The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-31
PROMISE OF
 NR. GARFIELD Told Packers to Fear
 Nothing. SAW THE PRIVATE BOOKS Demand of the Commissioner Con-
 piled With.
Edward Morris and Others Reiterate on the Witness stand in Chicago That the Meat Men Were
 Guaranteed Immunity.

chicago, Jan. 3b.-EdWard MOTIFS Vice. President of the Fairbank Can- ming Company and a member of the firm of Nelson, Morris & Co, testified today in the packers case that he had
 been required by Commissioner Gar field to produce for the inspection of the Commissioner the secret profit and loss books of his company, after the Commissioner had prepared his report on the beef industry, He further de- clared that Mir. Garfield had taken these books and had inspected them. He told first of receiving the assur- ance from the. Commissioner that no | Knowledge that would be furnished b., the packers would be used against them, of how he gave the information to the Commissioner and his represcn- tatives, and then declared that Comrnis :
 sioner Garfield returned to Chicago with the greater part of his report in proof which he submitted to Mir Nor ris. The witness said that he read the proofs and told Mir. Garfield that the report was correct.
 The Commissioner then. the witness asserted, demanded that the profit and loss books of the company be brought to the down town office of Morris X Co. for his inspection. They were brought and the Commissioner looked over them The statement that the Commissioner had called for tho secret books after completing his report caused a stir in court, but the witness insisted that he was "required' by Cont missioner Garfield to submit the books to him.
 The other witnesses of the day were L. c. Krauthoff, who was on the stand yesterday; Samuel McRoberts Treasurer of Armour & Co, and Charles c. Dawes, former Comptroller of the Treasury and now President of the Central Trust Company of this State. Both Mir. Dawes and Mir. Roberts insisted win much emphasis that they had heard Commissioner Garfield declare that any information he might procure from the packers would not be used against them.
 MT. McRoberts gave testimony agree sin& wIth that of Mr. Kfautaoff and MT. Dawes. He declared that Commission CT Garfield had informed Mir Krauthoff that Ms department had nothing to do with the Department of Justice, and that 1t could not and would not work n conjunction with it. He declared that they were absolutely divorced and that the law was so framed that business men could feel free to give informa- ton.
 The witness declared that Comnl5- sioner Garfield stated positively that the information to be secured was not for use in prosecutions nor would It be given to the Department of Justice.
 Mir. McRoberts was on the stand or a considerable time in the afternoon. but his evidence related entirely to cAo conversation between Commissioner Garfield and Mir. Krauthoff and him self. He declared that Mir. Krauthon had informed the Commissioner that the packers were in business to make money, but that there was no comhina- ton among them; on the contrary, com petition between them was very keen.
 District Attorney Morris did not cross-examine the witness and Edward Morris, Vice. President of the Fairbanks Canning Company. was called to the stand. He declared that he met Com missioner Garfield in the Commercial National Bank and was introduced to the Commissioner by James E. Eckels, President of the bank. Mir. Morris said that Commissioner Garfield told him that the investigation was for leg islative purposes, and that report would be made to the President
 I asked him what he wanted with the information" said the witness, and Ee said there would be no prosecution of any sort by means of the information he had furnished"
 He said that he next met Commis- sioner Garfield in the ott1ce of Morris & Co, when he called on Mcfarland, the office manager who told him that MT. Garfield desired to Inspect the books and papers, and added: "If we do not allow him to see them, we will be com pelled to test the constitutionality of the law"
 Witness said that he directed Mr Nc cFariand to furnish correct informA- ton because later he might be com pelled to swear to some of it. The witness declared that he had been re- quired to submit to Commissioner Gar field the most secret books of the con cern which give in detail the money ex- pended and the profits and losses of the business. He declared that Mir Garfield later returned to Chicago from Washington with two sheets of his ~e- port which he submitted to the packers for approval.