The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-23
Reported That SO.Called
Fertilizer Trust"Will
Be investigated.
FEDERAL AGENT 5.... I.
SHADOWS OFFICER.
Stated in Washington That De-
partme'nt Of Justice EIas Been
Working for Months in
Securing Evidence .
Against Great !.
Enterprise.

The rcpor, that the Department OF JUS
tice at washington will summons officers
4 OF the Virginia -Caroirn Chemical Com
pany to appear before the tcderili grand
Z Jury. which meets !; n Nashville IL the
y near future, has sttr 1uscd greatest IN crest
here. That the l'&ler.il government viii
Z seek 10 secure Gindictmnts 5Df lepdlnS
agents and officers OF this company
sometimes called the Fertilizer trust
under the Sherman unu-trust l1w, there
Z; Is scarcely u doubt.
A Nearly ali Of tic local officers OF the
Y flrm. however, disclaim any knowledge
* OF the Forthcoming summons and the
"a possible suit.Sto be instltuted by the ma
tional government In the matter. though,
one declared that 1T was known fact
that certain OF the officials We're to be
summorscd for examination by the grand
jury.
A special 10 The Times Dispatch from
Washington states that II IS certain that
4 suits will be instituted III the United
& States court against the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company, charging infract.on
n OF the antitrust law and conspirl,ig III
II the retail trade. 1t Is stated further that
the Department Of Justice has been al
work on the casc for months securing
I evidence and that the kinsman OF one
f OF the officers OF the company had been
shadowed by agents of the department..
IE The notwithstanding Company has its
headquarters In this city. and ia capital
Y lied at SAG, ,coo,G00 of which $ls.0o0.CfO is
i preferred and the rest common stock
4 Its trade extends throughout the South.
and, according to the dcciara ton OF one
OF tie officials OF the company last night.
Il It captures about sixty per cent. OF the
II Hertllizing business of the entire South
The names OF the officers are: President,
Samuel #. Morgan, OF this city; Vice:
\ President, Edmund b. Addison. also.so
Richmond; Secretary. Mr.. S. Dabney.
Organ. OF Richmond, is the nudttora4ofs
I the company. # ii55a4 III
News to- Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. Samuel T. Morgan. president OF the
.onlpany, said last night that the report
Z vas news 10 him. MS he had been away
rom the city for over a week and had
not been down TO the office as yet lie
stated that he had som law. Mr.
Reynolds. who did business In Canada
+ md this country, and who was not con-
nected with the Chemical Company IN
she least, He also added that Mr.. Rey-
nolds had been doing some work In the
lotion seed oil line in Columbia, S. c.
t Is to Mr.. Reynolds that reference Is
made In the special dispatch as a kns-{
3 ! ! VI
nan OF tho president.
pa Another official said he understood
that certain officials of the company
had been summoned to Nashville, to
appear before the grand Jury. He
said that they were to be examined
to find II possible. evidence to return
i, an Indictment for certain parties In 5
the Federal court. He also declared
that the fertlzng company was In 55s
N no sense trust, and that It was only
one OF many other Kindred concerns
In the South. He said his firm did q
about sixty per cent. Of the fertlllz'
Ing business OF the South, and Ger.
taIny no more.
Mr S. D. Crershaw declared that he
knew nothing OF tho matter. and said 1t
Eas an entire surprise to him. as he
lad been absent from the city for some
lays.
Mr. r. u. Addison stated that tie re-
>ort was an utter surprise to him, and
hat ho had heard nothing at all OF it i
before.
Il The statement comes from Washing
ion that the fertilizer company has cor
alled tho phosphate works OF the Car
!everal othor States. effecting by this
procedure combination that precludes
. III competition OF an effective kind.
Why He Vetoed It.
In connection with the forthcoming
ummonlng OF tho company to npp.<r
before the grand jury, It is interesting
& 10 recall the recent veto of tho President
10 the bill changing the time for holding
the United States District Court in Ten
nessee He gave as his reason for. the
reto that change of time for hnhing
court at Nashville this month might
cause serious Inconvenience, and quoted
from the report OF Attorney General
Hoody, as follows:
A "Under the statutes in force IN Ten
nessee for a long time regular rms nl
tho Federal courts at Nashville should
commence on the third Monday OF April,
which this year is the sixteenth day.
u am advised that preparation has al
: ready been made for holding tho terms
luring the present month, and that Wit
nesses and Jurors have been summoned
therefor. To postpone the terms until
!he frst Monday IN May, as provided IN
,he bill, might be productive OF serbus
Inconvenience
Gas tho result OF many months OF
work by this department, arrangements
have been made to bring before the grand
Mry at Nashville, already summoned.
tertaIn matters OF great concern to tho
government, and It may be important that
t continue during a considerable period
"In Yiow Of the peculiar circumstances
yollrts at Nashville, It appears to ma
that the interest Of the government Will
be best subserved II you withhold your
approval from the bill"
,rhe certain matters of great concern
mentioned In the report allude to the
soming prosecution Of tho fertilizer trust
Would Give Out Nothing,
< 4 When the officials Of tho Department
II Justice were approached yesterday by
representative Of The Times Dispatch
m washington, they gave out no tlfor-
nation at all. Assistant Attorney-Gen-
sral Day, who has direct charge OF the
Prosecutions for tho government, refused
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