Evening journal., 1917-12-21
DEMAND REPEAL OF
ANTITRUST Laws
800 Jersey Manufacturers
Send Pledge to Wilson
TO Help Win War
SUGGEST BUSINESS
MEN FOR Cal NE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2i.-Resolutions
pledging aid TO President Wilson and
urging Congress to repeal the sherman
anti-trust law and 70 establish a ma
tional academy or school Of commerce
in which the highest training in marine
engineering, trade conditions and navi-
cation may be obtained for future
merchant marine were adopted by the
Manufacturers Council of New Jersey
at its convention in the Robert Treat
Hotel in Newark. The council is an out
growth Of the New Jersey Chamber OF
Commerce and represents about 500 man
ufacturers who are willing 10 aid all
they can IN the prosecution Of the war.
The resolutions advocating the re.
peal OF the sherman antitrust law de-
rlared that the law was antiquated and
inadeduate: that certain businesses
should be allowed 10 combine and fix
prices which the law forbids them to
10, and said:
Resolved. That the Manufacturers
Council recommend that Congress enact
legislation which viii permit the pro-
duclng and financial agencies OF the
country to combine and TO regulate the
prices Of commodities by agreement, as
3 matter Of public policy and economy.
lnder the direct control Of governmental
uthority.'
The resolution relating to the mer-
shant marine urged that subordinate
and elementary institutions for such
training as is demanded by the condi-
lions that exist at the present time
ton ~
shipping in the period which follow
NE war be provided without delay
The convention sent the following
eiter to President Wilson:
"The manufacturers council Of the
Now Jersey State Chamber Of Com
merce. in convention assembled for the
purpose Of promoting the highest OBJ
tainable efficiency with O view to the
more effectual service Of industry dur
ing the war extends It's greetings ana
assures you that the manufacturers
OF the state Will welcome every oppor-
tunity to cooperate with the national
Government"
Governor Walter +. Edge told the
manufacturers that during the present
crisis municipalities. States and private
enterprises should forget their indiyid-
ual ambitions and put all their assets
into common pot through which the
Government viii get means to win the
war.
In spite OF an that has been done so
far. the Governor declared, this country
has not even begun 60 make the sacri-
fees that will be necessary. lie criti-
cised the Federal authorities for their
shortsightednes in allowing men to
20 20 the cantonmenis with 60 equip
ment there for them. he explained thai
he didn't intend TO crltlcise but thai
he wanted to help remedy conditions
"New Jersey men who have beer
thus called have responded with
vim that shows a strict realization ol
their duty" said the Governor "Wher
these men go abroad to offer their lives
il necessary it is only equitable, to say
the least, that the business brains al
home become commandeered by the
Government"
The Government referred to the re-
lection Of the aid of captains Of IT.
dustrics and business leaders who had
gone TO Washington and had not been
accepted on the theory that their pres
ence on certain war boards would not
help TO increase public confidence in
the way the war was being conducted.
The Governor said he would favor
the creation OF four or five portfolios
They did it abroad with success since