New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06
PERKINS CENSURES
WILSON STEEL PLAN
Wholly Insincere and En-
tirely Incompetent, He
Declares.
DERIDES TALK AS
MERE ECHO OF TAFT
Asserts Bryan-Gregory Idea
Will Not Sustain Presidents
Assurance to Business.

Plainly inconsistent, wholly insincere
and entirely Incompetent. This Is
George ". Perkins, est mate of the
Wilson Bryan administration in its
latest move to appeal the Steel suit de-
cision.
"The case ia of extreme importance, -
said Mr. Perkins last night, land if the
Wilson administration had given this
as its reason for believing that the
case should be carried 20 the Supreme
Court, where a final opinion could be
had a great many people would have
approved; but no right minded person
can approve the reason given by Nh
Gregory. which bases an appeal TO the
Supreme Court because OF the law upon
which it is grounded even though the
suit was instituted during the last sd-
ministratiOn.
This places the wilson Bryan Greg.
DRY administration squarely on record
as indorsing the course taken by raft
and Wickersham, when they brought
suit to dissolve the Steel Corporation.
Therefore, in arguing the appeal be
fore the Supreme Court. the Wilson
administration will ask for the dssolu-
ton of the Steel Corporation precisely
as the Taft administration did, and for
the same reasons. buttressed. if pos
sble. with reasons that TO the Wilson
administration seem stronger than
those advanced by the Taft administra-
tion; for Gregory must, If possible,
succeed where Wickersham failed"
Mr.. Perkins pointed out how wholly
incompetent 1t was of the administra-
ton to prefer to accept the personal
opinions Of Taft and Wickersham in
place of the unanimous opinion OF the
next to the highest court in the land.
All this is done notwithstanding the
fact that President Wilson has told
the country that the mists and MAS
mic airs OF suspicion that have filed
the business world have now blown
away. that the road lies clear and firm
before business. that a new day has
dawued for the beloved country whose
lasting prosperity and happiness We so
earnestly desire
To substantiate the sources from
which Mr.. Perkins derived the above
statements of the Pres dent, he pointed
20 several speeches which Mr. Wilson
had made since his Inauguration.
fplI tho hn -
ness world that II could expect great
deal from the Federal Trade Commits
sion" SAID Mr. Perkins. THE law ere
ating this commission says specifically
that the Attorney General may use II
for the readjustment Of the business
Of any corporation alleged 70 be volat
ing the antitrust acts. The CircuI'
Court instead, in handing down its de
cision i'm the Steel case, plainly intl
mated that the Federal government
Nigh, possibly use the Federal Trade
Commission for such purposes.
yet the Attorney General In place
Of referring the case 20 the commits
sion. deliberately sends the case &c
the Supreme Court. declaring his be
lief that the company should be dis
solved. The present administration
talks one way and acts another. The
situation Is serious. and II IL high
time that the business men OF the
country aroused themselves 20 its fu!l
significance.
II want il distinctly understood that
I am not speaking as a director OF the
Steel Corporation. but strictly as a
citizen for A long time and now deeply
concerned over the trend OF events