The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
DIX IN NO WALL PAPER TRUST
SPECIFIC REILLY To I. ~. MAIN
ER. ~ no % lNTFD TO ANON.

! Tue standard Vas Orgsni,sd - IN Inde.
pe'ssient CoReern ana Has Always ne
B'ained sarih when lie Joined % the
Continental HAD QuIt the Business.
THoHsoS. =. Y. Oct :? John A. Dix.
Democratic nomince for Governor. made
| InIblic a. his home here TO ght q copy
81 a communication he received under
date n October ~ from Albert II Walker
on attorney Il New York city. which
reached the nominee on October 10 and
his reilly thereto. which was mailed on
hc day 10 the receipt Of MIR Walkers
letter
Walkers statement ~ printed IN some
~ the New York morning newspapers
served as a basis for connecting Mr.. biz
with the so-called wall paper Trust In
his reply Mr. Dix saws that he became .
director 81 the standard Wall Paper
Company. an independent concern. on
June IL. 1901. whereas. he adds, the
Continental Wall Paper Company. which
has been termed the wall paper tpIst.
ceased to do any actual business i've years
previous 70 cha. tirpo
In giving out thes, two letters Sir. Dix
said:
The article appearing IN some OF the
New York papers to-day attempting TO
connect me with the Cont mental Wall
Paper Company = another conscience lees
misrepresentation
Then he gives in full Mr.. Walkers letter
to him. which asks siI questions:
when did you become q director Of
the Standard Wall PAPER Company and are
YOU siill q director?
When did you become an oticer Of n
and are YOU eth an offoer'
Did the company ever make q contract
WITH The Continental Wall Paper Company
and bv means thereof become q party 80 an
unlawful combination9
II II did wha, did you ever Do a. d.
rector Of the Standard to institute or stop
that Nom Der ship
5. Has 'he Cont mental combination ever
dissolved and II % when'
n the Standard Vas in u how and
when did u sc' OUT
Mr.. Walker also informed Mr. Dir that
he would await his reply. or in default Of |
reply would investigate and report to |
the public II he found thar Mr. Dix vas
inculpated a. the party 20 an unlawful |
combination. Mr.. Dis reply foliows:
THOMSON. V Y. october 10 1910
To Albert ~ Wsitrr. Park R3r Bgidi-,.
N'V York eny
DEAR SIN Answering your esteemed /
favor NJ the 18th inst, I desire 70 make my
self perfectly Understood reRsrdiny the
questions YOU ask. and will answer them
in me order IN which you have asked them
First I became a stockholder ani
director ~ tho Standard Wall Paper Com
PAW June H. 1907
second have never hecn an offcer
Of tho standard wall Pap~r COMPANY
THIRD am entirely unfamiliar with
so my election a. director
Fourth think hts IL fully ans~erni
nv tho frat
F,f'h know nothing whatever about
the Continental Wall Paper COMPANY
Sixth An~S~red by the NTH
I have known 81 Won a. a lecturer ~
orn"ll lntv"rSty a. I have Aiway- rA-
tanned my interest IN that uniVcrsi'y hong
4 member ~ tho class ~ iss7 and have
knnwn ~ vou 'hrouSh vour writings for
-om~ yeara pAst
Regarding IN" clo>inT paragraph ~
y"ur later I Nould state that m under
sanding Was mat me standard Wall Papar
{ "mpanv "rRanizsd because the National
VAL Paper Company formed an ASSOCIATION
or 'r'Is' and IN" uranaGenNnt ~ tho stand
ard desired =" 10 infer~nd~n' m1nufa~.
'ur"r- can give Won every assurance
'rR' stn~N I hav" h~~n in'~re-'Ni IN the
~ 1nas~m"n' a. dir""tor ~ that com
panF - Las m1in'ain"d infopNnfsn"~.
meeting competition A. every business
coronation should I am . arm -h~licNcr
'hI' Shol"SAl" competition not only rrgu.
ate. pr,ccS but dc'crmihes quality 81 'hn
roiu,'. An ! n AL ~ ~" coz rarrs n NhtcN
am n'Sr"s'ed II has bNcn nv aim ana
purpot" - produ"" ~" hiRhcs' quality
II spofs and Obtain 40 boat prcNs that
lro- may ha"" i's JIN' r~pard
1ri-'ins 'al' the interrogation arN
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