Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL KNOX RECOMMENDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL KNOX RECOMMENDS.

Thnt all discriminatory practices affecting interstate trade be made offenses to be enjoined and punished. Such legislation to be directed alike against those who give and those who receive illegal advantages and to cover discrimination in prices ns against competitors in particular localities resorted to for the purpose of destroying eompetitlou. lu order to reach producers guilty of these offenses, who are, as producers, beyond national control, a penalty should be Imposed upon the Interstate and foreign transportation of goods produced by them aiul Federal courts should he given power to restrain such transportation at the government's suit.

Such legislation is necessary because the existing interstate commerce law does not give an effective remedy in this class of cases against either shipper or carrier. A commission or bureau in the proposed Department of Commerce should be created, whose duty it should be to investigate the operations of concerns engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to gather information and data enabling It to make reeommendatioyis for additional legislation to report to the President. This would be a first step in securing proper publicity. This commission should have authority to inquire into the management of any concern doing an interstate business.

P. C. KNOX.