Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-06-28
CASSA1T rs TARGET
u WAR ON REBATES
FEDERAL ATTORNEYS PLAN TO
CONCENTRATE PROSECUTION
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
SUITS TO BE STARTED
SOON At PHILADELPHIA
Imprisonment Will Be Penalty If Con-
spiracy Charge Is Proven-Cor-
poration Bureau Official Outlines
Work in Urging Appropriation

new YORK, June Z6.-Pnlladelphla is
to be the scene of the first government
prosecutions against the Pennsylvania
railroad and the Standard Oil COM
pany. Arrangements will be complex ed
at conference between Alexander
Simpson, Jr., and Charles E. Hughes.
The chief question under oonsidera-
ton is the advisability of Individual
prosecution against A. J. Cassatt, pres
ident OF the Pennsylvania 1t is be-
lieved more good can be accomplished
by centering prosecutions on Cassatt
than by scattered energy.
Reinforce Federal Attorneys.
Simpson and Hughes have the con-
sent OF the government to associa,e
with themselves other counsel. Will
liam A. Glasgow, Jr., investigator for
the interstate commerce commission,
will be found with them. Pennsylvania
railroad lawyers are working night
and day making plans for defense. The
charge will be conspiracy, which, ii
proved, will carry a penalty of i'm
prisOnment. Simpson said he has been
in constant communication with Pres
ident Roosevelt. Since the hearings
closed he has secured much valuable
information from private sources.
1t is said the Interstate commerce
commission will advocate government
ownership of the anthracite fields, to
protect the public from extortion The
report will charge five railroads with
violations of antitrust and inter-
state laws. 1t will advocate leglsla-
ton 10 divorce railroads from the hi
luminous coal industry.
Steel Kings Furnish Own Figures
Washington, June 26. - Herbert
Knox Smith, deputy commissioner Of
the bureau OF corporations, in urging
the balance of $4,000 be made avail
able for next year, said to the house
appropriations committee:
Last year we had in mind investi-
cation of steel, completion of the beef
investigation, investigation of oil,
sugar and tobacco. The steel investi-
cation was inexpensive. In the to-
bacoO investigation we did most of the
work that we intended. The sugar in
vestigation we had to hold up, and
part Of the tobacco investigation, be-
cause Of the immunity decision, until
it WAS determined just how we stood
on that matter. Then, when the spe-
cial development came out in regard
to the discrimination in the trans
portatlon of oil, the attention of the
entire bureau had to be given to that.
We have not done as much work as
we expected.
Tells Of Steel Investigation.
'aThe steel work is a vast Job, and
when we get our men working, instead
of having the United States Steel cor
poraTion furnish the figures, it is 60
ing to be very expensive, and similarly
with the tobacco and sugar investiga-
tons. The United States Steel cor
poration furnished us with statistics.
Then We have the right to go to their
books and check the figures up
"They submit figures for you to
check up instead of your going to
their books and taking them," said
Representative Littauer.
Eyes, SIR replied Smith, then we
will take up the whole steel industry,
not rierely the steel corpration, and
that will take lot of money"