I do not know whether I was misled by the optimistic remarks of the chairman in charge of the bill or whether the codification itself falls far short of what is now regarded among lawyers as a scientific codification of the laws. I find. for example. under sections 233 and 211. inclusive. a number of sections which are included under the title " Offenses against foreign and interstate commerce." I would like the committee to state why. under that title. these sections which are included in our statute laws providing for penalties for the violation of interstatecommerce laws. unjust discrimination. and rebating are not included within that title. I also notice that under the general subdivision of "Offenses against the Government" there are a number of sections. from section 78 to section 83. inclusive. relating to crimes against the naturalization law. but I find that the act of 1895 providing that a man who aided or abetted an anarchist to become a naturalized citizen of the United States should be punished by a fine of a certain amount and imprisonment for one year or less than ten years has been omitted. I would like to afford this opportunity to the committee to state why these important statutes are not included under the broad general subdivisions in the bill. I fear that if the country understands that we are passing a criminal code it will be disappointed to discover when they look under the title " Offenses against interstate and foreign commerce ". the omission of penalties for rebating. and the gentleman from Syracuse University will take great delight in finding so soon after the distribution of his book on The Raid on Prosperity that Congress had not included in its penal code the provisions of the law under which the Standard Oil Company had been fined $29.000.000.
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