Wilson Trust Plan Sparks Bipartisan Praise and Fear
Antagonism between business and government surfaces over President Wilson's trust plan. Kansas figure Hardock condemns the plan while others fear radicals. Senator Gallinger calls for cooperative trust laws. leaders across parties praise the message as conservative and prudent, while some worry about caucus reforms and Southern states' rights.
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Wilson
Hardock
Kansas
Gallinger
Congress
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senapfor Gaillivgirr
New Hampshire
Warshall
McReynolds
Obituary notices brief list of deaths in 1914 area
Died notices from January 1914 list names including Louis Brandt Edmund Casey Mary Anne Beardsley Maria Lotishe Virginia Simmons and others with residence addresses in Washington DC area and private or church burials instructed at various cemeteries Funeral details note dates times and locations for each service and interment proceedings
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Berry
Seles
Tate
Brandt
Franks Geier
Seventh Street
Prospect Hil
Itimore
Acasey
Edmund
Bridget Casey
Limerick County Ireland
Massachusetts Avenue
St Josephs Church
Hyler
EH Street
Capta Q Filer
Glenwood Cemetery
Frederick
Baltimore
CEY
Anderson B. Lacey
Mary Anne Beardsley
May Henry B Lacey
Cadiz
Ohio
Rock Creek Cemetery
Lynch
Maria Lotishe
John Arthur Lynch
Cincinnati
Batterson
K Street
Ann BW
John B Patterson
Tuneral
At & P Om
A. M. Rouk
Willow
Cromwell Rock
Bimmons
Viruinta
William HE Simmsons
Frank Geter’s
President's speech urges fair reform of trusts and rail oversight
In a State of the Union excerpt, the President calls for fair, moderate action against monopolies, endorsing broader government rail oversight. He argues for constructive legislation, preserving business stability, and avoiding sweeping upheaval while condemning private monopoly as indefensible.
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Congress
Wilson outlines postwar business government cooperation agenda
President Wilson calls for unity of business and government to align private industry with public opinion and law. He lists key proposals including interlocking directorates ban, ICC power over railroad financing, new restraints on trade, a court-aiding information commission, penalties for unlawful practices, limits on holding companies, and private rights to sue based on government actions.
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Who
Manttea
Wberry
America
Antitrust Reform and Interlocking Directorates Debate
A historical speech outlines a broad program to curb interlocking directorates in banks railroads and public service bodies and to strengthen antitrust definitions. It argues for laws to prohibit overlapping boards empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to supervise railroad finances and urges holding individual executives criminally accountable to protect market stability and promote new leadership.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Businessmen commend the message from President Wilson
Chicago figures John G. Shedd of Marshall Field & Co says the message shows optimism and clear-cut expressions. James W. Lusk of Frisco Hallway Receiver notes the tone is fair and impartial and supportive of railroads and business. Joseph Russell, ex-president of the Boston Chamber, adds that the message aligns with expectations and urges prosperity within the laws. A Washington dispatch adds notes on pronunciation from Wilson's big trust address in the House.
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Chicago
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
Wilson
St. Louis
Jan
James W. Lusk
Frisco
Washington
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York Timex
Sherman Law Resolutions on Holding Companies and Private Ownership
A speech argues for defining Sherman Act limits on private ownership and voting power to curb holding companies. It calls for reparations for injuries by monopolies and allows private suits based on government verdicts, urging lawmakers to align laws with public conscience and finish the constitution of peace.
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Roosevelt on regulation echoed in modern big business fears
Extracts from Theodore Roosevelt and papers quote Roosevelt and Rooseveltian ideas to defend government oversight of interstate corporations. The piece argues Progressives in Congress align Wilson with Roosevelt, urging supervision over big business to curb monopolies and protect the public, citing multiple 1901 1904 and 1906 messages and a 1912 charter speech.
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Congress
Wilson
Roosevelt
Col
Col. Roosevelt
Columbus
Ohio
Square deal for people and big business in the nation
The speaker emphasizes safeguarding public interests and urges a square deal between people and big business. Citing Roosevelt's 1908 message, he argues the federal government has sole constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce for fair treatment of both the public and major corporations.
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Roosevelt
Bureau of Corporations
Congress
United States
Edward W Chadwick Dies In Kanston pneumonia claims life
Edward W Chadwick superintendent of the Caroling Railroad died at his home in Kanston North Carolina this afternoon from pneumonia at age 42. He was a native of Lenoir County and a well known fraternity man leaving a family.
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Edward W. Chadwick
Kanston
N. C
Edward W Chadwick
Caroling Railroad
Lenoir County
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