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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1912)
Efyrf. f """" f , -TTfrHH -?. 'AUGUST 2, 1912 The Commoner. today submitted to Chairman Stanloy and tho majority of tho steel trust investigating committee a minority report which ho will submit to the house of representatives. In it Mr. Littleton agrees with some portions of tho Stanley report, but disagrees with Mr. Stanley's proposals for trust legislation. Representatives Beall, Texas; McGillicuddy, Maine, and Bartlett, Georgia, will sign the Stan ley report. The democrats will meet with tho republican members tomorrow and review the two democratic reports. Later the republicans will file a mi nority report. Representative Gard ner, of Massachusetts, expects all re publicans to sign the minority re port, but there is a possibility that Representative Sterling, of Illinois, will differ in details. Representative Littleton's recom mendations will include a joint com mission of house and senate to under take a revision of the trust laws. To this commission would be sent all legislation relating to trusts and in terstate commerce. FEDERAL SUPERVISION He will also recommend a plan of federal supervision of corporations doing an interstate business, which will be neither a federal license nor a federal incorporation. Mr. Little ton will submit no bill, but will sug gest the advisability of enacting legislation which would permit cor porations to ask admission to in terstate business under regulations mado by the government. Corpora tions not availing themselves of the privilege would be excluded. The details of the plan have not been worked out by Mr. Littleton. He has given much thought to the German cartel system and approves of much of it. His plan contemplates generally some functionary of the government, either an official in one of the departments, a board of ap praisers or a court to vise the appli cations for admission to interstate business. This functionary would see to it that holding companies, overcapitalized companies and con concerns enjoying a monopoly would be excluded from interstate business. Penalties for misrepresentations and violations of the anti-trust law would be provided by his plan. BURDEN OF TRADE Representative Littleton will also disagree with the Brandeis-Stanley bill, which transfers to defendant corporations the burden of proving that their combination is a "reason able restraint of trade." "I would not put the burden of proof on a defendant in any ca'se it would be revolutionary," said Little ton today. Representative Gardner continued to work on the republican report. He emphatically denied that the report will be the last word of the republi can party on the trust question. "The four members of this com mittee are writing that report," he said. "They speak for no man but themselves. If the report is popu lar with the administration it can adopt it if unpopular reject it. This committee is running amuck and each man is speaking for himself alone. "We shall disagree with Mr. Stan ley's findings. We shall praise some of his recommendations and indorse some of them. Wo shall go farther and make recommendations of our own. I promise you that the minor ity report will be a surprise to the country." ' U- r- V. 2U. 11 An Associated Press dispatch from Madison, Wis., says: Governor Francis E. McGovem appointed a committee to investigate a proposi tion laid before the state board of public affairs which has to do with the solution of the land problem of Wisconsin. It has been proposed to the state board of public affairs by Albert L. Williams of Madison that tho state start a colony of its own on a new pian. The plan is to put colonists into right relationship with tracts of non productive land without paying a tribute to tho. speculators or middle men, it is proposed that tho state acquire tho laud at its cheapest wholesale price, sell it to colonists for its fair market value, tho entire profit to bo converted into a com munal fund for the benefit of thn colonists. This is to cut out tho petty specu lator, who otherwise would bo sure to take advantage of the cheap land, and actually is intended to place it in the hands of bona fide settlers at wholesale prices. It is intended also to multiply the efficiency of individ ual savings by using them co-operatively. It is expected to do still mnr hv enforcing a community spirit, for tho administration of the communal fund is left in the hands of the colonists themselves, subject to the veto power of a board of commissioners to insure against acts of folly a reserve power which it is hoped the commis sion will never be obliged to exor cise. It is expected that every facility which the individual can not readily provide will bo supplied co-operatively. In the beginning even such com mon necessities as teams, wagons and horse drawn implements will be included. A co-operative store is planned, also warehouses for receiv ing and marketing produce, a co operative creamery and co-operatively demonstration farm, with thor oughbred breeding stock. It is urged that in the cities there are many who would take advantage of such a plan. which I especially notice, saying that all old bachelors and bachelor maids should bo isolated on an Island ao they could not hinder tho progresK of civilization. I do not know why you made this statement, but I feel that it is a great injustice to the bachelor maids of our country. There are, I admit, many men-hatern in the world, but a great many bache lor maids are not living alone bo causo they so chooso, but because they have been unable to find a suit able companion. I must admit that I am speaking from tho standpoint of the bachelor maids. I felt that such persons an myseir are not hindering the progress of civilization, but advancing it. If I had found a suitable helpmate 1 might have spent my money In a different way, and a way which might not have done as much good as it has. "Please think this question over and before preaching on this subject again make up your mind that there is some good in living a single life." Watched Their Chance Got Rich Former Bishop Henry W. Warren of the Methodist church died at Denver. In introducing the supplementary naval appropriation of $5,000,000, First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill admitted that the Increase in the German navy was the cause of his act. NO CHANCE Dubbleigh "Tell me honestly, is there any chance of your marrying me?" Miss Bright "Well, there's never been any insanity in our family, Mr. Dubbleigh." Boston Transcript. Too many visitors at "The Little White House" caused Governor Wil son to retire to a secret place to write his speech of acceptance of the democratic nomination for the presidency. A Grand Junction, Colorado dis patch says: The Rev. Elmer V. Huff ner, just resigned as pastor of the First Christian church, who delivered a sermon recently advocating to exile of "old maids" to a barren island as waste humanity, has found himself at issue with Miss Helen Gould of New York. In a letter he just re ceived Miss Gould declared that many preachers would be without work and without wives and homes were it not for old maids. "Glancing over a Denver paper, I notice an item concernine your ser mon on 'Love, Courtship and Mar ' riage,' " she wrote, "one part - of An Associated Press dispatch from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says: Iowa democrats put tho principles of the initiative and referendum into prac tice, when, just before (he adjourn ment of the state convention it was decided unanimously to submit the progressive platform adopted to the referendum vote of the rank and file of the party. In addition to the plat form, tho convention utilized Its final session in nominating two candidates for the supreme court, Maurice O'Connor of Fort Dodge and John E. Craig of Lee county. O'Connor was named on the second and Craig on the third ballot from a field of ten aspirants. An attempt to Inject the liquor question into the debate over the platform caused considerable ex citement among tho delegates for a time and once threatened to cause the reference of the resolutions to the committee to include a plank on this subject. With the declaration that Wood row Wilson is a local optionist, Henry Vollmer of Davenport moved the in clusion of tho local option plank in the platform. He creator! nnndo. moniura among tho delGcnton with nn attack on what he termed "the cowardice of the committee and the convention on this subject." Re peated attempts to howl him down were futile and he was finally heard. After much disorder the motion was tabled and the platform adopted with few dissenting votes. The platform favors the Initiative and referendum; direct nomination of all officers through primary elec tion; the presidential primary plan; demands the election of national and state committeemen by direct vote ana mat sucn committeemen assume authority upon receipt of certificate of election; favors government own ership of telegraph and telephone companies; physical valuation of railroads; employers' liability act; woman s suurage Wilson and Mar shall were eulogized. Up In Canada, then nrc ecore of men who iot In before the Canadian Purine opined up Caliptry, Alta., and realized onormouu profits on the lot which they itnnpped up early for a sonic. Population wnt from 1,000 to 10,000 In n few year and values of lots roMO JOT200 lo 110,000, $20,000 and oven $30,000. Hut a bigger thin than tho Canadian raelilc Ih now stretching out over Cuiiailii. 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