The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25


As an actual fact. witness said, farmers in this
State had their products carried to market at lower
than the Western farmers; in addition to that
they got their dry goods and other necessities ut less
than half the freight rate the same goods to Chi
s 81 a York a. Nsw
the cheapest place in the country to buy goods.
The arrangements OF the Erie with the sleeping car
companies were then explained by witness. after
which the usual recess was taken.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY AGAIN.
Tho subject OF the Standard Oil Company was
again taken mp after recess. Chairman Hepburn
said that the relations of the Standard Oil Company
TO tho COMMITTEE were peculiar" The company
would have another opportunity to give evidence for
themselves, but he did not desire the railroads to
make any excuses Tor them; the witness should con-
himself strictly to the relations of the Erie Rail-
way with the Standard Company. Mr.. Blanchard
then resumed his testmony:-In 1873 the entire oil
$4,000 barrels a month. while the Pennsyl-
vania was carrying 100000 barrels monthly
and the New York Central was taking tho
entire oil from Cleveland; to increase the
oil business OF the Erie witness opened negotiations
with the standard Oil Company; Eries oil business
in 1873 only fifteen per cent of the whole; in
1874 a contract was made with the standard by
which they agreed not to ship more than fifty per
cent of their oil by other lines the receipts OF oil
at New York. Philadelphia aud Baltimore by the
pennsylvania road in 1874 were 3,l7OOOO barrels or
sixty-three per cent OF the whole business; by the
Erie and the New York Central the receipts were
1.SGs.000 barrels, or thirtyseven per cent? OF this
latter amount the Standard Company shipped
C73,547 barrels In their namo.
BY Chairman Hepburn-Aro you able to testify
that that all that was shipped by the Standard
Oil Company? A. am not 49,
The witness continued Erie leased the Wee
hawken docks the standard rather than lose their
business. but by the contract they were pledged to
put other shippers of oil an equal footing with
themselves; ii Erie had not delivered at the Wee
hawken docks they would have been obliged to de-
liver at Hunter Point, where the New York Central
delivered their oil there was nothing in the con-
tract with the Standard Oil Company which con-
fcted with the pooling arrangements entered into
afterward; under the pool contract the Standard
Company was charged the same rate a. every other
shipper; neither the Standard Oil Company nor
any ono in its interest had anything to do with
the contract beyond the hearing given to all oil
shippers In the course OF the discussion; rebate
was aterward given to shippers equal to the cost OF
transporting the crude oil from OIL CITY to Cleve-
land Erie had nothing whatever to do with the pipe
pool; proposition was made by the pipe lines to
pool with the railroads, but 1t declined; witness
regarded this rs the most spasmodic attempt on the
part of the tail to wag the dog that he had ever
seen; the Erie Company agreed to give to parties
designated by the Standard Company all the nd
vantagcs given to them; witness thought Charles
Pratt Co. and the Acme Oil Company were tho
only firms so designated.
The committee then adjourned until this morn.
ing ut ten o clock.