The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-14

Wilson today gave cabinet members his ideas on the governments rea- Ntion to big business" the field of antitrust legislation should cover in the present session of congress and the spirit in which he believed the task should be approached. Peace, not war a Friendly feeling of concili- ation. rather than Of hostile antagon.
 ism, and yet a constructive program that will eliminate uncertainty about the law and stimulate the growth of legitimate business. These are funda- mentaIs of the presidents plan of ae- tion, to be embodied in tine message he will read at joint session of con- gress next week. He presented the document to the cabinet today and worked all afternoon on minor chang es, as a result of the meeting
 Cabinet members spoke of the mes sage as a progressive declaration that would reassure the business world of the sincere intentions of the adminis. tration to deal fairly with it.
 Tomorrow at a White House confer ence the president will outline the 0message to the Democratic members commerce and the house judiciary committee.
 While the president has not yet outlined his views on detailed legis-
 ation, he hopes his message will be the guiding influence that will keep the scope of activity within well de- fined compass So far as known, the cardinal features of the presidents plan are:
 l. Supplementing the Sherman an-
 thrust law to reduce the debatable area around it.
 2. The prohibiting of interockine directorates.
 3. Locating of individual responsi bility and the fixing of personal guilt , for all violations,
 i. The creation of an interstate trade commission to perform the
 functions, not only of bureau of in l vestigations whether decrees of dsso lution or mandates of the court are carried out.
 The president is proceeding on the
 theory that legislation is necessary at this time and that there should
 be no delay in accomplishing these reforms, on which public sentiment is agreed. The recent action of J. P Morgan and Company in voluntarily withdrawing from numerous directo rates on account of "a change in pub. ,ic sentiment is cited by administra- ton supporters as evidence that the business world expects interlocking di- rectorates to be dissolved.
 In this connection President Will. son believes the whole course of pub lie opinion has undergone a remark able change in the last few years. 1 From a point where doubt as to The existence of trusts was at first ex- 1 pressed through the period when req. | sonable and unreasonable combina- tions in restraint of trade were debat- | ed. he believes there has developed | now an acceptance of the principle that private monopolies are indefen- sble and that trusts practice certain things which ought to be prohibited ! The president also is relterating to those with whom he is discussing the subject view expressed in his pre-. convention speech two years ago, that to stop joy riding" il fs necessary ito arrest the chauffeur and not the alt tomobiie,"
 He is expected to recommend in his message that the law with respect to personal guilt should be vigorously enforced and provision made in all legislation for individual offenses. One of the most important features of the antitrust program is the in terstate trade commission. This or ganization differs from the kind of commission which was advocated by the national progressive party during the last campaign in that it would not be vested with powers of regulation, but would be the medium through which the government would keep the business world informed and eliminated the twilight song in big industry
 There have been repeated requests for information from business con nections and the need of an authori- tative reservoir Of information already has been demonstrated in the present administrations experience with the trust question It is contemplated 70 place the commissioner of corpora. tions at the head of the interstate trade commission. but to include in