The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-19

under the vigorous treatment of the treasury department and the department Of justice, the fines and recoveries Of the past three years have reached over g, ,o0o,- GOO.
 .'The prosecution of trusts and combina- tions in violation of the Sherman act, has proceeded with alacrity and expedition. The Standard Oil company has been dis solved by a suit brought under Roosevelt It was brought 10 a successful culmina- ton through Taft.
 "The was a judgment rendered in exact accordance with the prayer of the com plainant. The American Tobacco com pany has been dissolved and it's property scattered among IA different companies with stringent injunctions against com mon control which in the unanimous opin- ion Of the four judges of the circuit court of appeals, were fully adequate to &C., complish the relief demanded.
 ''The beef packers. the wholesale gro- cers. the lumber dealers, the wire mak- CTS the window glass pool. the electric lamp combination, the bath tub trust the shoe machinery trust, the foreign steamship pool, the American Sugar company. the Steel corporation, the Har- vester company, have all been made to feel the heavy hand of the law through suits or indictments against restraints and monopolies.
 "Throughout that wide field in which the conditions In which modern industrial life entail so much zeal to pacify the social. system the republican national admiais- trations in succession have done their fullest in eniIghtening and preserving neutral to constitutional tenets. Tns act of March f. 190f to regulate the hours Of service of railroad employees passed un- der the Roosevelt regime has been sIs- tained in the supreme court under the Taft administration. It has been. enforced by more than l5o0 prosecutions during the pas- three years. A valid and effective employers liability act applying to all interstate commerce was passed under a republican Congress. Under republican administrations. it's conslltutionalitv has been sustained in the supreme court.
 Joint Commission Created
 Upon tho Presidents recommendation joint commission was created by Con- gress to study the subject of workmen' s compensation for injuries. It was com posed of members of both houses with representative of the railroads and a representative of labor present After exhaustive examination and prolonged hearings the commission framed a bill which was approved by all the great railroad labor organizations upon it's re- lease. It was passed by a republican Sem ate at the present session over the op- position of a majority of the democrailn senator's
 That bill still slumbers in the dem- ocratic judiciary committee of the House. The safety appliance act has been reinforced by increased powers l in the interstate commerce commission and has been enforced by nearly 1000 prosecutions during the past three years. The railroads pay tribute to the employe for integrity and give rec ognition to the splendid work of the Attorney General in the enforcement of all the acts of Congress relating to the safety of railroad employees They limit their service hours.
 l "It has been work faithfully and suc- cessfully performed. Both in the de- fense of our rights in the courts and in assistance rendered us in the prep aration of proposed legislation his work has been of a high order of abil- ity and has been rendered in a spirit of fidelity to the basic principle of fair l play to all men.
 The newly created bureau of mines and the newly authorized childrens s bureau mark the limit to which the na- tional government can go toward im- proving the conditions of intrastate la bor without usurping the powers of | the states
 The pure food law has been en- forced with vigor and effectiveness.
 There have been over 500 prosecu- tions for violations of that law within the past year and more than 1000 cases within the past three years. More than l 500 shipments of adulterated and mis- branded foods and drugs have been condemned and forfeited and enormous 1 quantities Of injurious food material have been destroyed.