Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-01
SENATORS ARE
INVESTIGATING
Probing Steel Trust, Lorimer
and Other Matters Helps
to Pass Time.
GARY on WITNESS STAND
Is Frank in His Statement About
Control of Subsidiary
Concerns.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)

Washington, D. c., June Hilbert
H. Gary chairman of the board of dir
ectors OF the U. S. steel corporation
today flatly denied any knowledge of
the proposed formation of a combin-
alton to control the steel trade of the
world. Mr.. Gary appeared before the
House committee in vestigation of the
"steel trust" and declared that he had
come to Washington to tell frankly
all he knew of the big corporation.
A disclaimer as to world wide COM
bination was called out by a statement
by Chairman Stanley that Mr.. Gary
was accredited with being the direct
ing genius of such trust" Mr..
Stanley intimated that these reports
had had much to do with the inquiry
started by the House of Representa-
tives.
The examination of i,ir. Gary
brought out the fact that the depart
ment of commerce and labor and its
bureau of corporations are not COOP
Grating with the Stanley committee.
Mr.. Stanley asked the witness If he
knew whether a report of the bureau
OF corporations on it's investigation
OF the steel corporation had ever been
submitted to President Taft or former
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Gary said
he did not i
To Kick Out Lorimer.
Washington, D. c., June 1.-Senator
| Brown of Nebraska wants Senator
Lorimer of Illinois, turned out of the
| Senate without any further investiga-
! ton. Today he introduced resolu-
ton stating that the evidence already
taken proved conclusively that Mr..
Lorimer was not entitled to his seat
, and there Pas no excuse for incurring
the expense another inquiry.
At his request, Senator Browns res
olution was laid on the table with an
nouncement that he would call it up
at the proper time and ask its adoption
as substitute for all other resolu.
tions of inquiry which have been Of
fered.
lorimer Investigation.
Washington, June 1.--When the SEN
ate took up the Lorimer case TODAY.
Senator LaFollette presented amend.
ments to his resolution of inquiry so
as to provide for the selection of five
new senators to make the reinvestiga-
ton. Three of the new senators
would be Republicans and two Demo
Gratis. AS originally introduced, the
| resolution named the senators. Speak
ing in favor of the LaFollette resolu-
tion, Senator Owen of Oklahoma, said
there could be no good reason for send.
ing the case back to the old commit
tee when there were twenty new men
in the senate.
Senator Works contended for
special committee. He criticized the
course of the committee on privileges
and elections and said he was surpris-
ed that the committee should not re-
fuse to re-hear the case. Mr.. Bristow
declared that in the former inquiry,
some Of the members of the commit
tee, had tried to cover up the testi-
| mony instead of bringing it out. He
advocated new committee.
Frank About Steel Trust.
Washington, June There is not
any doubt" Mr.. Gary told the commit
tee, that the. United States corpora
tion as the owner of most of the
stocks of the subsidiary companies ul-
tmately controls those subsidiaries,
Including their management and con-
duet" Asked if the Carnegie Steel
Company now competes with other
subsidiary companies in the steel corp
oratton, Mr.. Gary said: II should say
it does, putting my Interpretation on
the word. came to be frank and give
you the exact facts-that you may
put your own construction on them.
The subsidiary companies have their
own directors and officers and have
the right to act independently but
as the steel corporation owns the se-
curities, if the conduct of a subsi-
diary company was antagonistic in any
way, it would only be question of
time when the administration of that
subsidiary company would be chang
ed.''
| Criminal Trust Prosecution.
| Washington, June Criminal pros
ecution of the officials of the Standard
OIL Company, the American Tobacco
Company and their constituent com.
panies is proposed in concurrent res
oiution introduced today by Senator
Pomerene of Ohio. The resolution
would instruct the attorney general
to proceed against the officials at once
under the recent decision of the su-
preme court. 1t went over for the
time being to give Mr.. Pomerence
opportunity to speak on it.
Leaders Explain.
Washington, June 1.-The wool bill
was laid before the caucus by Chair
man Buleston. It was the first indi.
cation the majority Of the members
had been given of its exact terms.
Chairman Underwood undertook an
exhaustive explanation Of the meas.
ure. Mr.. Underwood declares the du-
ties contained last year on raw wool
amounted to $21,000,0O0. The reduc-
ton of the raw wool duty to twenty
lper cent as proposed would cut these
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