The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-31
LA TOILETTE
 AFTER TAFT
iNvADEs THE PRESIDENTS HOME TERRITORY IN HIS WHiRL
 WIND CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
Attacks Judicial Construction ef sher man Law as Applied to Labor Unions--Talks Three Hours
 at Hamilton.

Cincinnati, Dec 50. Senator La Toilette invaded President Tan,s avn territory today. The progressive candidate for the Republican nomina- ton for precident stopped first at Hamilton, heralded for years as tine Democratic Gibraltar of the state. drew together a crowd that filled the hall in which he spoke, and after a brief reception by the Hamilton Presidett Tafts own city in driz- zllng rain storm.
 In Hamilton, although arrangements for the meeting had heen made too late to permit any extended notices. skating ring recently oneAtted with chairs, was well filled sentair La Toilette. who with watch Iii hand, ari- notnced that he would talk but palt m haur warmed into his speech and talked three times as long His voice hal become husky and he gave evidence of being fatigued by inc irst week or a.s speeeh-maKing tour.
 He attacked the judicial construc- icn which brought labor union com )inations under the restriction if the sherman anto- trust daw here tonight.
 "lt Is strange" he said. that when tbe court goes to it's furthest limit In imposing penalties on combinations of capital. all of the capitalist own. CTS get away with the full value of heir property, but when the court goes to the same limit in enforcing penalties on combinations of labor. # takes away the names sad small saw ngs 0 the guilty ones.
 The fact of Inc daw was not m. ierstood by the people to apply to labor organizations. and t Is inss- alSen judicial construction tfat has made 1t SO apply. The law should be amended by taking out from under it's operation all labor organizations and all employers associations The law should exclude entirely from it's pro- hibitions the collective bargainng of abor unions and employers.
 'In addition to strensthening the avs agalst restraint of trade. there must be q reduction of repeal Of the ariff, where it fosters unfair compe. ition. Instead of two or more com missions like the tariff board, the pro- posed board to deal with restraint of rade, and others, each Investigating the same facts and corporations. there should be single board of experts, statisticians and accountants to de- tsrmine facts and acquire nformat ion for ilhe use Of every branch of ne goyernment.9
 Administration of the patent laws. senator La Toilette sail. should be 1losed in the hands of the commis. ion with power to prohibit any un reasonable restraints. The commits ion he declared, aiso should have power to prevent restrailt of trade hroaeh any monopoly of natural re- ,ources and control over raw mate riaIs
 The greatest menace to competi- ion al the present time' he said, is the ccntrol of credit and the con eentration of money in the hands Of hose who control the trusts. ElAs- sicity in our currency Is imperative. put any plsn to secure t. like that of the proposed national reserve as- soeiation which puts control in the hands of the banks aad the money interests, will strengthen the power ot the trusts to get capital and 10 keep competitors from gettln it.