Show WANTS PU PUBLIC fOR A j fRIEND Steel Trust Chairman Declares Declares De De- clares dares That Confidence of Competitors Is a Good Thing to Have NEWYORK NEW NEV YORK Nov Nor 23 E. E. E II H. Gary 1 a 1 of tho the directorate of the tho United States Stool Steel has struck a a. new an and remarkable keynote keynote keynote key key- note in r respect speet to business rivalry In an a interview in which ho hp was reviewing the sp speech ch ho he made mad A hero here recently to representative steel and andiron iron men Mr Gary is is quoted as 5 say say- Ying Y- Y ing irig Too man many men have ha learned too late that tho the friendship of the tho public and anti the confidence of ones one's tors tots are arc the most desirable elements in business I I want to see our competitors sue suc It i h 13 the policy of tho the steel corporation corporation corporation cor cor- not to crush competition by fa fair 1 or foul means The Thc steel trust controls con con- troIs about 30 PCr cent of tho the steel and Ild iron business of tho the United States and anel there is no intention of enlarging ll that cOn control t r We Wro 0 believe o conditions will ViII bo be better with healthy r rivalry alry It Is b clear dear that the tho United States Steel corporation w with th its extensive c resources cou could use its giant strength tb like other corporations to crush com petition But in tho the end exil would tho the game ame be he worth the candle 1 The Tho corporation corporation corporation corpor corpor- would become an nn object of attack In my mj judgment such a policy would be bo tho the un undoing oin of our corporation in iii which billions of dollars are arc invested iu |