The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-22

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\ 4 HIN ITO N, Feb. ~ Some oEI
;L,.fcsiden u SosegelG Us clos st2l friends
are WINGED dat The PresldentBsis
beaten III advance Of his attack ,on8I
the STANDARD Oh, Company, unlcss.I
james r. GarGeld, the Commissioner
% Corporations, discovers criminal
actions byES the company outside aofI
the Kansas territory \
NJ Notwithstanding this view itatsis
said by those who have talked WITH
the! President that he ID. very much
impressed With what: has happened.
in Kansas,i:and believes that the In
svestigatlon; Impressed, will result in.
the protection ofSlsmail producers
and dealers everywhere. He Is by
t1o;yIneans convinced that Tie Standard
OIL. Company, no 4natter$ho& great
its resources Is greater than the law;
and he hopes the Investigation VIII
lead 70 great reforms and have fai.
reaching consequences. X
President Roosevelt had another in:
tervleW with Representative Camp.
bel, OF Kansas, and followed this up
With .ai5 final talk with Commissioner.
Garfield, preceding Mr. GarGeld,s adj:
vance on theg@enemy's country Mr.!
Campbell desired the attendance at
this conference. Of Attorney. General
Moody, but twas significant thatfiNlr.s
Moody was not called IN blythe Pres
ldent. Si.s Z. is|.4sf
President Roosevelt took the al!
vice Of Attorney General KnoX%in& tlie;
cases Of the Beef Trust and the. North!
Tern Securities Company. In each in.
stance the Attorney General reported
that The government had n good case
and the President ordered him to pro-
coed. sln'the Post Office cases the
Presidcntttooli the counsel Of Charles
j Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad.
In the recent rebate case against tile
SANTA re Railroad he employed Mr..
Conrad, and is now awaiting his re.
port. Is .3555 Il Z! If TX.
5{S The President called in no one blit
Mr. Garfield for consultation over5the
present allegations against tho Stan.
dard Oil Company.
Well known lawyers who have been
following the movements made By
the government against various cor.
porations} engaged in interstate com.
merce say there is no case against
the Standard Oil Company in Kansas.
IN the rsteplace, they say, the main
fact in the contention of owners Of
oil wells is that they were offered
large prices for their oil and that the
Standard OIL Company later reduced
;he price and refused to purchase
from thcm.B The government would
have no more right, they say, 10 pro.
coed against tic company TO compel
Il TO buy Kansas oil or to punish 1t
Tor not buying, than it would TO pro.
coed against the Tobacco Trust 10
compel tito buy the product of Ger,
tain tobacco fields in New England
that It had decided It did not want.
Mr.. Campbell told the President to.
day he had received from the Speak,
ersof the House Of the Texas LcgisIa.
tnre a telegram urging him to request
the President and the Department OF
Commerce and Labor, to extend the
proposed inquiry rs to the methods
Of the Standard Company into the
Beaumont field. He also told of hun
dreds Of kilograms and letters he is
receiving daily regarding the investi.
CATION. His correspondents repre-.
sent every, section of the country from
California to Maine Scores of the
communications applaud the vigorous
attitude Of the administration in press.
ing the inquiry. I'll
The Standard Oil Company, Mr..
Campbell declared. was already pre-.
pairing its defense and would resist
to the utmost the governments in
vestigation
Resumption by the company or the
purchase of Kansas oil, he said, was
undoubtedly decided upon In view OF
the action taken by the House Of Rep.
resentatlyes in requesting an invsti.
CATION. 1t would not surprise him
either IT the price of the crude oil