The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-06
ANTITRUST BILLS
PASSED BY HOUSE
All Three Measures on Admins
tration Legislative Program
Favorably Acted On.
GO TO SENATE FOR ACTION
Opposition Melts Away and Vot-
ing Goes Through Quickly
and Without Incident.

sent to the Senate for action. Opposi-
tion melted away when the nnai test
came. and the voting went through
quickly and without incident. The
Covington Interstate trade commission
bill was passed without recorded
vote; the Clayton omnibus antitrust
measure received 215 votes to ~ against
IT. and the vote on the Rayburn rail-
road Capitalization bill was 325 TO IL.
Action on the trust bills came rather
The three measures had
been agreed to in committee Of the
whole" the Rayburn bill, as amended
by the committee being completed late
to-day.
When the trade commission bill came
before the House for hnal vote, FRO
pressive Leader Murdoch moved that
II be sent back to the Interstate Com
nerce Committee. with instructions to
report the Murdoch bill as a substitute.
This was rejected, l5l 10 IL, ana inc
pending bill wns passed without roll
call Then the votes on the other two
measures were taken in rapid success
sion
ONLY ONE DEMOCRAT VOTES
AGAINST CLAYTON BILL.
Representative White, of Ohio. was
the only Democrat 10 vote against the
Clayton bill, and all the Prosrcssives
voted for 1t. except Representative
Chandler, of New York Forty-three
Joined the majority in Supporting the
They were: Republicans.
Anderson, Barton. Burke tS. ID, Camp
hell. Carr. CHAMPION, Curry. Davis,
Dillon. Fair, Frear. French. Gardner,
Good, Green Howa), iiaugen. Iiawley.
ifelgesen Johnson (Wash:ngton)
Kelly tMichigan), Kennedy Uowa).
~ I'll Naj, <ul "a c,
I.enroot, Mex en2ie, Mclaughlin, Mapes'
Nonden. Morgan (Oklahoma). Moss
tWest Virginia), Porter. Roberts (Ne-
VAda). Scott. Sinnott. Sloan, Smith
Gdaho), j. NJ. c. Smith tMichigan).
Stafford, Sutherland. Towncr. Ware and
Woo1s--i3.
Prorressives Fell California; }.
Bryan, Coplcy. F'alconer, Hnebaugh'
Hulings. KELLEY pennsylvania, Ind
berg. Macdonald. Murdoch, ]. l. Nolan
California;, T,uplcy. Temple. Thomson
1llinois), Walters, Woodruif-l6.
The eight Republicans and four
Democrats who voted against the Ray
burn bill were:
Democrats Bartlett. Buchanan
(Texas), Garner and Witherspoon-'.
Republica tMichigan).
Dunn, Fairchild. Gillctt, Moore. Parker.
Payne and Wallin--s.
TRADE COMMISSION BILL
The Covington Trade Commission
bill. the first measure on the adminls-
trat!on antitrust program. as cohsiuer-
ed in the House would create com CON,
ers over corporations engaged IN ~, :,
terstate commerce. Tht mn wSuaa
turn over TO a commission OF th.eS
members the power now held by me
Bureau of Corporations in tho Depart
ment of Commerce., and confer on the
commission additional powers.
l.it
ment OF three commissioners. no more
than two OF one political party by
tho President, The commisSioneis Goa
would serve six years at $4,000. ana
commissioners would be barred from
engaging in any other vocation while
After abolishinE the Bureau OF Cor
porations and the. positions OF Com
missioner and Assistant Commissioner
of Corporations. the bill would turn
over the organization and powers or
the bureau TO the new commission
1t then provides that all corporations
100000, except those now subject 10
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
shall submit annual reports; records
of its organization bondholders and
stockholders and financial condition"
10 the commission. The commission
may also designate corporations hay
100000 from whom il desires reports
1t r,ay call for special reports in ad-
dition to the regular annual state
ments required by the bill. and would
provide a penalty Of 500 day for
delay in tilinE reports.
ALLEGED VTOI.iTIONS
MAY BE INVESTIGATED
Upon the direction OF the President.
the Acknowledgement or either house
OF Congress. the commission would be
authorized to Investigate and report
the facts relating to any alleged viola
tions Of the antitrust laws The com
mission would also recommend possible
?orations 80 investigated In order that
iEcy might conduct their business in
accordance with the law. When the
commission finds information as TO any
unfair competition or practice in COM
mercc, not necessarily constituting a
violation Of the law it is called upon
TO report to. the President and aid
Congi IS for remedial legislation.
The bill would authorize the COM
mission to take charge of cases in
plainant entitled to relief under the
antitrust laws. and recommend IAN APP
pr'priate form OF decree to the court"
Il would also empower the commits
sion. on Its own Initiative or at the re-
quest of the Attorney-General, to in
vestigate tho manner In which DEGREES
legations would be submitted 10 the
Attorney- General for action.
thoriry tc make public all informa- MO i,a
tior secured in the course of its in
vastiEatiCns. and Is called upon to sub
NIT a report to Congress on or before
the frat of December of each year
This rerort would include such infor-
mation as the commission has secured
and such recommendations as to addi-
tional legislation for the regulation of
corporations In commerce. The bill
provides. however, that no trade Sc
crcts or private lists OF customers
shall he made public in the reports of
the commission.
MEASURE Is DESIGNED
TO HELP SHERMAN LAW
The Clayton bill. q part OF tho ad-
ministration antitrust program, car
ries provisions designed to strenrthcn
and support the Sherman law and
other acts against monopolies and re-
straints of trade. AS framed by ad-
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