The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-26
NJ REYNOLDS Is
. ON TRAIL Of THE
CORPORATIONS
New Attorney General to
Conduct Vigorous Cam
paign Against Number of
Alleged Trusts.
LAWYERS LOOKING
UP THE EVIDENCE
American Smelling and Refn-
ing Company to Be Probed
on Account of Its Re-
cent Acquisition.

by international News Service.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Vigorous
prosecution Of corporations and indi-
viduals for violations OF the antitrust
law will distinguish the adlninistra-
tion of Attorney General J. G.. Mercy
nolds.
Mr.. McReynolds is directing a num-
Der Of important government investi-
cations which may lead to new prose
cutions. Recently it was announced
that the government would renew it's
efforts to punish James A. Patten and
others who engaged in cotton pool on
the New York market. During the
Taft administration this case was car
ried on Its criminal features to the
supreme court by Patten and others
who had been indicted.
The government was disappointed in
the decision, and Attorney General
McReynolds proposes to have another
test Of the law in it's application to
market corners on commodities.
Legion of Inquiries.
Special attorneys have been sent to
New England to investigate the New
Haven transportation monopoly and
into Washington and Oregon to inves-
tignte the telephone trust said to exist
there. Each Of these Investigations is
expected to recommend important gov
ernment suits. The New Haven case
has been pending for some time and
the special investigation to be made
by the department of justice will be
sweeping and searching.
A force of twenty special Investigators
will be sent out June l by the depart
inent to probe the American Smelling &
Refining company especially with re-
speot to its control Of the Federal Smell
ter company and the acquisition Of the
latter companys stock. Preliminary in
vestiga tons made by the department OF
justice are held to justify q general In
quiry into the affairs OF the smelter
trust with view to prosecution Of the
viola lions Of the antitrust laws.
der consideration another prosecution Of
the American Tobacco company, The
attorney general prosecuted this trust
originally. He Is not satisfied with the
dissolution decision won by the govern
ment In the supreme court and would
like TO again test the law 10 see II the
dissolution cannot be made more effec-
tive The trusts cigar stores escaped
under the first decision.
May Attack Oil.
It is possible. also that contempt pro-
ceedings may be brought against the
Standard OIL company on the charges
that II has failed to comply with the
dissolution as directed by the supreme
court. The DEGREES in this case have all
been handed down, and the lower federal
court has approved the dissolution plan
presented by the company The con-
tempt would lie In failure by the COM
pany officers 10 obey strictly the disso-
luton plan agreed on
Next week the government will file its
! briefs in the federal court at Philadel-
phia agains, the anthracite coal carriers
and allied coal companies for their 65
| per cent carrier contracts With the inde-
pendent mining companies. These con-
| tracts were held to have been In viola
| tion of law. but the decision was modi-
fled later by the supreme court 30 as
| to exclude n number of the contracts
| Mr.. McReyuolds Is moving to enforce
the antitrust laws on the assumption
| that he is to be given by congress all the
| money necessary for the work All the
| officials OF the Taft administration con-
fond that they were embarrassed by the
failure OF congress TO appropriate $50 900
needed to enable them To conclude pend
ing Investigations, Mr.. McReynolds is
working now under the appropriation
then allowed TO Attorney General Wick
srsham. Before it's adjournment con-
Tess could make an emergency appro-
priation for justice. should that become
necessary. The department has not asked
! for more money