Richmond planet., 1908-10-10

NN'HllNN mas nfeu MS 10 the character
Of business "a senator or member OF
Congress was at liberty to take. and
uniformly and universally it has
bcen considered that there was no
4 prohibition OF any class of business
outside OF those named in me sta-
tutcs and such business as might con
Mot with public duties
When / accepted the omnlov-
mont of the standard oil Company I'm
1899 t was not forsecn by me. and
probably not by anybody else. that 90
! would become tbc object of Federal
legislation or Of Federal prosecution
/ or action OF amy kind. and that cm-
lloFmcnt cll-3 WHOM the Campanv
decided 90 rcorgauige under the laws
of New Jersey. which was before
anything of that nature occurred.
HELPED PASS ELKINs BILL.
"That 2 was not iu tho employment
of che company after the services I
navc mentioned were rendered. and
that such employment did not after
ward Influence me TO favor the COM
pany n legislation. Is shown by the
pe.t ] took in the enactment of the
Elkins law, approved February I9.
I 1903. Under the statute the Attor-
ney General has brought and caused
80 bc brought AN the prosecutions
against the Standard OH Company.
OF which we have read so much. i'm
Guiding the case I'm which judge Lam
dis imposed the fine OF S29,240.OO0.
81 was one of the subcommittee
I of three Senators Elkius and Clapp
/ being the other two mcmbcrs-w
nnncfIrrnN fhnf hin ff fr.., frf.-.t,s g..
commerce committee of the Senate.
and after making such amendments
as I'm our Judgment made 30 more
effective, reported it favorably TO the
committee and then TO the Senate.
where it was passed. Under this Ell
| kins law. for the first time i'm inter
state commerce legislation, the ship
/ pers were made liable as violaters
( of law and subjected 20 heavy penal
/ ties for accepting or soliciting re-
! bates or Determinations. Until that
! time only the carriers were liable for
I such oTenses.
The bill was especially aimed az
/ the large corporations because they
were supposed, by reason of their
/ large shipments, TO be able 10 COM
mand and enforce rebates and dis
ordinations which could not be Sc
cured by their weaker competitors.
/ That statute has been put TO the Sc
verest tests, and they have shown
/ that il is worth more in the regula-
/ tion of Interstate commerce than all
/ the other statutes that have been en-
/ acted. IL makes effective all the
other provisions of law against re-
\ bates and Determinations. and no
/ body has suffered more under it than
| h. - 90
! which indictments have been found
| by scores, containing counts and
| charges amounting TO thousands in
| numbers.
Much more might be said as to
| the character OF this state, but il is
unnecessary for present purposes.
AIMED AT STANDARD OIL.
II refer to it and speak of its
| general character only TO show that
4 this legislation, which I helped to
/ frame and to enact, aimed directly
at the Standard Oil Company and the
other great corporations. is. or ought
to he, convincing evidence that was
not employed by the company at
| that time. and that l was not in
| fiuenced in the dischage of my pub
lie duties by reason of the employ
ment that had ended long before.
But If that fact Is not sufficient,
the following correspondence is not
only additional proof, but conclusive
in its character TO the same effect:
''26 Broadway, New York.
May z. 1906.
MY Dear Senator: In the possi-
bility of an action being brought
against us in Ohio, are you in po-
sition to accept a retainer from us
, in connection with such matter?
Your early response will oblige
Yours. very truly.
JOHN ID. ARCHBOLD.
''To Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, 1900
Sixteenth St., northwest. washing