Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-06
1 aft Administration Hold the Record for Activity Against MOnopolies and the
 Combinations
RECORD SUBJECT
 TO INVESTIGATION
II Will Probably Be Pointed Out That Results Are Not ln Proportion 10
 Disturbance
CBy Victor Elliott


 CT in the history of the United States government has there been so mucn trust bust ng prosecution launched or contemplated as during the Taft ad- ministration. The moment President Taft stepped into the White House. succeeding Theodore Roosevelt as president, a campaign against monop o'y was inaugurated. It has been kept up with vigor ever nee. The reeister of the department of justice shows that no less than twenty suits are before the courts.
 Insistent public opinion. backed by he natural inclination Of a judicial rres dent. is responsible for the gov ernrental war against the trust. Pol tics, too have figured largely n hr.ng,nc about gradual dissolution af the blE f,nanClsl inst iGlCus that bve grabbed monopoly ia their le- spee..ve nelds.
 Not strenuous Enough
 As to pubic o1iEion. critics Of tA' DO icy of the adm his ration c9ir the government has not been s.rencos enough in it's tight az iuss con6.ls- tions. They point out that, with l the government activity the real in- tent of the Sherman law has not been compiled tn, that is, the restoration of competition. The dissolution oI the tobacco trust and the Standard Oil company are pointed cut as bad com promises by the government. The view is adhered to that the reorganization plans of these great companies, as ar proved hy the government, mean noth ng to the people. The business of these corporations, 1t is said, can be conducted in practically the same fashion as before and little good will result.
 In the case of the American Tobac- co company, material results obtain ed from the reorganization plan do rrt afect the people as a whole. But taking the Standard Oil company as 10 instance, what benefit will accrue Co Inc people? Will the price of of te cheapCLed or win 1t be raisedZ Competit on, t Is said, cannot be re- stored iel the Standard Oil company oterete under the same basis p aCtLcallv as it did before. It can cCattol yr.ces, shut cut riya S and in c cry way dominate the market as it formerly has done. If anything the crit cs see 2n era of higher prices.
 The Record
 On the other hand, the friends of the administration, point with pride to the trust busting campaign of the ! republican administration. They argue that President Taft has made an en- yiable record. that the results of the campaign against the trusts will be reared in years to come that the high I cost of living will be greatly reduced as soon as the new cond ton of at- fairs are readjusted and that a dafin- | ite interpretation of the Sherman laE ' has been made by the supreme couI- of the United States in respect to the great combinations of cap tai FuTth- : ermore it is pointed outthere are pending in the department of justice a number of suits against alleged ! trusts. among the number being the | Steel trust, the Harvester trust, the Aluminium trust, the Lumber trust and the Smelt ng trust, each of which will limit the score of capital and bring it more or less under the iuris- diction of the United States govern ment
 The administration holds up the sue cessfui prosecution Of the Standsrd Oil company, the Tobacco trust, the Bath-tub trust. the Ship-building trust the alleged Oceanpool in trans-Atlant. ic traffic, the prosecution of cotton.
 ul wheat corners and iEegit mate stcck speculation. IL attacks vicious iy the statement that President Taft has been asleep at the switch tha; h Is hand T glove with the corpora. 'inn influence n the country and hst a- is playing politics on the other hand tla say tlat he has no, e.itcs that ne ia no.
 tic ln tut @ sfalesu.au and thai his entire record is rcrlete with tril lant ach.ev va.lells r 'u f1l eIamo1r and pub ici.y tll 70 ll .lu
 ed any action CT hs pve1ec ssas To further show that the president has been really seeking to benefit the country while acting as president I his arbitration and pe-ce eaorts ss pointed to.
 No scrupies are made that he not take advantage of his record dur
 ng the next few months in trying work up votes for his reelection as president hard campaign is book ed and the administration forces ex pect that they will have the strug gle of their lives to return the presi dent to the Wh te House.
 The Fatal Split
 If it were simply a matter of a struggle between the two parties for su rem cy without the side lights
 hat have been inieced into the cam paica. no douhf exists In the m nds oi the presidents friends that ht wcai5 be reelected 4 split, however iu Inc republican party. the progres aiFes radical and conservatives en6 sccl sis as veii 1s numeious ethel euffy0rie p3ftiss makes the issue laEd and doubtful.
 ] And it is mainly brought out, thes