| Show 0 0 ORS ORSe e Aliens Permitted to Gobble Alaska Claims AMENDMENTS TO CODE ILL in the Senate on Trusts Sewall Declares That the Standard Oil Company and American Sugar Banning Company Are Benefactors I tors to thaI tha People of the United Hutted I It t States Opposition to Combines He rIs s as s Sen Sentiment Stewart Also a Defender May MayiA 1 A resolution of offered ered V by Mr Tiliman S C calling upon the secretary ot df the navy for in information formation ge s to taste of Krupp armor armora a Indian Head ws vaa agreed to Air Harris Kan Kat had passed a resolution I calling upon the secretary of th the inter interior loiS for information as to the flow of the Arkansas river and as to conserving tog ing the waters of that stream for the benefit of Colorado Colordo and Kansas The Alaskan civil bill was then laid before the senate and Mr Mi Carter announced the withdrawal of the pend pending pendIng ing amendments relating to the loon loca location tion of at mining He Be said he did tifis because of the urgent necessity for legislation at this session The most elaborate and remarkable preparation ever made for the development of a anew anew new country were wei in progress in the district of Alaska Absolute I for fr the enactment of civil laws aepli cable to Alaska was recognized by everybody but u it was obvious however I that some mine senators felt feit so on the pending questions that they would debate the bill to death fie JIe therefore asked unanimous consent that sections I 73 7 and 73 of the bill and all amendments thereto including his own owis amendments I be withdrawn The passage of the bill followed soon aLter after aLterI I Mr Proctor mailed called up the army bill bUl and the senate I without objection to proceed to the consideration of the measure Mr Proctor boy hov over ver had ad the hill bill laid aside and the senate took up the army appropriation bill carrying Discussion on Trusts Mr Berry offered the following amendment The quartermasters de do department in making contracts and purchases of tf articles and supplies for forthe the military service shall give prefer preference thee ence all other things including price and quality being equal to articles of the growth production and manufacture ture of the United states and as s be between b tween tWett the producers manufacturers merchants and dealers of the Tinted States preference be riven all I other things including price and coal cual ity being equal to those producers merchants and dealers who are ale not members of or in any way connected with any trust or combine formed to produce manufacture oUs ot U the thO which ate are being contrasted for and purchased by the u tars department for the military ser eee service vice vicO Mr Sewell N J Inquired what he meant by a trust What were corn com mealy known as trusts he be said in inmany Inmany many instances had proved to be nub lir benefactors He designated the I Standard Ott company and the Amen Ameri American can Sugar Refining company as two combinations of capital which had hod cheapened their products to the people Sentiment This sentiment about trusts he said was the adoption of the small sinai ways of the past of trans transacting transacting acting business and was not in hi any re no respect based upon od sense aen Air Mr Berry replied he be had not expected Mr to be in sympathy with any effort to curtail or destroy the newer of great combinations of capital He knew he said id that the leaders of the j Republican party were not in lii favor of trusty trus and pointed out that the Republicans henna of Ohio only last week had adopt adept adopted ed a platform condemning trust I Of course said saAd Mr Kerry Berry the plank was a feeble one but it was a plank Mr Stewart said most of the tive efforts anat trusts had been perfectly wild and crazy and the L proposed Jr amendment was one of a i i comedy of errors on the same subject Mr Pettigrew attacked Mr Sewells statement that the Standard ON 0 cons com company pa pany and the American Sugar g company were benefactors of the peo people eo pie and had cheapened products lie e produced figures which he showed that neither of the mentioned had cheapened their prod peed products nets their action at all tim j being di directed directed the tte cri out of oon petition and sid the increasing in of their own OWl profits Stewart Defends Trusts Mr Stewart that the only remedy for trusts was waa competition If Ifa a legislative remedy could be found be ha would favor tU K There were e of capital capita that were bad hod and others that were good Mr Toilet Tellei Will the senator tell ua us what the difference between bad trusts and trusts The senate of ot the United State is isa isa a trust replied Mr dt Stewart ad ass I believe a n good one Laughter Some of lot the trusts he said raid ere and they were bed bad Leave untrammeled said he and ne be will rid them therm themselves selves of all ail bad trusts Of course couvas we cannot in any way stop the over overproduced produced industry of Against trusts simply amply to win voter vote to get into omen Mr Teller bell believed ed the trust question was immensely imely important and one that must be met square squarely and handled It Ft was nas desirable he thought that it should be dealt with by the states but the difficulty was that many ai were by the trusts themselves lv en National legislation of a kind that could or would be enforced was therefore desirable Enforce Sheman Law LawIt If It the Sherman law were enforced maid he as it ought to be there not be the cry titers there is now against true If a law should he ild be em en providing that th officers of ac as trust or combination be Im hit Imprisoned for contributing to the fund of any pott t leal party a stop would sooTh soon be put to an alliance between and political matters Mr Teller said the theY subject Ct was a one ae as it woe wae that proper corporations should net be made to The offered by Mr Berry was defeated 18 to tu 29 as tens Baton Bacon Berry Money MOI Butler Builer Clay Petus DarN Taliaferr Harris Teller Heitfeld Jone ik Ie Well nr n IS Aldrith 4 PIatt Court Proctor Fairbanks Ross Roes Foraker Scott Frye Frys Sewell Shoup Simon Hoar Stewart Joner Warren Kean Wetmore Lodge Lods 23 McBride Mr offered the following amendment Por the purpose of es as establishing military telegraph and cable linen in Alaska Provided fur far then That no telegraph or cable neg ne owned wholly or in part operated or controlled by persons persona not of the United or by any gB corporation shall haU be established in or permitted to enter dinter Alaska Ho said Ms his amendment did not bind bin the government te to any route hut ut left the subject to be adjusted Ih In con conference ference He sail it was important that the United States Stites should control the telegraph linea In Ins Alaska and it wae w important too cable lines enter entering lag ing Alaska should be under the control of the American government The idea of his proposition was to prevent any foreign government or eec cor corporation frei entering Alaska with either telegraph or cable lines A Can adan company 19 Je now constructing a telegraph line fine with the idea of cross croon crossing hag ing Alaska Aluska and laying a cable from the Ala Alaskan kan coast screen across the tue Pacific ocean to Chine China It ought not to be per pa permitted to land its cable on the Alaskan Macan coast Mr Carter said eaid he see no rea iea reason son apy umber Dumber of ethic cable lines should not be constructed actors the Pacific Mr Lodges amendment was agreed to Without completing the hilt bill tha tho pelt sen senate ate at p In nu IlL adjourned I |
