STEEL TRUST DOINGS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13682, 16 May 1912, Page 5

STEEL TRUST DOINGS.

STARTLING REVELATIONS. Destruction of Incriminating Papers. NEW YORK, May U. Some s-msational evidence wars given by Harry Whitney yesterday in the course ol the proceedings now in progress against the Steel Trust, the' dissolution of which has been demanded by the Federal Government, Mr \\ hitney declared that the instant the suit against the Trust was hied the higher officials ordered subordinates to • dm all existing evidence of any breaches of the law of which the company had been gouty.Acting under these instructions, witness said that he gathered all paiers of an incriminating nature, and taking them to the boiler-room dim ted the firemen to burn the documents. Other emnloyees arc being called to sho.v that Whitney's ease was one of many. Whitney made further startling disclosures to-day, when he stall d that the I resident of the American Steel Wire Company attempted to interfere with the testimony he gave before the Grand Jury. Witness also detailed the operations of the wire pool under the direction of a -hi ervisor. who fixed the prices and arranged what companies participating -iiould bid for contracts. It is predicted that during the two months which the New York investigation i- likely to hist, evidence will he called as sensational as any that has ever been uiven in a prosecution under the Sherman law.