The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-07
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PROBE oil Trust
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4 silss G,rosi IN MIR.
IGomrisslo lanes arheid, 81
TIE hifsS % corpor Ions, has instis
,itip,ed 5a sr!sia Invest alton os the op.
erations 5os the Oh sindustr Ia sansas
and contiguous States I'M respcnse
tn$a resolution Sof sthe House 81 Rep
resentatlyes introduced ~ Rsprcser.
,atlsc rh!llp ?. Camp bell 81 sanslsi
the Investigation oi inaustls
VIII DC g rricd on as aptdis as Ii
consistent mi tn thofoltg hness
The report 81 COMMIT ssIones Gar
flela will lie made directly ID fsreal
dent Roosevelt fether III viii he
made srphlie vii slles thin the diss
erection 4 the Seeiitiye foe
RlsisnadlagSep.s the facts dsyelo pea ST may {
6e83tprntd over 4! ths Dspsrt
Justice fur $slIc1t act Ion d. tlss lsttbf.
-aSy GeHess deem proper. 4
;tSeninissi 5Rer Garfield said to-day
Mat t;at3hlns ;S,ssfoalslss MI lefi pndpne l,y
ny l,tlresu Il s.qSel bp thes fsess
Satrl !nsi 3opef lions trust
IN Kansas well Setlet States
u tisS not the piirll ose tog combine the
Inquiry 1tTistr !; tos y sansass moi
canig!cTiIed ny STATE IN ecsraphical
lines, It5tsst heSint on ton ot tsie CON.
missioner NAL ttsation
as 5erxllansst,iSS,e, as sollition Of
Representative Campbell cohtein'
plates, che purpose 6eiag 10 develop
all tho facts iregardIng Sopefaii lions
ofstlse$oll Strust.s q 4 e
exhaustive a inquiry alarmed, Il
During the gpast Yea. said Com
missioner Garfield great amount
Of general Information relating 10 Inc,
OIL trust has been obtained This ut
fords basis from whlchSto andertakc,
immediate specific inquiries into the
conditions existing In spsctfe fields.
such as Kansas. Texas and GaIfarnia.
The method procedure win be ilill
liar to2 that followed gin the Inquiry
into the generations of The alleged
beef trust. The missioner cf cor.
poratlonsS PERSONAL and through
special agents vii obtain Information
from original Ssourcess already tile
sources 81 Information haye been
sounded They have responded BY
agreeing ito furnish Information, to
afford the fullest sopportunity for In.
spection and eSaninati on rec6fdsS
and access and to answer mi questions
pertinent sto the matters Involved IN
the inquiry
85l It Is the intent lon Of sGommissioner
Garfield ,lind direct ions Of President
i Roosevelt to max o The inquiry ii,to
the operations of lie oil trust as
comprehensive and exhaustive al
possible. Nothing win left undone
that%will develop single fact relating
to the work of7the trust, and II IT has
been unjust In discriminate npgains,
the producers 81 81 Iii Kansas Oh Ia
any otlers State the inquiry WIN show
s|tts Il II
Not d Common Cartier. 8
Isl pointed out that the oil trust.
through ITS pipe lines III not COM
mon carrierlunde r Tie law, ana cannot
be- compelled 70 carry on from any
given field unless Tie proc ucers ac-
cedeSto its$termss oil trust main.
talns that II has conducted lis bust.
ness not only III accordance VIII, the
law, but in perfect regard o. recog-
nized business princ iples and that
therefore ii is perfectly willing to
have the government make as rigid
an inquiry as II may desire into lis
methods of doing business.
Commissioner Garfield win person!
allylgo 10 Kansas and perhaps to 9th
eraoill fields slns the conduct oil lie
inquiry, Every ramitl cation OF the
Inquiry will be followed, whether Il
leads across State lines or not. If
maylead from Kansas u Texas from
4 Texas ,tos alifornia,a and from can
fornlaf TO i Pennsy lyania; but wherever
4 ittmay3 lead will be followed Iii an
earnest end eayors 70 ascertain all The
facts. NJ
AS soon as the ihyesti gation is
completed the findings Will lie trans.
mitted to SPrestd ent Roose Il, In
I his judgment the facts warrant an
4 inquiry by the department. of justice.
the factsgwllls be turned over to Attors
neys General il. Moody with In
structions to proceed according o.
lawsS sS N 81:
Personal Points.
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