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The Sugar Trust and Law

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 10, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 40.

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The Sugar Trust and Law

Mr. John E. Parsons, a late member of the sugar trust and now over eighty years of age, declared at the sugar trust inquiry that if the Government proceeded on the theory exploited in the Sherman anti-trust law, the jails of this country would not be large enough to hold the criminals. Presumably Mr. Parsons speaks from knowledge; but what a revelation it is concerning men's regard for law! He says, "The country wants laws that deal with practical questions."