Show TUB lm BEEF TRUST I Department of o Commerce ncr o Will See Sec SeeH H It Is III Violating the tho Injunction I Washington March tho I beef b ct trust Is violating tho Injunction It Is IR to bo made tho subject of I Investigation by tho department of i commerce labor according to a n I ordered reported favorably Cn to o the tho house today by tho committee on an foreign commerce the action n I on the tho resolution which Is to be called up at the tho earliest possible moment by Chairman Hepburn It 1 will constitute the tho first introduction from Congress to 10 the now new department d to exercise the tho powers given It IL under the laws to Irs In investigate tho operation of Industrial Institutions Tho resolution was Introduced In the house Feb 4 by b Representative Martin f of South Dakota Today r Martin was glen given an nn extended hearing hen by b the committee to which he made tho asser assertion tion that the beef truit 10 violating the spirit of tho Injunction If not lIot II Its letter The resolution was amended to 10 toas as ns to provide that the report of or the tho In Investigation should go to the president as provided In the tho law Ill creating the new department Instead of to tu eon Con Congress i gress This amendment was opposed by Representative Richardson of Ala Aln Alabama bama of ot tho Iho committee who held that the should be mude to he house hou l Inasmuch as tho house requested the tho to be made It WAS deemed advisable by the tho majority of the committee however to by b the tho law lav and after the investigation has been made to pass another resolution requesting reque the tho president to the finding to tho house Should the In Investigation show sho violations of the In Injunction InJunction junction the matter undoubtedly will willbe willbe be referred by b the president to the do lIc of justice and the tho trust proceeded against for contempt of or court |