Proposed Merger of Meat-packing Corporations: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ..., 67-4, Pursuant to Senate Resolution 389 ..., January 8, 9, and 10, 1923 |
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15-ounce carton alleged violation American Tobacco Co antitrust acts Armour & Co Armour and Company assets Attorney bonds BUSICK cattle cent common stock complaint concurrent jurisdiction Congress Constitution decree Delaware company Department dividends documentary evidence entitled An act facts FAULKNER Federal Trade Commission Follette bill fourth amendment gold notes Illinois indebtedness Interstate Commerce Commission issue jobber Justice legislation live stock Lorillard Lorillard Co losses meat packer MEAT-PACKING CORPORATIONS Morris & Co mortgage MURDOCK Norris resolution o'clock p. m. Ogden Armour packers and stockyards packing houses packing-house parent company petitioner preferred stock President profit PROPOSED MERGER purpose question reason reference respondent right to copy searches and seizures Secretary of Agriculture Senator KENDRICK Senator KEYES Senator NORBECK statement statute stockholders stockyards act subcommittee Supreme Court tion UNITED STATES SENATE unreasonable searches WALLACE WHITE
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Page 12 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make investigation, upon its own initiative, of the manner in which the decree has been or is being carried out, and upon the application of the Attorney General it shall be its duty to make such investigation.
Page 19 - That for the purposes of this Act the commission, or its duly authorized -agent or agents, shall at all reasonable times have access to, for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy any documentary evidence of any corporation being investigated or proceeded against; and the commission shall have power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
Page 22 - Papers are the owner's goods and chattels; they are his dearest property; and are so far from enduring a seizure, that they will hardly bear an inspection ; and though the eye cannot by the laws of England be guilty of a trespass, yet where private papers are removed and carried away the secret nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass, and demand more considerable damages in that respect. Where is the written law that gives any magistrate such a power ? I can safely answer, there...
Page 12 - Act, and so long as it remains in effect, the Federal Trade Commission shall have no power or jurisdiction so far as relating to any matter which by this !Act is made subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary, except...
Page 19 - That the commission shall also have power — (a) To gather and compile information concerning, and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
Page 12 - An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes," approved September 26, 1914, are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in enforcing the provisions of this Act and to any person subject to the provisions of this Act, whether or not a corporation.
Page 12 - For the efficient execution of the provisions of this Act, and in order to provide information for the use of Congress, the provisions ( including penalties ) of sections 6, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes...
Page 21 - The right of the people to be secure In their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall Issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to he searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Page 2 - An Act to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in livestock, livestock products, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, and eggs, and for other purposes
Page 19 - The strong arm of the national government may be put forth to brush away all obstructions to the freedom of interstate commerce or the transportation of the mails. If the emergency arises, the army of the Nation, and all its militia, are at the service of the Nation to compel obedience to its laws.