The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-18

Cay Of Wisconsin. Who vas . tsao-
grapA oposatos: JoAa Z. FAr Of Rsaa-
sylvaAia. typographical unioa: 3. z.
R0osets Of Nevada. and Albsst JoAa-
500 o. Washingtoa. q member of ~
IntofnatSoaal ryposrapaieal unioa.
The Progressive union card maa In
tAs hosss = John I. Nolan Of Califos-
MA. Who 10 Q member Of the Intesna-
t1oaal MoSAsrs' unioa.
Thses nea have worked in the opsa
aaA aggressively for the cause Of -
bor. They have been helped By sseA
nssmbers Of congress - they osal1
influence and they have managed TO
secure . strategic position in The
hoase.
Five Of these men are members Of
tAs eommittss on labor and It may b
said that virtually they control Il
David J. Lewis Of Maryland 10 chair
man Of the committss. Other union
members in the committee are Mahse
Of New YORK. Casey Of Pennsylvaaia.
Heating Of Colombo and Nolan Of Cal
ffosnia. Representative nalts of mn
nols. . member Of the committee. y Q
farmer and II should b rsmembsesd
that farmers cleo are ssskins axenp-
tSoo for their organizations from the
aetioa Of tie antitrust laws. Not one
Of these men 10 . member of either
he committee % judiciary OF hat of
interstate commerce. in Which ths
aa<1-tsast biils originated.
Wilson ~ Ovsinsss osprsssisN.
Every olAcial In psblic life In Wash-
inston and svsey othss man. to-.
nnaturally desires to have bsslnsss
saSagsards1. big bastnsss. - well -
little bos1nses. The sAt3<sNst bois.
Which are now bsfoee the ssoats.
after having gone through the hosss.
are supposed to supDly the means oe
getting after illegal business and b
make unpopular the forming Of trusts
or combinations in restraint Of trade.
Will the legislation which II now in
the course Of passage do what It 10 s1-
peeted to do?
The other day when the representa-
tives Of manufacturing industries Of
two middle western states called on
President Wilson and spoke about
business depression. Mr.. Wilson told
them that they were in . psychological
state. He said in effect that II there
was business depression in places It
was simply because his visitors had
feared trouble and therefore had
caused It BY doing things suggested by
fear rather than by reason.
There arc . good many progres-
sively inclined members Of all parties
in congress. some people call them
radicals. who say the Democratic ma
jority in the two houses likewise 10
suffering psychologically. Is this true!
There are some things which are cer-
tain because they are apparent TO the
most casual observer. The antitrust
measures when they were frst fornu-
lated were exceedingly drastic and
they seemed to carry out every prom
ise which had been made during the
debates of recent years. that laws
finally would be passed which would
kill every trust that existed or was
supposed to exist in the United States.
Ars ths oilis Drastic Enoushf
The bills ~ finally drawn and &C
cepted are not 20 drastic as originally
they were. The question now remains
whether they are drastic enough to
put illegal trusts out of business and
to prevent the formation of such
trusts in the future. The Democrats
say that the bills when made into law
will accomplish this end. The Pro
gressives and the progressive Republi-
cans say that the bills will do nothing
Of the kind. and there are some Demo
Gratis who seem to agree with their
opponents. On the other hand there
are conservative Republicans who say
that the bills 60 too far and that they
will hurt business generally while be-
ing aimed only at Illegal business.
From this can be learned how vary.
ing is the viewpoint concerning the
antitrust bills which the senate is
now discussing. It will take consider
able time for the ensuing laws to
prove either their power or their i'm
potence. So It is that the final results
Of the antitrust legislation probably
Will uOt 6uOW Suou9ClVCO kn6 COU1-
ing congressional campaign. Some of
the Republicans cay the mere fact that
the bills have been passed and the un-
certainty concerning legislation has
ceased will quiet business for while.
and that this will rebound to the pres
ent benent Of the Democrats. These
Republicans add that when the real
effect of the bills 10 known there viii
be reaction.
The Democratic leaders seem to BE-
content with the legislation a. 1t 10
formulated. It has the presidents
sanction and whether it be true or
not that 1t 10 only psychological
condition" which makes the Demo
Gratis 10 hopeful, the bills will 90
through and the country will have .
chance to try out statutes framed BY
the present majority party after many
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