The Detroit times., 1911-09-18
FIGHT ON TRUSTS WILL
CONTINUE, SAYS TAFT
tcoatInaed fson pare Oa.0

east on JeuerBOn, TO W0odWard. and
thence up Michigan TO the Cadillac.
The streets were lined with people all
the way and the president was receiv-
~ with cheers all along the line. The
federal troops from Fort Wayne and
the local organization of Boy Scouts
served az an escort. experimenting the
police The Twenty-sixth infantry
band led the procession.
From the Cadillac the president will
return TO his special car, In the Mich
Agan Central railroad yards. via
Waynest.. Lafayette-blyd. and Third
ct.
Promptly at 4:25 D. m. the presi-
dents train will pull out for Saginaw.
Harold Jarvis. Detrolt's well-known
tenor. sang at the banquet.
In introducing President Taft, Mr..
McRae Spoke as follows:
vGentiemen OF the Detroit Board OF
Commerce and honored guests; The city
OF Detroit has been conspicuousiy hon.
ored by being the nrst large western
city TO enjoy the privileges OF enter
taining the chief magistrate OF our ma
ton. Under our form of constitution
Its fundamental principles provide for
press In no other country on earth
10 there such freedom OF expression OF
opinion as that enjoyed by the citizens
g, our beloved republic, We dlner
sometimes regarding political policies,
but we all revere and honor every pa
trtctic citizen who honestly, conscien-
uously and fearlessly administers tho
public trust to which he IL called.
Character 10 the foundation OF all
true success, and while we may liner
as 10 the policies OF even the president
honor n s% S because shrosshou n'I his
long and brilliant career his honestly
Integrity, patriotism and character nave
ever been unsuilied For 20 years !
1cNy OF his birth There those who
knew him best. loved him most His
career typines the possibilities OF 'ho
We who live in Detroit. the largest
and most prosperous city on the Dor
der line OF the Dominion or Canada.
know sd os best our cansdian sou s,, H n
troit Many OF them are here today and
! they represent our very best cluzen.
ship Although I was born In Detroit
am proud to tell the world that my an
4 cestCrs came from Canada. We ~ Dc
| troit feel that President Taft has been
endeayor to permit the Anglo-Saxon
peoples OF these two great coun.r,e ,
joired by ties OF consanguinity to en-
joy. frser and better trade relations relation.
| will be equally profitable and advant-
areous TO the people OF two OF the
most prtsr erous countries In the worlo,
4 way whatever the autonomy Of either.
Gentlemen take pleasure IN pre-
4 eeptine To- you your frtend: my ,,leuu;
rut friend. the president OF the United
\ States
The President Speaks.
The presidents speech follows In
full:
tnV
witch bss occupied the attention OF
the American people for now 20 years,
that OF Industrial combinations known
as trusts" During the kst year W., we
supreme court OF the United States.
|.rhey are epoch making, and the public
has not yet come TO realize the enect
/ mat those decisions are certain 70 nave,
Abe court has put upon the act 10 dit-
ferent from that which. most members
OF the profession, and most subordin-
ate courts. and indeed the supreme
. court itself. had before indicated as the
proper construction OF the statute but
IL 10 that V 10 now finally settled. oy
two fully considered decisions IN re-
pow erful OF these combinations. what
. their illegality consists In. and how
. they are to be treated, In view OF the
violate the provisions OF the so-called
antitrust or Sherman act.
Persons who do not understand the
sot OF snsse sss an@ saHs
tended sss deal 70 Lead 20 n; X. pubic pubic to the
belief that In some way or other the
supreme court has emasculated the
Fl statute and prevented Its operation
r against Objectionable and Injurious
trade combinations and conspiracies
Nots,9s Is further hs,, from the ns ssnss IN
1890 the expressions used In II TO de-
n fine its object and what IL was pro-
posed therein to denounce as unlaw-
full were not new. but they were sur
n RECENTLY broad and indefinite TO re-
X ouire judicial construction to settle
\ their meaning. Congress- was dealing
with q subject matter IN respect 20
n islators themselves were not clear as
+ 20 the exact limitations OF the mean
ing OF the words In the statute they
an. evii which they hoped to restrain
bt the enactment OF this law. and they
relied upon the courts in their con-
z operation such restriction, as would
prevent the statute from being so wide
I. In Its application as 10 involve absurd
q lily and the impracticable The -arty
decisions under the law can not be
n said to have been fortunte. The de-
b cision in what was known as the sugar
trust case - the Knight case was
n really a retrograde step and one which
M
the statute. II encouraged the organ
ization OF combinations which the same
court hts since found violate the sta
\ tute The case could not be effectively
presented to the court because the
4 record had not been properly made up,
h and the questions arising were treated
in the opinion In such way as to give
+ the Impression that the operation OF
the law would be most restricted, be-
4 cause nf the limits OF federal Jurisdic-
ton Indeed some law officers of tho
government did not hesitate TO say
that under, this decision there was lit
tse hope OF reaching the evil aimed Mt
. through federal action II has re-
4 auired 20 years of litigation 10 make
the statute clear. But now II In clear
shall not attempt to give IL a close.
A lawyer like Interpretation, but think
4 Il In not departing from the declaration
q OF the court 20 say that they ind any
4 contract In restraint OF trade made
a for the purpose OF excluding competi-
lion. controlling prices. or OF mRint tain
h ing n monopoly. IN part OF In whole Is
contrary to the statute and is subject
60 injunction and Indictment under this
! statute IN the federal courts where II
II Affects interstate trade
Challenges Mr. bryan.
Now. would like to ask Mr.. Bryan.
4 fists who have been denouncing this
i opinIon as the surrender Of the rights
; bf the people and usurpation OF judi
n cial power, to tell the public what par
ticular contract or restraint OF inter-
state trade ne would condemn which
\. would not be- condemned within this
4 definition OF the court. The difficulty
4 with the literal construction Of the
i statute iR that IL would denounce n
Il rraln ~ a.