The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18
DOES NOT EXEMPT
SUNDAY CIVIL 0AL eLAUoG
FAILS TO GAVE lADoR MEN
eaoM PAosGcuYsoN.
joMm P. WHITE CASE CITED

j0MM ?. WHITE CASE CITED
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thsoagh tAs dspastD6at q Justies. Il
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thsrs vas fovn1atioa Sos ths promise
na1s vhsa ~ sisnsA ths ssndEy CIVIL
blll that eases asainst labor unioas 90
esssd OF violating ths Sherman nv
vosld - prosecuted svsa in the faos
ot the exe0Dting clause which Wss
coatsinsd In that measure.
Thsrs vas much csiticisa Of the
Deest6snt's action in signing tAs bill
which contained the clause. II vas
called class legislation and II also was
sas1 that In spirit It was unconsdtu-
taoaal. The letter Of the law vas
nsSs 20 that it would stand the test
Of constitutioaality.
Thsrs are Of course all kinds Of
varying Views ON the subject OF the
wisdom and the right Of congress to
attempt to exempt labor unions and
associations Of farmers engaged In CO.
operative work from the action Of the
Sherman law. President Taft vetoed
- one Of the last acts Of his admin
istraeion . sundry civil bill which con-
tained the same exemption clause that
appears In the present sundry civil
bill which President Wilson signed
and II now q law. The measure ~
passed contained this paragraph:
For the enforcement Of the anti
trust laws. 100000: provided. how
ever. that NO part Of this money shall
be spent in the prosecution Of any or
ganizstion or individual for entering
into any combination or agreement
having in view the increasing Of
wages. shortening of hours, or better
ing the conditions of labor or for any
act done in furtherance thereof not in
itself unlawful; provided, further.
that no part Of this appropriation shall
be expended for the prosecution Of
producers OF farm products and asso-
Citations Of farmers Who cooperate and
organize In an effort to and for the
purpose Of obtaining and maintaining
fair and reasonable price for their
products."
- n>A
Recently Attorney General Mercy
nolds undertook the prosecution Of
John P. White, president of the Unit
cd Mine Workers' Union Of America.
on the charge Of conspiring to restrain
trade and commerce. Labor COL
leagues Of Mr.. White were included
In the prosecution. with the United
States government ~ the prosecutor.
The funds which were used by attor-
ney general of the White case were
not taken from the money provided
for the enforcement Of the antitrust
laws.
President Taft was praised for ve-
toing the appropriation bill which con.
tained the identical clause. After
President Wilson who had expressed
on many occasionc disapproval Of
class legislation 30 called signed the
bill. the country was surprised. or at
any rate manifestations OF surprise
were in evidence In most Of the pa
pers Of the country. and were not con-
fined to journals advocating the
cause Of the Democratic party and
standing staunchly in support Of the
general acts of the administration.
When he signed the bill. President
Wilson said: Il can assure the coun.
try that this item will neither limit nor
in any way embarrass the actions Of
the department Of justice. Other ap-
propriations supply the department
with abundant funds to enforce the
law The law will be interpreted in
the determination of what the depart
ment shall do by independent, and. l
hope, impartial judgments as to the
true and just meaning of substantive
statutes of the United States"
Plan for Alaska Railway.
Almost unquestionably congress is
to order the construction by the
government of a railroad In Alaska
Uncle Sam will own the railroad
after 1t is built and 1t may be that
he will operate it. In his address
to congress when it met In reg.
ular session President Wilson recon-
mended that the territorial road should
be built and Administered" by the
government. Administered" il taken
generally here AZ in this case being a
synonym for operated"
It 10 likely that railroad 400 miles
long will be- authorized by the ex.
pected legislation. and that tho law
authorizing the roads construction
will he an framed "A to leave the cues.