The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

the coagress 'soch .nsasures a. he shall
judge necessary and expsdisnt' CArsicis
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OoNSIsTKNr ANTI-noNoPoGH bIour.
The work Of the Departmsne Of Juet3ce
touches many subjects. bue that which
probably overshadows In importance
all others In the minds % tho people Of
tho present time 10 the application Of
the laws relating 20 Interstate commsrUe
and the anti-trust Law since The advent
| Of tho present Administration there have
been ARGUED and submitted In the highest
court Ot the nation two great ca1es In
volvtnR the most comprehensive aatsmpA
with the question OF monopoly. Theas
cases directly involve the legality Of the
organization OF the American Tobacco
Company and % the Standard Oh COM
pany. In their effect they involve the
question whether or not the entire Indus
tries u this country may Be legally con-
trulled by one group Of men. II would
he beyond the bonds OF proprtety while
those casee are under consideration by
the supreme Court to attemVt 70 forscaSt
the deciaion. but I arm firmly persuaded
that the control % = vast co0courso OF
competitive corporations through the
device Ut a holding company. thus mo-
nOpolizing the trade and commerce Of
the United Staies In any ono or more
lineP. must he declared 10 lie a violation |
u tho sherman act.
Il is not to be Inferred that 10 10 tho |
intention OF tho Republican party 90 put |
any check upon the natural and legiti- |
mate tlevelopment Of bslMinesa 0ntaTpriaa |
organization. bIt u certainly has becn len l
flxed purpose since the enactment Of tho 4
sherman Law in 1850 10 prevent the per /
version % the laws OF corporate organlza-
corporate stuck holdings OF schemss OF
monopoly. IL n not ESSENTIAL 10 Amer
lean progress and American prosperity 1
that ono group OF men shall control tho |
entire business Of the United States In |
oil or tobacco. or sugar. or iron. or any |
other commodity and no sound principle |
81 economic law In offended by striking /
down all such artificial combinations. |
Theso organizations present tho most 4
obnO xioUs form whore they control sub
jects OF such vital Importance 20 tho entire /
community as the production and market
ing Of cuAI, and thu Department OF Justice |
has reeently argued and submitted 20 the 1
Circuit Court % the United States in PhilA-
delphia a proceedins brought "a break
up a combination under which the great
anthracite coal production OF PsnnsyI-
vaniI IN controlled by an intercorporats
organization Of railroad and coal mining
COMPANIES. and the Department has now
a simiIar combinStion SfrecsinS bitnnie
nous coal believed 20 bs equally repre-
hensible in its character and obnoxious
in its effect.
These prosecutions and Others which
are nov in preparation. and the invsstiga-
tinns and prosecutions growing out 81 the
frauds On the revenues at tho port OF New
York which have during the last year re-
suited In the collection for tha Government
Of 81 5IO.OO0 on account Of duties OF which
the Government was defrauded by the
sugar refining companies. the indictment
Of upward % one hundred persons in
the Southern District Of New York alone,
the conviction Of forty eight % thess
Offenders up to the present time. with
one single acQuittal bv a jury-all these
represent the determined policy Of the
Government To attack all special privi-
leReS and undue preferences. whether OBJ
tanned bv Illegal combinations, by brib-
ing public Officials by ~ bates or special
in trans portation. or by any
other method
TINE YoR CAMPERS TO oUIr.
What other Administration can point
10 the accomplishment 81 much in 30
short a time' Il u not time that all those
~ no call themselves Republicans should
stop COguetting With the Democratic ,
party. should sink their individual prefer
races about details Of legislation. and Join
with Republican woFksru in carrying 20
fr,lition under our great. patient. candid. !
n iSa Republican President tho work Of !
the reforms of the last eight !
YEAR IN the lines - carefully and 40
y i-sly laid down in the platform % ipOs9 ,
For. a. that platform so truly Said:
In principle the difference between the
Democracy and RspublIcanism Ia that one
stands for Vacillation and tImidity in
go veTnment. the other for strength and
purpose one stands for obstruction, the
l'her for construction. one promises. the
,'her performs one fin1s fault. the other
lnd- WsrS.
Already the winds that blow across the
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