Show SHALL ONE MAN MANI MANH I H CONTROL iT All t I A Question Mr Harriman Must j Answer to the GovI Gov Gov- I MATTER OF COMPETITION Charge of Stock Jobbing Made in Union Pacific TransI Transactions Transactions Transactions Trans Trans- I actions S New ew York Nov No 13 The Thc The railroad throne o of King iCing Harriman was suddenly assailed b by two of the governments government's foremost trust busters and desperate desperate- Jy IY y defended by a trio of great reAt corporation corporation corpor corpor- allon attorneys today In the United States Circuit court Th occasion was the final Onal threshing out before Judge Jud-e Hough of whether or not Mr 11 HarrIman Is la to tell lell from Crom whom and at nt what 1 the Union Pacific acquired nearly nearl of the stocks of ot other corporations Are Arc we Wf to leave len the great Western Vestern territory of or the tho United States Staler dependent depend depend- ent cut upon one man mall Is there Is to be beno beno beno no railroad competition between th the Missouri river and the tho South Pacific coast const Is congress Impotent to a group of at men from controlling all the railroads of or the thc United States through h the medium o of stock owner owner- shin of ot directors directors' S These se and other vital questions were put to the court b by Frank B B. I Kellogg Ilog who asked the questions which Mr 11 harriman refused to answer when be before before bo- bo fore foro the Inter Interstate Commerce commission commission commis commis- sion slon early in the year car S U U. U 1 1 stock toek Jobbing The charge that there e had been stock jobbIng in th the Union transactions transactions lions was open openly mn made mado u by States District Attorney 4 Henry L L. Stimson who opened for fo the government Jo He declared that the misdeeds of or railroad directors more mOle than anything else 15 had tended to bring American s into disrepute the thC world over over To the Immoral and improper transactions of or directors he laid th responsibility for tile tho dangerous position In ip which the railroads now found themselves I Supporting Supporting- his contention that the commission had lund tho the rr right ht to question these alleged private transactions Mr cited the recent coal trust investigation In this long and lon long and successful success success- ful lu battle contracts with which the oads had no direct connection wore were allowed in evidence e and furnished a n for Cor the question Asked Mr Ir Harriman man S To tb the defense of or Mr Harriman carne came John Johr G. G formerly o of Buffalo with a II attack on the authority of f the Interstate COmm Commerce lon slon He asserted the Pacific's legal t rl right ht t tb to purchase so ks of other othel railroads or 01 1 leg 1 right to to- soil ell tell Then h hi ten folded th the tiie railroader thu tho on n or oC Ui e d tI ta 1 tn JP J.P. r seu o tur 1 I. I r rd 1 i be bep p d Tt t Power of or the tbt The Tue Interstate Comm Commerce ilon slon IB is only on I power to the tho pro of the acts which ate set act forth orth summed up Mr Milburn You Youcan Youcan can an bitch the to It and yoi O annot cannot it Into an any other realm It ItIs Itis itis is not no a fl Judicial bod body nor ha haq hae It n a reving rovIn rov- rov In ing commission to m the universe Today's hearing hearing- presented the usual C. C of cr a a. former United States senator senator senator sen sen- ator John JohnC C. C Spooner Spoon r of Wisconsin of offering offering of- of fering an a interpretation of or the interstate inter Inter- state stat commerce act which he helped to enact S There is no no question of or the constitutionality constitutionality tu o ot of the In Interstate commerce act Involved ed in this case cage declared Mr tr r Spooner r. r If such a question hadr had arisen r I l' l would not be here hel Inasmuch as I had a part In framing the act It 1 Ia 11 a question- question of Its construction that wo we c contend for a construction of ot It which doubt with respect re rt ri I to the Uie power of or the commission slon Spooners Spooner's Argument Arl It was former Senator r's rs first appearance In Mv Mr Harriman's behalf He lie argued ar that Mr 1 Harriman could never by process of ot law be compelled td to tell teU the commission what individual profits he be h made in selling his stock In other railroads to the Union Pacific or how much stock ho he brought up during tho the two days in which the m mOnt ment nt of a 10 per cent Union Pacific di dividend dividend di- di was deferred The argument ar occupied seven hours and antI n a half Jud Judge e Hough lh continuing the session until I 10 o'clock tonight He lie announced on leaving the courtroom that it was not likel likely he would woul reach a decision before December 1 The opposing couns counsel l have C the privilege of filing additional briefs during the next two weeks The courtroom was crowded crowde almost to suffocation b by persons curious to see sec seethe the big trust busters Lusters and the attorneys attorneys attorneys behind the railroads in action Mr was VaS not nol present pr sent being rep rep- represented resented by b his personal Coun counsel pI ex ex- Judge R It S Lovett t. t S |