Milford chronicle., 1912-04-05

President Taft's administration ha.
broken all records for prosecutions
brought and won under the Sherman
antitrust law. Without fear OF favor
&C 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
tion being to create 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 IL
the seven and one-half years Of his ad
ministrutiOn
Until Mr. Taft became the president
the administration Of Dir. Roosevelt
held the record in both particulars
Thus has President Taft, who was Mr
Roosevelt's right arm during his last
administration. kept his pledge to th,
American people TO uphold and main
tain the policies of his predecessors IN
Furnishing the criminals and undesira
ble element in the big business Of the
country
IN The Republican national platform
of 190S reference was made to tn
prosecution of evil trusts and monopo
lies as one Of the great accomplish !
ments of the Roosevelt administration |
and the platform declared that tn, |
Sherman antitrust law had been . |
wholesome instrument for good in th, |
hands of wise and fearless executive |
In his speech of acceptance Mr.. Tafi |
pledged himself to the enforcement OF
this law and has kept his promise
Problems Confronting Tafs
Stripped OF controversy as to the
exact meaning of certain language Of
the Sherman antitrust act. the qupS
elons that had to be determined by
those 10 administrative authority and
those vino judlcially determine theii
acts were drst. how effective the law
was to reach the great aggrpgatlnns
OF formerly competitive producers aud
dealers. individual and corporate. who
through lntercorporate stockhOlding
mergers. consultations and otherwise
!
a particular line of industry as to en-
able them to dominate It and to ey
ciUde or admit competition as the,
might choose upon their own terms
Secondly. to determine whether TN
of the law was correct
which had been given to it by some g.
the judges of the circuit court In New
opinions Of some of the justices Of thn
supreme cOnrt In other cases to the
effect that any combination which in
any respect operated to restraln to an,
degree a pre-eXiSting competition in
Interstate commerce was necesSaril,
By law.
In the three years of the Taft ad
all Of the sixteen cases {
eft pending by the previous admins
ration have been disposed OF except }
NO. which have been argued and sub
nitted to the supreme court Of the !
United States and are now awaiting
Ieclsion. OF the remaining cases thu :
Standard OIL case was argued early Q
Turing the present administration and
ADeL an uppedl, ueClueu tulTPlH III / :.
avOr of the government. The sans. Il
vas also true OF the tobacco cases '
7ith the ultimate result Of the dlsln
egration Of that big trust into four
zen separate and distinct corpora
ous. This. 1t is believed. will effec n
vely prevent a continuance OF the n
conditions complained OF p
Taft Antitrust Record. a,
During the Taft administration up to is
ebruary. 1912. twenty-five civil suits &C
ave been brought and forty criminal 81
dictments found under the Sherman y
". making in all sixty-twO proceed th
S. As a result there we're fifteen 20
dictments, and eleven Of these In to