The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902, LITTLEFIELD'S BILL PROVIDING PUBLIGITY A5 A REMEDY FOR TRUST EWIL5 |5 PROMPTLY AND FAVORAGLY REPORTED TO THE HOUSE JUDIGIARY COMMITTEE [ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S plan to remedy through publicity the alleged evils growing out of combinations that do an interstate business is rapidly ‘bearing fruit. Congress has been in session Ie:ss than a week, but Repre- sentative Littlefield’s anti-trust bill has already been favorably repor ed by a sub-committee to the House Judiciary Committee. This measure is known as the publicity bill, and provides for the filing of sworn statements by such corporations, or trusts, as come under its provisions. and Clayton. “JIM” HILL’S BIG ADVANTAGE OVER RIVALS Continued From Page 1, Column 5. ascertained why the steamship lines did not bid against Hill for the service. That explanation is given below, and it is so plain that it is absolutely convincing upon its face. The specifications submitted by the War Department of the United States to the transporta- tion lines doing Pacific Ocean business were so blind that they formed no tangible basis for bid- ding. This must have been ap- parent to the War Department officials when the specifications were sent out. All the elements that are essential to a transporta- tion contract were omitted. There was no statement in| them concerning the duration of | the proposed contract; nothing relative to the number of trips to be made per month, or per an- num; absolute silence upon the subject of time to be consumed in making either a round or one- way-trip voyage across the Pa- cific. Therefore, no assurance t any San Frandisco transpor- tation line would naturally de-| mand in a purely business trans-| action was presented. Did Jim Hill bid blindly in ese particulars? Did he agree to make a price for the transpor- on of freight and passengers| the Government without| nowing how long he would ave the service in his control, or | what would be demanded of him by the Governnfent? Did he make a proposition for a contract not knowing what the Govern- ment would require in the matter | of speed for his vessels; or in ig-| norance of the carrying capacity |+ of them that would be demanded | by the United States? [ There is no mention in the| specifications submitted to the| San Francisco carriers that re- motely touches on either of the last two named considerations, | both of which are vital in provid- | ing wvessels. The inference plain that Hill knew, if view of | his action, he not being a callow man of business nor one who car- | is| ADVEETISEMENTS. CROWELL’S HOLIDAY £ 2 2 BOOKS £ £ 2.2 A Splendid List of New Publi- cations Surtable for Gift Pur- OSES S S S S Sl S S S S e Famous Composers By NATHAN HASKELL DOLE. 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A meeting of the commitiee is called for to-morrow. The publicity bill as amended p-ovides that every corporation, joint stocs com- pany or similar organization engaged in | L g ries on his transportation inter-| ests in haphazard style. No one will believe in San Francisco that Hill proceeded without information, the lack of which was sufficient to deter others no less keen than he. * The story of the entire matter is not | long in so far as the open history of the transaction is known in San Francisco. On October 25 there issued from the gen- eral depot of the Quartermaster’s Depart- ment of the Army at 36 New Montgomery street, a circular to bidders for army transportation “under an advertisement that was appended to.the circular. This was signed by C. P. Miller, Deputy Quar- termaster General of the United States Army, depot quartermaster. With this was also a type written memorandum, so entitled, of even date. That there may be no misunderstanding of the exact | facts a copy of the advertisement which was given due publication is herewith re- produced as follows: - — ROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION. Quartermaster’s 368 New Montgom- ery street, San Frantfisco, Cali- fornia, October 25, 1902.—_ Sealed proposals will be re- ceived at this office until 12 o’clock noon, Wednesday, No- vember 19, 1902, for trans- portation of passengers, ani- mals and freight for the army to and from San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington, and Manila, P. 1., until June 30, 1903. Bids will be received for such \ transportation from one or more or all ports of departure mentioned. Full particulars will be furnished on applica- tion to Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Miller, Deputy Quarter- —— nwmbeoburvodthl-tthmitm e Sworn Reports From interstate or foreign commerce, and every separate corporation which shall hereaft- er be organized, shall file with the Inter- state Commerce’ Commission on or be- fore September 1 each year a return stat- ing among other things its name, date of organization, when and where organized, the statutes under which organized and if consolidated, the names of the constit- uent companies and the same information concerning them. If the concerns have been reorganized the original corporation or corporations is to be stated with in- formation concerning them. MUST FURNISH FIGURES. It also is provided that the amount of |. authorized capital stock, shares into which divided, par value, whether com- mon or preferred and distinction between each, amount issued and outstanding, amount paid in, \how much, if any, paid in cash and how much, if any, in prop- erty, and if paid in property at the time X date set in the advertisement for the be- ginning of the service and this left the whole tenure of the term of service in the dark. This was no unessential con- sideration in a business way when ap- plied to the proposition pending. It might and probably would take months for the fitting up of a steamer to the satisfaction of the Government. In the circular to bidders that accompanied the advertise- ment there was the specification—"All subjeet to the inspection of a duly authorized officer or agent of the Quar- termasterié-Department of the Army in the event of acceptance of bid.” DRASTIC PROVISIONS. _In the specifications were included two that will especially attract attention and they were taken note of by local trans- portation men. The first provides that the Government is to be given preference in the transportation of passengers and freight, where in the opinion of the officer or agent of the Quartermaster’s Depart- ment, “a military exigency exists there- for requiring such preference in the In- | J terest and economy of the service.” This says, as plainly as the matter canbe expressed, that the Government reserved the right to fill up any steamer. with its freight or passengers at any time, en- tirely to the exclusion of all other busi- ness that might have been contracted for by the transportation line securing the Government contract. The consequences of such a “military exigency” upon local business that might thus be summarily interfered with and arrested are evi- dent. TUnless there was'a clause in every freight contract and on every passenger ticket, embodying an agreement that the patrons of the line might be set aside at option of the Government the prospect for a large crop of lawsuits over viola- tions of contract would be menacing. The other specification alluded to pro- vides that nothing in the contract for service to the Government should be so construed as to limit or abrogate .the right of the United States to use any owned ship for service whenever it might be deemed in the interest of the United States to make such use. % This paragraph certainly needs no in- terpretation. A collateral fact is that et e 3 Tax Is Imposed on Stock That Is Not Fully Paid Up in -— ! MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REP- * | RESENTATIVES, TO WHOM WILL BE REFERRED ALL ANTI- i TRUST BILLS'DURING THE PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS. All other anti-trust bills have been referred to a special committee consisting of Representatives Littlefield, Overstreet, Powers (of Massachusetts), De Armond PRELKTES L05E THER SHLAIES Premier Combes Tells of Action Against the Clergy. N\ er— PARIS, Dec. 5.—At a Cabinet council to-day Premier Combes announced thgt he had suspended the salaries of the Archbishop of Besancon and the Bishops of Orleans and Seez in connection with the action of the greater part of the French episcopate, in signing last Oec- tober a manifesto for presentation to the Senate and Chamber of Deputles. The manifesto discussed the law of as- sociations and urged a return to the prin- ciples of the concordat as the only means of securing religious peace in France. The matter was submitted by the Govern- ment to the Council of State, which de- clded that the signatories committed an abuse of authority. The Archbishop of Besancon and the Bishops of Orleans and Seez were se- lected for punishment because they wers especially active in securing signatures to the manifesto. This makes seven archbishops and bishops whose salaries have been suppressed for acts conmected with the measures taken against the re- liglous congregations. SCOTT’S EMULSION. Hard Cash. — it was received in payment shall be stated. The indebtedness, its nature and for what purpose incurred is to be given; also a statement of the assets at their present cash market value, giving the . . ettt Government contract at the option of elements upon which the market value is based, It also is required that the total earn- ings and income, operating expenses, in- terest, taxes, permanent improvements, R e with the acceptance Gf a vessel to carry some official. What effect this would have | passengers and frelght, depéndent upon upon the value of a contract is fully evi- dent. 5 Shrewd shipping men in this city of very large experience, who have had an opportunity to see the specifications that, were' sent out concerning the Government transportation contract, point out that It is not talk or boast, or guess, for Hunter Whiskey Makes its 6wn Success Secretary Root has sald that the trans- ports now owned' by, the Government will not be sold, but will be held for use. They would be ready to the business away from the line that had the b the judgment of some one officer, a line that made its ships ready to do the Gov- ernment business might easily have them turned back and see the Government step in and do the business in Government owned ships. Something like six months would be required to fix the ships of any private line to suit the governmental re- quirements, so it is estimated by shipping men. ““There is too much left in the air.” That is the verdict thdt one of the large shipping men of the port passed upon the vague lot of specifications that the Government sent to the San Francisco transportation lines preparatory to get- ting bids from them. Nothing is defined. Of ‘course, the transportation people could make & less rate for ten years than for one. How long the service is intended 1o last possibly Jim Hill can explain and probably has satisfied himself, but San Francisco is still entirely in the dark. The question will be often asked why there is this vagueness in a large gov- ernmental propositiqn like the one in view. ONLY ONE BID MADE. The now commonly known fact is that only Hill made a bid. The Pacific Mail, the Occidental and Oriental and the Japanese line made no sign. At the of- fices of these lines no opinion is expressed to interviewers. Alexander Center, when asked yester- day for a reason why the Paclfic Mail did not make a bld, said: “I do not know anything about it. If it had Qeen considered advantageous to bid probably a bid would have been put in.” The obstacles to bidding locally have been fairly well outlined in the foregoing. R. P. Schwerin is in New ¥York. Mr: Avery, the representative of the J. ese line, was also away yesterdayfand was not reached. Mr. Stubbs, representing the Occidental and Oriental line, declined to give any statement as to why the Oc- || cidental and Oriental did not make a bid. He said that he was away when the specifications and advertisement were t out. \ *Phe various mercantile associations of San Francisco intend to do all in their power to secure for this city the benefits Continued on Page 4, Column 2. Other Legislation Goes to a Sub-Com- mittee. — e net carnings, dividends declared, with rate and date during the year preceding the first of the preceding July, salaries of officials and wages of employes be dis- closed. It is provided further that the treasurer or othep officer of concerns affected by the bill having the requisite knowledge shall answer on oath all inquiries that may be made in writing, under the direc- tion of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, relative to its financial condition or to its capital stock. Such answer is not to be used as evidence agalnst the per- soff making it except in prosecutions un- der the proposed act. TAX IS IMPOSED. A tax of 1 per cent per annum is im- posed on so much of the capital stock outstanding which is not fully' pald in cash or other property at its full markat value and provision is made for collect- ing the tax. Any concern contemplated in this bill failing to make the return as required under this bill and any concern failing to pay the tax imposed is to be restrained on the suit of the United States from en- gaging in interstate or foreign commerce. It is made the duty of the Attorney Gen- eral at the request of the Interstate Com- merce Commission to enforce the provi- slons of the proposed act, and suit may be brought in any District Court of the United States at the election of the At- torney General where an offending con- cern has a place of business. Provision is made that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall prepare and publish a statement showing a list of cor- porations and disclosing their condition. The bill does not apply to any concern the amount of capital stock of which does not exceed $500,000. AMSTERDAM, Dec, 5.—A general strike has been proclaimed’ here by the Dockers’ Union. ; 2 - DR. PIERCE'S REMEDYES. 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