The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-17
REDFIELD WARNS

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the foreign representatives of the
above named departments such added
powers and increased personnel as
that ii be enacted if possible that mer-
chandise sold in unfair competition
or under circumstances which tend to
create a monopoly in behalf of the for
eign producer in American markets
shall be forfeited.
Wider Antitrust Law Urged.
Il also recommend that legislation
supplemental to the Clayton antitrust
scr be enacted which shall make it I'M
lawful to sell or purchase articles of
foreign origin or manufacture where
the prices to be paid are materially
below the current rates for such arti
cles in the country of production or
from which shipment is made, in case
such prices substantially lessen compe-
tition on the part of the American pro-
ducers or tend to operate a monopoly
in American markets in favor of the
foreign producer, and that it be made
unlawful for any person to buy, sell,
or contract for the sale of articles of
foreign origin, or to fix a price for
same or to make a rebate upon such
price. conditioned upon the purchaser
thereof not using or dealing in wares
produced or sold by the competitors
of the manufa cturer or seller, where
the effect is to substantially lessen
competition in the production in the
United States of such articles or tends
to create a monopoly in the sale of
such articles in American markets in
favor of n foreign producer.
Unfair competition is forbidden
by. law in domestic trade, and the fed
eral trade commission exists to de-
termine the facts and take steps to
bate the evil wherever found The
door. however. is still open to unfair
competition from abroad which may
seriously affect American industries
for the worse. It is not normal COM
petition OF which l speak but abnor-
NAL. 1t is a destructive type of the
Industrial struggle, intended to put out
of being the forces opposed to it that
the victor may exploit the field al will
The methods used are not those of
legitimate commerce, but those of
commercial offeuse They aim not at
development. but at conquest
Rush to Win Back Lost Trade
ssWhen the war shall close, the pub
lie control of railways in foreign lands
the semi-official chambers of com
merce. the publicly fostered organ
izations which control great indus
tries. will all exist and will all be used
in an effort TO recover lost commerce
The growth in the United States of
industries which may menace large
markets heretofore controlled from
abroad Will not be permitted If public
and seni-public forces acting together
in foreign countries can prevent it.
The outreach of American industries
nay. their very existence in our own
land in some cases. will be resisted
TO the full. and every stratagem of
Industrial war will lie exerted against
them Expecting this. we must pre-
mare for II IF 1T shall pass beyond
fafr com petition and exert or seek to
exert 2 rnonopolistic power over any
mart of our commerce, we ought to
prevent it."
C-o-ope-ation of Business concerns in
foreien trade is suggested to permit
admission Of the smaller tradesmen
mo that field of activity.
1.-The present law PLAYS into the
,,a,ds of the, larger concerns and shuts
o,,f small ones from important mar
1refs'' the secretary said. Provision
@holild be made Wherein srro1 con-