Show IN washington I 1 western reservoirs and canals GOOD FOR THE PLAINS debate on the project in the senata I 1 investigating TRUSTS an exhaustive report by it senate THE MONSTER DESCRIBED how to combat it irish again bobs up general congressional notes western associated THE SENATE money and land rot canals and reser vors on the plains july 30 in the dis 4 1 cassion of tile sun civil tion bill a lively d to abose over the amendment to reserve certain lands for the lo Lation of reservoirs canals etc and appropriating means for their survey this appropriation would be but the entering wedge to much larger sums yet to be appropriated before such work can be ac complis hed teller favored the amendment opposed it and said the measure was conceived in utter arre gard of the riparian of those wh 0 dwelt on the lower platte sag and rivers ile saw in it a means of speculation in public domain tile pr it was E by st 0 sit 1 acs and cal beck l said the effect of the survey would be in the interest of speed lato is aelter denied this saying it was in the interest of the nation ile moved to add the fol lowin words to the amendment and it e motion was a greed to and as last as sites for reservoirs shall be surveyed such a tee 8 11 a 11 be in a state of reservation until the president of the united states shall otherwise order 11 after some further discussion ta affect tile matter of speculation reagan of texas moved as a tute for tellers amendment the fol was agreed to and all 1 ands which may be designated for reservoirs and canals for irrigations be reserved As property of the united states and shall not be subject to entry or settlement until hereafter provided for by law finally the discussion closed and bowens amendment as amended was agreed to yeas 29 nays 18 adjourned ON I 1 EU as elaborate repart on the abject by july SO the house committee on manufactures today to day submitted an elaborate report concern ang the trusts invest aich was ordered printed the report says the committee has particularly directed its inquiries to the methods of and to the extent of the business done or controlled by the agar trust and standard oil trust lit submitting the tee the committee calls the attea tion of the house to the form of or gak z aaion of these trusts the b kidera bava surrendered their stock to trustees named in the creating trusts and accepted in lien thereof certificates issued by the trustees the a g ree ments provides that the va riou s c 0 rp orations whose stock Is thus surrendered shall constitute the trust both of them are organized upon substantially the same I 1 lan from testimony ait appears that I 1 here exists a certain num ber of corporations po rations organized under the laws of the different state sand subject to their control that these corporations have issued their stock to various In dividu als and that these they surrendered to the trustees shall rose erve their lud entity and carry on t ahir business busin in the sugar agreement the provi son Is that the several corporations shall maintain their separate organizations and each shall carry on ana con duct its own business the trustees in both cases upon the stand as wit nesses specifically denied that ilia trustees as such ever do any other business than to receive and dig I 1 dividends and to hold the stock of the various corporations anil exercise the rights of stockholders in such corpora eions the care with which the trus hiees avoid making uny agreement relating to cities appears from the testimony as to the arrangement etli the oil producers in ilia IAU of the officers of the producers association testified that the agreement was then in ado with the Stan darl oil trust by which fire million barbeli bar reli of oil belonging to the standard oil trust was set spart for the benefit of the association upon its agreement to curtail the production of crude oil to barrels per diem these witnesses undoubted iv understand that the arrangement was with the trustees of the standard oil co of new york one of the COM canles stock Is held tile trustees and that tile bi oil trust or trustees thereof as such are riot parties to it there is neither of I 1 hern responsible for the carrying out of that agreement this form of combination was ob devised for file purpose of relieving trusts and trustees from tile charge of any breach or c of deracy behara combination to regulate the product tion of prices of any commodity the report also says complaint having been made to us by citizens of the state of new york against the trust and one of the corpora whose stock it holdo the actor ricy general of the stata haft after a prosecutions to be cow la that and the corporation complained of upon the grounds which faro sot forth IQ an elaborate opinion which Is submitted as part of the evidence in relation to that trust ant as containing a careful statement of the law of that state so aarl N far as it affords any remedy ft such trusts 1 lz 1 1 1 1 Z i I 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