Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-14
W|CKERSHAM URGES
EXECUTIVE BUREAU
TO SUPERVISE
CORPORATIONS
Attorney General in Report
to Congress Follows Line of.
President Taft's Recon-
mendations.
SUITS BROUGHT
TO BREAK TRUSTS


Washington. Dee. it--pursuirg
President rari's recommendation
that an executive bureau he created
10 supervise corporations chartered
under n federal Incorporation act. AZ
torney General Wickerahatn, In his
annual report submitted To- congress-
to-day. suggests TINT the bureau OF
corporations be raised TO that dig
nifty. even In the absence OF the pro-
posed federal incorporation statute.
This branch OF the department of
commerce and labor. the attorney
general urges, should be brought Into
closer relation with his department
and adds that " might well be
awaited OF as the nucleus for an
administrative board under whose su-
pcrvision consultations or mergers
for lawful purposes might be form
ed"
In enforcing the sherman anti
trust law, the attorney general points
out that the department Of justice
and the courts are confronted by
economic. rather than legal. prOi.
lens when Il comes to working out
methods OF disinsegration after a
corporation has been declared an H.
legal combination. The department
enlisted the assistance OF the bureau
OF corporations In the dissolution OF
the tobacco trust. and II would be Of
great value to the legal branch OF
the government. Mr.. Wickersham
says, N the functions of the bureau
should be SO enlarged that II could
be called upon officially to make In
vestigatlons and report lts conclu-
sions with respect to plans for the
voluntary or enforced disin,egratlon
OF monopolistlc combinations
The attorney general reviews the
record Of year Of Intense activity
In federal prosecutions and points
out that the department of Justice
financially sustained itself aa the re-
suit Of the contribution Of si,20t.i1s
20 the United states treasury In the
shape OF fines collected. customs du-
ties recovcries. etc. The expense of
the department. including the office
OF the attorney general. al of the dis
trict attorneys and assistants through-
out the country. aggregated ss.s23.-
T7s,
In a comprehensive review of the
lanti-trust prosecutions the attorney
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creased by twenty-three more prose-
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