The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-27
TRUSTS HELP
 EACH OTHER
HOUSE INQUIRY LEADS TO IN vESTiGATIoN OF STEEL AND
 HARVESTER COMBINE.
Attorney General Wickersham Call cd to Testify as to Rebate Agree ment Reported to the De-
 partment of Justice.

Washington, July 26.-Attorney General Wickersham appeared before the Stanley steel trust" investiga- ton committee today to tell what he knew concerning report made to former Attorney General Bonaparte lby Burdette Townsend special agent of the department. in 1908, in which the latter said the Internation- al Harvester Company had operated in violation of the sherman anti trust act.
 The attorney general, when shown a copy of the volumnious document by Representative Stanley, said he never had seen it befor. though since he had been head of the de- partment of justice he had heard lrumors that there had been an in- Ivestigation of the harvester combine.
 Senator Kenyon of Iowa, former assistant to the attorney general. lsummoned before the committee for the same purpose. said he had ad- Ivised further investigation before lany prosecution was undertaken un- Ider the report. Commissioner Her lbert Knox Smith of the bureau of Icorporations. which Is now investi- lgating the International Harvester lCompany, also had heard of the re- bort.
 The matter was injected into the lsteel inquiry because the report lcharges that the steel corporation bays a rebate of B ton to harves- tier companies dn steel purchased and because the committee has informa- tion that there is an arrangement between the two giant corporations, whereby the harvester companies buy lexclusively from the steel corpora ltion.
 The commissioner of corporations Twas requested to intercede with the president on behalf of the committee to see if information regarding the relations or the two corporations, at lpresent in the hands of the bui eau. could not be placed at the commit ltee's disposal. Richard Lindabury, lcounsel for the United States Steel Corporation, offered to furnish all lthe information of the records of his lcorporation bearing on the points at tissue.
 Despite protests from the steel cor- iporation counsel that the Interna- ltional Harvester line of inquiry was lapart from the inquiry directed by Icongress. Chairman Stanley insisted lthat it was essential and he declar- led he had information tending to Ishow that the harvester and steel Icorporations were practically the lsame. Attorney General Wicker lsham agreed to have MT. Townsend lwho is still in the service of the de- lpartment, appear before the commit ltee.
 We will have MT. Carnegie before Jus in October" said Chairman Stan Hey, "and perhaps you could arrange Ito have MT. Townsend about that ltime.'
 The attorney general said 1t would be possible to do so.
 4fDo you know of any reason" lChairman Stanley asked. "why this harvester company investigation was Inot acted upon by the department of Justice prior to the time you assum- led charge of the department?''
 q don't know" MT. Wickerslham lreplied. T surmise-this is only a lsurmise--that the case was delayed bending a decision by the Supreme lCourt in the Standard Oil and To lbacco cases. It was not considered idesirable to press these cases until a decision of the Supreme Court was Ireceived. and in this case, think many of the same points were involv- led"
 Il The steel committee left tonight flor New York, where the investiga- ltion will be resumed tomorrow. the lhearings to be held in the council lchamber of the city hall. The first
 witness to be called in New York
 probaby will be Richard Trimble, lsecretary of the United States Steel Evaporation. Sc lts of subpoenas flor witnesses have been issued. Fur
 ther inquiry into the absorption of
 the Tennessee Coal and Iron Compa- Thy by the steel corporation will be