The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
ATTORNEY DEFENDS
STEEL CORPORATION
Wires Stanley Committee
Asking Privilege of Correct
ing the Record.
Sy Associated press.

BY Associated Presa
DULUTH, Mimi, Nov. 2J.--DenyinE as
an unqualified and malicious falsehood"
the testimony given recently by c. II.
Martz before the congressional committee
Investigating the United States steel cor
poration, Joseph -. Cotton of Duluth, at
torDey for tho Rockefeller interests on
INC ron range, and former attorney for
the United States Steel corporation. 10.
day telcgraphed statement TO Chairman
Stanley OF tho investigating committee,
&. n. Martg testified before the Stanley
committee that he had been ordered, rs
chief engineer. 10 pad tho cost OF repro
ducing The Duluth Missabe & Northern
railroad, alleging that George Wctwood
Murray aud Joseph Y. Cotton. then at
torncys for the Duluth. Missabe & North
crn, had issued the orders. Failing TO
Martz testified, hia position was taken
away from him within ono year.
The statement says In part:
Lawyers Statement.
My attention has been called 10 re-
ports of recent testimony or one G.. II.
Martz before Your committee, 1 hereby
notify You that any statement by said
Martz before your committee that either
quested or advised or required Martz 10
pad or increase the valuations or esti
mates OF cost or cost OF reproduction
OF tho Duluth. Missabe e. Northern rail-
whatever is All unqualified and malicious
falsehood.
'Martz was the chief engineer OF the
Missabe railroad until In April, 1899. when
he was removed by the management for
incompetency.
Only two proceedings were ever IN
stltutcd attacking the ore rates Of the
Mlssabe and Duluth and Iron Range rail-
roads and these were brought before the
Minnesota railroad commission. The first
was commenced April %, 1899. by John
@. Brown and others. The principal at
tack was against the Iron Range railroad,
although any order made To it would
equally have affected The Mssabe
2 "Noluminous testimony was taken at
Duluth. st Paul. Cleveland. Chicago and
elsewhere. The complainants employed
and used competent and experienced rail-
road engineers real estate and other ex-
pcrts.
The Principal Question.
one of the principal questions in
VOWED was the cost Of reproducing the
Duluth. Messabe Northern at the tlme
OF the suit not its original cost The
estimates OF the cost of reproduction OF
the Mssabe were prepared by H. l.. Dres-
ser, who succeeded Martz, and were con-
CURED in by said Martz, and. supporting
these estimates. the Mssabe had expert
witnesses. After a hearing lasting nearly
all summer the case was voluntarily dis
missed by the complainants November l6,
1903
'I must insist that the record OF the
proceedings be corrected III accordance
with the facts, to the end that the truth
of the Martz testimony shall not stand
unchallenged.
Il regret exceedingly that while you
were in Duluth last summer and had
MARTY come from western Minnesota YOU
did not take sufficient time TO get the
truth, and the whole truth. which was
easily obtainable, instead of giving ere
dence to the statement OF dIsgruntled.
discharged employee, obviously seeking
cheap notoriety. You will agree with me
l am sure, that official position does not
clothe anyone with authority or right
TO bring about or be the cause of In
justice or wrong to any citizen"