The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-16
House Adopts Resolution iIy(]'l
Calling for lnlves'ti- Il v IS
cation.
KANSAS WILL HAVE
ITS OWN REFINERY !: ] !
State Enters Field il competi-
8tion$With Trust Inquiry Will
be Sweeping and May
IL. End in the Courts.
What Campbell
RI Says.

(From Our Regular Cnrrespondent.) FIX
sE WASHINGTON /. D. II {, I, Fob. 15.---No
more remarkable illustration OF the won
denful change Of sentiment which has
taken place In Congress towards trusts
and corporations could be furnished than
was giye N to-day, |, when the House Of
Representatives. by unanimous vote adopt.
3ed almost without a word OF debate ana
without Florence to a committee, O. ros-
5olution providing for an 9lnvastigat OF
the Standard Oil C,ompany y. .asE93
n The Res olution. a
{ The investlgat tions s to be OF the most
sweeping character, and will follow the
lines sued IN probing Into the affairs
of the Beef Trust. ..S The latter ended d
few weeks ago Sins the Supreme Court Of
tho United States, 4 when 4 q unanimous
and sweeping * decision was recorded
aga inst tho Trust. s. i Tho resolution to-day
was proposed by Representative Camp,
bell. OF arisas. III t leaves little Eround
us reading will show. 1t is as
follows % IN az
Resolved. n That the Secretary OF n
X Commerce and Labor he, ~ and v he Is M
s$ hereby, RED uested ~ TO Investigate the Nj
5 cause or causes OF N the low price of 353
crude OIL or petroleum In the United M
SSS States and especial w in The I Kansas
RI field and the unusually larg Q margins
,Ss between the price OF crude oil 8or pe-8
and the selling price OF res
& fined oil Fl and q Its by-prod ucts, and Nj
whether the said conditions have res
suited Il in whole or in part fro oniySnn
con tract, y comb blnntlonEin in he forns sof M 81
q a trust or otherwise, or cpnsp ra cy A
ufret tr,f RI
among the several Stat and Terrific
II riesi or5S Will |, foreig gn8 countries \; alEp III
MI whether Il the said Il prices have bedkl sS
M trolled ,Fins WI Yygart n.y.
ySa corporation, n jointg stock COZ. pany $ orr
corporate te comb bination engaged In Il
II commerce among the several States ~
ana Territories Or with foreign u ma $
5aS tions also whether such corporal tlons, Is
jolnt stock Scolnpary " or corporate te COM;
AZ llnat Ions; In 4 pure chasing crud @ oil or
petroleum by any ORD der or praotic OF
colts, $bla ok lists, ,8or 3t
3, ir snny manner discriminate against
anylparti OIL field i also osinvesti-t8
gate "a the org ganizati Ion, CAPT italization,a
6SSprofi its. y cond lct and zmanag gen,ent t OF q
!a the business Of such corpo ora Ion or cor-r
porati ons,S oonipa ny sor5 companies and #
8 corporate comb mbinations, If any, and to Nj
make ear N re port OF Its findings, ac--.33
+ cordirg ITO law to- the end that such n
NORMA Il on ma ayl be used byS Congress
d rs II a$ basis Il le lslatio orr BY the ~
Deplrtmentssof Justice as q basis for
legal proceed edngs. HI .l IL.
Willie Tho resolution makes the inves-
5tigntion8apply especially to Kansas y Is
3deslgnedsthat itsshall apply to the operas
.tions OF thef OIL trust in all the States,
Will Probe to Bottom.
Commissioned Garfield, of the CORPORA
tion Bureau Ioft. tho Department OF Conl-;
|n,erce and Labor, Is already investigating
Standard Oilsunder the guises OF ~ study,
of the petroleum industry. He has 50
Informed Representative Campbell. .8 Mr.,
Campbell. however, feels that. ! will do
no harm to have the department as-
sured that 1T has tho support OF Cons
;gress. 5
"A MIR. Campbell says that the Standard
Oil Company has ruined the oil producers
Of Kansas. Il It put up freight rates
through tho power Of Its tank cars. no
says made Itself tho sole purcila ser OF
itnetoil; put down tho price. and so shaped