The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-08-26

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u! however ~ Is iouh1 llal l"e
things complained OF nave aelu""y
been done, ana that they are contrary
90 the pubic interest the 'pIhil'S-
s,onS order to cease from iIie pIa''
tees complained OF Is ISSUED bul
then, II the accused person or''''eS
that the decision Is unIaiF 10 hlhl' ne
may appeal TO the circuit court OF APP
peal, Of the United States ana thence
to the supreme court oI l''e un''eu
States.
Experience has shown thal ABOUT
two out OF, three OF the co'npiaIn,5
when are brought 10 the commission .
attention are not such as 10 warrant
any formal proceedings an" mus ''''''
tors are dismissed without annoyance
10 ihe person OF pe''"l'' '"'"l'"''','
OF, without publicity ana "i,h""t pun
Iic knowledge
II Is the view OF the commission 'h"t
business ~ suffering under Il very real
hardship. II is tue same hardship II
ms pointed out that President i'ooHe-
welt saw wien he secured the creation
Of the bureau Of corporations; " Is
the same hardship which FreSldenl
Wilson recognized when he advocated
the broadening OF the functions OF the
bureau Of corporations by the creation
of the federal trade commission. 1t IS
thfz "a made IN InnlN 10 business
are Of necessity intieXible, while busi-
ness changes day by day. What Is
good for one industry IS bad Tor am
other. What amounts tc mortal sin
in one industry may be actually a vir-
tue in another. So 1t is that there Is
body Of antitrust laws drawn to
meet most known business sins, but
in the very nature Of their drafting
they are 50 infeXble as to work hard
ship
Slackers to Get Just Dues.
The federal government has gone
out AFTER the deSerters ana delIh-
qurntS in the world war ID earnest.
deserter Is a man VINO reBIStereu
under the SeIectlVe drait 'aW' out
VINO ana not respohu 10 'le can u
me coIors. A delinquent IS mum
"ho should have registered ana ana
not 40 50" me deserters are "ItI'n
HE jurisdiction Of the war deparl
ment ana are being deoit WIN ny 'hat
department. "hile the dellhquehIS,
never having taken any step loWdru
entering the army, nave Il cIFli STATUS
ANA are being dealt with by iHe de-
parilnent OF Justice
Nhen the armlslire was SlEheh u
was estimated by the provost mar
sinai general that there were more
than 4OOOO deSefterS anu ueI'h-
quentS. or this number approximate
Iy 21O,OW were deserIerS that 49, say
men who had registered nut VINO
failed TO respond when called on lOr
service.
Lists Cut Down to $4,000.
The authorities early in the war as
sumed an attitude Of lenlency toward
all those who after arrest exhibited
a willingness TO register, believing
that the purpose OF the law was 10
secure full registration rather thnn
full JallS. Consequently 2,o63 OF those
apprehended were released AFTER nav
ing registered ana prosecutions were
begun against 2'o02'
Ever since the war was ehued by
the armistlce the war department mas
been going through us Ilsts OF desert
crs and dellnquents ana h2s cut those
lists down until 1t now nus the names
Of about l1'DO men VINO registered
ana then did not report TOR duty or
should have registered ana iaiIea 10
90 So me au'n"l''''S .r'' U''' ~,
time has come when lhis so-'aiIeh
hangover Of the war should ne nhhl-
ly disposed Of so IN accordance WIN
an order issued the other day Doth
ihe war department ana Inc depart
ment Qt Justice VIII IRON ms Time Oe
active IN dlSpoSlng oi these cases IN
OH all urc out of the way.
Some Leniency To Be Shown.
The government is not inclined TO
be- overly severe. It's investigations
sbn,y lnat I'm fl great many eases men
are only technically guilty There are
thousands Of rasea 10 Is asserted In
a. IrInI4 iBg Al Tim lTIn
tn fppr Through some slim thpv failed