Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-01-22
BITTER STRUGGLE
WILL ENSUE OVER
WILSON PROGRAM
euM Moosers and Radical DEM
ocrats Do Not Believe Pro-
posed Laws Drastic
Enough.
SOME WARM FIGHTS AHEAD
Conservatives Think They Go
Too Nar--LaFonette TO In
sist Existing Stock Issues
Be Not Legalized.
SOME WARM FIGHTS AHEAD

NNitS,liIiSJoN. ~ ". Jan. : : -
acnt Wilson's recommendations AZ 10
trust legislatio lind general appfo%ai
in Senate and House. lilat is. there are
comparatively few members VINO dis-
sent in the main from his ideas. IL Is
spnarcnt however that before the pro
posed legislation is enacted grave dif
ferences of opinion are going To de-
velop. Already they are discernlb'e
On the one hand conservative demo
cxats are convinced 1t would De better
to have no trust legislation at this
time or at most to have none that Is
a, III radical. On the other hand there
are powerful clements OF radicals IN
House and Senate who are CONVINCED
the administration bills are not goins
fna' enough.
Fights Will develop to make the bl!.s
just as harmless as possible and ALSO
FIGHTS TO make them more radical.
Progressive party leaders are alrcAdN
declaring their dissatisfaction with the
practicllly leave the trust problem,
where it was Progressive republican
leaders in the Senate will insist on the
bulls being more radical.
one of the biz controversies Of the
session is expected to arise over the
proposal for government control OF
railroad security issues. Senator La
Toilette is expected to fight to make
this bill drastic and to inaist that there
be nothing in the bin calculated to
legaIiZe existing issues of securities ne
believes to TIC waterea.
LEADERS 70 LOSE NO TIME
IN DRAFTING PROPOSED LAWS
Washington. Jan. al.-Ffve bills to
carry out the suggestions of President
ry1A helnE
completed in congress today.
The bills will. embrace the following:
An il storsts,te trade aolnrniSgio,
with inquisitorial powers into corpor-
a.tions and authority TO AID the courts
and keap big business within the law
Prohibition OF interlocsing direct
crates in interstate corporations, rail
roads and national banks.
Empowering the Interstate Com
Nlerce commission to regulate the is
suance of railroad stocks and bonds
A Sherman law definitions bin which
would define specifically what const' 4
tutt.s conspiracy in restraint OF trade
general trade relations measure
seeiSing to eliminate cut throat" com
re.itivc business, and which. would
provide punishment for individuals IN
stead of business. and making 1t pos
sible for firms pr individuals injured
by unlawful business restraint to
combinations and institute suits in
equity for relief.
Revise Tentative Drafts.
Following conference last night q,
Alie White House, members of tiie
House judiciary ard Senate Interstate
s.A1imerce committee went to the CAP
itol today with the program as out
lined in mind, and revision Of tentative
drafts OF measures streadS prepared
was undertaken
Senator NewiAnds chairman of ths
COMMITTEES which will have charge OF
the legislation IN the Senate, and
Chairman CLAYTON, Representative
Carlin and Floyd, of the Ho',se ju-
dietary subcommittee on trust leSis-
president Representative AGarnson
cllairnonn OF the House committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce
which Will have jurisdiction over the
bills relating to 8 government super
vision OF railroad securities and inter
state trade commission. expects to
confer with President Wilson today oi
losnorrow There is already pending
before his committee a railroad secu.i-
lies bill drawn by himself. which viii
form the basis for the administration
measure. a trade relations bill dratt.d
~ the judiciary subcommittee END
senator Newlands and shown to the
president las. night, ntay ke introduced
~ Senator Ncwlands and with other
measures pending, turned over to tht
Adamson committee tn aid IL in its
work.
a meeting of .h. entire membership
of the judiciary committee has beer
called for tomorrow. when bills re
Ia,jng 10 trust subjects will be re-
viewed and probably will be introduced
the following day. Senator Newlands
held another conference today with