Show REBATES AND ANO DISCRIMINATIONS IMIN Atty Gen Moody Addresses Let Letter Letter Letter ter to U S District Attorneys Attorneys nays About Them MUST ENFORCE ELKINS EL KINS ACT AC Su SIl gated N I 1 teut lIan Ito lit nl I tI lit Wn lice flee 12 Atty Gen today scull nent n a letter to 10 all the tin United tinned States district attorneys K 35 In n number thorn them to the provisions of the Hiking Elkins I art act i abates and dons of or nil Kinds by h cavilers The meth melh method oIl od of suggested U la by h wn tiny ny of or It Is the exportation expectation that this letter trill III result mault In ht the prompt Investigation of nil all made of or i by b can lets fol rol lowed lowell by h where the evi 01 dence warrants The flue department Itself U It U is saki has thoroughly all cases of or dl brought to 10 Its attention but Lut It t tins lias nu nn radii 1 I for rOI n pit prompt ot of I I atoll atory practises e nil all over or the tho country and anti It Ins HID been heen fell rell that these cn ea were Ier erp of or it t nature that could not 1101 be he h j safely entrusted tn to the or of tilt the attorneys F IH Is u it copy COil of or the letter sent S I to the district attorneys II IIAn An art act entitled To 10 further r regulate unions among foreign nations nil on nIl 1 I the stales approved I h 10 1803 1903 32 State SIT commonly known an as n the Iho act IH Is directed 1 against nail and other uther discriminatory I tI tM by 1101 II common carriers It makes suet tI h 1 and pre pio Idea ies for foi their punishment by J tines lines It 11 I further provides provide for belt prohibition I by 11 tin Ito Injunction process 8 of or the tho courts court i There Thele Is IH no tic provision lon that Criminal I prosecution shall shull be he by h Special direr i ilion I lion of or tin the general but bill lit In n I section 3 It Is la provided provide l that pro for rOI cr Injunction shall be begun wherever whenever the attorney general direct You 1011 are directed diligently to all nil which inny cony cometo come ome cometo to you OU from froll nay any of or isolations of this law and upon your jour Initiative i ito ito to 10 If Ir there thue appears i ito to 10 you jou OU to III bo be IJ any nn Tt jlOna ground round for rill suspecting of o this law la In III every lURe disc In which you can ran secure lent evidence you jou will ll submit that I evidence to 10 the grand Jury July with a stew le leto to securing nn an Indictment Whenever It Is ha I practicable It Is I desirable that Indictments should tie he o returned both hoth hothI I the unit and the carrier currier In Inome I Isome some ome lorI are ho hou over It may laity be bu Im rf to 10 obtain evidence without aid RII of or the he testimony of or cue ona of the guilty s to 10 the thi In n ouch luch n a i case capo It would l be wise wl c to 10 use tI e such Ruth testimony of or our cour course t e to tt the witness or It trout tinder Inder the Ih law hits la I tie the only pen 1111 en Illy Itly for or IN Its violation Is III n u fine flue I SUK aug rf rP i to 10 you flU In till all cases cased USI the PV evl would warrant It that tin tat In Inh h for tor conspiracy to commit an offence against the United based on tin section GHO of ot the revised statutes life be IJ obtained The supreme court h has held In Clune Clime vs 11 United States V VS 1 S 8 MO 90 that lint u II conspiracy to commit 11 it crime Itself punishable only by line mitt may be bo punished by II Imprisonment In dt tho the event of ot obtaining u Il conviction cun upon a charlie charge of or of or this kind III nil you OU are lire directed to present to the flee court the desirability of ht the penalty of Imprisonment to the tho end that these unlawful practises which have havo received almost universal ton con on may cony be discouraged dl and prevented ai as far tar an In existing laws las will accomplish h tint that result re Your YOUl attention IB la especially directed to that part of or the act which renders unlawful any oily rebate concession or Ills dis discrimination crimination crl ml lion In lu respect rl of or the of or any property pro rt In Inlet Interstate state or foreign commerce whereby any such urh property shall be he by any 1111 device what whatever whatever ever transported at lit a Il less le s rate ral than that named mined In iii a 1 tariff I 1 desire to impress K upon you jou Oll the Im Jm Importance of or exercising every eer effort to execute xecul these AJ directions You will re ro report tort port to 10 the department from time lime to toline I time line any on action which slurp you OU only take upon this ills subject Very ery respectfully I H U 1 MOODY IOD Attorney AI torney General |