Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-20
tanner OF TRUST
TELLS OF WORK
HERBERT S. HADLEY REACHES
LOS ANGELES
Attorney General Of Missouri, In an
Interview, Relates Incidents of
His Fight with the STAN
dard OIL

WntH I1eHTy II, Rogers was n1St
brought before the supreme court of
the state of Missouri he said that he
did not care what impression the court
drew from his words and that he was
not particularly interested I'm the SUI
preme court anyway, but we succeeded
in changing his opinion In that regard
before the decision of the court was
glven," said Herbert s. Hadley, attor-
ney general of Missouri, who, by his
perslstency, forced the Standard oil to
acknowledge the authority of the law
of Missouri. Mr.. Hadley arriveG in Los
Angeles yesterday and went immedi-
ately to the Alexandra, where he re-
mained most of the day. He addressed
the Long Beach Chautauqua last even
ing on the subject Modern CONNER
cialism."
Mr.. Hadley continued "Since we
won the victory in the supreme court of
Missouri, similar actions have been
started and won in Arkansas, Ohio and
Texas. What we tried to do in Mis-
souri, and what we did succeed in doing
was to show that the hree oil COM
panies, the Waters-Pierce Oil company
of Missouri, the Standard Oil company
of Indiana, and the Republic Oil COM
pany Of New York, which were doing
business in Missouri, were all owned
and were part of the great New York
standard Oll trust.
Admit Being Combine
1.-THE companies were alleged to be
competing and If they were proved to
be all in one trust we believed that 1t
was a violation of the antitrust law
of Missouri. Therefore we attempted
to force the companies to produce their
books in court and show who held the
stock. 1t was at that time that Rogers
1nta hot I,n tnNt ion a r%lxT n
terested in the supreme court of Mis-
souri, nor had he an interest in what
conclusion was drawn from his testi-
mony Next to Rockefeller, who is un-
doubtedly the king of evasion, Rogers Is
best. With airy, half-insulting nom
chalance, he sat in the court room,
answering or not answering as he
chose, until finally his own attorneys
told him that his course of action would
not do, when he answered the questions
that were put to him.
1.-THE point which we raised when the
Standard Oil people refused to show
their books in court as it would in
criminate them, was that corporation
has not the right to claim the consti-
tutional privilege eXempting them from
incriminating themselves, and this was
sustained by the court.
when that decision was rendered,
but they admitted that the three COM
panies which were supposedly compet-
ing corporations were really all in the
Standard Oil trust. This gave us
ground for another prosecution under
the antitrust laws of Missouri, and
when the trial of that case takes place
in the fall, if we win, the trust may be
barred from doing business in the state
or a fine may be given them at the dis
cretion of the judge.
Expects to Win Fight
"Persistency is what won the case
against the trust Other states have
made legal war on the trust, but when
obstacles were raised by the aStute at
torneys who defended the trusts, the
proceedings were stopped. There mas
never been any reason why such case
could not be made to stick in any court
In America, but lack of stickatoitive-
ness, if it might be so termed, has rem
dered previous attempts imperative.
"In any other line of work 1t is the
most natural thing in the world to
keep at q thing until success is arrived
at and | could not see why the same
course of action should not win in the
fight against the trust. 1t has won up
to certain point, and hardly see
how 1t can fail to win in the final
struggle WHICH VIII tdhS pie'SO III 'iS
fall.
1.-THE prevalent idea that the trusts
are unassailable and that any legal
procedure against them must fail, is all
wrong, and in reality they can be
reached through the same methods IN
law that win cases against individuals"
Has a Determined Look
At first glance Herbert S. Hadley
seems a rather ordinary young man,
but a second look must convince the
observer that no ordinary person is
this trust subduer, who made H. H.
Rogers, the best known testimony
evader in America, tell the truth.
Tall and slim is Hadley. and his
pale face seems positively drawn, so
clean cut are the features. The jaw is
the most prominent feature of Hadley's
face. After a look at that jaw, one can
understand how Hadley made the
Standard Oil magnates sit up and take
notice.
A bull dog has the same sort of
lower Jaw, but with the lower animal 1t
is called a Furnishing jaw. Thin, firm
lips, straight thin nose and gray eyes
complete the list of features Hadley
seems to be an illustration of what
man can do with an ordinary amount
of ability, backed by an indomitable