The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-14
PRESIDENT WILL ASK NEW LEG
ISLATioN TO STRENGTHEN
SHERMAN LAW.
M'REYNOLDS WILL GET BUSY
Department of Justice Has investiga-
tors at Work Securing Evidence to
Be Used in Many cases-To Force
Competitive Conditions.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

sor and the Democratic leaders N
Congress think that if this country
manufacturers and producers would
change their methods of work they
would have no reason to fear ap-
preaching tarif changes. The Presi'
dent has expressed himself as belieV-
ing that because high protection has
afforded such good shelter for Ameri-
can concerns they hare neglected
opportunities to conduct their busl-
ness In a way which would make high
protection unnecessary and Whlcn
would enable them to sell things al
a lower price and to earn as mucn
dividend money as they earn TO-DAY.
This is the expressed Democratic
WV.
1t was in connection with his words
on pernicious lobbying that the Pres
ident allowed his views on business
methods to become known. He thinks
apparently that this country can COM
pete with the world and with itself.
continue to pay high wages and con-
tinue tn make money even II certain
and sundry articles are put upon the
free list
For New Trust Legislation.
When { ; tariff bill is passed and
signed, taking fer granted that The
law will read nearly as the bill reads
at present, American competition will
have an opportunity to show what 1t
can do when brought into the contest
against products which are manufac-
tured or grown in other countries.
Attorney General McReynolds, who
under Theodore Roosevelt and Will
lam H. Taft had considerable expert
ence as a government investigating
and prosecuting officer. is still on the
trusts trail, and when overtaken each
trust is to be led to court. in which
a good many of them already have
had experience. When the Sherman
law is amended in accordance with
Mr.. Wilson's view of what proper
changes should be, the Attorney Gen.
eral probably will have to go into
him. to present cases under new con.
ditions. Mr.. Wilson's thought, as he
las expressed II veral times. is that
every combination which is found to
be in restraint Of trade can be dis
solved into integral parts and each
part forced to compete with every
other part for business. and that each
part can do 1t without bringing hard.
ships to holders of stock or to the
interests Of the business community
generally.
AS things are now. the Attorney
General Is busy. He has Investigators
at work in the New England railroad
field to get all the facts not yet
brought to light concerning the trans
portation monopoly there said to
exist. In Oregon and Washington
representatives Of the Attorney Gen.
erals department are looking into
telephone matters with a view to de.
termining II trust contrary to law
Is there exploiting itself.
Policy Of Old Line Republicans.
Washington politicians of all parties
still continue to be actively interested
in the outcome of the meeting of the
Republican national committee which
will be called by Chairman Hilles a,
any time that he chooses within sixty
days after the adjournment of con
gress. whenever that may be.
Republicans of the progressive and
conservative factions are still talking
about what was done when the exec.
utive committee of the national com
mittee Of the party met here and wha,
10 to be done In the future, but II Is
plainly evident from what they say
that the strongest belief of all of them
is that the regeneration of the Repub
lican party will not come from a con
vention but from disaster which the
Republicans think and say is to be
brought about by a Democratic tariff
and Democratic currency system.
II is the old line Republicans who
are the more insistent that the party
instead Of holding a convention with
the hope Of getting the two faction:
together, should wait on the Other
party's follies for the chance o, restor
alton to power" The Republican;
known as standpatters appars ntly d.
not want the national committee ts
call convention. They seem to b,
convinced that only a few reforms IL
party methods are necessary and tina
there is no need Of giving heed u
progressive-Republican demands TO
changes looking to the initiative ant
referendum. suffrage, presidential pri
maries o. any of the cthe. thing!
which progressivism has demanded
sor years and on the denial of which
by the last Republican convention
some millions Of Republicans spill