Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-12

President Tafts administration has
broken all records for prosecutions
brought and won under the Sherman
antitrust law Without fear or favor
1t has brought to the bar of Justice cor
porations and persons engaging IN lille
gal combinations In restraint OF trade
the ultimate purpose OF each combina
ton being to create a monopoly and to
raise the prices on its products In
two years and eleven months OF his
administration President Taft has
caused to be brought four more civil
suits and fifteen more criminal prose
cutions than Mr.. Roosevelt brought IN
the seven and one-half years Of his ad
ministration.
Unti Mr. Taft became the president
the administration of Mr. Roosevelt
held the record in both particulars
Thus has President Taft. who was Mr.
l,ooseyelt's right arm during his last
administration. kept his pledge to the
American people to uphold and main
tain the policies of his predecessor In
Furnishing the criminals and undesira.
bic element IN the big business of the
country.
| In the Republican national platform
| of 1908 reference was made to the
prosecution Of evil trusts and monopo
lies as one OF the great accomplish
ments of the Roosevelt administration.
and the platform declared that the
Sherman antitrust law had been a
wholesome instrument for good In the
hands Of a wise and fearless executive
In his speech of acceptance Mr.. Taft
pledged himself to the enforcement of
this law and has kept his promise
Problems Confronting Taft.
Stripped of controversy as TO the
exact meaning OF certain language OF
the sherman antitrust act. the ques
tons that had to be determined by
those 10 administrative authority and
those who judiclally determine their
acts were, first. how effective the law
was to reach the great aggregations
of formerly competitive producers and
dealers. individual and corporate. who
through intercorporate stockholding
mergers. consultations aud otherwise,
had acquired SO great control over
a particular line OF industry "a to en-
able them 10 dominate II and to ex.
elude or admit competition rs they
might choose upon their own terms
Secondly. to determine whether that
construction OF the law was correct
which bad been given TO Il by some Of
the judges of the circuit court In New
York 10 the tobacco case and In the
opinions Of some Of the Justices OF the
supreme court IN other cases 10 the
effect that any combination which IN
ans respect operated 70 restrain TO any
degrce a pre- existing competition IN
Interstate commerce was NECESSARILY
condemned by law
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