The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-02-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
ny CLYDE II. TANESER.
Congressman elect
Washington CORES ?ondcncc OF The Time.

Washington, Feb. A.-For al
change, the same kind of justice
meted out to poor men, was meted
out to the rich, when Federal Judge
HOllister Of Ohio recently sentenced
twenty.nine officials OF the Cash
Register trust to sentences In Jail,
sustaining tn" view long taken by
democrats that gail, IL personal
and making the first official re.
Spouse to the will of the people that
was expressed in the election OF
Woodrow Wilson,
Now that sufficient time has
elapsed for members of Congress to
consider the effect Of the Judgment
Of the Ohio court, the COuceusus Of
opinion among lawmakers at the
national capitol is that the Jail s"u-
fences will de- more 70 cause mil.
liOnaire trust magnatcs to respect
the sherman antitrust law, than
anything thnt has occurred sine"
trusts and munupolies have come
into existence,
It has been demonstrated that
Jail sentences Is the only thing trust
WHguutcs have any respect iur.
Ghoy ARE willing 10 build up giant
mOuuIolirs in the uoC"ssHrirs 81
III" If their only punishment, In th"
remote event "i their prosecution
aud conviction, is to b" "di-solu-
ZION, tn" details Of which the Su.
pr"nr court will allow their attur.
u"ys to attend, To the end that their
stocks viii double in value. Trust
maguutr, carry nothing about fines,
Fines are con sidrr"d simply on
buoiuoss basis Tn" trust hoais
hav" no objection t. occasionally
paying IA 81, 900 or %4O, 600 fine. hay.
ing made millions in cormcred mark. ,
cts and IN mOuopOlies OF the necrs- .
Surics OF life.
But trust mugnat"s are afraid Of
Il cell, and If they can be convinced /
that II they yiolat" the antitrust 1
law they will go to jail, like the poor
20 to jail when they violate II law |
no one doubts b"t that the Sherman !
law would be Obeycd and the problem |
OF Illegal trusts. solved.
The sherman law provides for |
Jail sentences To trust magnatcs, /.
just AS other laws provide for Jail /
sentences for other kinds of robbery, .
but for twenty wears and more the |
Federal courts have not been i'm /
pressed by the fact This is why so |
many persons have come To be sus- /
piciuus Of the court, and to sincerely |
believe that the poor do not receive |
the same kind Of justice that is
NOTED out to the rich; ii explains
too, the recent remarkable growth .
of socialism, and the agitation for /.
tn" recall Of judges
In this connection it Is important .
To note that although the twenty.
nine cash register beads were found /
guilty and wer" sentenced to jail,
they are not in jail, and are cot /
likely To be for two years, or per
haps even longer. The case will be-
fought through the supreme court,
and a. a general rul" two years il
consumed II Is said that the men
under s"nt"nC" expect To escap"
jail, and will poor out their millions
in an effort to fluid some loopholc Of /
tochnicality by which to escape the
lgnominy of being branded "A con
Wet
II the judgment of the court is
actually carried out, it is obvious
that II will do more toward causing |
Illegal trust magnates To respect the
law, and at the same time more to .
strengthen the waning confidence of |
the masses in the federal courts,
than any thing that has happened in
years
This is the season Of the year when
mothers feel very much concerned |
over the frequent cold contracted by .
their children, and have abundant
reason for it AS every cold wcakens
the lungs, lowers the vitality and
paves the way for the more serious
diseases that so often follow. Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy is famous
for its cures, and is pleasant and
safe to take. For sale by all deal
ars. adv.