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Show 1 . JUDGE GARY AS A WITNESS. H E. IT. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, H Biade" an excellent witness before the committee of congress inquir- H Ing into the '" steel trust." He was frank and evidently concealed H nothing. lie was equal to the task by reason of the fact that ho H bas taken an advanced position as lo the obligations of his mighty H :orporation in relation to the public and the government. lie says H government control of the big trusts must, come, if the constant H nirmoil and uncertainty in the business world is to be overcome, H ind he explains how his company cannot maintain prices without H )cing open to the accusation of being a monopoly and cannot cut H jriccs witho'ut endangering the stability of the entire iron and steel H H Judge Gary says lie would welcome a governmental control H .vhich would fix the margin of profits and otherwise define the lim- H 'tations of the big corporation's rights. H The day is coining when stability of prices, or at least an H avoidance of sharp advances or drops in prices, will be recognized M ns desirable and even aimed at by legislative enactments. Busi- ness today is a great uncertainty. With a sudden heavy drop' in M iteel products, the whole steel trade might be demoralized and even 1 oanio created throughout the United States. That would be ruin- m us ior both the producer and consumer, as neither can prosper H nndcr those conditions. And so on through the whole list of stable H articles, there can be no sudden radical changes in quotations M without inflicting such an upset in business as must prove destruct- j Ivc of confidence and pave the way for a period of depression. Hj . With government control of the large industrial concerns, this j element of uncertainty in business might be eliminated. |