Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-17
NO REST FOR TRUSTS
President Taft Says That
Prosecutions Will Go On.
REMEDIAL LAW PROBABLE
Legislation to Cure Defects in the
Sherman Law.

President Taft last evening and again
today made it known to callers that
prosecution of trusts by the Department
of Justice would he continued according
to the program outlined by Attorney Gen
eral W1ckersham when he assumed Of
flee.
While the distinction drawn by the
United States Supreme Court in the
Standard Oil decision between monopolies
in reasonable" and reasonable" re-
straint of trade was at first looked upon as
a check to the administrators trust
busting policy, 1t is now known that
prosecutions will continue in all except the
few cases where the defendant companies
are regarded as reasonable firms.
The principal result of Mondays deci-
sion however, will be legislation to
remedy the defects in existing law point
ed out by Chief Justice White. Whether
the Sherman antitrust law will be
amended or whether the federal incor-
poration bill. favored by the President,
will be rentroduced and enacted, is not
known. And the governments course in
the matter may not be decided upon until
The decision in the tobacco trust case is
handed down by the Supreme Court
Congressional visitors. at the White
House today were of the opinion that
legislation to remedy the so-calied de-
fects in the antitrust law would not be
attempted a this short session. 1t is
pointed out that reciprocity and reciproc-
ity alone is the only legislation likely to
be enatced.
President Accepts Invitations.
President Taft today told Senator Tay-
lor Of Tennessee that he would attend
the banquet of the National Association
of Cottonseed Crushers at the Hotel AS
tor New York, the night Of June s. Mr.
Taft will make address at the dinner.
which will be attended by more than 5Up
southern business men.
Earlier in the same day Mr.. Taft will
review the parade of the Sunday School
Cnon in Brooklyn, in which 10000 chill
dren will march. He was invited to wit
ness this pa ageant by Representative Cal
der several weeks ago.
Representatives Smith and Dodds. new
members from Michigan, called on the
President this morning, and the latter
invited him to spend a day in that state
in September, while on his western trip.
The plan outlined by Mr.. Dodds provides
that Mr. Taft shall start at Kalamazoo
in the morning and visit the following
cities: Jackson Charlotte, Lansing, Bat
tie Creek Detroit and St. Joseph.
The President told Mr.. Dodds to COM
plete his plan and submit 1t to him later,
and the representative is inclined to be-
lieve that Mr. Taft will agree to the pro-
pOSal.
Message From Boy Scouts.
Representative Olmsted this morning
presented to the President message
from the Lewistown. Pa. troop Of Boy
Scouts which was to have been given to
him Monday morning in Harrisburg.
Owing to Mrs. Taft's illness the Presi-
dent left Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon
and the Boy Scouts program was set
aside. The message is sealed and Mr..
Olmsted said he did not know what the
envelope contained.
David Herriott. postmaster at Morgan
Park. ILL.,. suburb OF Chicago. showed
the President photographs of some inter-
esting letters that Abraham Lincoln re-
ceived from southerners after his first
election as President of the United States
Several of the letters not only criticised
Mr.. Lincoln. but threatened him Seces-
sion of states and hostile demonstrations
We're threatened by persons who signed
themselves Clay Wings.
Mr.. Herriott claims the letters in his
possession are the only ones of such a
harsh character that Mr.. Lincoln received
before entering the White house He
also showed the missives to Col Crook,
now disbursing officer Of the White
House. who was Mr.. Lincoln's body
guard.