The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-20
he emphatieally approved
making guilt personal In all
suits AGAINST trusts.

HRsNifH HItN Htfh0Hsl w sh
suits against trusts.
Every act OF business IL done
az the command or upon the int
tiatlye OF some ascertainable per.
son or group OF persons" he said
And these should bo held respon
sihle and the punishment should
fall upon them. and not on the bus
mess organization of which they
make Illegal use"
Fortunately. no measures OF
sweeping or novel change ara nee.
dcrstood that our object Ia not 90
unsettle business or anywhere ser
iously break lts established
courses athwart ON the contrary
we desire the laws now about 20
pass 90 be bulwarks and safeguards
TO industry against the forces dis
turhlng II. What We have TO do can
be done In a new spirit OF thought
full moderation and without rcvolu-
ton OF any untoward kind
It's Not a Radical
Program. Ne Says
We are all agreed that private
monopoly Is indefensihle and intol
cradle and our program Is founded
on that conviction
1T will be a comprehensive and
not radical or unacceptable pro
gram, and these are It's items and
tho changes which opinion dcliber.
ately sanctions. and for which bus
mess waits
at awaits with seauleseenes,
In the frat place. for laws
which will ereetuslly prohibit
ard prevent such interiockin9
'pertonnels' Of dlreetorstes OF
great eorporatlons--hsnss. rail.
roads. Industrial and CONNER
eiai and public service bodies
---as. In effect. result In max.
Ing thore who borrow and
those who lend practically ono
and the same: those who sell
and those who buy but tire
same persons trading with one
another under different names
ard In different combinations
and those who affect 20 com
pete but finaeisl partnerp ard
master, Of some wholesome
field OF business.
"A sufficient time should be
SLOWED In which 20 effect
these changes 81 organization
without Inconvenience or cor.
fusion.
Urges Legislation
To Help Railroads
ain the second place. the
business man AZ we'll az those
who direct public affairs now
recognize with painful clear
ness the harm ard Injustice
done many, N not all, o. the
great railroad systems Of the
country by the way In which
they have been financed and
their own distinctive interests
subordinssed 20 the interests
OF men who have financed
them and other business enter
prises which those men Wish
90 promote.
The country 10 ready 10 se-
eept with relief a. we'll ss with
approval a law which Will con-
fer on the Interstate commerce
commission power 20 superin-
tend and regulate financial
operations whereby the rail-.
roads heneeforth will be sup
proper development TO meet
the rapidly require
renss OF the country for In
creased and Improved faelil-
ties Of transportation.
we cannot postpone action
In this matter without leaving
the railroads exposed TO many
serious handieaps and hazards.
Uncertainty Hampers
Business, He Declares
The business country waits.
has long awaited and suffered
because II could not obtain fur.
ther and more explicit ieqis-
tative definition Of the policy
and meaning Of the antitrust
law.
Nothing hampers business
like uncertainty; nothing
dsunts or discourages IL like
the necessity OF taking
chances. and 20 run the risk OF
falling under the condemna-
tlon OF the law before II can
make sure what the law 10.
Surely we are sufficiently
familiar with the actual proc
esses and methods Of nonop-
oily and the many hurtful re-
strslnts OF trade 20 make this
definition possible.
These practices being now
sbundantly disclosed. can be
explicitly. ITEM by item. for