Arizona republican., 1904-01-14
He Shows How Money for
Fighting Trusts Was Spent
LIST OF PROSECUTIONS
It is not Only Shown That a Broad
Field Has Been Covered, but That
More Help is Needed in the Office Of
the Attorney-Generai.

Washington. IAN. 1S.-Attorney Gen
eraI Knox today transmitted TO the
house his reply to resolution asking
for information regarding the manner
in which he had expended the special
appropriation of $500,0O0 for antitrust
prosecutions. A detailed statement OF
the expenditures shows that total OF
$25, 1886 has been disbursed from the APP
propriation most of it for special coun-
sci.
The attorney general transmitted a
statement describing The nature of the
causes prosecuted, beginning with the
Northern Securities case, awaiting de-
cision by the supreme court of the
United States The trust case he de-
scribes as proceedings in equity
brought .under the antitrust act, in
the northern judicial district Of Illi-
nois, to dissolve the alleged unlawful
combination and conspiracy between
seven corporations, one a partnership
of twenty-three individuals, engaged
in the business of purchasing live
stock, converting the same into fresh
and cured meats, and shipping and
selling the products to dealers and
consumers throughout the United
States and in foreign countries"
This case was laid before the su-
preme court of the United States from
the circuit court, which Overruled a
demurrer interposed by the defendants
and remanded the cause.
Railroad injunction suits are proceed
ing in equity under the antitrust act
against fourteen railroad companies,
of which eight are pending in the Unit
ed States circuit court for the western
district of Missouri and six before the
same court for the Northern district
of Illinois.
The case of the Jacksonville Whole
sale Grocers' association is proceeding
in equity under the antitrust ac: in
the circuit court of Florida for the
purpose of dissolving a combination
CT wholesale grocers''
The salt trust case is described as
an indictment under the antitrust
act in the circuit court for the north
ern district of California against the
Federal Salt company for having
created a combine and monopoly to
control and enhance the price of salt.
The defendants pleaded guilty on May
u, 1903, and were fined $1,000.
A case against the cereal carrying
roads is now pending before the su-
preme court Of the United States to
be heard on March II 1904, on a mo-
tion to compel witnesses to give tes-
timony before the interstate commerce
commission and to produce books and
papers demanded by the commission in
an investigation of the methods of
conducting business as pursued by the
roads
A case brought by the interstate
commerce committee against the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway company, to restrain the road
from Overcharges between certain
points mentioned, is now pending be-
fore the supreme court of the United
States On appeal
The hay and straw classification
case" brought by the interstate COM
merce commission against the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern COM
pany, is now pending before the cir
cult court of Ohio
The cotton traffic pool cases
against the Western and Atlantic rail
way company, to prevent the control
of the routing of cotton are pending
in Georgia.
A number of minor cases, it Is stat
ed, have been brought TO compel car
riers to make annual reports to the
interstate commerce commission.
In conclusion the attorney general
recommends a permanent increase in
the force of his department, saying it
would result in more satisfactory
work at less expense. He recommends
''new assistant attorney general" to
take charge of this class of work: also
additional assistant attorney generals
and additional clerks.