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Show ANTI TRUST BILL PASSERBY HOUSE NUMEROUS REPUBLICANS VOTE. WITH DEMOCRATS ON. THE AMENDED MEASURE. Prohibits Unfair Price Discriminations and Fixes Guilt Upon Individuals Connected With Corporations Which Violate Laws. Washington. The conference report on the Clayton anti-trust bill, already adopted by the senate, was agreed to by the house late Thursday, 244 to 54, pompleting the anti-trust legislation program for this session. Every Dem-pcrat Dem-pcrat and many of the Republicans voted for it. Twenty-two Republicans ana six Progressives voted with the solid Pemocratic membership for the report. re-port. With this out of the way congress con-gress has only the war revenue bill and the Philippine measure to dispose of to be ready for adjournment In accordance with the administration plan for the session. The house is expected to pass the Philippine bill, but it will not be considered before adjournment in the senate, where debate on the war revenue measure began Friday. Primarily, the Clayton bill as finally enacted fixes guilt upon individuals connected with corporations which violate the anti-trust laws. It prohibits prohib-its unfair price discriminations and the interlocking of directors of two or more competing corporations or ot directors of railroad corporations with stock supply companies and limits the Interlocking of bank directors. The bill also prohibits the existence of holding companies which would substantially lessen competition, -and forbids exclusive and tying contracts. " Provision of the act liberalize the laws relating to injunction and contempt con-tempt and exempt from prosecution under the anti-trust laws agricultural, horticultural, fraternal and labor organizations. |