Show RADICAL AMENDMENT OF SHERMAN 1 I ANTITRUST ANTI TRUST LAW LA V A NEEDED NEE ED REFORM I York Tork April 17 1 Wade H Ellis assistant to lo the attorney general of o th the United States at a banquet of cc the lb Westchester County Bar to tonight tonight tonight night advocated radical amendment of the Sherman antitrust law Ja JaI The power to control prices price to is the wrong which all the antitrust statutes I seek seck to prevent said Mr Ellis Kills With respect to combinations of capital engaged enga ed in a purely public service like the railroads there is no 00 need of aD any limitation whatever upon their right to tomake tomake tomake make mutual agreements Why Because such agreements do donot donot donot not and cannot control prices since the charges chargee imposed for or the service are con controllable by the states or by b the nation Itself i elf Must Encourage Railroads The rhe T railroads must he lie encouraged raed to tu t I keep pace p with the industry of the i country It is a lamentable fact that railroad facilities in recent years have not responded to the commercial growth of th country Wh While le it H Is true P tr f 1 l s and ana n i j F t r roaS oaS Oa TO ov c f in J v Ti tha 1 J t tact act ought not oot to be forbidden It u t rt true that a necessary condition to rail road i u Is that all 11 gD rn m mental nt nal supervision shall cease Th n railroads are ana not engaged in private business s They arc public ImbUe servants In 10 no n amendment of the act at must we make matters matte worse by the attitude of the tbt gos gov toward private business If the national government once t upon the th domain d of raising through executive ur r mini officers the function of intimately the th I affairs atrain of purely private business b enter eater enterprise enterpriSes prise I the th next n tcp tep ts Ml t f a very short I one me to the of business itself i and socialism ali m i t b at h Jid i d Something tc to Keep in n Mind MindI I I hT n t r T ri ons that we wei ut tt i t p r i i i C T amendment u 4 t U tJ f rT hi T J I That the meaning or the law mu must t be clear that the only real PI evil eil eilif if is th power T to control prices that no combination of capital be co con ii urle urles the intent is i to tu T f i it i it r r rt I t t t fl fla i j ji i a c ii r r n a i it itI itt t tar gh g gIbe t I I Ibe be left f in private ri ie hands in P c cf f i |