, 1883-03-10

Franklin B. Goven spoke in the hal

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bill He urged that there mnst be dis.
criminatiOn, and he objected 70 the prOpo-
.ition to reward "informers He then
proceeded to present the situation as II
exists between the Standard OIL Com
pany and the people, and his remarks
created a great SENSATION We quote
from a report il the Philadelphia Times:
The Reading Company, he said. had suf-
fered gross injustice by another cumpa-
ny unjust discrimination Ii Legislators
had properly cared for the two great sta
PIES of Pennsylvania-oil and coal-this
would have placed her on pinacle OF
greatness that could not be reached by
any other state. The Greatest railroad OF
the state had closed It's doors against the
transportation of these great staples eX-
cept 10 a few favored friends. OF the
~ 900, 900 barrels of crude petroleum ex-
ported last year all were controlled by the
Standard Oil Company except 1900, 900.
This the Tidewater PipelLine got. THIS
monopoly would not exist but for the
fostering of the Standard Company by
railroads Of this state and one or two IN
New York.
The standard Company vas continuing
by unjust discrimination to work against
the Tidewster Company. The latte; re-
quired the use OF other railroads besides
its own, the Reading, to transport its pro-
ducts from the reineries. To show how
it Was treated when it applied for trans
pJrtation Mr.. Gowen read letters 10 the
Chester Oil Refining Company from
Agent Wilson, of the Philadelphia, VII
mington and Baltimore Railroad, one
Of the lines controlled by the Penrsy!-
vania Railroad In one Instance the oil
company was informed that i, would be
charged 80 cents barrel from Thurlow, a
short distance below Chester, to Washing
ton, l25 miles, while Mr.. Gowen said
not more than that was charged for the
$50 miles from Pittsburg to Washington,
by way Of Harrisburg and Baltimore
Another from Mr.. Wilson told the com.
pany that the railroad would carry oil
from Thurlow TO Lock Haven for % cents
per hundred pounds, but would net allow
empty cars to be brought for the oil.
''The cars, sad Mr. Gowen, exciting
laughter, ''must be brought on 4 wheel,
barrow or on canal boat or in balloon.
Now, if saw my friend, the Attorney
General Of this Commonwealth, | would
Ike to show hini these letters.
Thc laugh caused by this quickly
stopped when tn. speaker, firing up and
looking like lion ready to spring, added
''lf | we:e Attorney General and saw
these letters Id see whu owned this Com
monweal,h.
stamping Of feet and ciapping OF hands
among Democrats and Republicans were
excited by this declaration.
"The Standard OIL Company the
speaker almost Kissed, looks ON all this
like a vulture on the batileirId' waiting
Tor corpse. Ii the Standard people sue
ceed in GRIPPING IFS little struggling II
val II will take TWO years before any 9TH
er competing line can reach the country,
and meanwhile the Standard Company
viii grind out Of the people an additional
500. coo, coo. Gave me this bil and !
won't need the aid Of the Attorney Gen
eral Of the Commonwealth. (App.ause).
\ man named Patterson in the oil crun-
try fled a bill i'll equity against us, repre-
senting that ne was a stakeholder of the
Tidewater Pipe Li:e. We believe that
the Standard had paid him to do this, and
We forced out of HIM a confession that
such was fact. During his proceedings
against the Tldewater Company he SAID
he had been employed 10 gather testimony
for the Commonwealth in its suit against
the Standard Company TO make it pay its
taxes He confessed that tie Standard
Company had paid him 81 800 TO suppress
that testimony. He suppressed IL, and
with the s., 800 he bought the stock in
our company. Ii there's any cause for
cur Attorney General to institute pro-
ceedines It's this here. | am prepared TO
testify, and now before the Legislature Of
this Commonwealth | charge that the
Standard Oh Company bribed witness
with 81 500 to suppress testimony"
Senators and Representatives we're
startled as much by Gowen's manner of
making accusation as by the charge itself
They whispered to one another that there
would soon be music in the air. Mr..
Gowen said if such bill as he now
offered had been passed ten years ago,
this curse of the Commonwealth, fostered
by railroad companies. conld not have
grown. Besides, with a revenue Of not
more than 50 cents from barrel OF oil,
the COmmOnwt aith Would have been
Sl0O, ,000, 600 richer to-day. No country
in Europe or Asia in which such a state
ment should be heard as he now made
would delay TO over,urn the strongest dy-
nasty that ever sat on throne But tie
patience with which the American people
subject themselves to outrage WAS pro-
verbal. He, for one, however, was not
going to try to submit TO IT any longer.
II have felt oftimes." he said. THAT
If | could leave my other duties | would
begin with all the zeal and determination
of Peter the Hermit when he undertook
the crusade, and all over this great State
from Lake Erie TO the Delaware, strive 10
raise up such power as would teach
these people that
When once the slumberins passions wake.
The peaceful are the strong"
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