President's Message on Trust Busting and Antitrust Law
The President discusses Supreme Court rulings on Standard Oil and American Tobacco, endorsing strong enforcement of the 1890 antitrust act. He advocates possible federal incorporation to restructure large trusts, while stressing the statute’s aim to preserve competition and prevent monopolies. The message notes judicial limits, calls for clearer enforcement, and warns against repealing the law.
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Senate
House of
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
American Tobacco Trust
Deeres
Circuit
Noyes
Powder Trust
Circuit Court
Department of Justice
Union
Bureau of Incorporations
Attorney General
Tobacco Trust
Bureau of Corporations
Republic
Try This Famous Pinex Pint of Cough Syrup
Cure claims tout Pinex as the best cough remedy sold in the U S and Canada. A 60 cent bottle mixed with home made sugar syrup makes a potent remedy for coughs croup hoarseness and bronchitis. It promises quick relief within 24 hours and comes with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back.
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U. S
Canada
The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Taft Warns Against Concentration of Industrial Control
The White House statement from December 5, 1911, condemns efforts to concentrate power over industry and prices. It argues such control would strangle individual enterprise, paralyze competition, and kill commercial freedom.
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William H. Taft
White House
Four Hundred Horses Destroyed in Jersey City Fire
Jersey City N J December 5 The United States Express main New York service plant was swept by a fire yesterday destroying 400 horses and hundreds of wagons. Loss estimated at 1 000 000. Night watchman Fred Ockray who raised the alarm is missing and presumed dead after trying to save horses.
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Jersey City
N. J
United States Express Company
New York City
Fred Ockray
Penitentiary Shoe Shops Destroyed in Texas Fire
Huntsville Texas December 4 Fire began shortly after noon in the shoe shops of the Huntsville branch of the Texas penitentiary causing $300000 in property loss before it was stopped by dynamiting several buildings Fire equipment came from Houston. The blaze threatened the business district but no prisoners escaped and only minor burns were reported Eleven buildings burned.
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Huntsville
Texas
Texas Penitentiary
Houston
Winnipeg Death After Hotel Porter Attack
Betram Hunter a Winnipeg packer dies in Edmonton Alberta following an assault by a hotel porter. A quarrel led to the porter striking Hunter over the head with a bottle in a hotel incident.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Betram Hunter
Packer
Edmonton
Alberta
Hunter
Socialists Contest Canton Mayor Election
Harry Schim ing a socialist who lost the Canton mayoralty to Mayor Turnbull contests the result saying deciding the race by guessing kernels of corn was illegal.
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Canton
Ohio
Harry Schiming
Turnbull
Ilegal
Former Cordova postmaster charged with embezzling funds
Portland Oregon December 5 Joseph Diggs ex postmaster of Cordova Alaska was arrested by a United States marshal on embezzlement charges for 4000 of government funds at Cordova He is held in the county jail in default of $6000 bail.
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Portland
Ore
Joseph Diggs
Cordova
Alaska
Diggs
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One Tinfoil Company
One Snuff Company
Licorice
British- American Tobacco Company
Porto Rican Tobacco Company
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Comptroller of
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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David P. Phimer
Long Beach
Cal
Virginia
Pacific Ocean
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Virginia Country Club
Carl Stanley
San Diego Bay
San Diego
J. H. Holmes
Green
Pasadena
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Omaha
Nebraska
Northern Pacific Railway
Butte
St. Paul
Northwestern Land Product
W. H. Merriman
D. F
P. A. Butte
Montana
Henry D. Wilson
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Seville
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