Show FORAKER IN FAVO R of f THE ELKINS 4 LAW L AW Jt i SPEAKS OF RATE MEASURE U E AS I 1 I 1 unnecessary I 1 I 1 senator lodge asks arks for information as to prosecutions under the I 1 sherman law A washington june 23 senator lon long g today introduced in the senate a res resolution calling on the attorney general for a statement of all suits brought under the sherman antitrust anti trust law and the interstate commerce law together with the facts as to their disposition when the fhe resolution was presented resented senator foraker moved to amend by calling for the extension of the th e statement ement so as to make it cover suits brought under the elkins law in support of his statement mr foraker said that he was satisfied that the statement me nt would show that the elkins law covos every thing of which any human being has made complaint since the railroad discussion began he cited a number of decisions under the law including that handed down by the federal court cour at kansas s city yesterday senator bailey said that so tax far as I 1 he had been able to determine some of the parties to the combination alleged had b been een convicted while others had not been ile he could not tin understand der stand how one party to a conspiracy could be considered guilty and others not but said if the courts ts will follow this verdict by putting in prison every man mam who wh 0 has violated the law they will have hav edone done much to vinci date the law yes indeed 11 responded mr foraker and that thai is what I 1 have been contending for for the past five or six months he declared that if oil enforced forced the 14 elkins act would prove a remedy for ali a li 11 rebates and discriminations he called attention to tho the fact that complaints are to be filed under the law and said the interstate commerce e commission was now doing the best work it has ever done in taking off the lid and closed with the declaration th thai at the ithe failure of the conference on tho railroad rate would be tho the most mos t fortunate thing that could happen for the country because a more unnecessary or more mischief making law was never put on the statute tute books after senator bacon had presented an amendment asking for details as to tho expenditure of especially appropriated tor for tile the prosecution of cases case against the laws lawe m mentioned the resolution was laid aside to permit the senate to proceed with other business |