Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-25
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Washington. April 24.-The conf
dental correspondence between Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Attorney General Bon
aparte and Commissioner Herbert
Knox smith of the bureau of corpo-
rations about "a government ANTITRUST
salt against the international Har-
Vestcr Company, was sent 10 the SEN
ate today from the files OF the de-
partnent OF justice. one letter from
Colonel Roosevelt to Mr.. Bonaparte,
written ut oyster Bay on August -,
1901 said thai the colonel had had
conferences with George w. Perkins
about the companys affairs and dl-
rected MIR. Bonaparte not to file the
suit then. but To go over the matter
with Commissioner Smith and Mr..
Perkins
A letter from Commissioner Smith
to the colonel on september - told
Iof conferences With. ML- .peslslns end
stated Commissioner smiths obJee-
tions To prosecution at that time.
The commissioner wrote thar he
thought the question OF the company IS
guilt or innocence merely was tech
nical and told of IA conference with Mr..
Perkins on August "a,
Commissioner Smith wrote that Mr.. !
Perkins concluded with great eln
phasis that If after all the endeavors
of this company ana the other Nor !
gan interests to uphold the policies of |
the administration and To adopt their |
methods of modern publicity this
was now going tn he at
tackled in a purely technical case, the
interests he represented were going !
to fight "
Further on in the same letter Mr..
Smith wrote
while the administration never has
Finn al
interests. no matter how great. when
II is believed that a substantial wrong
is being committed, nevertheless. II is
n very practical question whether II
IL best to throw away now the great
Influence of the so-called Morgan in
terests which, up To this time have
supported the advanced policy of the
administration both in general prin-
riples and In the application thereof
" their specific interests and to place
lhem generally in opposition,
II believe Mr. PerHins' statement
that his Interests would not neces-
sarily he driven into opposition, was
= sincere one and In fact | hardly
,an see how those great interests can
take any other attitude should this
be started. ana the final
adoption of this policy be made pub
"a.
In another portion of the letter
Commissioner smith reported Mr.. I,
Perkins as having said substantially,
That the standard oil people in New
ork were giving him the laugh for ,
iaVinl thought he WIS trying To- bc
TODD and keep solid with the admins
ration and that he now was going To
let the same dose as the others
With the correspondence was a let
cr from William Loeb. Jr., the prcsi-
lents secretary maKing an appoint :
merit Tor Mr.. BonHparte to talk the +
business over.
The presidents letter to the attor-
icy general follows
'oyster BAY. y. Y. Angus, -, 1907. n
Ny Dear Mr.. Attorney General \
MIR. Geo. W Perkins of The Inter t
ational Harvester Company has lust +
allied upon me and submitted 10 me- ,
ertain papers of which I enclose !,
Dpics. According to these papers, ana
ir. Perkins statement u would APP
ear that the Harvester company re- u
catcdiy, On It's own Initiative. asked ,'
nat its business be Investigated tf !
le department Of commerce aud labor ."
trough the commissioner of corpora 81
ons q
THE Harvester company SAWS n I: ~
position tu prove that n has itcd
y 10 the agreement made in MsN VI
sh4. and advances aE q proof that u
n Illegal action is pointed out e.
90 itself rccfifN the matter ON It's D.
ing pointed out. IN January last lp
essrs Garfield and smith met ynri- n|
rs Representatives uf the Harvester a.
,mpsny in New YORK aud @ conclu- o.,
n was reached that the department I Dol
.uld begin the examination as speed 10
as possible. ld,
-Dn March :. Commissioner smith cf
llfi-d the Harvester company that ss
ID. inquiry would o., into the incnrpu- ,,
tion value uf IT. propcrti-s. sectui- d.
.s srd the gencrsl management cf su
brsine=s. lt appears by HE lett sr p'
august =. that Commissioner smith
III begun the irts stizatiun hut hsS "a
q made such pr irr,rs with H as se
would like To- on account of hls re
in- crowded win work n.
~. Perkins request g. me is thnt
lurs th- company i- exposed ~ the cu
ltaln loss and dsmazs that thc mere
go iiiun uf art would entail. this cis
.'siiaHtion hy Ar. smith - Required vs
ssuate resolution. he carried 10 "a
inilefion. lie explicitly states - vi