The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-15
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HARMONY IS
WANTED now
Bv the National Civic Fedora
fion League Soon to
Hold Meeting.


The eleventh annual meeting &
the national civic Federation viii
be held January 19, 13. and IL.
1911, IN New York City The state
councils organized by the Fedora
ton during the last year to promote
the uniflcation and coordination OF
state federal laws. will hold their
frst national meeting in conjunction
Herewith. In addition there Will
be special meetings Of various de-
partments OF the, Federation. The,
important topics ofethe hour. in
which the Federation has been espe-I
cIally Interested and which will be
considered, are:
Regulation OF corporations and
combinations.
Regulations of railroad and MUM
cipal utilities.
Compensation for industrial acct
dents.
Arbitration and oscillation.
The announcement of the meeting
thus describes the program:
Trusts and Combinations.
state and Federal Regulation Of
ICorporations'' and questions dealing
with the limitations OF combinations
in restraint of trade. whether in
manufacturing finance, labor, agri-
EcuIture or other fields, viii be con-
sidered at this meeting. A feature
lof this part of the program Will be
thorough exposition OF the new act
which went into effect in Canada,
MAY /. 1910. This provides that
upon application of six citizens who
Judge may order that commission
of three be named, one member by
the compliments, one by the eorpo-
ration and the third by the two thus
selected. The commission is re-
uufred to make an extended inquiry
and publish report, which must be
accepted by the corporation within
ten days upon penalty of fine OF
$1,000 day.
Another feature of the program
Will be description of the Potash
Syndicate recently organized by the
German government, in which the
government itself has a minority in
terest. The syndicate is practically
pool, fixes prices and regulates the
output under government supervi-
sion. The same principle is being
applied in that country to the electric
and whisIkey industries.
The regulation of combinations In
England will also be described.
while the United States Supreme
Court is expected to define clearly
the Sherman Antitrust Act in the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
cases. and in the Injunction and
Ianit-boycott cases against the officers
of the American Federation of La
Dor. that decision will not necessa-
rily have any bearing on the forty
or more state laws on the same sub
jects.
Railway Regulation.
! The need for uniformity In state
regulation of railroads and other
public utilities, the coordination OF
the laws governing the state rail-
road commissions and the Interstate
Commerce law, made evident at the
recent hearings on the railroad rate
question, and also the regulation OF
Dublic utilities by commissions will
! he discussed.
The controversy over the PROPOSE
ton to increase railroad rates now
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. is of tremendous con-
Germ not only to the stockholders
merchants, manufacturers and other
shippers. but also to the three mil
lion employees working on the rail-
roads and In the shops of the rail-
road supply manufacturers 1t d.
rectlx. concerns the millions of de-
positors in savings banks and policy
holders in insurance companies
which are large investors in railroad