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Investigation Will Cover :l the them Eli
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It'll Work Already Done United
tn States Corporation furnished
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5a5 ilypASII1NGTON,A d. CT June 26.--That
I che Department OF Commerce md Lalbor
PROPOSES TO make a Very tforou gh report
\ on the steel industry OF his country.
not combining It's researches to the United
steps now being taken by the Bureau GOr
Corporations. This investiga ton sis MOTTO
6ftirnish6 the government wi thu evidence on
which ia base prosecutions, and there rs
{nOignttmntion that this company is oil
President Roosevelt g list for al tack
S5% There has already been an inquiry INTO
the affairs OF the steel corporate on BY Al r.
Gnrneld's men, butsSit has been confined
almost entirely to SUCH mat ters ~ ns the ne
company voluntarily d disclosed IA ySsf,
@ Herbert Knox Smith. Deputy Commits mis-
= sioncr OF Corporations. recently a ppeared
4 before the House Committee on Appro-
Sprlatlons and a sked that an Biinexpended
balance OF $500 be made nyallnsl Tor
the next fiscal year. "A 5S u Isl al III
Possibly you 8gtnny y RENE tnbe ~ ~ 7.
Smith said when | appeared before the
committee last year we had IN mind q m
$vestigat.on Of Il steel, completion Of the
4 beef lnvcstg ntion, invest ga On a OF Oil
4 nd ga and tobacco 5$I4 "a a$
Al; Trust Furnished Figures. 5s35
sS3 gl. ..The steel investigation was quite mex
pensiYe, because we were furnished the
work by the United States Steel Corpora
ton. and as yet We rave had to expe ZEN
almost nothing. II we had done the work
II X ould have cos t a good many thousands
y OF dollars. Ii & II Ss5 sss \. I
S8S.'In the tobacco investigate We did
most t OF the work that we Intended The
sugar investigation we had to hold up.
and Is part OF the tobacco 3lnvestlga ton.
/ because OF the aimmunity d acslon.S until u
a was determined Just how we stood on
that matter. Then, when the q special .ci11
y Developments came out IN lrcgar RI Il tne
discrimination In the transportation OF
( oil, the attention OF the entire bureau had
q Ia 4 be given to that. and we could not
TcallyMundertake mother lnvestiga lion "
Il that time. The result has been tina 1--we
have not done as much 'ork as We N ex-
Il Pee ted. An That shows the difficulty Q scsti-
mating beforehand. q
last two years have been norma
81 because It Is a i, ew bureau. and we have
4 run Hup against these legal questions.
like the Immunity question:: a nd We ~ q
{ now that those questonszare settled aid
we can handle the work and viii ne ed
h Hi the money estimated to carry on the
work started and held up. ~ 94Ss5Ssss
sssa'' You think you can expend zoo W
Representative Ii ttauerS q SIX ed s$s
ss'lS.'Yes. sir,''$said Mr.. Smith. We carry
1. out the RWork we In tend TO 40, we snHti.
The steel work Is a vast sjob, VI and when
We get Oh IA men ~ orking, instead of
having The United Sta tes Steel CORPORA
ton furnish Fl III n cures. = NJ going $40
ssbever Ell ,psensive, and stnilarly were the
tobacco and ssu gar ir1ves tLgatt q, g
Did the Bureaus w ork M
n NJ. Brundidge asked 4. Did the Unite
States Steel Corpora alton do the work thar
your men should have done Is that cor
II poratlon supplying you with formation
upon which to make proper inve :s tiig q
ton ~ 5s3t s5i !. tSl.s !.
Ks .iYes, sir. They furnished us with q lot
4 OF VI statistics in regard to 3 the cost OF
various kinds OF productions &, replied Mr. +
4 Smith. ....Then we have the light to go to
y their books and check the figures up.
THAT has saved us a grea deal 81 S y, @
H and we get It In much better sh
"They submit the figures for you :; g
check up, instead of your going TO thel =
\ Books and taking them 3? inquired ~ Mt s
Lttauer. az r., .
yes air.. Mr.. Smith replied, Ut Y
we Will take up the whole steel ,induu tr',,
not merely the steel CORPORA ton, o alid
that will take a lot OF money $337 ii%i