Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-09-20 | Page 9 | Antitrust Law Applied to All

I A ANTiTRUST sf LAW I l TO ALL ALLHouse House Voted r Not to Exempt Labor Unions and Farm Or Organizations By I CalTer al service r Washington Sept 1 19 Thc 19 The House went cut on rc record to a f further legislation exempting labor r and mid farmer organizations s from tho the operation of ot ortho tho the antitrust law Jaw The Theote ote vote was 53 33 to 19 In favor of oran an amendment b by Representative Fess of Ohio to strike out the following pro pro- of a section In the deficiency bill appropriating for or enforce enforce- ment of antitrust laws by by- bythe the department depart depart- ment of or Justice E Vear ell I Provided Pro hou however ever that no part or this mone money shall bo he sp spent nt In the thic prosecution pros pros- of or any organization or OI individual I ual cal for or entering Into all any combination or agreement for tor bettering the condIt condi condI- t lOlls lions of or labor or for or any ally act acL dono ii in III furtherance thereof not In itself unlawful un un- lawful Provided PIo further that hint no part rt of or this appropriation shaH shall b be expended for the thc prosecution of or producers of ot farm products all and amid 11 associations i of ot farmers who ho operate co-operate and and organize In an effort to and for the purpose to obtain and maintain a fair air and r reasonable reason ason- ason able price fOl for their products The These exemptions have be been on written tat Into appropriation hills bills sine I ios IOS and amid H It s section ellon is Included e In iii the antitrust law lair by 11 I s T TIn In Iii moving mo for their elimination lO today Mr 1 Foss said bald r f Insist that thiat the be Is hi here here- for the American p to mf l make c an Is Issue we upon making a law In that will wih I toc or hod bod e and empt o nobody I am alii rad ready to make that I HUO at any time line I ant an ready am-ready read for or It and I want ant It to 10 conic come and I hope the gentlemen will have o tho limo courage to lo stand h by h th the American Amer Arnet ican life and amid whatever r It mean and not hot be dictated to b by nn any group roup of or men mon wha whatever to er t their hell nil names m The rho action of ot tho ho House Ilous takes on added significance from room till tho tact fact Mr Fe Foss Fess R Is chairman of or the time Republican ron congressional campaign Ills 1118 ft tight fight ht for the lie elimination of or tho exemption tion UC may of or th tho Republican lican policy to Hr towards 15 labor und and farmers Canners in the tIme enforcement of r antitrust laws lawa