New-York tribune., 1910-10-22
DIX AND WALLPAPER TRUST
Lawyer Says He Figured in
Formation of Combination.
CANDIDATE WAS SILENT
Had a Chance to Answer Albert
H. Walker, Who Now Makes
Charges Public.

Albert H. Walker. lawyer, who has
Offices in the Park Row Building, made
public last night a pamphlet in which he
charged that John A DIX. the Democratic
candidate for Governor. was always the
leading stockholder and director Of the
Standard Wall Paper Company, Of Sandy
Hill. n. Y. and that in 1925 Mr.. Dix Joined
with the other directors of that corporation
in organizing the Continental Wall Paper
Company. which acted as a clearing house
for the Standard Wall Paper Company and
others and was the wallpaper combina-
tion which was found guilty in the United
States courts of violation of the Sherman
act, a verdict affirmed by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The Standard Wall Paper Company was
incorporated on April :, 1908, in New York
as a consolidation Of the Standard Wall
Paper Company, Of Sandy Hill. \. Y, and
the Liberty Wall Paper Company, OF Schuy-
lerville y. y.
Mr Walkers pamphlet entitled John A.
Dix in the Wallpaper Combination Which
Was Found Guilty by the United States
Supreme Court" contains thirteen pages.
seven OF which are devoted 10 the history
Of the CON bination and the lawsuit which
led 10 the decision Of the highest court,
while the rest offers an explanation Of Mr..
Walkers reasons for publishing the book
let.
! In part. il follows
These pages are being published by me
as the result Of an investigation which I
have been making for several weeks, and
because I believed II 70 be my duty as
citizen of the State of New York TO thus
publish the whole story. But the publca-
ton has been delayed 10 this time in order
10 enable me to inform John A. Dix before
hand of what he might expect, and 10 give
him an opportunity TO defend himself in ad
vance of any publication. In pursuance Of
this fair motive I wrote and sent to Mr.
Dix on October =, 1910, a registered letter,
which he received at his home in Thomson,
/ y. Y, on October Is 1910, and of which the
! following is a copy:
/ Inasmuch as you have been presented by
Your party an1 are now presenting your
self 10 the people Of the State Of New
York as a candidate for IT'S Governor,
venture 10 ask you for the following in
/ formation which appears 70 he relevant TO
/ the merits Of your candidacy. and 10 avoid
] all possibility Of misunderstanding, I viii
/ nut my inquiries into paragraphs, as fol-
/ FYrst-When. if ever. did YOU first become
4 director Of the Standard Wall Paper
Company, and are you still such director
I in tnat corporation2
Asks If Dix Is Still Officer.
/ Second-When. if ever, did you first be
/ come an officer Of the Standard Wall Paper
Company. and. if ever. chow long did you
continue to hold that office, and are you
now an officer Of that corporation?
Third-Did the Standard Wall Paper
Company ever make d contract with the
Continental Wall Paper Company similar
/ 10 the blank form Of contract which is
! printed as Exhibit on pages Z6 to "a in
/ elusive. Of Volume 2l2 Of the Reports OF
! the Supreme Court of the United States;
and did the Standard Wall Paper Com
] laf~7 1TGH q act nT II
! contract become d party TO that combina-
/ ton which. by the name Of the Continental
Wall Paper Company, was held by the
/ Supreme Court Of the United States TO he
| vioative of the Sherman law. in the case
! of the Continental Wall Paper Company
against NOiGht & Sons Company, the char
acter and the decision of which case is
reported on pages 227 to 267 of Volume 2l2
/ of the United States Reports?
Fourth-If the Standard Wall Paper was
q member Of the Continental Wall Paper
combination. what II anything, did you
ever do as director or officer of the Stand
ard Wall Paper Company toward insti-
tuting or toward putting end 70 that mem
bership?
combination ever been dissolved, and if so.
when was it dissolved?
Sixth--If the Standard Wall Paper Com
pany was ever a member Of the Cont
mental Wall Paper combination, when and
in what way was that membership discon-
II the preliminary information which
have obtained Il erroneous. or so FAR in
complete As TO be misleading. you can
clear the whole matter up by answering my
present inquiries And until time enough
has passed To enable you to answer them.
I shall not publish or otherwise propagate
anv suggestion that you or even your com
Danv the Standard Wall Paper Company,
is chargeable or has been chargeable with
violating the Sherman law.
Explains His Intention.
on the other hand. If you are unable or
unwilling 10 say anything to negative the
.sfsa TEyri I hlEFa nHf F1GG zhg
think IL 10 be my duty TO my fellow citi-
zeus TO investigate the subject as we'll as I
can without your assistance and in
nroper case. TO publicly report the result
of that investigation
Mr.. Walker said that Mr.. Dix received
his letter on October Is. and that up TO
late hour last night he had not re-
ceive. an answer
In giving the history of the wall paper
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