The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-10
KENYON WOULD
FREE-L|sT THE
TRUST GOODS
Iowa Senator Attacks Alumi-
mum Company of America
and Accuses Concern of
Business Treason"
ENORMOUS PROFITS
MADE IN FEW YEARS
Democratic Tariff Bill Is De-
scribed as Protective in
Spots, and in "Selected
Spots at That

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-"Tt is
more important to control or destroy
the trusts than to revise the tariff, -
declared Senator Kenyon in the SEN
ate today eff our Democratic friends
by adopting an amendment in accord
ance with their party platform would
assist in this, they would accomplish
greater good than by merely reducing
the tariff
Mr.. Kenyon was speaking on his
amendment to free-list articles manu-
factured by the aluminium trust at
once and to automatically free-list all
products of concerns held by the courts
to be monopolies.
"If the government cannot control
the trusts" be continued, "then we
may as we'll concede the trusts are
powerful enough to destroy this gov
crnment. When the nation has granted
protection and an industry so pro-
tected violates the law, that protec-
tion should be taken from it,
Business Treason"
The aluminium company, Senator
Kenyon declared, "was engaged in
business treason" against the govern
ment from which it received it's pro-
lection. The concern, he said, capi-
talized at $30,o00,0oo, had invested
only $2,00O,o00 in twcnty-four years
and made a profit of $2s,0o0,00o on
its stock. Mr.. Kenyon described the
Democratic bill as protective in spots,
and "in selected spots at that
He praised President Wilson for
urging tariff legislation on congress
and declared he did not believe the
president had attempted to influence
legislation improperly.
Senator Kenyon led the senate into
debate on the Sherman law as a
criminal statute. He declared il one
man were sent to Jail it would do more
than anything else to make trusts OBJ
serve the law.
Juries Blamed.
Senator Nelson suggested the unwil
lingness Of juries to convict under the
act was more to blame than the action
of judges.
Senator Kenyon replied that it had
been his experience that great business
organizations reached out through all
walks Of life and that it was exceeding
ly difficult to secure juries not sub
iect to influence. 1t was suggested that
education was the prime requisite to
insure enforcement Of the statute.
Senator Borah expressed the opinion
that iuries were unwilling to convict
men Of criminal offenses in the forma-
ton of an unlawful combination when
| in most instances these combinations
had been formed "with the conni-
| vance and consent of the government.
The law, he said, should specify un-
lawful acts"
Oliver Asks Question.
| When Senator Kenyon was assailing
the aluminium company, Senator Oliver
attempted to ask question.
| beEOre yleIu, SdAu 'oeudtoI Acu-
yon, ct would like to ask if the sena-
tor is interested in the Aluminium Com
pany of America9"
Senator Oliver said the question
smacked of some impertinence and said
he was not personally interested in the
company.
"Didn't the senator represent the
aluminium company before house COM
mittee when it was seeking n water
power site on the st. Lawrence river7''
demanded Senator Kenyon,
Senator Oliver replied he had; that
he had endeavored to accommodate the
com pany, but that he was in ''no way
interested in the aluminium business.
Contract Is Read.
Senator Kenyon read contract be-
tween the Canadian branch of the Alum
|inum Company of America, the trust, }"
and two Swiss companies. under which
the Canadian company was TO get rs
per cent Of the business on this side
Of the Atlantic and % per cent on the
other side and the Swiss companies the
reverse. The Swiss company WAS not
to sell anything TO the United States
government and the Canadian company
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