Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-15
STEEL TRUST WANTS
ITS WITNESSES
SUMMONED
CLASH COMES BEFORE
HOUSE INVESTIGATORS
Attorney for Corporation Gets
Little Satisfaction When He
Demands That Both Sides
Be Heard By Committee.
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wirel

tBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire1
Washington. June 14.-The United
states Steel corporation intends to
suggest to the Stanley steel trust in
Vestigating committee the calling of
witnesses whom the committee may
overlook and who may throw light
upon matters in question in the in
quiry and also to suggest that ques-
tiohs be ASKED vf certain Witnesses.
II the committee fails to bring out
facts possessed by such witnesses.
+. V. Lindabury, counsel for the
steel corporation, before the commit
tee declared this to be his intention
today at the close Of the examination
of James Gayley, former vice-presi-
dent of the steel corporation i'm
answer to an inquiry by Representa-
tive Young OF Michigan.
1T is our intention" said Mr..
Lindabury ito suggest questions over
looked that We think pertinent and
witnesses whom we think, in all fair
ness, should be called
"rha committee will exercise it's dis
cretion as to whom il will summon"
said Chairman Stanley.
"Of course, | assume" MIR. Linda
bury replied, that the committee
would not refuse to summon witnesses
we suggest.
THAT will be determined when the
suggestions are made Mr.. Stanley
replied
The steel corporation counsel and
the chairman brushed again over the
Introduction of some railroad rate
figures relating to the steel trust rail-
roads in the Lake Superior region.
The chairman had secured rates per
ton on ore hauled by the Duluth and
Iron Range, and the Duluth, Mesaba
and Northern, steel trust roads, from
the interstate commerce commission
and had employed an engineer to
compute from these figures the rate
per ton per mile.
The purpose was to show that the
rates charged for hauling ore over the
steel trust roads We're eXorbitant The
charges, he said We're paid from one
steel trust pocket to the other but
resulted in unjust cost to independent
owners and thus increased unfairly
their cost of production.
Mr.. Lindabury objected to the in
PRODUCTION of the figures computed,
without the identity of their author.
who is authority for those
hgures?" he asked.
An engineer and expert accountant
whom employed to make the mathe-
mstical calculations" said Mr.. Stan
ley.
We'll, IL should not appear i'm the
record that these figures are authori-
tative and / think the record should
show the author said Mr.. Linda
bury.
The man was an employe OF mine"
said Mr. stanley II might say he is
thoroughly competent and was form
erly in the service OF the Carnegie
steel corporation
Might | ask if he is MIR. Linden ?"
inquired Mr.. Lindabury.
yes you may ask" said Mr.. Stan
ley, "but assure you the name is
of no consequence in this record. 1t
was as if | had done it myself. / am
responsible for the figures If they
are wrong they may be corrected"
The committee will not meet again
for several days, probably not until
next week after the passage of the
wool bill in the house. The future
course will be determined within
few days. Among the first witnesses
to be called when the committee re-
sumes will be James A. Farrell, presi-
dent of the steel corporation.