Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1899-09-18 | Page 2 | Anti-Trust League

ANTITRUST GU National Organization Will Hold Conference Soon Chicago Sept 17M L Lockwood president of the Antitrust league J G Fleming Democratic committeeman of New York P l Do wo of New York and R M Boddinghouse and A W Conover of Chicago met at the Sherman House today ana President Lockwood gave out the following gned statement tonight The executive committee decided that the best thing to do was for me as president pres-ident of the Ixatlonal American Antirust league to call the antitrust people together J I JIrJ i aC la gether in a national conference in order a t ct to take action as may seem best to protect act thai < people against the abuses of corporate cor-porate monopolistic f powers As a preliminary prelim-inary to the calling of such convention I now call urn all the true friends of the I antitrust and antimonopoly movements In the different states and territories of the Union to forward to me the names of 1 such men In their state or territory I as they may think are best fitted for the I office of national vice president for their I I aSk respective state or territory now as > every worker In the cause to call four or Jt i aig I more forle friends and neighbors together to-gether whtraro opposed 10 the encroachment encroach-ment of corporate power upon the rights qf the people and organize an American Antitrust leaguein his township or voting vot-ing district All CmJuni tons should b addressed 1o B I Martih nationals national-s retary No 1229 Pennsylvania avenue AVasnmgton D C President Lockwood declared tonight that the league was nonpartisan