Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-05

II NANMtNhA ANuu IMNNHNAAAN ENAAAAAANANN W
foreign commcrce-esgentiai a mat
ter affecting the pubiic-all the pco-
pie have n legitimate interest In the
Proceeding and are entitled to know
Just what evidence Ia being given and
when II Ii given. Tho public are the
real parties to the suit"
The suit against the coffee trust.
or the Brazilian valorlaatlon scheme.
the operations OF which, the attorney
general says. has resulted In more
than doubling the retail price OF cof-
fee TO the American consumer and
thereby laying heavy tax upon him,
has developed what the attorney gen
eral regards as IA defect In the still
operative section OF the Wilson turin
law dealing with combinations. Point
Ing to the fact that the government
was unable To secure n temporary In
junction restraining the expectation of
100000 bags OF coffec. said to Dee
stored In New York city under the
valorlzgtlOn scheme. the attorney gen
eral Recommends the enactinent OF an
amendment To the wInon law author
izing the seizure by the government In
the state Of entry OF merchandise i'm.
ported for the purposes Of unlawful
combination At present such COM
F., modltlcs must he In the course Of In
tcrStatc transportation to Justify SELF
ure.
/ The voluntary dissolution ~ the
! National Packing COMPANY following
| the aCpuittal at chicago Of the beef
packers Of criminal violation Of TIA"
sherman law. has accomplished. in
ia" belief 81 the attorney general, "a
substantial restoration ~ competitive
| conditions IN u large industry which
nave not Tor Il long time heretofore
ICNistrd."
! objections 1" the commerce court.
| N the Judgment at MIR. WiCkcrshnu,
would be- met by legislation rcuuiring
/ M lht,rstdt, commerce commission
10 state In itE report. Hs basis tor
us order the hudings Of fact and the
! Reasons on witch the order In based
! providing that all findings uf fact aud
conclusions uf policy appearing In IN"
report shall Dee inul Und conclusive.
and limiting court ,Cvicw rNClusiyrl,
1" questions - law arising upon the
commissions report
AZ result, of the decision Of the
supreme court holding that the com
su-callcd negative" orders of IN"
! interstate commerce commission, the
IattOrncy general recommends shat
the law be- amended sO that the com
mcrcc court viii huvc Jurisdiction t.
review all errors OF law in respect To-
orders uf the commission which deny
relief To shippers or others. just as
/ the court now has power to review
orders granting relief The practical
result of the present situation. he
adds. is that relief against errors of
law by the commission is limited to
tn" railroads and denied to the ship
pcrs.
! In connection with the suit against
the Lchigh Valley Railroad company
under the commodities cltusc at thu
intCrstnt" commerce act, because "i
It's alleged ownership anC ,ranBporta-
ton nf TIA" coal nf the Lchigh VALLEY
Coal company, the attorney general
says that the subsequent action Of
the railroad company in organizing
the Lchigh Valley coal Sales company
will be- submitted tn the court soon
to determine whether the situation
now satisfies the demands OF the law
Bs interpreted by thu supreme court. d"
The situation u.s." he continues.
chat coal which In shipped over the
Lehlgh Valley railroad liz mined by
tn" L"hIgh Valley coal company. al
Of whose stock In owned by the rnil-
road company. and IL sold ut the
breakers To tn" Lchlgh Valley coal
sales company, all of whose stock has
been originally issued to and dislrS-
uted among the stockholders of the
railroad company, pro rata but which
company has separate offices from
the railroad company, and sCpUrat"
directors ana whose stock may he
sold 10y the StUckhuldcrs without re-
gard To their continued holding of
stock In the railroad company. By
this arrangement both the railroad
company and the coal companies
seem tn have parted In good fuith
with title Ia the coal before trans
pOrtatiun begins and II IL claimed
therefore that transportation liz IRE"
from the prohibition of tn" vummOd
tiles clause ~ construed by the su-
prcmc court"
The attorney general Announces his
intention of soon Ming suits In equity
against the Southern Pacific railroad
company and others Tor the recovery
OF vast areas Of petroleum bearing
lands In California said to br worth
more than &IOO,OUO O0O. The lcRlsla
ton under which the patents were
granted To the railroad company, hc
says. excepted mineral lands other
than iron or coal lands. The rail-
road company contends, according u
tn" attorney general, That the cxcrp'
tluns IN the patents are void.
10 investigate ana preserve the
rights " the government Ia tn"
sources Of Wntpr HIpply for the stu