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MCFARLAND GAINS TIME.

The arraignment Of Allison MacFarland
charged with wife murder, was postponed
yesterday in Newark when a dispute arose
Hetu-een his attorney and the Public Prose
cutor after the prisoner had been oroush'
into court. At the last minute MacFar-
lands lawyer demanded time to examine
the indictment. No date for the arraign-
roent was set.
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PICKS up EsToNlA's PASSENGERS

copAnharen. oct. a.-The Russian steam
-, Ts,onia which sailed from Libau Octo-
her IL for New York and put in here later
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the ground that the museum was an cree
Ram, oy,,ruIed the demurrer yesterday.
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Washington, oct. 3l.-The capture OF lDp-
oil by the Turks seems imminent 10 ON
cias of the Turkish Embassy here, IN the
light of official adyices from Constantine
pie received late tonight.
The dispatch states that an attack was
mace on Fort Seye- Misri -Ep- PENN and that
the Italians had evacuated the place leav-
ing behind great quantity Of ammuni-
ton and other supplies The losses OF the
Italians are reported n he heavy, whhe the
Turks are said to have lost 10 killed ana
about a hundred wounded
The Turkish forces, reinforced by Volun-
teers. first advanced on Tripoli on the nieht
of October %, breaking the lines OF the
Italians at different points. This attack
lasted until o'clock the next morning
when the Italians reteated 10 remote
corner of the town.
Rome oct. sl.-The Italian government
denies the reports Of reverses to Italian
arms at Tripon General Caneva reported
at $50 o'clock this morning that the stu
alton was unchanged.
Naples. Italy, Oct 3l.--Further rein
forcements for the Italian troops in Tripod
are being assembled here with much
secrecy, TO form another army division
comprising four regiments Of infantry, be
sides supplementary troops, artillery,
cavalry and engineers, totalling about if
teen thousand men.
Steamers chartered as transports are
still retained and arrangements being made
here indicate a further expedition Will
follow soon. 1t is expected that before
January / Italy will have an army OF oc-
cupation In Tripoli numbering one hundred
thousand.
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with her machinery
her passengers To
Lituania, which left
stopped here or her
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SUNDAYS YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 year.
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SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-01
"a coo Yards of Imported Black Silks
63 $50 Yards of Domestic Black Silks

tLea
of remarkable stock
S250O sold 5l3SOO
The Morning at $50 O'clock
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transferred

damaged. transferred
,be Russian steamer e. :,
Than October ~ ana
way 10 New York
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The beautiful Balkan Princess Sot'n'
soft. lustrous and rich, full yard wide, has
never sold under So and $3.50 yard. 1t
is in this sale for $50. Sixty-five exquisite
shades of it, including black and white
Some Of the lorely chifons, French silks
and marquisettes regularly retail at - and
S. ward. We shall sell them at Soc ana
s1.50-prices almost incredible until you
remember the large bulk Of silks involved
33,O39 yards of fancy chiffOns, mar
quisettes, bOrdered chiffons, bordereo
marquisettes, yard wide brocades, etc"
rs follows:
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and Of constructive LEGISLATION

statute and Of constructive LEGISLATION
intended to accomplish the purpose
and blaze a clear path for honest mer-
chants and business men to follow. It
may be that such a plan will be
evolved. but I submit that the discus.
sions which have been brought out in
recent days by the fear Of the con.
tinued execution Of the antitrust law
have produced nothing but glittering
generalities and have offered no line
OF distinction or rule Of action as def.
mite and as clear as that which the su.
preme court itself lays down in en-.
forcing the statute.
Supplemental Legislation Needed, Not
Repeal or Amendment.
/ see no objection, and indeed I can
see decided advantages. in the enact.
ment Of a law which shall describe
and denounce methods Of competition
which are unfair and are badges of the
unlawful purpose denounced in the
antitrust law. The attempt and pur.
pose to suppress n competitor by un
derselling him at a price so unproAta.
BILE as to drive him out Of business o,
the making of exclusive contracts with
customers under which they are re,
quired to give up association with 9th,
err manufacturers and numerous kin.
dred methods for sitting competition
and effecting monopoly should be de
scribed with sufficient accuracy in q
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ton Of capital only when it's purpose
is that Of sitting competition. enhanc'
ins or controlling prices and establish,
ing a monopoly. II we shall have by
the: decree defeated these purposes
and restored competition between the
large units into which the capital; and
plant have. been divided we shall have
accomplished the useful purpose OF
the statute.
cen6seation Not the Purpose Of the
Statute. ~
It is not the purpose. Of the statute
to confscate the property and capital
Of the offending trusts. Methods OF
punishment by 6ne or imprisonment
Of the individual offenders. by fine of
the corporation or by forfeiture Of its
goods in transportation are provided,
but the proceeding in equity is a spe.
cifc remedy to stop the operation of
the trust by injunction and prevent
the future use Of the plant and capital
in violation of the statute.
Effectiveness Of Decree,
I venture to say that not in the his
tory Of American law has a decree
more effective for such q purpose been
entered by n court than that against
the tobacco trust. As Circuit Judge
Noyes said in his judgment approving
the Decree:
THE extent to which It has been
necessary to tear apart this combine
tion aud force 1t into new forms with
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ion Of active commercial orraniza.

ton Of active commercial organiza-
lions. 49, ~ :.
1t is even more manifest now than
It was then that the denunciation Of
c%onspiracies in restraint Of trade
should moi and does not near the de-
NAL OF. organizations large enough to
be i%ntrusted with our interstate and
foreign trade. It has been made more
clear now than it was then that a
purely negative statute like the anti
trust law may we'll be supplemented
by specific provisions for the building
up and regulation Of legitimate ma
tional and foreign commerce.
Government Administrative Expsrts
Needed to Aid Courts In Trust
o~issolutions.
The drafting Of the DEGREES in the
dissolution Of the present trusts, with
a view to their reorganization into lie.
gitimate corporations. has made it es.
pecially apparent that the courts are
not provided with the administrative
machinery to make the necessary in.
quiries preparatory to reorganization
or to pursue such inquiries. and they
should be empowered to invoke the
aid of the bureau Of corporations in
determining the suitable reorganiza.
ton Of the disintegrated parts. The
circuit court and the attorney general
were greatly aided In framing the de
cree in the tobacco trust dissolution By
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hoped to destroy. Now It's efficacy IL
seen: now its power 10 heavy; new.itn
object Is near achievement. New Ne
hear the call for its repeal on the plea
that It interferes with business pros
pertty. and We are advised In most
general terms how by some other stst-
ute and in some other way the evil
We are just stamping out can be cured
II. we only abandon this work Of tween.
ty years and try another experiment
for another term Of years.
1t is said that the act has not done
good. Can this be said in the face Of
the effect Of the Northern Securities
decree? That decree was IN 10 way
so drastic or inhibitive in detail a. q.
ther the Standard Oil decree or the
tobacco decree. But did Il not stop
for all time the then powerful move
ment toward the control Of all the
railroads Of the country In q single
hand? Such a one man power could
not have been a healthful influence In
the republic. even though exercised
under the general supervision Of an
interstate commission.
d, we desire to make such ruthless
combinations and monopoies lawful:
When all energies are directed. not to.
ward the reduction Of the cost. Of pro-
duction for the public benefit BY q
bealthful competition. but toward new
ways and means for making perma.
nent in a few hands the absolute con-
troll Of the conditions aud prices pre-
vailtng in the whole deld Of Industry,
then individual enterprise aud effort
Will be paralyzed and the spirit Of
commercial freedom will be dead.
WIN. n. TAFT.
The White House. Dec, s, 1911.
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vsnture to say that not in the history Of American law has q deere.
mere effective for such q purpose been entered by q court than that
against the tobacco trust. p ~ -

country and abroad and that this had
been done by combinations made with
a purpose and effect to slide. competi.
ton. control prices and establish a
monopoly, not only in the manufacture
Of tobacco. but also Of tin foil and lic-
orice used in its manufacture and Of
its, products Of cigars, cigarettes and
snutis. The tobacco suit presented q
far more complicated and difficult case
than the Standard OIL suit for q decree
which would effectuate the will OF the
court and end the violation Of the stat
ute. There was here 10 single hold.
ing company, as in. the case Of the
Standard, Oil trust. The main: company
was the American Tobacco company.
a manufacturing, selling and holding
company. The plan ADOPTED to de-
stroy the combination and restore com
petition involved the redivision Of the
capital and plants Of the whole trust
between some Of the companies con.
stituting the trust and new companies
organized for the purposes Of the de-
cree and made parties to 1t and num-
bering. new and old. fourteen.
Situation After Rsadjustmsnt.
The American Tobacco company
told). readjusted capital $92, Oo0.0 600;
the Liggett & Meyers Tobacco company
new. capital $67.000.000: the p. Loril-
lard company new. capital $4,000
600. and the R. j. Reynolds Tobacco
company (old,. capital $77.a25.0oO. are
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PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE
ON THE ANTITRUST STATUTE
The law Growing IN Force and Effectiveness I'll Should Be Strengthened by Supplement-
Legislation, Not Repealed o. lmendsd+-FedaA Incorporation Recommends. and a Fed
era. Corporation Commission Proposed Confidence Expressed That Jail Sentences
VIII Be Imposed For Studied and Deliberate Defiance Of the Law! ~"
To the Senate and House Of Repre-,

To the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatives:
This message is the first Of several
which l shall send to congress during
the interval between the opening of
its regular session and it's adjourn
ment for the Christmas holidays. The
amount Of information to be commu.
nicated as to the operations Of the
government, the number Of important
subjects calling for comment by the
executive and the transmission tocop.
gress Of exhaustive reports Of special
commissions make it impossible to In
clude in n message of a reasonable
length q discussion Of the topics that
ought to be brought to the attention
OF the national. legislature at its first
: regular session.
The Antitrust -law-Ths Supreme
Court Decisions.
In May las. the supreme court hand
ed down decisions in the suits in equi-
ty brought by the United States to N.
joil the further maintenance of the
Standard Oil trust and Of the Ameri-
can Tobacco trust and to secure their
dissolution. che decisions are epoch
making and serve to advise the bust
ness world authoritatively Of the
scope aud operation Of the antitrust
&C. Of 1890. The decisions do not de-
part in tny substantial way from the
previous decisions Of the court in cor.
STRUNG and applying this important
statute, but they clarity those deci-
sions by further defining the already
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mon law IS well understood and is
clearly defined. It does not rest in the
discretion Of the court. It must be
limited to accomplish the purpose Of a
lawful main, contract to which in order
that It shall be enforceable at all 1t
must be- incidental. II It. exceed the
needs OF that contract Il ID void. ;
The test Of reasonableness was never
applied by the court at comman law
to contracts or combinations or con-
sptracies in restraint Of trade whose
purpose was or whose necessary effect
would be to stine competition. to ron
troll prices or establish monopolies.
The courts never assumed power to
say that such contracts or combina-
tons or conspiracies. might be lawful
IL the parties to them were only mod
crate in the s Of the power thus Sc
cured and did not exact from the pub
lie too great and e%xorbitant prices. 1t
is true that many theorists and others
engaged in business violating the stat
ute have hoped that some such line
could be drawn by courts, but no court
Of authority has ever attempted 1t.
Certainly there .is nothing in the deci.
sions Of the latest two cases from
which such a dangerous theory Of ju-
diciar discretion in enforcing this stat
ute can derive the slightest sanction.
Force and Effectiveness Of Statute q
Matter Of Growth.
We have been twenty-one years max
ing this statute effective for the pur;
poses for which it was enacted. The
knight case was discouragtng. and
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Incident Of the Fr.neh R.v.Iut;,c.

Incident Of the French R~svsIutisu.
Nine. de Crequey. a French court
lady who was Imprisoned in the Lux.
embourC at the time Of the revolution.
tells in her diary Of "a small. nale
woman" who never said 4 word for
the two or three days she was in the
same room. never went to bed, but =
in a chair watching a casket she had
brought with her. "One morning on
returning from the yard" she says.,
I'VE found the little woman gone ana
only the casket remaining. A taller
came in about an hour after to fetch
it. Mime. Bunaut boldly asked him
whether the owner would return. His
only answer was to pass his hand
across the back of his neck. Then he
proceeded to break open the casket. 1t
contained a mans bloody shirt with.
out a collar. which was always cut on
before an execution: also a handful Of
silky black hair and 4 piece Of paper
oil which was written. For my mother
Our taller never would tell W the name
Of this unhappy woman. nor did W
ever discover who and what her son
was"
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The Earthiv Facts.

A story told Of Lord Holt. who vas
lord chief justice Of England in the
eighteenth century. shows what a dead
~ enemy to wild superstition a sense
Of fact may be. 4 man presented him
self to Lord Holt and said:
"A spirit cane to me from the other
world and told me that in Jour next
case you must enter q plea. Of mol
pros"-that is. refusal to prosecute.
Lord Holt looked at the man a mo.
ment and then smiled.
DO you believe that such , message
is wise for a human being to obey"
1T is absolute"
"And do you believe tat the messen-
ger had a full knowledge Of the law Of
England"
"Yes. and Of all law. By following
this heaven given advice you will be
doing justice"
well. you tell your messenger II 10
comes again that he should have sent
his message to the attorney general.
The lord chief justice Of England nev.
er %prosecutes. and IL the spirit knew
anything about the English law he
would know 4 simple thing like that" i.
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seemed to remit to the states the whole

seemed to remit to the states the whole
available power to attack and suppress
the evils Of the trusts. Slowly. howev-
er. the error Of that judgment was cor
rected. and only in the last: three. or
four years has the heavy hand Of the
law been laid upon the great illegal
combinations that have exercised such
an absolute dominion over many Of our
industries. Criminal prosecutions have
been brought. and q number are pend
Ing. but juries have felt averse to con.
vteting Tor Jail sentences and judges
have been most reluctant to impose
such sentences on men Of respectable
standing in society whose offense has
been regarded. as. merely statutory.
Still. as the. oeense becomes better IN
derstood and the committing of. it par.
takes more Of studied and deliberate
defiance Of the law we can be conf
dent that jurtes will convict indiyidu-
ais and that Jail sentences will be i'm.
posed. -.
The Remedy In: Equity by Dissolution.
In the Standard OH case the supreme
and circuit courts found the combina.
ton to be q monopoly Of the interstate
business Of refining. transporting and
marketing petroleum and its products.
effected and maintained through thir.
~ty.seven. different corporations. the
stock Of which was held by a New Jer.
sey company. 1t in effect commanded
the dissolution of. this combination, d.
rected the transfer and pro rata distri-
button by the New Jersey company of
the stock held by 1t in the thirty-seven
corporations to and among its stock
holders. and the corporations and indi.
vidual defendants were enjoined from
conspiring or combining to restore
such monopoly. and all agreements be.
tween the subsidiary corporations tend.
ing to produce Or bring about further
violations Of the act were enjoined.
In the tobacco case the court found
that the individual defendants. TWEEN.
ty-nine in number. had been engaged
in a successful effort to acquire COM
plete dominion over the manufacture.
sale and distribution Of tobacco In this
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ALLIeAroRs IN BATTLE.
The Victor Shook His Victim 40 q Dos
Would q Rat.

The Victor Shook HE Victim 40 q Dos
Would q Rat.
Two alligators belonging to a Fiori.
da maj after living peacefully togeth.
er for eight years. finally got together
for a fierce and fatal fight. For some
weeks the two great reptiles bad been
showing signs Of discomfort with each
other, but no n anticipated the ter
rible and fatal termination Of this Gu
rious quarrel.
One day the attention Of the garden
er. who was at work near the tank.
was attracted by a commotion in the
water. and. looking up. he saw the
two animals were engaged in a des.
perate struggle. The man rushed to
TIE spot. but was powerless to stop
the fight. which was raging so aercely
that the water was dashed into foam.
The larger Of the contestants was
seeking to get the body Of the smaller
in his wide open jaws, bit the other
was too quick to be caught and moved
around and around, striking the biz
reptile with his tail and sometimes
getting the enemy's legs in his jaws
and biting them. The tank soon was
Redeemed with the blood which flowed
from the wounds inflicted.
The gardener attempted to separate
the maddened contestants BY beating
them with a long pole. but they paid no
attention % this and continued tlleir
fight all the more desperately. They
rolled over each other, sometimes In
the water and at times on the bank,
but always flashing with their tails.
The smaller and more agile gator CON
tfnued to bite the legs and body Of the
big alligator, which moved about slow.
~. seeking to make a successful graf
at his opponents body. Their sleepy
eyes had become bright and snappy.
and 1t was evident that the light was
to be to the death. At last. in an effort
to snap the spinning tail Of the larger
the small alligator fell over on his side.
and before he could get out Of the way
the big jaws Of his enemy were closed
upon him.
Then occurred the most curious fen.
ture Of the battle. Raising himself
slightly upon his f~orefeet. the big aili-
gator lifted the smaller one from the
surface of the water and shook him as
a dog would shake a rat-shook him, in
fact. until his back was broken and he
lay dead and limp in the great jaws.
Then the victor dropped the body and
moved OF to himself.-New York
Press.
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vision. securing compliance with the
antitrust statute.

antitrust statute.
Generally in the industrial combina.
lions called trusts the principal bust,
ness is the sale Of goods in many states
and In foreign markets-in other words,
the interstate and foreign business fur
exceeds the business done in any one
state. This fact will justify the fed.
eral government in granting a federal
charter to such a combination to make
and sell in interstate and foreign com
nlerce the products Of useful manufac.
ture under such limitations as will Sc.
cure a compliance with the antitrust
law. 1t is possible SO to frame a stat.
ute that, while 1t offers protection to 9
federal company against harmful. vex.
atious and unnecessary invasion by the
states, 1t shall subject it to reasona.
BILE taxation and control by the states
with respect to its purely local bust
ness. sss
Corporations organized under this
act should be prohibited from acquir.
ing and holding stock in other corpo-
rations except for special reasons.
Upon approval by the proper federal
authority. thus avoiding the creation
under national auspices Of the holding
company with subordinate corporations
in different states, which has been
such an effective agency In the crea-
ton Of the great trusts and monopo.
lies.
IF the prohibition Of the antitrust
act against combinations in restraint
Of trade is to be effectively enforced
it is essential that the national govern
ment shall provide for the creation Of
national corporations to carry on q le-
Ultimate business throughout the Unit
ed. States. The conflicting laws of the
different states Of the Union with re-
spect. to foreign corporations make 1t
difficult. ii not impossible. for me cor
poration to comply with their require
ments SO As to carry on business in a
number Of different states"
7 renew the recommendation Of the
enactment Of a general law providing
for the voluntary formation Of cor
porations to engage in trade and CON-
merce among the states and with for
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criminal statute on the one hand to
enable the government to shorten its
task by prosecuting single misdemeau-
ors instead Of an entire conspiracy and
on. the other hand to serve the purpose
OF pointing out more III detail to
the business community what must be
avoided.
Federal Incorporation Recommended.
In a special message to congress on
Jan, Z. 1910, I ventured to point out
the disturbance to business that would
probably attend the dissolution of these
offending trusts. I said:
But such an investigation and pos.
sible prosecution Of corporations whose
prosperity or destruction affects the
comfort not only Of stockholders. but
Of millions Of wage earners, employees
and associated tradesmen. must neces-
sarily tend to disturb the confidence
of the business community, to dry up
the now flowing sources of capital
from its places Of boarding and pro.
duce a halt in u present prosperity
that. will cause suffering and strained
circumstances among the innocent
many for the faults Of the guilty few.
The question which I wish in this
message to bring clearly to the con-
sideration and discussion Of congress
is whether. in order to avoid such a
possible business danger, something
cannot be done by which these bust
ness combinations may be offered a
means. without great financial dis
turbance. Of changing the character,
organization and extent Of their bust.
ness into one within the lines Of the
law under federal control and super