Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-24
Worked Out in Detail.

Debts of members of the association
were required to be paid by check drawn
to the order of T. Mellon & Sons. Pitts
burg. to the credit of the association.
The agreement included exemption ton
mage provisions. and at the end of each
year the commissioner of the association
balanced the pool between the members,
but any member unable to produce his
full allotment at the end of the year for
feited such unproduced tonnage, which
was divided pro rata among other men,
bers of the pool.
Another provision of the written agree
ment required that 'all plates shipped
into the states bordering on the Pacific
coast, and TO be actually used in the ter
ritory into which il is shipped, and also
all plates actually exported for use out
side the limits of the United States, be
reported to the commissioner. together
with bills of lading, or other evidence Of
expectation for actual use abroad. salts
factory to him, said evidence to be con-
fidential and not to be circulated among
members. Such tonnage will be deducted
from the members report and the agreed
pool tax charged
The agreement also bound the members
10 make sales between parties to the
agreement at pool prices.
To insure rendering Of statements and
faithful adherence of each party to the
terms of the agreement, a guarantee fund
of 100000 was provided by payment OF
$1,000 on each per cent Of allotment.
Authenticity Questioned.
Richard Lindabury. counsel for the
United States Steel Corporation. protest
ed against the introduction Of the copy of
the Steel Plate Association agreement.
This Is not signed said Mr.. Linda
bury. There Is no evidence here that it
was signed and the date already given Is
in adU Of he ~ ho
United States Steel Corporation.
This has an important bearing" de-
ciared Chairman Stanley. because men,
bers Of the pool were bound to remain
members for two years, and further be-
cause have been advised that practically
the same memoranda was contained in
the steel and wire agreement which re-
suited in recent indictments"
Republican members demanded to know
II the chairman had attempted to get the
original agreement. He said he had.
Counsel Lindabury said that the secre-
tary of the United States Steel Corpora
ton was subpoenaed Saturday to produce
the original copy of the agreement.
I'VE have not got such an agreement in
any OF our files and cannot produce 1t, and
have nothing to do with it, said Mr..
ii. and feel that We ought not to be con-
nected with IT in this record, particularly
as this is an unauthenticated copy, and
there Is nothing here to indicate it's au-
thenticity."
The copy Of the egreement was placed
in the record.
Original Not Produced.
Mr.. Stanley announced that sub
poenas to produce copies Of the agree
ment had been sent to the Mellon
Bank and to those who were secre-
taries and treasurers of each of the
companies when the agreement was
formed. but that no one had appeared
with an original copy.
Representative Gardner of Massachu.
setts asked the witness. Kaufman, IL
when he printed the copy Of the agree
ment In 1900, ne was aware that 1t was
criminal He said he knew that.
ibid you take any steps to BRING