The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-06-14
TO FIGHT THE TRUST
PRESIDENT WILL ASK NEW LEG.
iSLATioN TO STRENGTHEN
SHERMAN LAW.
M'REYN0LDs 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.

! plainly apparent that President Will.
son and the Democratic leaders in
! Congress think that IL this country'o
| manufacturers and producers would
| change their methods Of work they
! would have no reason 10 fear ap-
preaching tariff changes. The Presi-
dent has expressed himself as believ-
| Ing that because high protection has
! afforded such good shelter for Ameri-
| can concerns they have neglected
| opportunities to conduct their bust
! ness In way which would make high
| protection unnecessary and which
J would enable them to sell things at
a lower price and to earn as much
/ dividend money as they earn today.
| This Is the expressed Democratic
! v-w.
| 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 to make money even II certain
and sundry articles are put upon the
! free list.
| For New Trust Legislation.
When tie 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 Fl. Taft had considerable expert
| ence as 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 Cen
eral probably will have to go into
| court or send others into court for
him. to present cases under new con-
ditions. Mr.. Wilson's thought. as he
has expressed 1t several 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 il without bringing hard
ships to holders OF stock or to the
interests of the business community
! generally.
Want Actual Dissolution.
II Is the intention OF the Democ-
racy, so the party men say, to make
the dissolution of all combinations in
restraint OF trade actual instead OF
merely apparent. There are Demo.
cratic leaders willing to say that the
| great corporations which seemingly
/ have been split up can be actually
split up. and that they can be made
to compete, TO sell their goods at a
lower price and yet continue to make
money and pay good dividends. To
accomplish these things is the job
which the Democratic party in Con-
gress and in the White House has
ahead OF 1t after the tariff and cur
| fency are out OF the way.
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 view to de.
termining II a 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 IIilles at
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 what
Is 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 con-
vention. but from disaster which the
Republicans think and say 10 to be
brought about by Democratic tariff
and Democratic currency system.
II is the old line Republicans who
are the more inslstent that the party,
instead Of holding convention with
the hope OF getting the two factions
together. should "wait on the other
party's follies for the chance Of restor-
alton to power" The Republicans
known as standpatters apparently do
not want the national committee to
call convention. They seem TO be
convinced that only few reforms In
party methods are necessary and that
there Is no need Of giving heed TO
1 progressiveRepublican demands for
changes looking to the initiative and
referendum. suffrage. presidential pri-