Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-19
Attorney General Speaking
Before Minnesota Bar AS
ISOLATION. Makes Sensation
al Declarations.
COMMISSION Is TO
REGULATE CORPORATIONS
Advocates Regulation of Great
Industerial Organizations in
Same Way Commerce Board
Regulates the Railways.
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tHN Evening HernId \. 4. Lcnscd Nircl
Duluth. Minu.. Jwy le Attorney
GENERAL Wiokor-bam boror. tb, Min
nrsou state Bar association today
took su advanced stand un th. federal
regulation ot corporation and said
gov. rum,ut commission Goo rUgulatc
great industrial organizations tu the
Sam, way that th. utyrstut, come
m,r., commission regulates railways
WAS desirable and might py necessary.
Mr. WipkcrsmW speech was utl"
short of sensational tu many oi It's
features Die declared that 30 Was u
matter ol SERIOUS consideration
whether ,t would br practical To- give
to the proposed lutvu4iau. corporation
commission Tho power to nN prices.
Man, oi Mr Wrk,rsham's dr,l1ra-
tluns we're the most radical h, hus
made since his entrance, into official
NE There was nothing u Tho speech.
however. Go Indicate how fJr the att
torncy general reflected th, views OF
President Taft On several occasions
boo tho last year he has been regarded
a. th, spokesman !or tir ad riniH-
trauun.
"Tha some further regulation over
,uruoruuous DnrryinS ou cummrr.'
among the states may u, necessary.
ho said. 'is coming 10 h, matter oi
current comment. ig has been openly
adVu"atrd uuue r,c,nti, 10, repro
srutattcs of some uJ tne largest COM
uluatIuus of capita, probably as o.
means cf salvation and Co urrscrrc,
under government supervision great
organization who's, continued exist
enc, n ucnscgd bog tho recent inter-
prctHtion ut the sherman aet tho die
intrgratiOu of which would n, ucgys-
slriiN attended Win much Iu..
"Tu such 70 is a raer rI amy puu
In u sbipvr,ck 2. .lur continued ru-
operative lif, even uuu'r o powerful
uHti,r tnpu disseminated pfuprrtic.
Hnd segregated activities without CON.
ltaut eu1,rum,utal supervision.
"Nhothcr U federal industrial ,'W.
mission should have power 90 rosu-
b,tr prices b. matter uf serious ,uu-
sidoratiuu The Nutpi.at, commerce
law pr,scfihus thIt pn,u- Tor trans
porDuou bN wli ur wine or pipe un,
shall hc reasonable and that uu un-
just hiH'.i iNtlNhliilN hNHll Nf INhNf ftr
tween individuals og localities simi-
hrh situated a similar ruly NIGH,
hr declared nIth respect G., the prices
of commodities, tb, subject ui inter-
state commerce.
The fact seems 90 nr that tho
prices ul standard ARTICLES sofia Zoo the
iuIrd states tDF several t,tu Iusc
not boon uXcd at all hy thc operation
"i th, laws ul supply and demand oI
"t unrrstaincd enmpcuuun hut hy
"ssD sDyiauons of producers without tur
participation uf the consumer or the
general public. that ls without thus,
Vh" have 20 pay th, Dim ha,ths ans
voice iu uNius the price
I'm this Wow % ls D,rtalul, not
unreasonable thH, tuc purchasing
public should desire Go have some
part m drtrrminiug tnr price % ls tu
pay, iu like muuurr as has been rycog.
nlZ,d Go hr lust with respect tp cost
ui transportation
Mr. Wickcrshum implied that fed.
oral Incorporation act. while % mighi
offer some dilncpHioa. would byip 60
las The ass az the root ul the t.ust ryil