grain Of sand compsaad with the
injustice that may be ws1ught by an
institution of this kind ~ accept this
challenge and am reads to meet It,.
If the people Of my State desire to
have this monopoly control their
State they do not wanf me as their
representative. /"
Senator Beveridge declared thai
this statement Of the activity Of the
Harvester trust" was more import
ant than the reason to stop the inyes-
tigation of the trust. ar Beyeridge
declared that be could not understand
how the investigations 3could effect
the action of the Departments of JUS
tice. If the Department. should Sc
cure more information against the
trust than the Attorney General now
has that would only aassist in the
prosecutions.
House Still on Code Bill.
Rapid progress was made in the
House Of Representatives in the con-
sideration Of the bill 10 codify and
revise the penal laws 81 the United
States. The only amei, lment of any
Importance which got hrough was;
one By which Mf. gIfiie James; OF
Kentucky, making it a criminal OF
fense under heavy penalty, TO falsify;
government crop statistics, the object
of the amendment being to protect
the cotton and tobacco growers from
spectators. Over fifty pages Of the
bill were disposed of.
The amendment was adopted with
out division. The penalty prescribed
under it is fine Of $4,000 and i'm
prisonment.
The House passed bill providing
for the holding at Salisbury, N. c., OF
terms Of the United States district
and circuit courts.
Except for political speech by
Mr.. Kimball, Of Kentucky, the pro-
ceedings were so monotous that at llo
time were a hundred members In
their seats.
Awards Not Equitable"
Senator Stone, Of Missouri, pre-
sented statistics of government de-
posits in national banks to show that
the distribution Of money during the
recent currency stringency was not
"equitable" as contemplated by the
law governing the Treasury Depart.
ment. He declared that the West
and South were Disseminated aaginst
while New York and Boston were
favored. His speech was on his reso-
luton pending in the Senate direct
ing a committee to investigate and re-
port the facts in these transactions.
Mr.. Stone read from official state
ments showing that on August 22d,
1907, there was deposited in national
banks $143, ,393, and on Decem-
ber Sd, 1907, $222,177,75O, an increase
Of $79,S34,0S9 in three and one hall
months. He found that this increase
deposited was distributed so as to
give New England an increase OF a
per cent over the former amount
placed there; the middle States an
increase of 81 per cent; the Southern
States 35 per cent; the middle West
ern States 81 per cent; the Western
States 10 per cent, and the Pacific
States per cent.
"These increase found" he, said,
"show startling condition in the
deposit of money in the different
sections and show to my mind an ln-
difference to, and an utter failure to
observe the requirements of the
law.''
Big Difcit Threatened.
The urgent deficiency approprla-
ton bill occupied the attention OF the
House to the exclusion Of all other
business.
A surprise was sprung when Chair
man Tawney, Of the appropriations
committee, warned the members that
tho contrv was confronted with the