The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-05
CHARGES Of HANKS
NOT BORNE 0U1.
A"rstatc Commerce Commission
Sends i'll Report Showing
Them Ujnfoundcd.
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT I
lie Writes Mr.. Hanks That No
Further attention Will Be Paid
to Els Allegations.

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snbstantinte theif assertion mat grave
errors appeared in the statistical work
Of FIN Interstate Commerce Commits.
SION.
That they failed TO SHOW IN accord
ahee WIN Their CAIN ''ih' 'he freight
ana passenger rates OF tile country
could be reduced an average OF 10 per
cont without reducing wages or divi.F
u'hos.
These. In substance are the conelu-
gIpns OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mip.,on IN ,ts rnnort to-day n thos
,.H.sf u I, ,...,.
''''inss' ~ isSi'nc " q iVs'ot ut'oi ~
thut body concerning the employment
OF Messls Charles S. Hanks ana
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Observation-Disclosures 49,.
ta ' an IN ~ ' sI b 'tio'i " 't'e iitnt
state Commerce Commission after sew
eral conferences with the President
and the members OF the commission,
when, It Is stated, they assured the
president mat grave errors and short
cominss existed IN the work OF the
commission, and That they could revo-
!utlonizc the ~ork OF that body
Inc c9n,niss'ons lepora states '.,e.
forded ove,-y fnc,j{tv In f,bnjr tnvcstit-o-
ton ana tha, thay were contin,,cd "a
Won ann .h M, ~e'e eJsn.u I'm,
,hctr cri,,cisn. ,yarn without merit ana
~, no.. 49, M s,,,.,,es,;n,,, r., ,naks
which had NOT ALREADY been antici
nated."
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All tHe Oetdl!S GlVeH.
The commission goes into detail con-
corning the work of the investigators,
the result Of their examination. the time
they We're employed and the compensa-
tion they received.
Accompanying the COMMISSIONS report
IL the report OF Messrs. Charles p. Nell,
Commissioner OF Labor: James 4. Car
field, Commissioner OF Corpora tons. and
lir. S,arek, Il bank examiner, who at
the direction OF the President made a
thorough Investigation Of the charges
preferred nrfFtnst the statistical work az
the con rsTsfon.
The 81 lal committee made an exam
ination OF three specific charges against
the s,atis,ica, work OF the Inters,ate
III Commerce. Commission and their findings
in brief. are that Messrs Hanks and Har-
r!man '.wer. y,,nab,. IN rrescnt nnvt hin,
IN ,he Commits. ,r,,,;cs H.,
attacked the integrity of ne s,atistical
work OF the commission or vr,ia,n1 n;
general r5,atlt,s ], -
ieoio1ile WINS Ildillly.
Also appended to the commissions re-
port Is q sharp letter from Presiden,
Roosevelt to Mr.. Hanks, dated January
Si3t last. In which II IS stated that the
charges are completely dsproyed. The
Presidents letter to Mr.. Hanks Is as
follows:
The White House.
washington. d. c., Jan. 81 1907 &
"My Dear Mr.. Hanks,--I am In receip,
OF your letter OF the 10Th. l send 20!
herewith the report OF Aiessrs. Neih AM
Garfield on the only specific charges
was able To get Mr.. Hartman TO make
after repeated ci!orts on my part. Mr.
othieh JOINS IN thc report. Inc charges
AFe Z, cot ! npieteiy ulspfoVed.
as. Natisei W ea.iie 70 me on seY,
sar,,o,,,,,t s'''t. ana
snrin. ~, ia - ....n. DC
shorteomin1a' ex;stcd ~ ~ 80 : -
/ the Interstate C,or,n,erco r,o,, ,,is,io,
these being due primarily II ti,n. w,orl
I OF It's statistician. Mr., Adams III,
allegations were made SO grave tha
had both of you meet certain mem
bers of the commission, on which oc,
cason you stated that you would b.
able to put the commission IN posses