The Detroit times., 1908-09-30

nopnoos freely with ma9natee OF
other trusts.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-Suppl'
mental to his reply to WIN. J. Bryan
relative to the trust prosecutions du
ing his administration. Presiden
Roosevelt today made public a lette
from John II. Marble, attorney OF tn
interstate commerce commission
wherein that official reminds the pre-
ident there are still other prosec,
tons which the president overlookc
In his recent letter and which redoun
to the administration credit.
The letter, which was issued at tn
answer to Mr.. Bryan, is as follows:
The. president
Referring to the letter address
ed by you to Mr.. Bryan which ap-
pears In the papers this day:
That portion of your letter deal
ing with prosecutions under the
act to regulate commerce seems
not to include the work done dur
ing the year 1908. The showing
made by you is, therefore, even
less impressive than present facts
would warrant.
So for As reports received by
the division of prosecutions of
this commission indicate, indict-
ment for rebating have been found
against railroad companies during
the present year, as follows:
Southern Pacific Co., northern
district of California; Southern
Pacific Co., southern district Of
California, three indictments;
Chesapeake & Ohio railway, east
ern district of Virginia. three in
dictments; Illinois Central rail-
road. northern district OF Illinois:
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway Co.. northern district of
Illinois; st. Louis. Iron Mountain
and Southern Railway. eastern
district OF Arkansas; Missouri Pa
cific railway. eastern district
of Arkansas; Illinois Term
inal railroad, southern dis
trict OF Illinois: Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway, western dis
trict OF Missouri; st. Louis and
San Francisco railroad, eastern
district OF Missouri.
shippers indicted.
Indictments against shippers re-
ceiving rebates have been return
ed as follows.
Illinois Glass Co., southern dis
trict OF Illinois: California Pine
Box e. Lumber Co, northern dis
trict of California; T. II. Bunch.
eastern district of California; T.
II. Bunch, eastern district Of Ar
kansas: w. r. Johnson, eastern
district of Virginia; Warner.
Moore Co.. eastern district OF viz
ginia.
In addition to the above, num-
Der of indictments have been re-
turned against various small ship
pers for misbilling.
Indictments against traff1c OF
ficials have been returned as fol-
lows:
W. c. Stith, freight trafic mana
ger, Missouri Pacific railway. east
ern district of Arkansas: A. p. Gil
bert. assistant general freight
agent, Chesapeake & Ohio rail-
way, eastern district Of Virginia.
In the western district Of New
York during the present year, the
Mutual Transit Co., a lake boat
line. was convicted OF giving re-
bates and a fine Of $4,000 imposed.
In the northern district OF Ohio
the Toledo Ice & Coal Co. pleaded
guilty to charge of receiving re-
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One Michigan Case.
In the western district of Michi-
gan. the Stearns Salt & Lumber
Co. pleaded guilty to charge of
receiving rebates and paid a fine
OF $4,000.
In the southern district of New
York. the Central OF Vermont rail-
way pleaded guilty to a charge OF
giving rebates and paid fine Of
$1,000.
All the courts decisions but
three rendered during the year
have served to strengthen the FL
kins act. prohibiting rebating.
These decisions are by Judge
Grosscup, in Chicago. in the
Standard Oil case: the decision
rendered by Judge Dallas. In the
Camden iron works case, at Phila-
delphia, and the decision rendered
by Judge Gray in the commodities
clause case at Philadelphia.
am taking the liberty Of ad-
dressing you with this information
because II seems to me to be of
Importance that you should know
all the work that Is being done to
make effective the prohibition OF
discrimination. Respectfully.
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