Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-03
SUGAR, SHOE,
''''' siEE[' ij5 WOOL
All Four Trusts Are to Be
Probed by the Present
Congress
L0R|MER, TOO, ON RACK AGAIN
Democrats Will Waste Time and
Disturb Business With In.
vestigations.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Washington, May 3.-The declara-
ton that trust grips the entire shoe
manufacturing industry of the Unit
ed States was made today before the
senate committee on finance, which
began hearings on the Canadian re-
'ciprocity bill.
Steel Trust to Be Probed.
Washington, d. G., May 3.--InVes-
tigation of the United States steel
corporation, charged with being a
trust, was practically assured today
when the committee on rules of the
House voted TO report favorably the
Stanley resolution for special COM
mittee of nine to conduct such an in
curry.
After Lorimer's Scalp.
Washington, d. c., May 3.-A re-
neWal of the Lorimer investigation
was provided today by the Senate
committee on contingent expenses
which approved a resolution covering
the expenses of such an inquiry. The
report vii come up tomorrow and
fight is expected.
Sweeping Inquiry.
Washington, d. c., May 3.-The
resolution to investigate the wool
trust directs the committee to report
facts and circumstances with bills
requiring appropriate action by the
proper executive officers whether to
dissolve or prosecute the corporation
ut warranted. Over capitalization is
to be inquired into. as are owner.
ship OF subsidiary companies through
stock combinations, fictitious capi,
talization, speculations in stocks, con.
troll of the price of labor, or lowering
OF wages by combinations blacklist.
ing of employees or employment of
child labor.
Sugar May Follow.
Washington, May 3.-The Stanley
| resolution to investigate the steel
| trust originally contained provision
/ that all violations of the antritrus
statutes should be investigated but a!
agreed to, the steel corporation i.
made the specific target. 1t is said
however, an inquiry into the American
Sugar Refining Company later may b.
ordered.
Manufacturers from the middle wes
told the committee they were practic
ally at the mercy of the Unit ed Sho'
Machinery Company of Boston.
! Turn Of WooIen Trust.
Washington, d. c., May 3.-Con
gressional inquiry into the existence
OF an alleged woolen trust was asked
today by Representative Francis o.
Ohio, a Democrat, who offered a res
olution providing for committee o.
nine to investigate the American
Woolen Company of Boston.
Democrats Are Hedging.
Special to the New Mexican.
! Washington. D. c., May 3.-Doubt
ing the claims made OF friendship TO
New Mexico and actuated by tn,
strong Indignation aroused at the pros
pective amendments to the constitu
ton and enabling act. making it un
talr, all owing to a delegation O
Democratic ''knockers", scores O
kilograms are pouring in to Chairman
Flood and others, from different coun
ties of New Mexico, protesting agains
changes in the constitution adopte
by $4,000 majority. They resent an
interference, and other Democrats as
sert, it will seriously injure the Demo
cratic party by compelling them t
apologize for the action of their CON
mittee They consider it very ba
politics and naturally the Democrat
are alarmed.