Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-26
Roosevelt and Attorney Gen.
eraI Moody Rolling Up Their
Sleeves to Go After Stand
ard Oil Company,
WILL MAKE OR BREAK
UNCLE SANS LAWYER
Formidable Array Of Cases
Under Antitrust Law to
Be Prosecuted by the
Government Officials.
The Morning Journal Bureau.l
1929 Pennsylvania Ave, n, W.,
Washington, d. c., Aug, rs.

lGZJ Pe00SylNdnld ave-, N, W.,
Washington, d. c., Aug. 25.
The trust busting" campaign of
the federal government will be re-
newed with increased vigor within a
few weeks. September which brings
the federal courts into regular ses-
sion, will see renewed activity all
along the line. Many OF the pending
cases will come up for trial early in
the fall; indictments against alleged
offenders will be sought in several
judicial districts, and the govern
ments force of investigators will con-
tinue to seek for information upon
which to base prosecutions Attorney
General Moody. after a long rest up
in New England, will soon be back to
his desk to stay, and his coming will
be the signal for a forward move
ment 1t is assumed at the depart
ment of justice that his recent visit
to Oyster Bay had to do with the de-
tails of the antitrust campaign, 1t
is now understood that the president
is determined that this fight against
the trusts shall be fought to a finish.
He is not making war on capital; he
is insisting that the laws relating to
the business of the great corporations
shall be obeyed.
The antitrust campaign under way
is by far the most pretentious the
government has ever entered upon.
Large responsibilities have been
placed on Attorney General Moody
who must direct the fight. If he wins
all along the line he will go down "a
history as great attorney general;
If he should fail his administration
will be remembered only because OF
the failure. 1t is we'll understood
that Mr.. Moody would like to return
to private life and the practice of his
profession in Boston, but he is deter
mined to wind up this antitrust cam
paign before he quits the office.
The fight against the Standard Oil
company is the most important the
government is waging. The popular
impression is that the government
will not find 1t easy to cripple the
oil trust Unquestionably the de-
partment of justice realizes that il
will meet with many obstacles But
it feels that 1t has caught the com
pany with the goods on it," and il
proposes to make a heroic effort TO
infllct punishment. Later in the year
the report of the bureau of corpora
tions, on which the legal advisers of
the government believe indictments
and convictions can be secured will
be laid before the grand juries. 1t is
the private opinion of attorneys con-
nected with these prosecutions that If
the government cannot severely pun
ish the Standard Oil on the evidence
gathered by Commissioner Garfield,
IL will not be worth while ever again
to attempt to punish the corporation.
The department of justice Is fore
warned that the trust proposes TO
fight and fight hard. against any
punishment being inflicted.
While the department of justice Is
endeavoring to secure some copper
ribbed indictments against the Stan
dard Oil company, 1t will also be en-
gagged in the trial of numerous anti
trust cases that are already In court.
These trials will probably consume
much of the time of the federal courts
in some of the districts during the
fall and winter. The cases are pretty
well scattered over the country The
Wholesale Grocers' association Is be-
ing prosecuted in the southern district
of Florida. The members of the
association have filed answers and
the case has been continued from time
to time. 1t will be heard at the
next term of court.
Possibly there will be some fur
ther steps in what Is known as the
beef trust cases in Chicago. The
Terminal Railroad association at st.
Louis is on the rack in the federal
court for the eastern district of Mis-
souri,.
over in Hawaii the government Is
pressing proceedings in court to re-
strain the operation of an alleged
unlawful combination to control the
trade in lumber I'm that territory. In
the Hawaii court there is also pend
Ing a case against the beef trust.
The department hopes to bring the
cases against the tobacco trust. to a
final issue this coming fall and win
ter. These cases grew out of an
indictment by the federal grand jury
In the southern district of New York
of the American Tobacco company
and the McAndrews e. Forbes Com
pany. believed to be violating the am
ti-trust laws.
The fight against the National Re-
tall Rruggists' association Is In the
federal court at Indianapolis. The
defendants have filed their answers
and the department assumes that tho
cases will be disposed of at the next
term of the court.
Proceedings against the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical company, alleged
to be a trust, are pending In several
southern states. The federal grand
jury for the middle district OF Ten
nessee, on information furnished by
the department OF Justice. returned
indictments last May against thirty
one corporations and twenty-five in
divlduals engaged in the fertilizer
business in the states of North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida
Mississippi. Arkansas and Tennessee
charging them with conspiracy.
The salt trust. the elevator trust
and the paper trust have thrown un
their hands The other trusts under
attack do not seem disposed to sur
render 80 easily.