The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-02-05

authority TO regulate the size of cor
porations, Senator Cummins has pro
posed amendments which would also
empower II to determine whether any
person or corporation Is violating the
law with respect to sales below actual
cost for the purpose of inflicting In.
jury upon competitor, and whether
any corporation is violating the law
with respect to the amount of it's capt
talization as compared with the value
OF its property.
Monopoly OF Wires Urged.
Government monopolization OF tele.
graph. telephones and wireless com.
munication and such other means of
transmission Of intelligence as may
hereafter develop" Is recommended
Ia report submitted TO the senate
by PostmnstrrGencra Burleson.
Immediate government ownership OF
telephone lines is recommended, with
u system OF license for the other agon.
oles OF communication. establishing u
government monopoly even where
there Is not actual ownership,
The report recommends immediate
acquisition by purchase at appraised
value OF the commercial telephone
network" except the farmer lines.
Waiting Treaties Ready for Action,
Responding to President Wilson's
appeal. made M the white house con.
ference last week, the senate commit
tee on foreign relations ordered IN.
vornble report on u large number OF
arbitration treaties between the Unit
ed States and the leading countries
of the world.
The farreaching character Of this
group OF treaties is shown by the long
list of first rate powers with which
they are made. including most OF the
great powers OF Europe South Amcri'
ca and the orient
Aside from the importance of these
treaties In the cause Ol arbitration
some OF them have larger signti
cance In affecting the political aud iu
dustral relations between the United
States and other countries,
Faetery Women Plead 20 Wilson.
MourI workers who tu,i la the
mills. awratshops and the factories
Of the nation pleaded with President
Witou Monday tor his assistance to
the caIar ol woman suffrage. The
president rcgretlully told them. as he
did delegation last December, that
he could not urge anything on con.
gress which had not received the or.
ganic consideration OF the democratic !
party,
Persons close to the president say |
he believes il is n problem for the |
states To decide. although there Is rea |
son to believe he never has made up
his mind definitely on the merits OF |
the question. lie does not feel II in |
oumbent upon him, however, to take /
a stand on il until the democratic
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National Capital 6revities.
\ total OF S3O5,OOOOOO is provided
for in the record breaking postoffice
appropriation bill passed by the house.
The house passed the annual lortifi-
cations bill, calling tor s5l75,9O0 for
use IN the cnuntry's detensrs
Henry NJ rmdcll, of Peoria, con.
firmed January ~ as ambassador 10
Russia, has resigned His resignation
is believed TO be- due to the fact that
Russia is reported TO have taken steps
TO protest against the Peoria man, not
withstandiug that charges were prov
ed unwarranted.
The ChamherlainJohnsou bill au
thorizing the construction of the Port
Vancouver bridge across the Co
lumbia river has passed the senate
and now goes TO the president ,or sig,
nature.
With assurance that the place will
be accepted, President Wilson sent
10 the senate the formal nomination
OF Colonel Goethals TO be governor of
the canal zone
The senate was much stirred by
the charge OF Senator Lane. of Oregon,
that report OF the interstate commerce
had been "doctored' ar
the request of Senator Newlands. The
vice president ruled that Senator
Lanes remarks were % reflection on
he comm rree AMI th. senator's oN-