Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-24
only three furnaces in which to do the

oplv three furnaces in which 10 DO the
work OF all contracts.
This. In view Of the company, clearly
indicates one of the motives OF tue
snpsrinteudsnts of the press shop aud
armor plate department In making
false reports OF the treatment OF the
plates aud bolts 10 the Government
inspectors. ,.
tee that there were not enough furnaces
20 turn out the work required II tue
plates were treated according TO the
specifications OF the contract and In
accordance with the directions OF the
Government inspectors.
The fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth
charges are said 10 have been admitted.
The tenth and eleventh are not consld-
cred as sustained.
OF the feature Of criminality involved,
Mr.. Cummings saws: III the criminallty
of a wrongful act is 70 be measured oy
tbe deliberatiOn With which II is COM
mitted, the magnitude OF toe evils likely
20 result from It's perpetratiOn and the
want of DrOyocatiaA with which 10 Is
done, the frauds, which your committee
have found, are worthy 10 be called
crimes. Toe servants Of the Carnegie
Steel Company whether with or with
out the knowledge OF the company 10
increase their gains deliberately con-
tiuued for many months TO
commit acts whose natural probable
consequence would be a terrific
loss of men in time Of war, aud perhaps
the dearest interest Of the nation. The
COMPANY was hired TO make the best
posslble armOr plates and paid an enor-
nous price for SO doing. They were
hired 10 make an armOr that would
stand the shots OF an enemy and upon
which the nation might rely in time OF
need. TneY were paid between $500
and S7OO a ton and thousands OF dollars
per plate. Resting under these ooliga-
tions, the company or its servants have
Derpetrated manifold frauds, the nat
ural tendency OF which was 70 palm of
upon tbs government an interior armOr,
whose lnferiOrity might perchance ap-
pear only in the shock Of battle and DO
incalcula0le damage 10 the country.
"No fine nor mere money compensation
is an adequate atonement for such
wrongs. The commission OF such frauds
is a moral crime Of the gravest charac-
ter. Your committee do not consider 1t
as within their province to draft Grim
inal statute; but they DO feel under
obligation 70 call the attention OF the
House 10 the Importance Of protecting
the lives OF our Seamen and the safety
of the nation by appropriate legislation,
denouncing as crimes sIl such acts as
the frauds and deception pracsiced on
the government in connection with
| armor plate and other material Of war,
aud making such acts severely punish
able In all persons who commit them or
| aid and abet their CON mmiSsion."
With the report Chairman Cum mings
presented q joint resolution 10 authorize
and direct the Secretary Of Navy 10
remove from the MonadnOck, the mon
itor Terror, the ships Oregon, Indiana
aud Massachusetts and the cruiser Mon
tsrey certain specified armOr plates and
20 subject them 70 the ballistic test at
the Indian Head proving around. The
resolution also directed speedy report
/ on these tests.
The resolution was adopted without
/ division, and AZ 1:O5 2. N, the House
adjourned until tomorrow at II o'clock.