The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
JACKSON IS alive
Attorney General Replies to
LeavenwOrth Criticism.
Shows What Has Really Been
Done in Anti Trust Cases.

Old Andy Jackson was never celebra-
who smites, and his descendent, F. s.
Jackson. the attorney general Of Kan
sas, seems to inherit the same quality.
Attorney General Jackson today came
back at the Leavenworth Times for it's
criticism Of the work of his depart
ment in enforcing the antitrust laws.
The Times never criticises the attor-
ney general for his efforts to close the
saloons in Leavenworth, but the i'm
preston seems to prevail in the at
torney generals office that the motive
for the attacks Of the Times is to be
found in the attorney generals anti
saloon crusade.
The inspiration Of MIR. Jackson's re-
marks today was an item which ap-
peared in the Times few days ago.
This item follows:
Sometimes one Is inclined to give
way to a doubt as to whether Kansas
has been as effective in it's trust pros
ecutions as we would like to believe.
Fire insurance seems still to be rea-
sonably profitable business in Kansas.
no announcement has been made OF
any intention on the part of the har-
vester trust of going out Of business,
and Standard Oil is yet able to collect
in profits more than enough to pay its
taxes
jackson said today:
I'VE have no controversy with the
Leavenworth Times, but Its thrusts,
the venom of which is i'll concealed,
at the attorney generals department
are becoming rather frequent.
There has been no effort to make
the fire Insurance, or any business,
other than profitable in Kansas. 1t is
safe to say that more mer1torious ac-
tions against unlawful combines have
50 he in
Kansas, than in any other state in the
union and that these suits have been
more rapidly advanced toward sue
cessful determination than like suits
in other states.
1.-THE suits against the Standard OH
company in Ohio were commenced In
1890 and the first judgment was secured
in 1892; but the same companies are
still doing business there and the attor-
new general has recently commenced an
action to enforce the pipe line laws.
''The suits in Texas were commenced
in 1897. The latest development In these
cases whose history would fill book,
is an application for writ of error
to the supreme court Of the United
States. In the meantime, the Waters
Pierce Oil company has continued to do
business in Texas without even chang
ing the names on it's wagons.
"Attorney General Hadley's suit in
Missouri was commenced in March.
1906 and q decision has not yet been
obtained.
1.-THE Kansas case is a little over a
year old, but with the help of the inter-
rogatory law, given us by the legisla-
ture. and the other laws of 1905 passed
for the control Of the oil trade, the Kan
sas suit is as far advanced and more
results have been accomplished than in
the other states.
1.-THE fire insurance trust was tried
once in Shawnee county and acquitted.
BY collaborating with Attorney General
Hadley and using the legal machinery
of both states. we have secured much
evidence and when We are ready TO
submit the case, it will be fully pre-
pared and a victory assured for the
state.
"As to the International Harvester
case, Kansas enjoys the distinction of
securing the only verdict of jury
convicting this trust In criminal
case. Kentucky convicted an fnsig-
nif1cant blockman, and imposed a
small fine on him. Our conviction
carries with 1t a penalty OF $100 per
day for every day the trust continues
business in Kansas. and is the first
one of its kind in the history of the
state Arkansas took a fine OF $20,-
600 from this trust and allowed II TO
continue business. Texas found 1t
voluntarily withdrawing from the
state on dccounl VI Coi IHi.A ~. Po
ton laws, and on evidence largely op-
tanned from the Kansas investigation,
sI1ed and assessed a penalty by COM
promise Of $4,000. Missouri has
Just commenced its case.
"It is not out of place to observe
that during all the time these suits
have been pending, our department
has been harassed by band of the
bo1dest violators of the states laws
and constitution against the illegal
traffic in liquor. This set Of law
breakers has had too much sympathy
from such newspapers as the Leaven-
worth Times 1t is not possible to
imagine that a man intelligent enough
TO represent the First district of the
state in congress could have anything
to do with writing an article whlch
shows as little knowledge of the sub
iect written about as does this item
from the Times, but Anthony snouio