New-York tribune., 1905-06-22
r,ere ,s of course, possible excuse Tor oiscrii
natinp one case from the other

| r,ITuo11T MIR. MoRTON's KNOWLEDGE.
You advise me to direct the submission Of the
printed he only evdence before the special
counseD Judge Phillips who had bshed ,sSIGd e ev
aenee snee0h IN which there is syllable directly bean r.
ing on Mr of f the action could taken
against any one of them ars # it It were not
for Mr. Meons being in my Cosnet or neiehn1 in ths HHs
would dream a of no 9so9 Sgsh It on
tpon of also following case of S,eb the Han n
my judgment. would put in wholly M unssnaple Mnaton
position Second, have received from MI toaether
with of my reply In it you wal, See
t6a mot e Gy ba so IN shs Of
unlawful practice complained Of 6u. dsT aisp his Srec
that all such unlawful practices W.T. IF
his subordnates Was repeatedly called to the neces-
sity of complying with the law In df TINS iestimenv
against him. and when whatever evidence ,+ mas Deen
@ shows 2s eFpe fb Il no nS ne at for
cur proceeding against him. +, soa,,r. with
ali these corporation matters has been coherent ana ana
eso1e M and has had sas bee In the first
place to stop the unlawful practices We have not
er Was aa sVdenee that
haa or s9 to m 70 I5 punish them
less than to try to put an END to ene when
be e aoq the
suit there much criticism of US for not under 1
dractos in the PNohen Securities corporation
and the Of the III e puee @
In the same way when year tb OF swo asH
known popularity as the Beef Trust, EFFORT was
made at the time to proceed personally against & she
has been offered to shGw that the pash sa
part part Of number Of individuals Of the weight and
Judge b With f my Of 5fe the Of
and Tohr has
% to out ut 6 wa % or ana thf
Violation Of the nuafOs b BY hssaxo dTldu nd ndo Il
eitS packing corporsons M it viii be because their
ss is % ss Of Ct
any time get legalieyidence OF any such WITH ana
Topesa and santa Of any other
OF P s e s ths m
onal Harvester Company case you w ~ OF S eo1F5f 5
eago beef packing eases. But at present not only
has there been been mo- mo- ae prodmce such e
dence; and as regards Nj Morton, there is seem
viii Wiz nSt 6oWever take Action against ca!
Of Atchison Topeka ana Santa ant Fs Rarea1 al sa8
other railroad under precisely similar circuh-
In both this Colorado Fuel and in the Inter
national Harvester case direct that e 6
the government. whether. as the cases develop,
dsed IN each upoa
whether testimony IS obtained showing that such
personally guilty II the ,,fb r there @ bsys ays
enIoned other railroads from following but which
have not themselves been enJofned, proceedings
should be begun to put them under similar re-
straint., .s .- so,b+ &C. 90 anAtn.r
the injunction granted is in sufficiently M explicit @
terms to cover either the case of the Atcnson; TO
International Harvester Company. agree how
your feeling that een @ sSa though to THERE ofa is
the Judgment of the c9qt on the 9TesT3n an
The Hon WilamsH. Moody, Attorney General.
MORTON REVIEWS THE CASE.
In a letter to President Roosevelt. dated June
last, Secretary Morton reviewed the rebate case
at length. He said
My Dear President, Now that have rendered ten ds
ton of Secretary Of the Navy wish 1 to make ,,s
n Puei and IRON Company alleged
rebate which has occurred SO mucn attenslU
criticism of the Atchson coinpanys management
The arrangement referred to was entered into
year 1901 prior to the time that the restrain RAIN
cutting rates or departing from published tarins
were issued and prior to the passage of the Elkns
The people chiefly interested in the smelling and
Mexico were large consumers of coal and coke. e
They were dissatisfied with the quality OF coke they e
Atchson Railroad in Colorado, and threatened to
TO coke eas they mER
tain unless oTsr av gss @ FL so ad
DENIM These same people were making all sorts
fuel i % sossbe w hf for d aos f sHS sad
they did it with such good effect that In part tney
the amount of coal consumed All of these things;
taken in connection with the undolbted financial
Tairoads and develop either coal oil fields
menaced a traffic worth nearly 1rllion dollars a
year to the Atchison system and solely for for the the
protection of the railroad. SO far as It's o11ceTs
were concerned, an understanding was entered @ INTO
between the railroad the Coloraoo oel GTLpehs ny
and the El Paso and Southwestern people, ths
'F FTirstTh IRIS Colorado Fuel Company to supply
the coal very low price at the mines mines IN r. c4lo 10
coal and there was nothing additional paid 1t in
the way of a rebate or otherwise. .
c9s @ Te2S oW fI rate to 81 Paso and Drang
rate being 81 90 ton This Was IN reality di
Third-The FL Paso and Southwestern people we're
to receive and pay for the coal 81 % std ton b at +b Ei
faFoad @id Itself and the industries along its line
sbeS hs taT s1 as to show the freight rate to be
ton instead of the delivered price at El Paso and
he nosf of the coal at the mines it should have
done Until the investigation Of the case by the
PERSONALLY how the matter being handled. SO
far the publication Of the tariff wa was concerned
the traffic secured TO the Atchison rails, and
after hat III & des aT st TO esss%
When this arrangement was entered into the
troied as selling agent. all the coal properties on
the Atchison line Colorado from the district in
H heh chit the sbpper Of ce m a & Tas hs
Atchison rails. and there was IN no sense any un-
ducer. 1t was a good thing for the coal district
other parties interested in the contract. The fol-
lowing year, in 1902 the injunctions were issued
i s nebc II generay fha it was the
which 1 gave before the Interstate Commerce Com
far as grain, dressed beef and provisions arrange
ments were concerned. that made it possible to
asking Rngpg Gv of nN the c9m
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