The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
ROOSEVELT MAKES
ATTACK ON DIX
Strenuous One Jumps Into New
York Political Arena With Both
Feet and Makes Severe At
tack Upon Democratic
Candidate for Governor.

ITH A ca. y. Y. (SpeeiaI.)-
Theodore Roosevelt jumped into
the New York State political
arena Tuesday with both feet. He
swung all OratOrical big stick
upon John n. Dix. the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor.
He referred to- Mr.. Dix's asser-
ton that he was not in the wall
paper trust. Referring to the an
swer made by Dix to ROOsevelt's
recent charge, the colonel said:
This statement by MIR. Dix is
completely misleading.
Either he knows nothing about
what the company of which he is a
director has been doing or he is not
frank in his answers.
IF you will turn to pages 227 70
ga, inclusive, of volume 212. OF the
United States Reports. you will find
the final decision OF the Supreme
Court declaring illegal the trust OF
which Mr.. DiNs Standard Wall Pa
per Company was a member. This
decision was rendered ia February.
1909, over year and a half after
Mr. Dix states that ne became direc-
tor OF one of the companies which
was in the trust.
In the volume TO which ! refer is
found a copy OF the contract. between
the Continental Wall Paper Company.
the trust and the Standard Wall Pa
per Company. Mr.. DiN's company.
which was one of those in the trust
Justice Harlan. speaking for the
court. stated that the Continental
Wall Paper com binatiOn was "A clear
ViolaSOn OF the Sherman law. and he
quotes, as approved by the Supreme
Court. Judge Lurtou's language about
this wall paper trust. which runs in
part as follows:
Interstate commerce was directly
attected thereby. as we'll as the en-
hancement OF prices. which resulted.
more complete monopoly in an ar
ucle OF universal use has proba nlN
never been brought about. II may be
that the wit of man may yet devise
more complete scheme TO accom-
plish the sitting OF competition. but
none of the shifts resorted to sup
pressing freedom OF commerce and
securing undue prices. shown by the
reported cases. is SO complete as
this.
This is the language OF the SUI
preme Court OF the United States in
denouncing the trust of which one
of the component elements was the
company which Mr.. Dix had by his
own statement. been eighteen months
a director. Had the decision been IN :
Norable TO the trust Mr.. DiN's com
pany and Mr.. Dix individually would
have shared in the money recovered
SO that his interest was direct and
personal"
MI. DIX partner in the Stand
ard Wall Paper Company, EIr. Julius
Jackson. was the president of the
trust. II Mr.. Dix could be so igua.,
rant of what was going on.
own private business in which
a director and SO ignorant a
his partner i'm that private
was doing and so ignorant OfJ q 4
preme Court of the LIH1fed Stat
definitely decided in REFERENCE to thA
5usi 1ess. then all 1 srcan say is tina
he is alto SeItr- ECO innocent to b,
trusted in \ "blic office as a subordi
nate partner OF so able and astut,
a gentleman as Mr.. Murphy. the >bosl
of Tammany Hall. If he could fol
eighteen months be so wholly igno.
rant of what his partners were do
ing in his own private business il
would certainly take him more thar
/ the two years. which includes the term
OF Governor, TO find out what Mr.
Murphy was doing"