The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-25
]PP0SE LICENSING
 l IF CORPORATIONS
Measure Has Active Opposition Among Statesmen of
 Both Parties.
i0T LIKELY TO GO THROUGH
little Probability That the Bill Will k Pass al This Sesson-President
 Wants Full Truth in Inves- M tigation Into Cost of # High Living.

High Living.
 Washington. - The administration III for the federal license of corpora ons engaged in interstate commerce nRlly is before congress. It has been itroduced into the house by Repre- sntative R. W. Parker, chairman of I.e house committee on judicial af- ITS, and in the senate by Senator arence D. Clark, chairman of the responding committee in the upper use
 There is little likelihood that this easure, in which President Taft's art is greatly engaged, will pass con- ess at this session. While there may tsbe a great amount of opposition to le measure, as a general proposition lere is very bitter opposition in the inks Of both the Republicans and mocrats to some of the bill details. e most of the Democrats do not like however, as a general proposition cause they believe it invades the Id of state rights.
 9resident Taft, because of his posi- erefusal to agree to plan to with aW the governments suit to dis i've merger of two great western roads, has been charged recently as & ng the foe to all corporation actiy- 5s. Word has reached the White use that the belief of some capital is that MT. Taft is going ahead tn causeless prosecutions and that Is bent on securing legislation which III cripple industry.
 To offset this it has been charged at the president has been advocat- g the federal licensing system for rporations because it will enable the rge concerns to carry on their af- ITS With much greater license than 'er was contemplated before, li- nse of which the country cannot ap- owe. So it seems that MT. Taft is arged with two diametrically op- ,sed offenses. He has let his friends low thae he believes that he is stand : on the middle ground and that nen the country learns his position : ,actly it will approve what he is ling.
 Postponed Action Likely.
 Whether the country ultimately will prove of the presidents course or ,t of course remains to be seen, but e consensus of Republican official inion is to the effect that the fed al license law will not pass congress
 It'll next winter, but that the way will
 paved for its passage at this ses-
 0n
 President Taft in framing his fed
 al license recommendation called
 to daily consultation for weeks the
 eat lawyer members of his cabinet,
 cretaries Wickersham, Dickinson,
 igel and Ballinger, and brought the
 I into a condition which he thinks
 be proof against any fault finding
 the ground of unconstitutionality
 le cabinet official who is considered
 rhaps to be the best lawyer in the esident's official family, has this to a V concerning the main proposition of federal license bills intention, \ lich is "The proper control of cor Fations and a prevention of monopo- N s."
 Isregret very much the process by ich a decision was reached by the yer court in the Standard Oil case; the result, mind you, but that the cision was predicted upon the fab 4 of the Standard Oil Company, and q on it's operations. Relatively N saking, the fabric is of little impor- a nee.
 a The real question is not whether Z corporation controls other corpora S ns or establishes branches in the va- q us parts of the country-that is to y, is combination. The point is . ether or not, in the process of build
 up its combination, it has crushed T itimate competition.
 S The Real Question.
 What we want to know of our
 operations is whether or not they
 "a monopoly and are exercising mo-
 oolistic control to the injury of the
 olic
 The great trade combination to-
 Z is often the result of varying state
 ,s and regulations which render it
 icult for the independent concerns
 do an interstate and foreign busi-
 sS.
 The federal charter will relieve
 corporation from various local an
 1ances to which it should not be sub-
 t. What the government wants to
 DIV is how that corporation is car
 ng on it's business. This it cannot
 m until the business is done under ederal charter. We want control the purpose of protecting the pub not necessarily for the purpose of aking up the combination. The administration has intimated !; rply that it is it's set intention in 1; uring federal incorporation law, to : vide in every possible way against ' ting into the statute any pro-
 ion which can be criticised ad- . sely by those who seem to be-
 re that the real intention is to
 rive the states of the local control
 corporations which they stould eX-
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