The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-18
TAFT SCORES BRYAN; BACKS
 THE JUDGES
Declares That His Utterances on Sherman Law Are Not Incon- sistent With Decisions of Supreme Court
President Declares. That the Time Has Not Come When Free Competition in Business is Not a Possibility, or Regu- lation Necessary
Especial from United Press.) )


 Detroit, Sept. 1S.-Scoring William Jennings Bryan and other "publicists and jurists' who have denounced the Supreme court. President Taft, today came to the defense of the Standard Oil sand Tobacco Trust decisions Of the Supreme court. In particular, the President defending the reading of the word reasonable into the statute by the decisions, declaring that, under the sherman law as interpreted by the court, every case that ought to come within the law can be success fully prosecuted. He also explained his previous comments on the law, Which have been interpreted as at variance with the decisions of the court, declaring that the sta -arne ents in his messages showed him in com plete accord with the Interpretation of the law by the court The Presi- dent strenuously opposed any amend in,ent to the Sherman Law which would eiimIiste it's interpretation nin the light of Ieasop.'
 s In explaining his position. the Pres ident quoted the paragraph from his Sherman Law message of 1910 which was spread on the record of the Sen ate by a motion of Mir. LaFoiIetEe as showing the President opposed to the dCCASlOA OI slH6 supreme 4CCurL. lssss.
 This paragraph" he said. has been quoted and spread on AtheSrecord of the Senate on motion of a Senator who considered this to b a. variance with the decisions of the Suprem e Court. Instead Of being at variance, it is in exact accord with those de- cisions"
 In his discussion of the critics of the decision, the President challenged w. J. Bryan and the others who have denounced the decisions lo tell the public what particular contract or re- straint of interstate trade he would condemn which would not he con- demned within this definition of the statute.
 The President declared that the fact under its interpretation of the law the courv had dissolved the Standard Oil and Tobacco companies was proof that the law vas .'not emasculated."
 Did the court not condemn the Standard Oil Company?'' he demand ed, "the father of all trusts in the history of which every form of crimi- nal illegality was practiced? Did it not, on the other Nhand, condemn the framed under the advice of cunning counsel for the very purposes of seyading the condemnation of the statute and at the same time securing and enjoying the monopoly the fram- CTS of the statute intended to prevent and punish ?"
 The two decisions, the President said, showed that in the opinion of the greatest tribunal in the land the time has not come when free com petition and business is not possi- bility or when strict government reg ulation is absolutely necessary in business"
 President Taft's speech in full will be found on Page of the Farmer.
 CHILDREN GREET TAFT.
 Pontias, Mich, Sept 1S.-Greeted by 2,000 little school children in gala dress who lined the streets here, President Taft, today, came to Pom tiac The President was deeply touched by the greeting of the little ones. He came from Detroit by troll ley and all along the line the school children were out to cheer the Presi- dent as he went by.
 On arriving here the President was escorted by the children to a little grandstand on the broad, shaded park. There were 5000 people gath cred there to hear him. The Presi- dent delivered brief eulogy of IT Ink@ Dl,fI