The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-18
Wall Street Affected By RooSe-
 velt'S Future Remarks
NO CHANGE CON VENTILATED
Bonaparte Stands Firm and Reiterates Former Utterances as to the Ad- mnistration Policy Against
 the Trusts.

Washington, August If.-topecldl)- How advance copies of the speech which President Roosevelt Is to make at Prov encetown, Mass, on August 20 have found their way into Wall Street brokers offices and why they caused a rise in stocks are mysteries to administration officials here, but they believe that the brokers who claim to have read in these copies reversal of President Roosevelt's policy toward corporations must have something the matter with their eyes.
 Two members of the cabinet are now here Secretary Taft and Attorney Gem eral Bonaparte. Each has seen President Roosevelt within a week. Neither has any idea that the President is going ito call halt"
 Their understanding is that the admin istratlon antitrust policy Is just what 1t has been all along, which is to punish corporation and individuals guilty of vio- lating the laws.
 No Random Crusade.
 That the administration is not going to undertake wholesale and random pros- ecution is clearly indicated by its course Wllfl TtBdIu lO MT 11dIIlindI llIOubD- out the investigation of Che Hartman roads the President made 1t plain to those in his confidence that no suits would be undertaken which the government did not believe 1t was certain to win.
 The attorney general denied a story from Chicago that hundreds of agents of the department of Justice were on the pay rolls of railroads and corporations spying on their profits.
 Bonaparte Stands Firm.
 Attorney General Bonaparte Is culti- vating broad shoulders. because he has to share with President Roosevelt tho Drunt of the attacks directed from Wall Street and the offices of big corpora tions elsewhere against the trust-busting programme, which, it is charged. is re- sponslble for the hurrles ia financial circles.
 The attorney general also has been an object of special attack in some quarters because of his recent declara- tons in favor os putting offenders of prominence In prison. He has received many communications - anonymous, sonae of them-inelosing newspaper clippings criticising the policy of the administration and of himself person. ally.
 By way of reiteration and addition to what ne dlTeduy Has Sdlu, MT. BOna- parte said this afternoon
 "I have been asked very frequently wh ether 1t was not, as asserted In many quarters better policy to punish by im- prisonment, if possible, individual offen- ders against the antitrust laws rather than to obtain fines against corpora tions.
 Still for Prison Terms.
 "I have replied on several occasions that, in my opinion. 1t you'd be more effective deterr ent to punish individuals, as suggested, provided the punishment fell on those really responsible for the offense. and not merely upon subordi- mates: provided the offenses were seri ous and not merely formal. and that provided that no prosecution were in- stituted without reasonable hope of success. I have said this more than once, because 1 have been asked about it very frequently. I am still of the opinion thus expressed. and l think 1t is sound and reasonable one.
 ''When I was appointed Attorney Gen erai I answered that l considered it un- necessary aud inappropriate for me to ex-