The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-30
BY REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO DESCRIBE ENHANCING OF
 TRUST STOCKS.
IS "BENlFICIENT SUNSHINE"
Senator Cummins Attacks Policy of Kindness Towards Trusts Adopted by Democratic Administration to Settle Differences.

Washington, Jan. Mathematician sunshine" enhancing the stock of cor porations, was a characterization ap piled to the trust policy of the Dem ocratic administration by Republicans today. during the debate on the policy of amicable agreements with accused corporations.
 While hearings on the pending anti trust bills were under way before the house judiciary committee, Senator Maritime of New Jeufsey interjected into a senate discussion on agricul- tural extension the announcement that there existed in the United States an oatmeal trust.
 Senator Cummins admitted that such a trust probably did exist and asked the New Jersey senator if any proceedings were pending to punish
 q do not know whether there were any immediate steps being taken to prosecute the oatmeal trust, Senator Maritime replied, but I do know it is part Of the policy of the Democratic party to go for the trusts and we will go for them, dealing with them fair ly, honestly and justiy, but not ten derly or kindly"
 q hope it Is the plan of the Demo cratic party to destroy monopoly" |" said Senator Cumndns, but l must confess that the plan is being carried out with a deliberateness that some times discourages me. hope we speedily shall reach the oatmeal trust where it can be dealt with We are going very slowly however. and have no great confidence in the ef fort to readjust industrial conditions in the administrative offices of the government.
 ''There is but one way to punish a man for having violated the law and that is to bring him before the bar of a court and, finding him guilty, pun ish him. | have not much faith in these preliminary negotiations and these quiet adjustments that seem to have been favored not only in former administration, but in this one as we'll"
 Senator McCumber said that all he could learn of the Democratic trust policy was from the newspapers, which announced that the trusts were to be gone after" but that the party lis dealing gently, going very quietly and telling the trusts to have no fear Of being hurt
 Members of the senate interstate commerce committee took up infor mally today the pending interstate trade commission bilI and completed Eeveral amendments, the chief of which would guard from publicity in- formation required from corporations relating to trade secrets. lists of GUS toners and such data.
 Representative Adamson, chairman of the house interstate commerce com mittee, talked with President Wilson
 
 commission bills. Mir. Adamson told the president of the committees plan for hearings, which are in accord with the presidents views, that all the light possible should be gained by committees in the formulation of the antitrust program. The commit tee will inaugufate it's hearings to- morrow, when Commissioner Davies of the corporations bureau may pre- sent his views.
 The judiciary committees hearings will be resumed with Representative Stanley continuing his explanation of his antitrust bills. Representative Henry of Texas, who was asked to appear, presented his views today in the form of letter, embodying speech he made recently in North Carolina.
 MT. Sii.-~. of Tennessee, who will be active in the work of framing the proposed capitalization bill, has a measure now on the committee dock ct which will figure materially in the discussions. It would make it unlaw- full for a railroad to issue capital stock, stock certificates or any other evidence of indebtedness except with the appro1hl of the interstate com merce omImission for extension and improvements of its lines and ter minals ana equipment and other "nec- essary pSrposes."