Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-31

II is apparent TO tho News that the
unnecessary and Suspicious postpone
ment OF tho prosecutions against the
oil men under tho antitrust law Is cal
culated 10 iniure materially the bust
ness Of the mills and Ia reduse greatly
the price Of seed To the farmer. The
News is convinced that the hIsinsSs In
terests OF tho people Fnould ndt be
1eopardlzed merely for campaign pur-
poses ana has failed 10 d!sclYpr any
thing better than political rras0ns for
tho delay In disposlng nf thcaa suits.
In fact there IL no reas9n stated NO FAR
why the law hes not heon fairly tested
years ago. or course there may be
some good reason why the prosecutions
began with a campaign and why they
are 10 end with IL; but n there ore not
one Of them has been made public.
The whole AFFAIR now bears the aspect
Of a serious and untimely Interference
by the politician with Two large busl-
ness interests of the state, one con-
ccrned In selling cotton seed as part
OF the surplus farm produce. the other
concerned In purchasing the seed and
converting them Into various useful
commoditleH.--Dn News.
The Ncwn In its efforts to injure the
Democratic ticket grows more and
more Indifferent to the truth OF what
II prints against H.
We have Investigated this charge to
ascertain whether tharc has been any
unusual feature connected with tho
proceedings against members OF the
cotton seed oil trust.
These hre the facts which show how
bascless is the inalnuatlon that these
cases have been subject to 'unneoes-
snry and suspicious postponement:"
on the pa OF September a clyll action
was brought BY the attorney general
In the district court OF McLcnnan
county against the Texas Cotton Seed
Crushcrs' association and several In
diylduals and number OK Oh mills
10 defendants. Under the rules OF prpc-
tlce in force In this state It was necas.
sary TO have service on the defendants
30 as 10 compel thtm 10 appear IN
court and nnawer, ana this service VIVA
made on the defendants as rapidly
and possible. ana almost every defend
ant In the case. II not every one. wns
served hy September 20 The plain,ir
could take no further action until the
meeting Of the next term OF the dis
trlct court In which the suit was filed.
which is by law the first Monday In
November that being the 9th day OF
the month. II was the right OF the de-
fondanis, however. II they 20 dcsirod.
at any time TO come IN and make
preliminary motion 10 dissolve the
temporary Injunction obtained against
them at the time the petition was filed.
No such action has, however. been
taken.
Several indictments wcrn found by
the grand jury OF McLennan county
prior % tho ming OF the clvll ncton
by the attorney general, charging cer-
min persona with the violation OF the
law agalnat trusta. by membership in
wha, Is popularity known as the cotton
seed oil uuat These indictments were
presented at tho Instance Of the county
attorney. Captain blair. an efficient
aud conscientious official,
There has been nothing whatever un-
usual In the proceedings In these cases.
nor has there ever been connected with
Diem /nything 70 suggest delay. either
nnoint or "suspleloua." The de-
fendants nlone have had the right 10
hasten tho lhsue IN tho civil action
instltutcd by the attorney general ana
that they have not sccn proper to do.
Il 10 apparent to the unbiased critic
that the Nova IL seeking to throw cold
water on ,heac proceedings, the intent
OF which 70 to Dissolve the cotton seed
oil trust which has reduced tho price
OF cotton seed to s. ton, and It does
not seem to be serupulous 40 TO the
moihoda to be uscd IN accomplishing
thls end.
II viii be remembered that the News
yleiously opposed the states attack on
tho -cxas railway pool. For that and
other services OF similar nature 1t
resolved $4,000 q year from the pool.
IN II now retained as one OF the at,or-
neys for the defense OF the cotton seed
oil truRtg