Paul Cooney
AP American
Mr. DeCarlo
5 February 2007


LAD 24- The Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

This Act was created to fix the problems in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Some of the revisions outlined in the Clayton Antitrust Act were: price discrimination, changes in merger laws, sales conditions, and ownership laws. If price discrimination lessens the competition, or beings to create a monopoly in any line of commerce, it is illegal. The mergers and acquisitions executed by a company may not lessen competition, nor may the buyer deal with the seller’s competitor. These revisions primarily dealt with unfair competition created by the outlined situations, all of which were made illegal to further help the consumer and the small businesses. Probably the most significant section in the Clayton was the Act Section 8; codified at U.S.C. § 19. This forbade any single person from being the director of two or more competing business, to avoide monopolies.

Paul Cooney
AP American
Mr. DeCarlo
4 February 2007


LAD 23-Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916

The child labor act manipulated Federal jurisdiction, by stating that goods transferred across state lines must be manufactured by children following the specified conditions in the act. The age and hours of work were specified, limiting the brutal work days for young children. The Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor were given the responsibly of publishing regulations under the act, and anyone instructed by the Secretary of Labor through proper enforcement has the right to inspect any place where goods are made or stored for interstate commerce. If persons were found to be violating the Act, they were charged with fines and possible imprisonment, based upon what the court rules. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act did not last long, as the Supreme Court intervened during the case of Hammer v. Dagenhart, and the Act was ruled unconstitutional.

Paul Cooney
AP American
Mr. DeCarlo
3 February 2007

LAD 22- First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

On Tuesday, March 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson answered the question in many American’s minds: What does the sudden shift of the government to being controlled by the Democrats mean? Wilson believed that the shift in Democratic Party dominance would bring fresh ideas into government, such as conservation of resources. These resources include “the human cost, the cost of lives snuffed out, of energies overtaxed and broken, the fearful physical and spiritual cost to the men and women and children upon whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the years through.” He recognized that there were some extraordinary, progressive changes taking place, which should be recognized and reformed if need be. Wilson said that never before had the government studied how it can best be directed towards helping humanity, which is what he intended to do. He finished out his speech by summoning “all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men,” to his side.