The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-16
STANLEY FLAYS
G. w. PERKINS AND
COL. ROOSEVELT
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brough was at that time demanding
an investigation of the Gnternationa
Harvester Company. Stanley said:
at was to stay the department Of
Justice and to silence the demands OF
Senator Hansbrough and to solicit
he aid OF the commissioner Of cor
oorations and Of the president Of the
United States that Mr. Perkins made
his unheralded appearance in the
city of Washington Here he re-
manned for weeks, oscilliating be-
tween the department OF commerce
and labor and the White House with
4 familiarity OF a friend and the in
science of an ally. Upon the com
missioner of corporations he ex-
hausted all his powers cajoling and
coercing. He reminded him of his
great services and unique Gberality
to the party and the precious and
long standing friendship which had
been so beneficial to the house OF J.
p. Morgan K Co, and to the admin
istration Of Roosevelt. ...
so impressed was the commits
Toner OF corporations with the
necessity of SURPRISING the IIar-
vester investigation and preventing
my further procedure against the
other far reaching Morgan inter
asts' that he forgot the seal which
he law hal placed upon his lips.
Facts which We're withheld from the
highest law making body of the land
were freely revealed to the super
servious omissary Of the steel and
harvester trusts
Reviewing the information rs f.
he absorption Of the Tennessee Coal
ana Iron Company by the Steel Cor
ooration secured by the Stanley
steel Investigating Committee, MI
Stanley said:
Not to Be Sneezed At"
"The severest critic OF Colonel
Roosevelt can hardly conceive that
he would in twenty minutes have
commissioned the steel corporation
to crush its last competitor. Ha(
he possessed one tenth Of the infor
nation which the commissioner o.
corporations was afterwards forced
by the iyestigations Of ta:s commit
tee and the pressure Of public opin
ion to publish to the world AS sug
sested by the commissioner of cor
porations the investigation Of tn
Harvester Trust was summaril.
stopped
"The assurances OF Mr. Perkin
that the far reaching Influences o
the Morgan Company, the Haryeste
and Steel Trusts, were not to b
sneezed at, appears 10 have ha
| great weight with the chief execu
tive.
con this occasion" concluded Nj
| Stanley, "the colonel assumed tn
same relative position toward tn
masters from Wall street that In
Lord assumed toward the devil. TIL
Savior said Get Thee behind m
| Satan" aud Roosevelt said 4 wi
stand in front of you, 0 Steel Trus
| will paralyze the strong arm of tn
law, | will silence the voice of pull
lie clamer and will deliver to 20
bound and helpless, the industria
dominance to the South, and &c
that service worth multiplied mi
lions to the United States steel COZ
poration it has not been lacking
gratitude from the day OF merge
luntil this good hour. Perkins an
Gary, brothers Of the steel corpor;
) ton, have been absolutely at tn
command of the ex-president of th
limited States.
"They were with him in the Of
marty and they have staged and SUI
ported this political Punch an
lJudy' performance lately pulled Q
lin Chicago in which they fal
tasticaIly figure Roosevelt. McCo
mick and Perkins play their litt'
parts. find their exits and entrance
and take their cue from this ins'
lent combination Of political an
financial highbinders which did M
hesitate to rob grave for the can