The times., 1899-08-28
The INDUSTRIAL ENQUIRY
Members of the Commission Resting
for the Autumn Work.
Clerks Busy bringing the yolumi-
nous Testimony of the Summer Up
to Date for Publication - Mr.
RockefeIIer's Appearance In Sep
tember Looked for With Interest.

The Industrial Commission will. as has
Building, on Tuesday. September 3, and
the work of prosecuting further investi-
cations into the trust problem will be re-
sumed. It is probable that the first few
days of the September session will be de-
voted to making necessary plans for the
task before the Commission during the
coming autumn and winter, after which the
examination of witnesses will commence.
John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
magnate, is scheduled to appear at an early
date in the month of September. His APP
pearance is looked forward to with great
deal of interest, as there is general GU
riosity to know how he will answer the
testimony of such witnesses as Attorney
General Monitt, of Ohio, and Hon. L. NJ.
Lockwood of Pennsylvania, who scored the
monopoly of which MIR. Rockefeller is the
head in unqualified terms. Should Mr..
Rockefeller show a disposition to evade
questions addressed to him by the Commis-
sion it is very probable that the provision
in the law of Congress creating the In
dustrial Commission which gives it the
power to compel witnesses to answer en-
quiries will be enforced 1t is thought that
facts which will throw considerable light
upon the trust question.
The various subcommissions of the In
! dustrial Commission which have pursued
Investigations in different sections of the
country this summer, have completed their
! work and the members have gone to their
homes for a brief rest before continuing
| the work this fall. The greater part of
| the testimony taken is now in the hands
pf hi of A -oCi ic
ing it for publication. So great was the
I, bulk of testimony taken last spring and
during the summer that the entire force of
| stenographers attached to the Commission
has been compelled to labor all summer
/ to get it ready for the Government printers.
| The testimony, when complied, will form
an interesting and valuable work for
reference in all matters relating to the in
| dustrial conditions of the country.
| The corps of clerks at the office of the
! Commission has been busily engaged for
! the past week in executing vouchers for
! the bills contracted by the several sub
! commissions out on special work and at
| tending 10 the correspondence relative TO
! forming schedule of witnesses who will
/ appear during the months of September
! and October.
| It is probable that during the latter part
of September the general Commission will
go to Chicago to investigate the grain ele-
vator trust of the Northwest. This trust,
| it is said, forms an excellent example OF
fthe necessity of combination TO maintain
| a foreign market for American cereals
] against the competition OF Russia and
! South America, and, according to one OF
the members OF the Commission, it is a
! necessity. This opinion. however, is not
| generally shared by the farmers of the
wheat growing section OF the Northwest,
and in response to the repeated urgings OF
! prominent men of the States affected by
the combine, the Commission will carry on
an investigation 1t is thought the meth
/ DDS of the combine are at fault in many
| particulars, and it will be the woIk OF the
! Commission to find out a remedy for the
| correction of alleged evils.