The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-24
TO TO RESTORE
PRIVILEGES
Aim Of Bill introduced in
Congress Yesterday
FAVORS LABOR UNION
Seth Low Bill Providing for Amend
ments to the Sherman Antitrust
Act, introduced in the
House.
FAv0RS LABOR UNION

Washington, March 2A.-A bill pre-.
pared BY Seth Low, president Of tue
National Civic Federation, proposing i'm
portant amendments to the Sherman
antitrust act, was introduced in the
House yesterday by Representative VIII
liam 2. Hepburn d Iowa, chairman Of
the committee on interstate and foreign
commerce
! The measure Is understood to have the
APPROVAL Of President Roosevelt. 1t pro-
vides amendments in the interests OF
both capital and labor.
One OF the most interesting sections
of the federation bill Is that which seeks
to relieve organized labor from the sup
pressive effects of the recent supreme
court decision declaring labor unions to
be conspiracies ia restraint Of trade and,
therefore, unlawful The bill, broadly
speaking, aims to restore to unions their
rights Of peaceahle existence, including
the right to strike, but leaving them
lstill amenable to the Sherman act in
the matter Of boycotts, picketing and
similar roereive practices The section
Is as follows:
Nothing in said act approved July I'd,
1890, or In this act, IL intended, NOR
shall any provision thereof hereafter be
enforced, 20 as to interfere with or to
restrict any right Of employees to strike
for any cause or TO combine or to con.
tract with each other or with employ
ers, for the purpose of peaceably OBJ
tanning from employers satisfactory
terms for their labor or satisfactory con-
ditions Of employment, or 50 as to inter
fere with or 10 restrict any right Of
employers for any cause to discharge
all or any Of their employees. or to com
bine or to contract with each other or
with employees for the purpose Of peace
ably obtaining labor on satisfactory
terms
The bill does not attempt to change
the legal status Of ANYTHING condemned
as in restraint OF trade under the Sher.
man antitrust act, but II aims to pro-
vide way BY which under certain con-
ditions combinations and contracts IN
restraint Of trade tha4 are not unrea-
sonabIe may be saved from attack The
benefits and immunities offered by the
proposed bill, therefore, viii be in the
main confined to those who register III
accordance with tile terms Of the bill
Both corporations for profit and hav-
ing capital stock may register, but nei-
Their are obliged To do 30 This descrip-
tion Is intended to include cooperative
organizations as well as business cor
porations, agricultural as we'll as bust
mes corporations. agricultural and labor
organizations and the like. II they reg
lister, they get the benefits 81 the act.
Ii they don't register, they remain under
the sherman antitrust law, unamend-
ed,
In order to register corporations for
profit and having capital stock are
Obliged 10 give such information in re-
gard to their financial condition, their
contracts and their corporate proceed
ing al may Be prescribed BY general reg
ulations. from time 10 time to be made
bv the president Of the United States.
Corporations not for profit and not
having capital stock, ia order to regis
ter must set forth their charter or agree
ments Of association and bylaws, the
place Of their principal Office and the
names OF their directors Of managing
officers, and standing committees. ii ang,
with their residences.