The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-03
Designed to Protect Ger
tain Elements Against
Others, Says the Speak
CANDIDATES
FAVOR SOME C.
As Suggested BY
Governor Davis N o t
Satisfactory to Speak,
ers at Last Nights
Meeting.

Speaking eleventh on the list
of twelve candidates for the gem
eral assembly, Councilman Nor
gan r. Mills sprung the genuine
sensation Of the campaign by
casting an entirely new light on
the much discussed antitrust
bill at the mass-meeting held last
night at the John Marshall high
school.
Mr.. Mills pronounced the bill a
piece Of farmer legislation" and
cited section s to substantiate his
claim. The section is as fol-
lows:
This act shall not be con-
strued to forbid the existence and
operation of labor, agricultural
or horticultural organizations:
nor to forbid or restrain indiyid-
tons from lawfully carrying out
the legitimate objects thereof:
nor shall such organizations. OF
the members thereof. be held or
construed to be Illegal combina-
tons, trusts, or monopolies un-
der the provisions OF this act"
The other clause referred &c
was section b OF the definition Of
organizations at which the bill
was aimed This section men
tons any organization ITO limit
or reduce the production or in
e or reSuce the price OF
merchandise or q commodity"
This clause was highly signif-
cant. as Councilman Mills pointed
out as II would deny existence to
the Renters and Consumers
Protective association. who ar
ranged the meeting and invited
tho candidates to express them
selves on their position In regard
to the bill In question
Representative Jones. In defense q
position In voting to pass the hi,
was passed by the house, said tina
Of his constituents had requisite,
him to support the measure, the onl
pressure coming from upstairs In tn
capitol"
Nothing further was said by tn
but the meeting wa
scarcely over before the voters seize
N the significant facts presented an
discussing the coincidenc
by a piece Of farmer legis
receiving the warm support o
Governor Davis. widely acclaimed a
farmers candidate"
READY FOR ANYTHING
With one accord. the nine candi
lates for the house of delegates an
he three for the senate announce
ready to do anythini
of dying for legislation calcu
ated to curb trusts and combination
relieve the almost unbearabl
Several candidates how
'ver, notably those seeking reelection
empered their promises by r~eservin
he right to pass on the merits of in
lividual easur before voting 70
hem.
Senator Cannon. last to speak o
he reversed program. moved to max
t unanimous. He traced the hiEl
,rices from the beginning of the worl'
var and said that no solution of tn
problem had yet been found. and tina
n his opinion, state antitrust legis
was not the answer to tn
problem.
Representative Price dug up
unmentioned IN e n
the efficacy of state legislation
IL said that he wac recently retarne'
rom q tour of several states In tn
East and Middle West and that al
hough stringent anti-trust laws wer
n effect In all of them. prices wer
the same as in Virginia
lie quoted Lewis H. Machen. VIII
the measure. as saying tina
he bill was intended as a Tentative
Measure, subject to amendment. AM
imperfect. He said h
vent to the proponents OF the bill witt
for amendments and wa
old that they would brook no oppo
ition, being confident Of a suficicn
majority to control the house.
Blnmcs PrOducerS.
He expressed the opinion that 8
YER cent OF the Richmond merchant
vere 20. K" and stated that tn