The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-07
Steel
OCTOPUS
Up to President to Decide if Cor
pOratiOn Will Be Prosecuted
Under Sherman Law.
LONG EXPECTED REPORT
TO BE COMPLETED SOON.
May Also Be Given to Con-
gressiOnal Committee Invests
eating u. 5. Steel.

WASHINGTON. June e-Within
about ten days the results Of the in
vestigation by the bureau OF corpora.
tlons into the organization and con-
duct OF the United States Steel Cor
poration will be placed on the desk
OF President Taft II will then rest
with the President and Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham whether the admin
istration will begin proceedings in
the courts against the alleged steel
trust under tho Sherman antitrust
law
The Fastening OF the report Is the
result of directions issued by the
President himself TO Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor Nagel. IL is re-
ported that the Information gathered
by the bureau will be turned over to
the house committee which Is now
conducting the steel trust inquiry.
Il was this report which Judge 2.
n. Gary said In testifying before. the
Stanley committee 2 few DAYS ago,
cost the steel corporation hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars u will rep
resent the result OF several years
probing by corporation experts OF the
government.
Stanley Makes Statement.
The alleged activity of the adnf's-
istration. since the house c9mmibee
instituted its inquiry. to-day ireT
from Chairman Stanley Il statement
in which he said:
Senator Culberson. myself and
others who have studied this question
have long harbored the suspicion that
somewhere in the archives Of the
government there was evidence that
would throw a food OF light upon
the acts and doings OF the Cr,ted
States Steel Corporation The
judiciary committee OF the sprats
made the most strenuous efforts 10
ascertain these facts at a time when
the absorption OF the Tennessee Coal
& Iron Company By the steel corpora
I tion could hardly have been called
( consummated. ! regret that reasons
/ Of state then existed which prevented
I the giving OF this information to the
i people OF the United States.
One year ago I was advised by
| Representative Parker of New Jersey,
then chairman OF the house judiciary
committee. that neither the President
nor the attorney general favored a
resolution 'of inquiry into the United
States Steel Corporation. When the
| justice advise congress as to the very
conditions into which we are now in
quirinE was favorably reported the
attorney general. with the advice and
I approval OF the President so 7 am
/ informed. fatty refused 10 furnish
/ this information on the ground that
/ IL was not compatible with public
I policy. II was we'll known that this
/ resolution. although heartily approved
hy the people and the press. was.
over my repeated protests. pigeon
/ holed IN the rules committee during
/ the last congress.
Courts Ready 20 Act.
II am delighted 70 know that what
/ ever those reasons Of state we're.
/ they no longer exist and congress will
AZ last be furnished With the infor-
/ nation which has so long been re-
I fused that the department OF justice
/ and tho bureau of corporations will
| take ne into their confidence, and
I that the courts OF justice are At least
/ ready 10 deal With the United States
I Steel Corporation as with similar and
infinitely smaller concerns.
Il am not either a prophet nor a
I son ~ q prophet. but have an Abid-
I inE faith that The department of Jus
I fice VIII discover some violations ot
law other than rho antitrust cot, ~
l they vii rcnd tho hearings already
held hy this committee. respect
fully invite their attention 10 the
freight charges over the lines owned
/ hv the United States Steel Corpora
lion running 10 tho Bke from the
| Mcsaba and other ore ranges of the
Superior district
u also invite Tho attention % tho
/ department % the terminal chargcs
and other agreements between the
/ United states steel Corporation and
/ other common carriers"