Show conference on trusts washington herbert knox smith commissioner of corporations conferred with president taft on tuesday concerning investigations in his bureau mr air smith says some investigations have been on oil foot for years and only the inadequacy of his forces prevented the clearing up of all t the he matters nt at once the so called steel trust and its business the so called harvester trust and ill all Ina machinery chinery combinations cotton exchanges etim ber water transportation water powers and tobacco are the principal matters under investigation |