The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-12

tive Gardner asked, that Mir. Perkins did nothing more than make d---n blunder."
 That is your way of expressing it,' said MT. Thorne. "'I do not know that MT. Perkins wrote that statement. think he gave it out
 linen you acquit him of everything but l stupidity
 Absolutely"
 Mir. Thorne said that he had confidence in Mir Perkins because he knew ne had Morgan's ear and it was Morgan ear he wanted to reach.
 The committee expects to take a recess until fall after tomorrows session. Perkins, the New York financier, sug-
 pested to the House Steel corporation committee of inquiry today that gov ernment commission which assured focus- sing the time light of publicity on the business affairs of great corporations would do much to eradicate present day trust evils and preserve their virtues. Following MT Perkins suggestion, Representative Littleton of New York, announced that resolution would soon be introduced in Congress providing Tor a thorough investigation of the industrial situation of the country.
 Probe Commercial Ills "I am advised" said MT. Littleton, that there is to be a thorough inquiry into all the commercial ills of the nation and that a conference will be called to determine the problem of how to deal with tEe industrial situation in America. It is a project that will involve most drastic investigation and bring together captal and labor in an effort, without bias, to find out just what should be done" -
 .srbat is the best news I have heard said MT. Perkins
 The financier had made his suggestion lin response to a question by MT. Bart lett.
 q believe the mere question of limeligh. an important thing" said MT. Perkins. "The limelight firmly think would eradi- cate many of our troubles. If we 1ao flaw providing that corporation ensase'l in interstate business, could register nself with bureau here in Washington, sup- init its operations, it's prices, it's balance sheets, its methods, it's treatment Of labor, etc. and that if the reports were nade public. thus gaining the confidence of the l nubljc in the securities of that corpor- ation, the confidence of the competitor that he was fairly treated and the confi- ] dence of the consumer that he was being dealt with fairly I think that very soonn corporations would register themselves
 until we would have that kind of publicity which would go long way to eradicate
 the evils of our great corporations and preserve the good that is already self
 evident in these corporations" i Such a bureau or commission should conduct its affairs. in the limelight,' com.
 mended Representative Young and not
 as some of the bureaus of this country
 are conducted behind closed doors"
 Members of the committee and MT
 Perkins applauded this suggestion. tht
 utterance having been directed toward tho
 bureau of corporations, which has with held information about the steel trls from the committee.
 Do you think Representative Little ton asked MT. Perkins. that it wouldb | possible in attempting to cure these evil to get uniform state action regarding in corporation laws?"
 "I think that would be utterly impos sible at least within a reasonable time,
 MT. Perkins answered.
 After four days of testimony MT. Perk ins was excused late this afternoon. \ MT Perkins testified today that whe Judge Gary and Mr. Prick went to se , President Roosevelt they were urged [ send by 10 o'clock the next morning in formation as to what would be done