Show ADMINISTRATION MI TI WILL NOT T GO WILD It I Will WIl Not Permit Itself to be Thrown Of Off T Is Its Balance by byThe b bT byThe The I r u i d tit F LAW Department of Justice Will Wi Not ot Prose Prosecute Prosecute cute Except C lt When 1 Convinced Cn HI i n i u i ithe use the Law li Is U ll Icing in ng Violated Washington March 22 There Is I not the slightest danger that hat the tho will wi be 0 thrown thron oft off of Its balance by b the merger decision It I may 1 be stated that the time department of or justice will wi not nt undertake any In suit Bult In which It Is not nol abundantly convinced that there hits hr been becI violation of ot the lie law 11 Knox is I convinced that the Ih Sherman act had hal been violated and amid ald because It 11 Involved some porno mo moot of ot the greatest railroad properties In tho the country mind Ind was engineered by hy two of tho the biggest financiers In the country made It mote niome acceptable as a n test test case ease There have hae been oen charges that other railroad combinations exist which via vio violate vialate 10 late lato the tho act nu an n certainly as u did the tho Northern Securities company COI JI ny but bilL there here Is Ix no definite complaint flied filed so fur far ns as n emma can be lie learned bunted and amid Atty AU len Gen OCI Knox Is absolutely silent as ns to 10 whether mummy of or these cases are aro under tinder consideration Tho The belief In iii administration circles circes Is that time the Northern Securities decision will wi bo respected by b nil all ni railroad coma com companies cm and where there la Is the thc sem semblance blance blanco of ot a 1 combination that would come comae under the meaning of being In InIc restraint Ic of or trade n ii 1 will willbe wi be bo effected timid tho the law compiled complot with l statement WIS The lime government does not mean menn to torun torn run rita rn amuck luell It I hits Ils been fully tul out outlined lined In time tho message to tl Congress In which ho hn declares that the law must l be c observed but no 10 ac mao action R Ion tion lon shall Ihal be taken loken that hint would mean mca n danger to the business or that thal would legitimate business Interests m p TIUS INVESTIGATION INI Time The he department of or commerce and amid la ha labor labor habor bor through Ii bureau of corpora lions Ions tOIS IH imo II making an tin Investigation Into the operations of ot the beet beef trust A putt pallor of the Investigation la Is being conducted In accordance with wih a ia a I resolution passed by iy tho the house of ot rep rope representatives I recently recent Prior to 10 time the I adoption of the resolution time tho depart department meat ment through Its IK regular r channels limed had collected and Ind tabulated certain Infer mutton regarding the tho hum beef le f trust Tho Time J which was I S drafted by Imy ly Hop Martin Martn of ot Houth Dakota requested tho time department to t tn uncertain ascertain n t If it possible the cause calico o of or tho the difference In tn juice limico between beef ber on the hoof and dressed beet beef It I was WIl pointed out au t that bitt western stockmen believed lint they time the vero being hel discriminated against by the tho trl l und that tho ito markets of tho time country were being to their detriment Neither Secy Het nor Com Commissioner missioner of ot tho the bureau of cor I will wil discuss tho ho t In iii any ammy way It I Is made perfectly clear however that this Investigation an ni well wel an as iK all ni others conducted by h b that department will wi be by ty the time nm nih dais of or tIme the department themselves without assistance that the depart department tearl ment Jel will wiil wi not lot stoop loop to detective work In the tho conduct of or time tho Inquiry that lint tho the proceedings will wi bo ho bl devoid of ot any Iny nn spectacular features There Thero will wi bo ho no tie 10 public hearIngs hearing and amid publicity will wi Ito Ira IJ avoided a so 10 far lur an as RI possible Time The pending Investigation Is II being conducted by under the direction of SO Sue ne ond that hat fact tact practically nothing Is obtainable Whether tho results of ot the I Investigation mire arc to be made public at itt Its conclusion will depend entirely on President Roosevelt |