Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-21
WICkERSHAM ON
TRUST QUESTION
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Mr. WickerSham declared that he
was as pleased as a boy out OF
school" at the prospect of a vacation.
i have freed myself absolutely from
all Official cares and worries, he said.
and am taking the trip for no rea-
son in the world but for pleasure.
We expect to so through Japan and
China and, then across the Trans
Siberian to Moscow From there our
plans are still undecided, although We
will, of course, return home by the
way of Europe. ! am sorry to say
that We will probably not be able to
visit the Philippines. Mrs. Wicker
sham does not care to travel by wa
ter any more than is necessary and
for that reason we will probably not
go to Manila SOS
Mr. Wickersham was looking fine.
and fit and showed no effect from the
four strenuous years just passed, dur
ing which time he has carried on pro-
secutions against no less than half
a hundred trusts" and established
cardinal principles of trust-curbing
that viii form the foundation for all
such work for many years to come.
Two Big Suits Fought Out.
Perhaps the most notable of all
Mr.. Wiekersham's prosecutions while
attorney General of Tafts cabinet
were the two suits brought under his
direction for the dissolution of the
Standard Oil Company and the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. Previous to
the time of these suits, IL was almost
agreed among members of the federal
legislative bodies that the Sherman
Antitrust law had become santiquat-
ed and was no longer sufficiently def
mite to cope withSthe. trust situation.
Mr.. Wickersham; however, held out
for liberal construction of, the
Sherman law, declaring that the
courts had construed 1t too strictly in
the past and that it was for this rea-
son in danger of becoming dead
letter. His view of the matter was
upheld by the U. s. supreme court In
the two cases mentioned above, and
that decision, which resulted in the
dissolution of the two monopslies, Is
now regarded as the cornerstone of
trust prosecution. Mr.. Wickersham
also distinguished himself in drawing
I'D plan for the dissolution of the
Hartman railroad lines. and was sue
cessful in putting the plan into oper-
alton until the railroad commission
ers of the state of California objected
to .one of the provisions as to the
holding of stocks and bonds contained
therein and nulified the entire plan.
While others were cropping in the
dark at the government regulation
.cJ o,,rhiu<r ,f x,1ononolioc Wick
sham was. the first to see the clear
light of day ahead and to sound with
out eqniyocation the death knell Of
monopoly. 1T is perfectly clear" he
stated as long ago as 1911. ito any
thoughtful person that it is inimical
to the continuance of free institutions
that the great industries of the c0un-
try should be controlled by a small
body of individuals. IL such result
cannot lie prevented through the OPP
Grafton of the Sherman Antitrust
Act, then the alternative must be the
resort to some form of government
control The people will not permit
they cannot permit--the uncon-
trelled Capitalization of power in pri-
vate hands. No artificial body of
HtcnuOWSu Wy tuO oIdtO WIN oPO-
cial privileges shall dominate the
state.
No less spectacular than his public
career, Mr.. Wickershafn's rise to
fame in private legal life shows the
broad generosity, the simple direct
ness and the great power of the man.
Born in PIttsburg, Pa, in 1858, he
won his lawyers degree at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania when only
twenty-five years old. In 1882 he
moved from Philadelphia to New York
as a member of the law firm of Strong
& CadYallader. From this time hon.
ors were ceaselessly showered upon
him. He acted as counsel for the COM
mittee that carried through the re-
organization of Chicago's street car
system; he was counsel for the con.
struction company that built the
New York subway; counsel for the
New York State Savings Bank Asso.
citation, etc. Since s1909, as climax
to all other honors, he served as at
torney general in President Taft's
cabinet.
Will Visit HiIo.
Mr.. Wickersham declared this
morning that he has made plans to
stay in the islands for at least two
weeks. He was delighted to hear that
arrangements were already under way
for the trip to the volcano, and that
he will be taken to Hilo as the guest
of the Territory. He expressed a
wish to see the Pearl Harbor drydock
as soon as possible. Plans for "trip
around the island are in the HANDS of
Judge Dole, and Secretary Mott-smith
has mapped out trips to the other
points of interest and beauty on the
island. - ~. ~. -@.
Among many to welcome the Wick
ersham party this morning were Fed
eral Judge. s. B. Dole and u. S. At
torney Breckons, Secretary of the Ter.
ritory E. A. Mott-Smith, VIM. T..
Brigham, director of the Bishop Mu-
scum; Thomas Harrington of the
British consulate and DIR. Augustus
Marques, French consular agent. Il
Talks Of Hartman Merger" #-r q
Ore of the last duties of the former
was that of drawing
UP the dissolution plan for the great
Hartman merger, and as the dispatch