The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-24
'ROCRAMNE Of
The PRESIDENT
|NOT COMPLETE
Ati-trust Bills Made Public
thursday Not Last Word in
the Remedial Legisla-
+ ton Proposed.
[L THE MEASURES
\ SUBJECT TO CHANGE
>arings Will Be Held Before
Ills Are Put Into Shape for
Passage in Both Houses
of Congress.

:. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The anti
t legislative programme as out
'aedsin bills made public yesterday is
II the last word in proposed remedial
II ielation to regulate big business.
.sH the tentative measures may be
I fred or amended was emphasized to-
81 in both branches Of congress, and
president let it be known he did
a consider the forms Of the bills
Hted closed
: RuTsuant TO the purpose of admins
q Ion leaders to exhaust the subject,
/, Eas determined by the house judi
,zry and senate Interstate commerce
-pmittees not to introduce at this
me the measures relating to interloek-
!, directorates, definition of restraints
u trade and specification of "cut-
bat ~ competition. Hearings on the
Atstion are TO be held beforo the bills
d Ito congress.
Fhe interstate trade commission bill
Foduced yesterday viii be taken up
!, H week by the house interstate and
I tign commerce committee, which
y sec fit to alter the provisions sug
ted By the Judiciary subcommittee,
@t Senator Ncwlands, chairman of the
irate Interstate commerce committee,
A5Tfth Bill Not Drawn.
he fifth Of the proposed bills, that
srRnthorize federal supervision of rail
,X securities, will not be drawn for
nkral weeks. As basis for this
asure, however, bill introduced by
r>resentative Adamson of Georgia
bably will be taken.
Evans for the hearings now are en-
n ing attention Of the legislative lead,
n Representative Clayton has called
bdpeetiIg of the Judiciary committee
nforrow to determine upon course
y sproeedurc, When the Democrats Of
IA lee met today to discuss the sub.
the suggestion was made that
nfings should bc conducted jointly
Sd senate and house committees IN or
le 20 expedite consideration of the
This idea received little encour-
h nent, however, from the house
~1ers IN charge of the antitrust pro-
l0nme
Al cti0n in Committee.
~Nlth two committees in the house
7ruy engaged in preliminary consid
N non of the subject. and with au-
~ difference of jurisdiction in the
We between the judiciary and in
20 Vate commerce committees, it was
ted out that Joint hearings could
hi DC conducted without considerable
81 s.nculty Democrats Of the senate in
= ete commerce committee were in
~ ~ TO insist that all the trust meas.
30 be referred to them when the bills
!, ~ I1nfroduced in the upper branch,
= REPRESENTATIVES, Clayton, Carlin and
80 or the Judiciary subcommittee.
, ycfred with Senator Newlands and
TT Democrats OF the interstate com,
NJ committee, including Senator
slSFn of South Carolina, Pomorene.
mas, Meyers, Robinson. Salisbury
ua Thompson. tonight.
! bchanging Views.
o. |Me M are exchanging views" said
W Fesentative Carhn, "goi6g over over
~ WIN view to determining where
a may oe improved and insure har-
aetloh upon any changes that
- Acmbers Of both committees ofter
Jp tue question Of making the
|, M pnA measures through caucus
'~Sn' oppressed the hope that il would
"e1essaIy to handle them in this
% was done with the tariff and
ID ny pills' In this connection Sen.
be -SeMia1as pointed out that all mi
il, tt,stpers would be given an op-
~ participate in delibera-
orfH on the bill at hearings and
i ugh consultation with the committ nIa
s'SsFf pother joint conference of tbo can
'sp md house committees will be- be- held seh
- rstion Is Open.
[rntte house officials declared todov
Up president Wilson had taken no af.
Ia whatever on legislation TO rean.
Wtf 5toek exchanges, His declnrntSnn
ny !iers that he had omitted the sub sub.
! Itrom his messages because IL was
: W IncIuded in Ihe Dnmnnr.I.