Evening journal., 1913-12-09
TO
GO AFTER The
TRUSTS NEXT
MCReynOIdS Wants DISSOIu-
tiOn That Takes Control
From One Set Of Men
UNION PACIFIC PLAN
WILL BE FOLLOWED
By rhe unIted pre.s

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. e.--Trust disso-
lutions which shall be real dissolutions
removing the same set OF men from
control of separate parts into which
trust is dissolved. is the aim Of the new
administration, Attorney General Nc.
Reynolds announced today in his annual
report.
MY fixed purpose is to oppose any
plan of dissolution which would leave
the separate parts OF the unlawful com
bination under the control of the same
set OF men, ne declared.
That the department of Justice VIII
follow this plan, adopted in dissolving
the Union and Southern Pacific rail
roads, was asserted
"ln actual practice the plan is work
ing successfully he said. "1he plan
efieetually prevented tine Union Pacific
Company or its stockholders. who were
parties to the combination. from contin-
uing in control OF the Southern Pacific.
Alleged violations Of this law (the
Sherman antitrust statute) are being
constantly reported and an organization
stantial complaints may be promptly in
vestigatcd and violations vigorously and
speedily dealt with WAS the attorney
generals trust busting promise. He
said district attorneys will be freely
used in the antitrust work. lie did not
advocate any specific legislation by
Congress to supplement the sherman
law but said an average of 80 com
Int tr.4a ..f g.. an f.Ia
had bcep received
That there are now pending 40 anti
trust prosecutions was recited in the re-
port. During the new Democratic ad
ministration eight new cases have been
instituted.
Suppression of "white slave' traffic
was pointed to proudly by the attorney
general
"Since the passage Of the White Slave
act he said TO September, 1913,
(about, three vearsl. there have been six
hundred and thirty-three' convictions
more than one half during the last
twelve months OF that period There
have been but ninety-three acquittals
and there We're pending in October, III
cases offdefendants under Indictment.
"Enforcement of the act has been
vigorously carried on under the super
vision OF the special commissioner and
also a corps OF local white slave officers
who are stationed at most of the prin-
cipal cities
McReynolds said $4,000 of S475Ooo
given the department. Tor detection and
prosecution of crimes has been Hei
aside exclusively for the white slave
squad
-aEnor4 IL b.i,o ,,,,lo 40 ,.t;i;,o ttt
money to the best possible advantage il
the prosecution of interstate whit
slave cases which involve the element
of traffic or commerGalism. The de
partment feels that material progres.
has been made during the past year IN
suppressing the most vicious features
of the traffic"
The attorney general recommended
that II a federal Judge fails to avail
himself Of the right to retire when he
reaches 20 years of age after ten years
service. that the President be authorized
to appoint a "senior judge 60 insure
having an official active and able to dis
charge the duties. He also recommended
that clerks of the United States courts
be appointed for specified terms and be
subject TO removal by the President for
cause.
Prosecution for customs frauds during
the last year, the attorney general re-
ported, has resulted in fines Of S2s0.00O
and convictions Of 81 persons in criminal
prosecutions.
That the criminal antitrust prosecu-
tion OF the "Shoe Machinery Trust is
being held up until after the civil suit
is settled was stated in the report.
How n great "rogies gallery" of finger
print and Bertillon records of criminals
all over the world is being built mp by
the department was disclosed in the re-
port. The attorney general stated that
there are now ON file in his office 36.00S
Bertillon records and 52,449 Bertillon
records Of which 2,577 identiilcations
were made in this country during the
last year. including l,2e4 by the finger
print system.
Twenty convicts have been pardoned
I during the last year. Sentences OF 100
others were commuted ad 70 pardon ap-
plications denied.