Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-07-27
(By National Socialist Press.)

(By National Socialist Press.)
Washington, ID. C.-The trust bust
ing campaign of the Department of
Justice has cost the Government over
$4,000 900 in the last ten years. Not
a trust has been busted. either.
According to report just furnished
to the House Committee on Expend-
itures In the Department of Justice,
the department paid to special" as
sistant prosecutors s1,161.4s3 from
1900 to 1911. The regular assistants
during the same period received in
salaries. s2.345.o36.
Since the willy wickersham became
the chief "trust-buster" this gentle
art became a business proposition as
we'll as political vote-getter. For in
stance. there is Frank B. Kellog, the
legal luminary that busted" the
Standard OIL trust and who is also an
attorney OF the Steel Trust.
From September 80. 1907. to Feb
ruary 2. 1911. Kellogg received $50.
900 for his busting job. Another
special counsel. J. b. McReynoids.
received $4,000 for busting" the
Tobacco trust. These specials" and
many others also turned in expense
accounts which have broken all re-
cords.
McReynolds. for instance. got $40
a day for subsistence. after railroad
and Pullman fare had been paid for
separately. None Of these legal gen.
tlemen turned In itemized expense ac-
counts as the law requires.
These specials" were formerly re-
guiar employees Of the department at
yearly salaries. AS soon as a trust
busting job would come along. reg
ular would resign and the obliging
wickersham would then appoint him
as a special. Needless to say. the
special fees were much larger than
the yearly salaries.
The other day George w. Perkins,
head of the finance committee of the
steel trust. called on Wickersham.
Both have declined to dicuss the pur-
pose Of the financier's visit. But 1t is
thought that they discussed the ex-
pected trust busting suit against the
steel trust.
Some people here are of the opinion
that Perkins suggested the name OF
a good special" to do the job. kel-
iogg, of course. has become disquali-
fled since IL became known that he
is on the pay roll of the Steel Trust.
New Military Law Proposed
Representative Hay. a democrat
from Virginia, has introduced bill
in the house with this catchy title,
ito decrease the expense and Increase
the efficiency of the army" Being
chairman of the committee on military
affairs. Hay has already he'd a few
hearings on his bill and is greasing
the way TOT lts passase'
To Make Workers Enlist
The Hay measure provides for the
abolition of the 5000 civilian jobs in
the army and in their places put
5000 soldiers This bill will compel
army mechanics and iaborers to enlist
I'm order to be able to retain their
employment.
Not only will the Hay measure COM
mel 8, 900 soldiers do the work Of 5000
civilians iaborers, but the soldiers Will
he forced to work any number OF
hours at miserable wages. This bill
will also increase the fighting force
of the army, as the soldier-mechanics
will be called upon to murder ana
main lust as any other members Of
the army.
War office Measure
II Is said that the Hay bill was
framed by the office Of the quarter
master general OF the war department
General Aieshire. chief OF that office.
has apeared before the committee on
military affairs and enthusiastically
supported the Hay measure.
He told the committee that al
European countries have no civilians
1oing work for the army, and that