Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-06


in. s,,ce or the clerk of the federai
a., which may not be much loi .
-, bnt it will be read WIZ"
,..,,bless interest by thousands OF
.s,nsIne men and women when once 1t
ss,s out. This literature includes the
s,,,t and separate answers of detehd-
.n,s in the tremendous merger SUIT
s,ed against L. II. Hartman ct al by
the government.
The answers are all in the case
United States of America VS.. the Union
pacific Railroad company, E. II. Har-
riman ct al.
Mr. Harriman's answer, signed by
himself, Farley l.. Williams, his solicit
TOR and counsel is most interesting
as it is really Harriman's story of his
Wonderful achievements in the railroad
world. The stilted legal phraseology
does not make the story told any less
wonderful Other individual and sep
arate answers are those of Senator w.
A. Clark, president of the Salt Lake
ponte. of the Farmers Loan and Trust
conpany of New York, of ii. c. Frlck.
Of the Union Pacific, Oregon snort
Line Oregon Railroad and Navigation,
and Southern Pacific companies. 10
cover certain allegatinos made IN the
papers fled by the government JOINT
answers were necessary ana THESE are
dso on file with the local court. All,
d describe them in rough and most
rsneral way. are dehials of allegations
d consolidation for purposes of re-
straint competition and monopoiizlng
trade and commerce.
Mr. HarTlman's answer can be used
as an illustration of all for the rea-
son given.
one OF the very first paragraphs in
this is n denial that he with Jacob
schl, Otto II. Kahn, James Stillman
or others with others have owned or
controlled a majority of capital stock
Of the Union Pacific. He admits that
he is president and the other men were
directors, Schi and Kahn resigned in
1906 and Stillman in 1908. He admits
schi and Kahn were members of the
Kuhn, Leob s, Company, and that this
firm bought and sold stocks and bonds
Of The y. p. and o. $. L., but II Is de-
MED that the company was "hscai
agent" of the U. p.
Lille N'E ioaNN7s
Getting closer to home Mr.. Hartman
tells about the relations existing be-
tween what are known as the Harrl-
man lines and the Salt Lake Route, adj
hitting that numerous contracts ana
agreements have been drawn up, but
denying that they We're to restrain or
prevent competition between the Clark
line and the Hartman roads running
70 the coast.
That directors of the O. S. L., o. r.
n. and u =. are selected through
the ownership OF stock by the u. L.
+ admitted but It Is explained these
lines are controlled, managed and oper-
sted m their own names and by their
own officials and agents
He admits that the lines of railroad
owned by the IT, p. o. S. l.. and o. Il,
~ have operated as one system and
tlal the lines included are from Coun-
eil Bluls Iowa and Kansas City, Mo-,
70 Ogden, Salt Lake, Butte, Mont, and
Portland, Or, and still compose con-
tlhols through lines operated harmo-
hlously, and so far as affecting the
tlppng and travelling public, as IL
owned and operated by single COM
pany,
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ne admits that the o. r. & n. owned.
y ls,l three steamships plying between
rio5ftland and San Francisco and in
Nv INC san Francisco and Portland
TTpalhshlp company was organized.
sMo or the steamships were and are
sow operated by this company. He
sslies lhat the o. II. e. n. ever oper-
sed steamships between Portland, ia
gay, China or Asiastic ports. but ad-
| llllA mat al.
,au ana Aslatlo Steamship company
w organized. The capital stock was
reHHulIed by the O. II. & NJ, ana the
o, any, steamship company has sometimes
XXI 1awq steamships between Portland
Noe Aslapc ports under charter but
40 never maintained any regular line
~ snlps II is denied that COMPETE
on nv" WIN other steamship companies
,,s,ine part of these Hartman organ
cord, Ins would be impracticable. Ac-
lN tSns 70 The answer the S. r. owns
hs snares out of 100000 or
pany ta.,ho Mail Steamship COM
FraSc,smllh ships plying between san
pbu1eSco' the Hawaiian islands, the
nan.n,lpplnes and Chinese ana Japanese
rleo 's' also q line betweop San Fran
hst' una Panama, but Il IL denied
roads '' ls mes OF steamships with rail-
panv ~, W me Panama Railroad COM
YorS iolm through line between New
mns NM" -, shd san Francisco via the Isth-
NEVER IN COMPETITION.
unni IS , denied The rail lines from Missls-
~ ~, valley 10 Portland Via Los Ange-
sms ana san Francisco were ever In
top r,rul'on with the lines OF the Il. =.
nsta rreansportati0n OF trafne between
a@st points and interior states. the
ilea ~, XII Other countries II IL also de-
st,,.u,at tho steamships of the II.
md "S ga, New York and New orleans
nest , HnaalFrston, together with rail con.
vitb 'v w We're in active competition
,dg,.'ne lines Of the u. +. Tor trafflc
SniraII 'is on the Atlantic coast ana in
GIe%s, ADMITS the Northern Pacific and
4 r Norlhern are competitors of The
Iftl,,san l mat the G. Is. q q. is a COM
Md ~ VI The L. +, ITO a limited extent
lhst Tween certain points" lie denies
gss 10y contract OF otherwise there
ucn Sler any restriction of COMPEL
4. y ''swesn the Salt Lake Route ana
n,s AN, ana defendant Companies" lie
"'p Denver a Rio drande Is a