The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-28
ASK REMOVAL OF
MR.. W|CkERSHAM
Powers in Wall Street Ask
President for Scalp Of
Attorney-General
HARVESTER TRUST
TO GIVE UP FIGHT
"We Trust to Bust the Real
Trusts, Is Motto of the
Department--Plumb-
ers Give Up

WARRINGTON. ROY. 27.--Fright-
ened by the attack upon all COM
binauons judged by the department Of
justice as being in restraint OF trade.
the powers in Wall Street have. it Is
stated. appealed to tina President to
remove Acknowledgement Wicker
sham from Office.
Asked to-day il this were true, the
attorney-general said:
THAT LIS q recurring phenomenon.
There was an effort OF that sort re-
ported last summer, / have no doubt
that there are some gentlemen down
there who would be glad to see me
removed. think can safely leave
that matter to the President"
In speaking OF the gentlemen down
there" the attorney-general unques-
tionably meant the men In Wall
Street.
Attorney-Generai W1ckersham ver-
ned the reports that the Harvester
Trust was preparing to come volun-
tarily forward and be shriyen. and
expressed the hope that the dissolu-
ton would be accomplished without
. court contest. He hopes also that
the Powder Trust will submit to the
inevitable without further court pro-
ceedings.
Trust 70 Bust Trusts"
Asked jokingly II the slogan OF the
department was not to be an adapta-
ton OF the ancient Western motto.
Ito trust Is to bust" Mr.. W1ckersham
said:
I'VE trust to bust the real trusts.
After that the question will be to
determine what concerns are really
trusts and what are not"
Questioned about the merits OF tina
| Tobacco Trust dissolution. he said
| that in some respects. II WAS .
broader disintegration than that ef-
| fscted by the Standard Oil Company.
| He declared that the tobacco Interests
| had been forced to discontinue =
large number OF practices thSt were
| not involved In the Oil case, and that
| were necessary to tho tobacco organi-
| ration u it were to continue ~ q
| trust.
Mr.. wickersham stated that II for
mer Secretary OF War Dickinson
wished assistance in the prosecution
| Of the Steel Trust case. It would be
| supplied by the department At pres
| emit, he said. the case u entirely In
Mr.. Dickinaon's hands. and that the
| department would back him up In
anything he wants
Plumbers to Dissolve.
! Tho report that the Plumbers
Trust. which has been under lnvesti-
/ CATION on the Pacific coast. has made
q tentative offer to dissolve, was cor
roborated by the attorney general. He
said that United States District At
torney Mccormick. OF Los Angeles
/ IL now On the way to Washington ia
| confer ON the terms OF peace to b
submitted by the plumbing tnterestA
| and that il the offer was broad
| enough to cover the scope Of the Of
| Tending. an agreement would prob.
| ably be reached.
! The work OF the bureau Of corpora
!, tons was warmly praised by MT
WickershAm. He intends to recon.
! mend that the scope OF the bureau
BE- extended, 30 that q part Of II.
| work will be as an adjunct to the de-
partmsnt OF Justice
1 Acknowledgement W1ckeysllam'i
annual report will show that his ad'
ministration Of tho department Of Jus
tice has not cost the government Z
| cent. On the contrary. according t.
] Mr.. wickersham. there IL . balances
| on the good side Of the ledger. About
! $4,000. 900 was paid into the treasury
during the year from collections on
1 customs penalties. recovertes for the
4 Illegal use Of public lands. and from
! ether sourceA