The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-04-29

'ioual legislation to prevent no com
marcial ahuses ihat now xxi ANA
o acrs jhat ar. sure to arise unless
nc efficient governmental boly ha-
ADEQUATE power of control over them
~ present rhe aiuro of Tho con
sfess to utilize and exercise thc
secat powers ccnfe red upon Il as
regards Interstate commerce leaves
this commerce to he regulated not
by the state, nor yet by the congress,
hut by HE occasional and necessarily
inadequate and one sided action of
the federal judiciary However able
and uprish a court is il can not act
constructively as an agency of gov
eminent, and this means that the
courts are and must always be nm
able TO deal effectively with a prob
lem like the present which requires
constructive action. 4 court can de-
eide what is faulty. but il has no
power to make better what it thus
finds to be faulty. There should be
an efficient executive body created
with power enough to correct abuses
and scope enough to workout the
complex problems that this great
country has developed. It is not suf-
ficient objection to say that such n
body may be guilty of unwisdom or
of abuses. Any governmental body.
whether q court or commission,
whether executive, legislative or jul
dicial. if given power enough to en-
able it to do effective work for good
must also inevitably receive enough
Unr n nj a off r,
for evil.
Therefore. il is clear, that (unlcss
a national incorporation law can be
enactedl that body or bodies in the
executive service should DO given
power TO pass upon any combination
or agreement in relation to interstate
commerce and every such combina-
tion and agreement not thus APP
proved should b. treated as in vio-
lation OF law and prosecuted accord
ingly. The issuance OF the securities
.of any combination doing interstate
business should Dc under the super
vision Of the national government.
4 strong effort has been made to
have labor organizations completely
exempted from amy of the operations
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tne bin unconstitutional and the leg
islature has no more right to pass a
bill without regard 20 whether il is
constitutional shan the courts have
lightly 10 declare UncOn stitutional a
laN which tho legislature has solemn-
~ enacted The responsibility is as
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