Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-02
TOBACCO TRUST
THE NEXT one
LATEST COMBINATION TO BE IN.
VESTiGATED BY GARFlELD'S
MEN.
HOUSE ORDERS THE INQUIRY
RESOLUTION PROVIDES FOR UN.
LIMITED SCOPE TO INVEST.
CATION.
OTHER CASES TO BE PR0BED
NO COMBINATION IN THE COUN.
TRY WILL ESCAPE lNVESTi-
CATION.

Washington, Feb 25.-The tobacco
trust is the latest corporation to be
Investigated by the bureau of corpora
lions. A resolution was introduced in
the house yesterday by Representa-
tive Kehoe of Kentucky calling for
the investigation.
It is modelled after that which was
adopted in the cases of the beef trust
and the Standard Oil. Because of this,
members say it will be adopted with
out objection Every trust, it is
claimed, now must be investigated, IN
order that no charge of inconsistency
can be made.
Within the last year the house, by
resolution, has authorized the depart
ment of commerce and labor, through
the bureau of corporations, to investi-
gate the beef trust. the Standard Oil
trust and the steel trust. The depart
ment has the power under the organic
act creating it, but in each case it has
been held that a special resolution
should be adopted in order to have
the investigation started Immediately.
The beef trust investigation is prac-
tically finished.
Steel Trust Will Wait.
No Effort has yet been made to in
vestigate the steel trust. This is be-
ing delayed because of the necessity
for immediate action against the
Standard Oil trust Practically the
entire force of the bureau of corpora
tons is engaged in this work and will
be thus occupied until far into the
summer.
In the case of the tobacco trust the
resolution provides for an unlimited
scope to the investigation. The de-
partment is requested to investigate
and ascertain whether Or not the low
price paid for leaf tobacco and the
high price paid for manufactured
product is caused by any contract,
combination in the form of trust,
conspiracy in restraint of trade, and
whether prices are not controlled
either wholly or in part by corpora
ton, combination or joint stock CON-
pany.
Other Trusts in for It..
The spirit of investigation has TAX
en- possession of members of the
house, and it is likely that special au-
thorization may be given before ad
iournment for the investigation of
several other trusts and great combi-
nations.
The Kehoe resolution provides for
the investigation particularly in the
States of Kentucky, Ohio and Tennes-
state or territory.
Representative Kehoe says the to-
bacco trust is even worse than the
Standard Oil company in that it is at
tempting to drive tobacco dealers out
of business by establishing rival
stores where it sells goods at such
prices that the competing dealer is
driven from the field.
Show Standard No Mercy.
Standard Oil and it's tributary COM
pauleS are 10 De SlOWH lO HltICy Wy
the house. In an effort to find out ev-
erything in connection with the trust
the house yesterday adopted substi-
tute for the Stephens resolution d.
recting the secretary Of the interior
to furnish the houose with copies of
the leases made in the Usage Indian
reservation oil and gas lands and a
full list of the sub-leases, together
with all documents and. correspond
ence relating to them.
Representative Stephens resolution
was considered little strong by
members of the committee on Indian
affairs at it's meeting yesterday, and
with the consent of Mr. Stephens the
phraseology was changed.
The favorable report on the substi-
tute resolution was unanimously
adopted by the committee, and was
reported to the house and passed with
in an hour after it had been acted
upon in committee.
There was not a dissenting voice in
the house against the adoption of the
resolution.