The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-23
Fails TO Furnish Correct Infor'
nation Asked by Josephus
Daniels.
ATTY. GrNERAL is DIPLoEATIC
Mes Up the Prosecutors Under
L-ntl- I-ust Lazy.
pc,,rds show Tint -: Trusts IRE
Ihriunc inGs. ,..c Eepu Diican
slow department ot Jus
tice An ..rF AwaIt,G.

C' -. Oci. 81 Slrclall-J JoSe- .
rD.- Daniels. clla.rn...l ~ t.e putt .
m4ctu az cagrrntlr nitiunai y
I... lrn..r,c-. re-. r.tly wrote 3 lrter .
+. attorney tci.rr. i'r 'ar.r. H. .
,n.l. be- r-ard q Information show 4
t. tt. ,.h .aetCr and extent Ot suits /
r- teird by the leGcrh government
g.m~t tle trusts. Nr Ennrnartc |
lt nu.s m very ieA- hy Mttcr
bat u.s careful not 10 giN" the .ufOr- |
nation rr ucs,c1 Nr. l.Jri.lS has !
f...tarlel ID second lrtr &, t-c At I
,sn..y Gc.cral witch Is r, r,pr5ld,ed .
hcrrNith.
Hu. 4. !. Bouararte, United Stdtes
attorney General.
Ny ear Sir.-I an in receipt Of
your letter of 0ct -. On The 3nth
aay of S,siemhcr wrote sou and
Y~eul for "a statement showing how
many of the - truss doing business
n fOr United states had been prose
cuttd by tile department of justice.
t.. amount of nucs collected. etc. ln
,nt.r answer YOU DO not furnish the
Information desired. The inquiry was
50, hglly directed TO the action
taArn with reference to the 81 trusts
formation you mix up the prosecu-
fious unGrr the sherman antitrust
hw with th,. prosecutions OF railroads
ANA ndf, iduuls under other acts. No
question Was asked a. 10 proceedings
against railroads or other corpora
ti1ns EXCERPT the well known and rec
ognizpd trusts that are daily by vio-
latiug thc law. taking srom the mouth
g.. A. sh.
puhir Is well aware that number
~ railroads have been fined for giving
rebates That law ought 10 br en-
forced even tough your department
refused 10 prosecute the admitted viO-
latious of me Law by "A ra.road Off
cial who received an Immunity bath
ana wa. given "A place In the cabinet;
anl tAn~g two able attorneys, Hon.
Judsou Harmon and Hon. Frederick
y Juds0n. Who had been employed 10
prosecute refused - coniinne with
your department when il would not
permit them 10 prosecute the COLI
ir~SIily guilty secretary Of the navy
~ well as tie lesser railroad officials
aO hlh nearly all given rebates.
Having fuiel ~ furnish the specific
Information requested. and wishing 10
Dera dome to prevent the eNtortiuns
and o. end the existence OF tie trusts
J am forced TO ask you. omittng all
prosecutions against railroads and
u,Irr legal corporations. the following
questions
J. How many of the 2S7 trusts. civ
ing the names. doing business IN the
ufed States. have hcen prosecuted
by tlc present administration
How many ~ these trusts nam
lh- Them separately. have been fined.
anl ihe separate au,Ounist
=. After trust has been fined.
what other steps have been taken 20
prevent ~, continuing it, illegal prac-
trrs for which il was forced 10 pay
th pcnalys
Z. How many % the officials OF
These 80 trusts have been crminally
prosecuted. and how many have been
convicted and the term ~ imprison-
i'fnl. giving the names OF each per
sih Who has been imprisoned for vio-
Ai.ng tie law
in your letter. IN which you mix
ur the prosecution of railroads and
ufhnr legal corporations with the trusts
which exist ia defiance of law. YOU
nf the Roosevelt administration with
iue four preceding administrations. In
tle pamphlet which you send with
your letter II appears that Mr.. Har-
r~1n prosecuted seven trusts under
lAe Sherman antitrust law; Mr.. Clcve-
tind. nine. Mr. Mckinley. three. aud
iNt present administration. nineteen
ciNil and twenty-five criminal cases.
l"u include the eases against the beef
and meat trusts whpre the government
Won these important suits. Has the
meat trust gone oAt ~ business. and
hAfe the people obtained the relief
rom high prices which they had a
t.Sut 10 expect and for which reason
ilfy demanded the prosecution Of that
ilusfs An examination Of the twenty
hfe cases you say have been prose
lled csmnally shows that in no sin-
~" ease has any violation OF tire law
"ren followed hy Imprisonment
10 YOU believe that the men who
operate the trusts 10 their enrichment
"t systematic robbery. enjoyed by i'm
inhnliy from Imprisonment, will ever
W deferred by the methods so far EN-
iloyed 10y the department Of justice
IS long ~ tie meat trust can pay a
small hnc and collect il an hundred
''ines over the next day. by putting
W. The price of what II sells. when
~ yen think that trust will quit
hAl-ing prices that put necessary
lv"d out ~ the reach Of the poor2 The
Hp"rtacV " Few OF the predatory
wealth. IN convict garb--as the law
contemplated would do