Show YOUNG GARFIELD I II I NOW IN KANSAS I Will Investigate the th Standard Oil Company PLANS NOT YET PERFECTED INQUIRY WILL BE CONCLUDED CON IN I SECRET Topeka Kan Ar Aril Anil ril 10 Janios s It n commissioner of or the bureau of I corporations is in ill Topeka to begin the thc inv sti tion of the Standard Oil O l com corn company company pany patty Accompanying him are arc L P paswell Paswell aswell Caswell Charles Churles Earl Burl and Luther Conant special agents agent of the bureau who will win assist t in the investigation The Campbell I resolution under which the Investigation is to be made pro provides provides vides ides for 01 an inquiry as to the th relative price between crude oil and the refined ne product especially in the Kansas field Looking For Facts I I My 1 ly Y plans are a Ie not yet perfected pelf eted said Mr dr 11 Garfield Gurt hl today toa I r cannot per pcr perfect feet fet them until I have looked over on r the Ow I Kansas I field feld and familiarize r myself m with the situation The IH first thing I expect to do will ill i be to talk it over oer with I Governor HoCh What hat e want to do rIo dois I is to get at the facts alj of them and make the investigation as thorough as asI possible I Will your hearings herings be 1 open or do du you simply go where herp you think the in informatiOn formatiOn is and ask the questions que you Ol asked wish i h answered Mr h Garfield Garfeld was us Secret Investigation My investigations are required d by b I law Jaw to be secret something like those thOe of a grand jury jur Mr Garfield Garfeld replied If formal open hearings were held and I prosecutions followed the person pros prosecuted prosecuted would be in Iii possession of all al i the information of the government so soe 0 I secret 5 e I is necessary to keep the investigation I Will you ou make your our headquarters in inTo Topeka To n ek Yes Ye I II expect to said Mr h Garfield Garfeld t I for tor I suppose suppO e it will wi be as us handy for fol fori forto i me m to get about from here as anywhere I I shall necessarily go all aU through oil oU belt bel because one can get a much better idea of the field feld by b personal ob observation observation than in any other way Will your OUI investigation include th the relations between the Standard Oil Oi and the railroads Mr Ir Garfield Garfeld was asked uI ed Oh es he replied that is one of the big features of the inquiry I I Mr 11 Garfield said he did pid not care to I discuss the beef trust report I |