| Show TOBACCO TRUST Kentucky Congressman De Declares De- De dares clares It Openly Violates Violates Vio Vio- lates Law DUKE IS ABSOLUTE BOSS American Ani Tobacco Company Most Perfectly 13 Or ed I a a and ad I over hilly fully Equipped of All Trusts Washington May 2 28 A A sensational attack on the tobacco trust by Representative Stanley Dem Dern Ky preceded tho consideration of measures relating to the government of the tho District of Columbia In the house today Mr Stanley talked upon his resolution tion calling upon the President to scud send to the house the result of the Inquiry Into time tho t tobacco bacco trust by Commissioner of Corporations By Dy reason of the tho failure of the tho judiciary committee commit commit- tee to act his resolution was privileged eged but he did not press it owing to the assurances of the tho of the department of Justice that such action would hamper the Inquiry of Mr Me Gar Car Held field Interrupted In his flaying of the trust he pleaded for more time In or order or- or der ho he said that he could tell enough to make any convict look hook like an honest lion hon est emit man In comparison with the conduct conduct con con- duct of the American Tobacco company com coin pany In the last live five years years v Before Mr Stanley gained tile the floo the house without opposition or discussion discus discus- sion adopted senate amendments to the alcohol bill the Presidents President's dents dent's signature now being the only thing lacking to make the measure a a. law The senate amendments to the tho pure sweet wine vine bill 1111 drawn In the tho In Interest Interest In- In terest of the California wine producers were also accepted by the house Worst of All Trusts Trust I want to say began Mr Mi- Stanle Stanley Stan Stan- le ley not as a loose unfounded denunciation but quietly and deliberately and to support what I say sav by absolutely Incontrovertible proof and documentary docu docu- evidence that neither the Standard Oil company nor the Pennsylvania Penn Ienn sylvania railroad nor any other combination corn com of men outside of the tho pen has hus ever so openly and flagrantly violated vie vio the tho law as has the American TobAcco Tobacco To To- bacco company In the last two years It Is the tho most perfectly organized and powerfully equipped of the trusts to today today to- to day Independent oil and ind in- in d d. d stoOl steel manufacturer m have Li 2 sj V cnn can engage 1 Iii doing 1 to tOV Vi Ident of the lb by Mr Mudd Jj l Stanley vr HT IQ ft ft IG J tX cx- 1 Ki 1 Ji n to push puli his B Mi v ti because the bureau of c cc J. i-J. It itt engaged en eu- in iii an at Investigation of the to tobacco tobacco to- to bacco trust and he bared that as a i of congressional investigation some of the men Investigated might s so- so cure Immunity V t |
