Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-15
PRESIDENT DENIES
ANTITRUST BILLS
WILL Be DELAYED
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should be sent to President Wilson,
Vice President Marshall, Attorney
General McReynolds. Speaker Clark.
members of the interstate commerce
commission and senators and repre-
sentatives. The letter Is:
I'VE respectfully appeal to your sense
OF Justice, and ask In the name OF the
suffering American people. in the name
of common sense, why wantonly harass
business at this juncture when 1t Is
struggling for it's very existence?
why throw more thousands Of men
idle when so many families are already
starving?
why subject business to any expert
mental legislation now, when 1t Is not
on your part is a peril at this time.
What we do need is a little building
up-no more tearing down. We have
had a sufficiency of experimental legis-
lation for the present.
THE granting of the petition OF the
eastern railroads for 5 per cent freight
increase will do more for the prosperity
and development of the country than all
legislation against unlawful restraint and
monopolies. Such determination will
result in a movement forward. not back
ward, and any contrary determination by
the interstate commerce commission will
emphasize the fact that Washington hos
tility Is baking prosperity. The mer-
ested. Business must not be retarded,
otherwise commercial failures will In
crease.
THE continual senseless attacks by
governmental bodies upon merchants. by
impending assaults upon railroad. indus
trial and mercantile corporations. revi-
sion of the tariff and currency reform
have resulted in sinking business to such
an extent that it has thrown hundreds
of thousands out Of employment, reduced
Ina In
industries and mercantile corporations to
the extent of at least 1900. 600 600.
1.-THE most serious situation that con-
fronts the country today Is the fact that
unemployment is growing more acute
We need relief. We ask the Congress Of
the United States to halt before IT Is too
late. Postpone all antt-business legisla-
ton. Give the country rest. and last
but not least. permit Congress to earn
well deserved early rest"
Even Supplies Night Telegram.
In addition to the form letter there is
attached to the communication the fol-
lowing form of a night telegram. which
it Is suggested should be sent to the dis
tinguished statesman at the Capitol and
elsewhere:
"In view of unsettled business condi-
tons throughout the nation, ana the 1act
rency system. coupled with uncertainty
of this years crops. makes 1t advisable,
we believe. for Congress to postpone new
legislation affecting business world until
next regular session in December"
1t has also become known that
similar letter has been sent by the
Simmons Hardware Company OF st.
Louis, probably the largest wholesale
house in the United States. to Its thou
sands of connections. e. c. simmons.
the head of this house. was recently
serve board, but declined. The Presi-
dent did not at that time know of the
letter that had been sent all over the
country by the company.
The letter, under date of June 3. de-
clares positively that general business
is exceedingly dull and that the records
Of commercial houses show that the
month of May was "one of the poor
est months we have had In many years.
Hesitation, doubt, uncertainty and dis
trust seems uppermost in the minds OF
the people"
There are three serious handicaps to
Improvement in conditions, IT is de-
clared in the letter, and with these
cleared up or in satisfactory shape
1--WE will begin an era Of prosperity that
will go forward by leaps and bounds
two decades.
Good crops are declared to be a great
inspiration to business at present, but the
three things that stand in the way of the
big jump in prosperity are said to be
the Mexican troubles, the awaited ad-
vance in freight rates and the continue
ton of hostile legislation by Congress.
The letter continues:
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