Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-29
STEEL TRUST READY
FOR ACTION TO
DISSOLVE
It's Attorneys Believe 1t is Air
Tight and Are Prepared to
Resist Attack on 1t by the
Government.

Sew YorK sept 90 .Tur United
states ~t,'l corporation expects Goo b,
attacked hN co.. governments % s
Ir. pared Geo meet the attack
$50 Apprehension o. faIt by .hr mon
Who ofguuiz,d 10 cor Dos the men who
are m.nagiug it that th, corporation
VII not m'H~ur, up tu every present
requirement ut the -Iormuu Anti
trust law. even us Interpreted by the
supreme court in the standard Oii and
tobacco cases
Thos, statements ar. authoritative.
They ere based upou assertions made
by m'n u position Co know thor
oughlN Tho character tlc purposes
aud The operations OF the corporation.
Before tho great corporation was
launched the abl,st lawyers u the
United states were employed by its
founders 10 study carefully. .nulyzc
Driucul. and mcasur, vita precision
every word ever, pariso. ever, sem
trucy aud 9,cry paragraph Boz tho ar
urlrS OF incorporation. with "a view
ui determining whether th, ugguniza-
ton was III thorough and c.ayt accord
with the letter. ~ wei ds thc spirit OF
the sherman law
A leading member OF nearly rNcrs
ban association il the country was put
600 this work one dft,l another The
result ui their joint and .rparlt, labor
was ti, completed diar OF the charter
ut 10 NOW exists.
when 10 was currently reported and
believed that th, government was
preparing Zoo attack thu COMPANY in
1907, G,prg, W. Perkins then chair
m.u OBJ. tn, uusur, committee. went
Co., Washington. CARRYING with him the
original charter. the books uf ace
counts ul do, minutes uf 40, meet
mss oI be- boards. otC. ana offered 90
turn them over tu Attorney General
Bouaplrtr.
"a hear you are going 10 attack us.
hp'r hrougIt tfuukful pf material,
everything la our possession hearing
upuu the character, history ana oB"r-
alton eff the corporation. W. want 60
help SOU. u Sc are wrong wo want to
know 10 right now"
Take it away" responded tho at
tornry general II don't want 90 look
600 IT, W, don't need g. ", are not
going to attack YOU
But tho work OF preparation dld not
end there Even the bylaws under
which The company op' rates we're
subjected go The Same acid test These
articles also were finally accepted and
assembled only after th,y had rrceiy-
cd thr approval of every legal mind
thft was employed tu study and cor-
rort them.
lu spit. of this feeling OF absolute
confidence in t~ suuudnoss in the
eight OF reason" decisions OF thp SUI
PRONE court, and oven before those
decisions we're rendered, the strol trust
Is experimenting an ATTACK under the
sherman law.
lts controlling minds r"aIIl, aoutelv
the tremendous pressure of public
opinion that is hclug Drought tu bear
upon The government 40 Washington
tl hale th. corporation to court ana
make i show clcan hands cor dissolve
Thrv Npr, puzzled for few hours
to-day h- reading a false statemont
attributed io General Wirk,rshafu that
Oh. stool trust was Boo criminal viola
tiuu of the law when the attorney
general donicd tho uttcr1ncy. thp steel
trust maguJtes ana their counsel de-
tiared that tlis was no moro than they
expected of him.
They frcl that the report OF the
StgulC committee VIII De- harsh aud
largely deClamatorN but that b VIII
500 lash the puzzle mind into fury that
on thr cNo ~ presidential campaign.
tho leaders pi both great parties viii
cItmor for speedy government action
against the -iosi trust Instead cf
trimming away from AN assault under
such circumstance, they say they viii
h.
They declare they hav, mover con-
'mplutod asking tho aid Of the dee
partmcnt eft Justice tp dissolve the
company without suit ana assist in ~
rorganizf tiun Co accord VITA what The
department of iustico might consider
exact compliance with the sherman
Law. That course. they say would ON
Is mpcril The company's future. br-
cause until its character has been iu-
dic'uih approved by the tribunal of
last resort u could not fecl wholly |
safe from attack with change 81 add J
40 Washington