Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-28

September q, 1908.
Dear Sir: have seen your letter pub
lished in this mornings papers. AS to
most of what you say about me person
ally, / do not regard any answer as
necessary. When you say that I am
unfair to your platform you reiterate
certain opinions as to which had quoted
with my hearty approval Gov. Hughes in
my first letter; and these. therefore. 1t Is
also unnecessary to answer. You have
not answered the Hughes speech and in
my judgment you do well not to make the
attempt.
You say that your platform declares
in favor of the vigorous enforcement of
the law against guilty trust magnates and
officials. and that the platform upon
which Mr.. Taft stands makes no such
declaration. 1t was not necessary.
That platform approved the policies OF
this administration and promised to con-
tinue them: and here, as usual. 1 have
only to compare your words with the
deeds Of the administration and Of MI
Taft. You merely promise In your plat
form that you intend to do just what this
administration has actually done and is
doing.
Hands It to Olney.
ITO show the difference between deeds
and words. 1 will compare the record OF
this administration with the record of one
moment. Mr.. Olney. Attorney General
under the last democratic administration.
While Mr. Olney was Attorney General
no cases whatever were brought. under
the antitrust law, against combinations
of capital, the only new cases which he
brought being directed against combina-
tons of workingmen. During that entire
administration the only cases brought un
der the antitrust act were four in num-
Der. two of which were unsuccessful, one
of the other two being the case which was
decided by Judge Taft In favor of the
Under this administration a mass of
such cases has been brought. including
the case against the Northern Securities
Company;
Against the beef packers:
Against the Federal Sale Company:
against the General Paper Company;
Against the Otis and other elevator
companies;
Against the American Tobacco COM
pany;
Against the powder trust:
Against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company;
I'm a number Of these cases the gov
eminent has already succeeded by In
functions and otherwise. Some OF the
cases are now pending. In hardly any
important case against great law-break-
ing corporations has the government yet
suffered final defeat
Our'n and Your'n.
LAS regards suits to suppress railway
abuses. under the last democratic admin
istration there were no indictments
against shippers for receiving rebates or
secret rates. Under my administration
there have been forty-nine indictments
for secret rebates, resulting in eighteen
convictions: and In only four cases have
these indictments failed. The other
twenry-seven cases are still pending.
Among the railroads which have been IN
dicted are the Chicago and Alton. the chi
cago and Quincy. the New York central.
the Chicago, Rock Island ana racine ana
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul while
scores OF cases are still pending against
leading railroads.
Among the shippers that have been
convicted are some OF the greatest cor
porations in the United States; as. for in
stance. the American Sugar Company;
the aggregate fine actually paid being
more than s15OOO0; Swift Co. armour
Packing Company. the Cudahy fackins
of whom was fined $4,000. and the cases
have now been carried to the supreme
Court. The Standard OIL case Is sun
pending. This Is record OF actual
are empty. indeed: and they would not
be made now with any possibility OF per-
Torrance resulting. II it were not for the
achievement, above recited.
No Violation Of the Law.
You state that the Steel Company.
with my expressed consent, purchased
one Of lis largest rivals. and thus OBJ
tanned a control OF over so per cent of
the total output This action of the Steel
Company which increased its share Of
the total output by only about per
cent. and in no way altered the stand
ing of the company under the law may
have been violation Of your plan. the
absurdity of which has been exposed by
Gov. Hughes. But there was no viola
ton of the law I was cognizant OF the
entire transaction.
1T was not entered into by the Steel