Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-29
TAKES A
WHACK AT TRUST
AND TARIFF LAWS
SAYS THEY ARE GREATEST ASSET or
POLITICIANS AND GREATEST
LIABILITY or TRADE.
DECLARES LAWS ARE NOW SUCH NO
MAN CAN KNOW WHAT He
CAN DO LEGALLY.
-HN Aesnrinirl rrnss- /

Mu-kuere. Okla. April 1H ~Thr tariff
and thr sherman anti trust Iiw ar, thr
greatest asset "f uur politicians and ihr
greatest liability ul our merchant" ,l,.
rlarrd t.orur M rrrkiu- ut New Nurh h,.
fore tIir Southern Commercial ruu.r,
to-day. III spoke on "ihr Nru South and
ihc New World" and discussed what h,.
called another great reconstruction period.
when thc New ~"uth i- WV Iuuyrr th.t ht
Henry Grady daN hut ut Thomas Edison
day. wii hi- problems nn longer sectional
hut national und International
Mr.. Perkins declared that laws .r -urt
n"v iht uo mau rau iud out what W, ,I.
lr-aIIv do in mu-mc--.
"Nu lawyer ruur nr president rm trli
him. hc Said. 'aud while h- transactions
may clearly bc prufvr. morally or H
nunra.l,. thr IaN- ar -u ,aeur ihlt unr
government unIriuI rru take uur position
Iud another -uvrrHmrut unIrluI rNart, tH.
opposite ru-itiuu gud tl, court ,.u du
and arc doing precisely tHr -smt fhr..
New cufcuu-r-. now mdrrfakm.-. thrt
mean -u much tu HnN country. und general
bu-u,-- ryu uH uud vII uut hr Started
WlIl Ihi- uncertainty - removed W,
arr told thc CLAYTON I.w wI ar..tafr
hn-inr--. lf might h,tr br raf.d thr
Nludd.y IuV. tur tNy uuly uu-m.-- M u.'I
Facilitate Ivy iIy hu-m,-- Iur lawyer
".lhr draifrr- ut fh, sherman av." E.
-a.d. ~'a.ed to di.-rr-r thr situation ,ur
rrIIy Th,y -av nrN evils urtru- ut.
thy hu-ur-- world .ud instead WY -tuaH.
ai those evils tnry tried r. mau madr
laws tu wipe nt Gud given crunumir- Tnr
luW should have supplemented thr rurmuu
law ~o a~ tu make " criminal tu issue u.
tered -tock. or tu issue iaI~, annual -tttr-
mrui-: should have required federal m-
corporation with the fullest prhhrty urd
strict government regulation wv tuy ri-, uI
large Interests aud International udu-tr.a al
cnmnnnic- where ownership i- widr- rrHd.
All thr bills proposing tariff huarl- and
tariff commissions Mr. prrhm- -.l. IurI
tu provide iur sufficient Iytiiudr aui iYu
rr lIc said THAT such "a body Should nr
NON partisan. with ample authority n
facilities tu d,yl with tuc subject "iu WV.
way" IIr Said t -huud hs -ur "i !.
tariff court to which people nI ary indus
try may Nc amy tmr app, aud which ma,
takr steps iu uutr ruuurr-- urf promptly
where injustice ha~ brcu touui aud rc'ici
shown nrcr--ay C"ngr,-. hr -a.d
should delegate to Xxi. general supervision
ur preparation uf tuuf schedule and hl
guided by u- expert advice.
"Cruvdiu- thy tariff hurd tur first plur,
a- trump card tnr politicians" hr added
~ha- been thr hulahaloo krpt ur aII u,r
our land tvr twenty ycar- over thr ~hcr
man law. What ha- come WY W aIl Mann
political Jobs m-mc-- failure. nnumrr
ahly lu-t hu-iur- opportunities. fur year
bu~iuc~- wv thi- country hl- brrH thr tuuf
ban oi ppIiiir- and politician A.l WY yor
arr responsible because ynu Ir poitir- e'
hang"
v Saying hc held WV hriyt lur thr ~taudlr,
OH company. hc suggested thai while !
may have dome amy numhrr ul ihn-
wrongful. IL had been 20 phenomenal cum
mcrcia success aud the government mgh
Y have tried thv experiment WIT rvgulatm.
and controlling li Ilr said 'uo rur-iiul
lever has been raised a- tn thr -ati-tartnr
mature uf thc business results" accom-
Iuli~hcd by thr Tvuue- -cy Coal aud lru
transaction. Ile referred to thc govern
mcnt'- step tor pool to meet ihc reccn
cotton crop crisis and asked how auyon
-nulI know whether. Ip~Iutr the admins