New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-27
WOULD LINK STEEL TRUST
WITH HARVESTER CO.
CONGRESS Committee Asks Mr.
Wickersham About Report
on Latter.
MADE TO Mr.. B0NAPARIt
Investigation To Be Resumed
Here To day, When Tennessee
Coal and Iron Deal VIII
Be Taken Up.
INN, The r-.hune bureau. !

On. chow that the affairs Of the Steel TRUST
snh tho International Harvester ConlpSiF
arc entwired and that the Department Oh
Justice should have proceeded against "'o
harvester concern under the sherman Jaw
.bo House committee Investigating the
United States steel Corporation to-day
closed its present series Of hearings mere
The committee members LEFT Washington
for New York tonight and will begin near
'rre I'm the New York CITY Hall tomorrow
Tho committee probably will stay In New
York Tor two weeks and first will take mp
the merger Of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Corpanv. Richard Trimble. secretary OF
the steel Corporation. IS expected as the
FIRST witness.
The Attorney General vas on tho witness
stand for a few minutes to-day. a vas
Senator KENYON. Both were called 10 iden-
t'fv ~opv of what rurrorted 10 he 4 report
m tho international Harvester COMPANY
made hv Rr,rdette Townsend, an Assistant
Attorney General in zoos Townsend rec
commended action against tho harvester
corrpanv by the Department. Senator
Kenyon. Who vas formerly with tho de-
rsrtnent said no recalled seeing the
townsend report IN the files. but that ne
starting prosecution against the harves-
ter combine
Mr. wickershar told tho committee no
had no personal knowledge of the existence
NJ such a report. which II made. was pre-
pared under the administration 81 has pred
scessor. ATTORNEY General Bonaparte.
However" volunteered the Attorney
General. 'Gf such report exists 7 viii he
Itch, he,
committee with certified CORY"
with this statement NJ. Uickersham
was excused
Smith May Give information.
Herbert Knox smith. Commissioner ~
Corpora mons. was again witness The
committee was inuu.sitive as to what the
bureau Of Corpora tions had found out
about the International Harvester Com
PAN. Commissioner Smith asked for
memorandum Of the information wanted
h~ The committee and promised 70 furnish
- % the President to whom the bureau
must make its reports. has no objection.
Richard Lindahurv attorney for the
United States SteeI Corporation repeatedly
protested AGAINST inserting tho Townsend
report IN the record. He said that the az
pertinent 70 an inquiry into the Steel Cor
00rarior, and that the two concerns had
none except ordinary trade relations.
chairman STANLEY. however. was insistent
that the TWO industries were closely allied
that four Of the directors OF the harvester
--rnpsnv are also directors IN the Steel
corporation and that the committee pur-
Dosed ~ show a trust agreement between
which 7naliv went into the record.
The matter was injected into the steel
inquiry because the report charges that
me Steel Corporation paws a rebate of Sc
p ton 10 harvester companies on steel pur-
chased and because the committee has in
formation that there is ar arrangement ne
tween tHe TWO giant corpora tons whereby
the harvester companies buy exclusively
from the Steel Corporation.
The Attorney General greed 70 have Mr.
To7rseu who is still n the department,
srnear before the committee
We will have MIR Carnegie before US in
October. said Chairman STANLEY. and
0srhaps YOU can arrange 10 nave NJ.
Townsend here about that time"
DO YOU know Of any reason. the chair
man asked. why this harvester company
ra~tment OF Justice prior 70 rne time you
assumed charge Of tie department
.I do nor know Mr Wickersham re-
piled. 81 surrnise-this is only surmise-
mat the case was delayed pending a decis-
ION tv the supreme Court lu the Standard
Du and Tobacco casee. 10 was not consid-
cred desirsoie 90 press these cases until 2
decision OF the Supreme Court was re-
ceiy=d. and m tins case 7 think many Of
the same points were involved
Asks About Agreement
The committee chairman asked Commis-
-'oner smith n his completed report OF the
steel Corporation affairs showed an agree
ment was entered into IN January 1907, be-
tween lle Steel Corporation and the har-
Nester company whereby the latter com
pany bound itselfto Duv all iron and steel
which - does not manufacture itself and
90 make uo enlarEements Of its steel and
iron plants or o. agree not 20 purchase
from the Lackaws0na and other indepen-
dent steel corporations. Smith said ne could
not d.sc.os, anything that is not yet pub
us0ed boz his reports.
.. p. Sroemakcr. Of the Glasgow Iron
Company. of PottstoVn. Penn. whose firm
WAS member Of tie Steel Plate Associa-
ZION. corroborated previous evidence relat-
r- fo tho stec. plate agreement lie said
H.s company paid 81 ooo 20 the pool Zusran-
200 fund ana that 10 once was penaized
>.-"3 fer producing more than Us allotted
percentage.
James Peter Roe. general manager Of the
Glasgow Iron Company, contended that the
-.ee. pool indirectly benefited the work
lnEm,u because No averted disastrous COM
petition.
John 49, BorIosn. coal expert discussed
iae extent and ownership oil the Pennsyi-
'anla ana West Virginia coal ne.ds.
Chicago. july 2s-Au official statement
~. Oh. International Harvester Company
Was made public Dv Clarence ;. Funk,
general manager, later to-day 40 follows.
Tie dispatch IS TOO general In It's terms
i9 admit of a specific reply, out We arc
unwilling no 1eues, that the alleged report
o. --s J0 The Department OF Justice con-
la.ue4 charges which the most superficial
investigation would not have shown 10 DC
'n'oun0ea. 10 is hard TO believe that any
responsible person could make the charge,
Tor instance that the harvester company
Was selling iJs export machines a. lower
DHces than are charged 10 tnls country.
when the contrary has been shown TO be
tFle not once, but many times
officials Of the International Harvester
Company furthermore said tnat little steel
was bought from the Steel Trust, the COM
NduF getting most of It's material from IT'S
osn mills me Wisconsin Steel Company,
d1o Iarge part OF the rest needed from