The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-07
TO INVESTIGATE
TRUST QUESTION.
Hearings to Begin Before the Indus
trial Commission Thursday.
SUGAR, OIL AND WHISKY
Narnatcs to acknowledgements
Antitrust Witncsses-Wbata Trust
l.. i'm the Commissions Opinion
An Exhaustive Inquiry.

ARLINGTON May 6-Speclal-At 10
o.cIo'ls next Thursday morning the In
dustrjal Commission will begin series
of hearings on the great question OF
trusts. Nine gentlemen will be heard
each being assigned a day, in the order
given herewith.
THE WITNESSES.
Nav 1ith-Hon. T. ". Lee, Pittsburs'
Pa. State senator, called in connection
with the STANDARD oil combination.
Nav 12th-Henry .. Havemeyer, New
York. the head Of the so-calied sugar
Trust.
May 1Sth-John Arbuckle. New York,
opponent OF the so-called Sugar Trust
May I5th--General John McNulton. re-
coiyer Of the so-caled Whiskey Trust.
May I6th-Hon Frank : Monnett..A AT
torney. General Of Ohio Columbus. Ohio,
who Is credited with having driven the
Standard oil combination out OF ONO.
May l1th-S. ". Rice. president OF the
American Manufacturing Company, and
the head Of the reOTganized Whiskey
Trust. sO-called.
May lSth-Henry L. g. Leyties. OF Ley
ties Brothers. New York.
May lsih-Martin Cook. Of Cook e.
Burnheim. who with Leyties Brothers. is
F&4h " nave btFii nAA - AAAt oArNaAANN
whiskey combination.
May 2Oth-Claus Dosher New York. an
opponent Of the so-called Sugar Trust.
Two months ago when the trust invcs-
tigauon was decided on Professor Jere-
miah W. jerks Of Cornell University.
was appointed agent to prepare sched-
uies. select witnesses and arrange other
preliminaries He submitted a list 10
which additions were made 10y the COM
mission and appointments made as shown
IN the schedule above.
WHAT is \ TRUST?
One OF the first questions arising was a
definition Of trusts. The commission de-
cided that in the investigation OF trusts
and industrial combinations 90 is under
stood the term includes any and all indi-
viduas or firms or corporations that ron
any cause. whether control OF patents.
or favors Of transportation companies
or large capital or otherwise. may APP
parently 50 prevent or so regulate or at
tempt so to prevent or so regulate COM
petition and production that they can fix
the price Of their products for the whole
of the market with little or 80 reference
TO acts Of existing competitors or 20 tho
cost Of production but mainly with refer
ence TO securing for themselves the great
est returns"
Two hundred and thirty-six so-called
trusts are said 10 be I'm existence i'm the
United states. 10 is a physical impossi-
biiity T. have representatives, OF all or
even a great number appear before the
commission. TO meet this difficulty the
commission is now preparing a schedule
of inquiry 10 be sent 10 an trusts
Even this method as generally as re-
spouses are anticipated. will not entire
ly cover the field 10 is feared. and il
further evidence IS needed that the inyes-
tigation appears TO Dee an entirely unpre-
judiced affair the following circular re-
Gently issued may De cited:
ALL INFORMATION DESIRED
"The United States Industrial Commits
sion in its investigation of Industrial
combinations and large corporate indus
tries wishes TO secure from every source
Trustworthy Information regarding the
methods Of organizing and conducting
such enterprises and the effects of such
organizations upon their rivals in trade
upon employees and upon society at large
TO that end the commission will collect
reports and examine witncsses. hut 10
also invites statements of facts along
these lines from any one who is I'm
position to give them. Speculations re
cardng causes or results are not now
needed: but facts of such a nature that
the informant could verify thom by an
AFFIDAVIT will be gladly received from any
one"
"The commission goes into this investi-
cation with the determination 10 ascer-
tain the truth, the whole truth and no.
thing but the truth with regard 20
trusts" said an official to-day.
Senator Daniel IS one Of the prominent
members of the commission.