Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-08
STRIPES FOR MEN
RESPONSIBLE IS
B0RAH' 5 REMEDY

That the men who are responsible
! for unfair competition should be put
! I'm stripes and would be in Jail if the
law we're enforced, Is declared by
William r. Borah United States sem
atOr from Idaho, in a letter to Frank
j. Wilson, manager of the Western
| Supply company of Albuquerque.
Senator Borah's letter TO Mr.. Wilson
is in reply to one written by Mr.. VIII
son to the senator some time ago urg-
! ing legislative action with reference
to unfair competition.
Mr.. Wilson, it is understood. in
his letter To Senator Borah, cited an
alleged instance of unfair compcti-
tion existing in Albuquerque toward
the wholesale meat dealers. 1t IS
alleged by Mr. Wilson that one foreign
packing house with branch in Al
I buquerque, sells meat to retailers
I here at prices lower than the same
I meat is sold in Denver or in Sam
Ia Fe.
Senator Borah's letter to Mr.. VIII
son follows.
Washington, d. C.. July /. 1914.
Mr. +. J. Wilson. Mgr, Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
My Dear Mr. Wilson,.
/ have your letter II recent date
in regard to my remarks upon anfair
competition. do not think MIR
Wilson, that the object which YOU de-
sire to attain and the one which
desire to attain differ at all ! know
about the evils Of which you speak
and | know that the law at the pres
ent time Is ample and sufficient to
stop it if we simply had the courage
to do what we ought TO do.
t..tt I4..
interstate trade commission bill Civ
iIs them the power to regulate
prices" / was not discussing any
such bill as that. Mr. Wilson there
is no such bill as that before con-
gress, There would at least be sense
and definitencss to bill providing
for the regulation Of prices. But the
bill which / was discussing is a Dill
which says that unfair competition is
unlawful, and the only way Sdu can
stop it Is to have 4 lawsuit and al
ter you have had a lawsuit there IS
no attempt to fix the price nor say
what the party shall do in the future
but simply prohibit what has been
done i'm the past. Now suppose, Mr.
Wilson you were ut the mercy of u
powerful competitor like YOU are ANA
you should complain and get an order
stopping the thing which had been
done, there would not be any order
fixing the price for the future and
all the different conceivable ways
that might arise would have to BEL
tried out by another lawsuit What
ought to be done with the party ~
which YOU complain is TO put the
parties in Jail. They ought to be put
lin stripes and they would he in
stripes if we were not afraid To en-
force the law. | do not think II Will
add any strength to the matter to
enact again what is already enacted
now | agree with YOU perfectly that
big business has practically governed
the United States and so long as Dis
business pays the campaign eXnenses
of the political parties Of the United
States. big business will control the
United States whether ii is through
Ia commission or something else. DO
You think ii would be any less dill
cult for them to control commission
than it was to control all the rest OF
the United States?
Suppose we had a commission reg
ulating big business and that com
mission was selected from the mem
bership of big business. what chance
do YOU think you would haVe2 For
instance, iIlt ltutifi l'NNl ~ f'''iFf
which is really monetary commits
sion, is now being filled up by one
man who is conspicuous represent
lative of two great trusts and monop-
olies and by another man who Is
conspicuous representative Of the n
nancial interests which have hacked
these trusts and so on and 50 forth.
do not disagree with you, MI VII
son. at all. as to what ought to be
done | would only disagree with you
us to the manner in which It should
ne done. / want to see laws eXecut-
ed and not a perpetual enactment Of
laws in order to delude the people
and then leave them on the statute
books as dead letter am VIII
ing to vote for any trade commission
which Will have, in my Judgment
the effect Of doing what you want
done. but | haven't seen any such
trade commission bill around here. /
think you arc in favor Of one bill ana
the one We are discussing here is am
other bill. Very respectfully
VIM. f. BORAH.