The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-15
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Over Fosr MILLION.


WAEfUSGTON. D~c - Pursuing
President Tara recommendation
that an executive b-r~al ~ created
10 c-ortgraflona Chartered
under a federal Incorporation act. A.
fOrn@y Genera WIrk~uham. ln bis
annual rrDor albmr'~f 90 congress
TO-DAY. ssEE~afs that u- bureau of
corpOrauols b. raised f9 hat dignity.
sver in the abs@nc~ - the prop0ssd
federal Incorporation statute
Thts branch ~ rl- department.. o.
cOmmsrte and labor TIE afforr~s zen.
efai urges should b. brought INTO
closer relation with hls department.
and adds that u might 9eu De
-avsli@f ~ hr fhs nucleus Tor an al
ministfauF~ board under vhose 90.
p~rylsi0n cancellations or merger
for lawful purpose might b. formed
IN enforcinF 'hr sherman antitrust
Law NJ attorney general points out
that the department ~ Justice and
The courts are Confronted by eco
monte. rather than legal. problems
when 20 comes 10 working out meth
odN % dlninf@Erarou after n corpora
tOn has been declared an Illegal ~om-
bination The department enlisted
the assistance Of the bureau Of cor
poratlons iu The dissolution OF the 10
bacco trust. and 10 would be- % great
value 20 the leFai branch 90 fhe Eoy.
eminent. Mr Wickrrsham says. 90 the
fuuetions ~ the bureau should BE- so
enlarged that DO could ~ called upon
onhciAlly 20 make Investigations and
report ifs conclusions with re.pcct 10
plans for the voluntary or enforced
a. HWF.nrwH.. 80 r.wrH.HIaHHn ..uvE.
nations
surplus IN Department.
The attorney general reviews the
record % Il year OF intense activity
In federal prosecutions and points out
that the department of Justice imam
cially sustained Itself as M. result OF
the contribution Of ~Sf.2o4lls 90 the
United States treasury Boo th" shape
Of fines collected. customs duties. re-
covered. etc The expense of the de
pArtmeut aggregated t1.2-I.711
In a Compreheusly" rrtirW OF the
antitrust prosecutions. thv attorney
general shows that the seventeen
antitrust civil suits pending 90 the
beginning or Tho last fiscal year We're
augmented hy -iK additional actions.
while the eleven criminal prosecu
lions under the same statute were ia
creased hy twenty three more prose
BUTTONS during the last necal year
Eight civil suits and q similar mum
Der Of criminal trials were brought
to conclusion during the year. In
four Of the civil prosecutions jude
ments we're rendered Boz favor or the
United States. while three were lost
a O was discontinued Four ron.
victions were secured under the Grim.
inal clause 81 the statute dur ng the
year and four cases were either
quashcd or discontinued
lie Expresses bis satisfaction with
the decree ~ the Sew York circuit
cour In the tobacco trust dissolu
ton.
Forty six prosecutions for Illegal
determinations and rebates we're in
stituted against railroads during the
year.
The vigorous enforcement OF the
customs laws. the attorney general
says. resulted boz tha recovery of
s2.l20.oO0 loo duties out OF which the
government had been dcfrauded
White Slave Traffic.
The white lave traihc act. nov "a
year and a half old. O. having a. salu.
tary effect. la the Judgment 81 Mt
Wickcrsham The statute was ass.
Eentiy enforced throughout the coun.
try. ne AYERS. with most satisfactory
results. one hundred and forty i've
prosecutions we're had. resulting BOD
seventy-siX convictions aud fourteen
acquittals Forty i've eases are
pending
lie snRgest tho strengthening az
the peonaEc statutes nv az Co afford
enicient protection az persons against
slavery and involuntary scrtitudr. OK.
cept ~ e punishment for crime
Declaring that many of tho Jail
where federal prisoners are confined
are wholly unsuitable for NE deten
ton Of human beings and are shock.
INK breeding places 81 crime. the at
torney general recommends tho ap.
pointment Of e commission 90 inquire
into the conditions This commission
aNo would consider tho general treat.
mcnt Of juvenile and first offenders
The attorney general also recon.
mends that the federal government he
given the right 10 bring an action
against an individual or corporation
IN any part ~ Inc country without rr
striction a. 10 the place % residence
81 the individual or the homo state of
M ~corportflt.L
The attorney general aiso recon.
mcnds n general immunity statute.
micro laws for Alaska and n civil
service retirement law
100 solid gold Ia Vsulsrss a, special