Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-01-23
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yhe judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr..
Lewis submitted the following.
RESOLUTION:

lists combination in the form of a trust among
the manufacturers of commercial fertilizers, by
which the price of the output Of the factories that
are parties to this unlawful contract is fixed, con
troled, and maintained and
''Whereas the price Of commercial fertilizers
or guano, as result of this conspiracy in restraint
of trade has for the past six eight years steadily
advanced, and during the present season. when
general depression prevails over the country and
prices of the products of the farm and all other
commodities have been reduced, this combine has
increased the price of fertilizers one dollar per TOM
and
"Whereas the factories composing the so call
ed fertilizer trust own CONTROL and fix the price OF
phosphate beds and other ingredients necessary in
the manufacture and mixture of fertilizers, thus
controlling the independent manufacturer and
establishing themselves more strongly in their un-
lawful attempt to monopolize the manufacture and
sale of all grades of fertilizers and to fix and
troll the price thereof; and
''Whereas this arbitrary fixing, controlling,
maintaining, and advancing the prices of CONNER
cial fertilizers by means of unlawful combinations
is unfair to and works a great hardship on the
farmers of the South and West, who are the con
sumers of fertilizers and who absolutely at the
mercy of those who compose this unlawful
bne: Therefore be it
''Resoved, That the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor be- and is hereby, authorized and direc-
ted Immediately to inquire, investigate, and re-
port to Congress whether there is any contract,
understanding, combination in the form of a trust
or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade,
in which any manufacturer of commercial fertiliZ.
ers its component parts is interested to which
such manufacturer is party.
''Resoved further That, if such combina-
tion monopoly, or trust is found to exist, the in
formation so obtained by the Department of Com
merce and Labor be furnished Congress in such
shape that the Department of Justice may proceed
at once to have all persons interested in such
lawful combination and attempt to monopolize the
manufacture and sale of fertilizers indicted and
prosecuted to the end that all such conspiraces
in restraint of trade may be destroyed, fair com
petition restored and prices of fertilizers properly
fixed.
Referring to the plan of Mr.. Lewis to call the
fertilizer trust to account the Americas Recorder
says:
EEver watchlul of the interests of the farm
ers as of other constituents, Hon. e. 3. Lew
is, Third districts able representative in con-
greSS, has declared war on the alleged 1ertlllZ-
er trust Ordinarily Mr. Lewis is classed
among the conservatives. He has not enthused
over the popular game of railroad batting, and
has not participated in trust busting. He
has not expended fervd rhetoric in denunci-
alton of the corporations. But this does not
mean that Mr.. Lewis condones the offense of
real trust or illegal mOnOpolies Believing
that the alleged fertilizer trust is levying a
heavy toll upon the farmers of Georgia and
the country for product that is as necessary
to the farm as food is to the farmer, Mr. Lew
is proposes that the government shall make
an investigation and punish the offenders if
any unlawful practices are disclosed.
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