Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-04
STANDARD OIL.
aT HAS BEEN GIVEN A MONOPOLY
or eUsiNEssL
Complaint Filed With the Infer tale Commits
sion and Plenty Of Evidence OHered-A
Rich Field IN California

Chicago. M. Jan. 3.--Accor'ling to n
local paper some Of the nlost serious
charges Of discrimination ever made
against American railroads have just
been filed with The interstatd commerce
commission by WIN. y. Biysell & Co,
Of san Francisco. Every charge rs
backed up by lhe positive tfstimony Of
correspondence hctwecn interested OH
clals and the published tariffs Of the rail-
roads The whole is one Of ihe most in
teresting explanations ever given Of the
monopoly secured by the Standard oil
company Tho complaint AID accom-
pnnyine correspondence 80 back as far
as 1858 aud aro brought down 10 date.
According 20 the correspondence 70. a.
Tilford. San francisco mnager for the
Standard oil company broacted plan
In November, 1883 10 Assistant General
Freight Agent Spf0ule. of the Southern
Pacific 20 give the Standard cPnpuny an
inside track on shipments lhis plan WIS
approved 10y Vice President J. q. Suibbs.
II consisted in making an emergency
rate OF 30 cents pnr 100 pounds ON Stan,
durd oil shipments from Ohio points 10
san Francisco. This rate was only tu
apply until the Standard company could
lay IN full stock. when f vas to be-
advanced to Sis por 100 pounds before
competitors could take advantage Ot the
reduced ruie. The CORE ippndencc
seams 10 show hat this was actually
done and The Juggling Of rates waf tO b.
repeated indefinitely whenever ordered BY
Manager Tiliord The whole fate-mak
ing power nn oh WAS apparently put Ia
Tilforls hands. nf least ns far as The
Southern Pacific was concUricd The
paper then exhibits number Of tclc
grams between Mcssrs Iilford Stubs
and Sproue The two ntter general
traffic managers md assistant general
freight ngout of the southern Pu
ciic respectively in which Is ngraed that
r. raise nf 81 b. tn he put into eject bee
tween Cleveland and me coast without
notifying The other on cOmpnnioF. during
The pcndrncy of said mie the Standard
Oh company iu to 'H0ok up after
which Toe rate is to nrip Doc rub up to
SLID. lhIa plnn, % i8 said, was rrriod
out to the lllOr According 90 hls ar
ruromcni 10 ~ alleged hat thd Stun.
dnrl OH comn1ny could hy its oil iluwn
in san Francisco Tor three cents gallon
less than iis competitors.
Tho complaint makes oven stronger
charges off discrimination against The
tunacoutiucuinl lines 10 nllcrcs aud
railroad mvn agree. ihnr the most eco.
uumiCul method of shipping Oh ~ m the
sD-rnllrl "Uyiulor muh ears Tile Stuu-
d1rl ON cUmpluy N continues, patented
nn inferior ctr Tor tlr sliumrnt Of uil
in thc Standard ears n furnishes pX-
port proof showing thc dp1d wrirM OF
n Standard ear of GuW gallons rnpprty
On be- 1900 pounds moro than ihr oyln-
dor inuk eur ol lilr capacity, lu spite
Of ihIs difference loWCr rates are iundp
ON uii shipped in Standard cars rnming
from I 90 .n 2tp less. More oven than
'hls. railroads run standard ears no the
Missouri river free of churgc. while
they refuse Co return my of iho rylindur
ynrs except ou payment of Siuj n ear
Figuring the average difference iu pres
cnt rutca as lnvorus the Standard cnm.
pany by cents gallon. it is found the
addition of the free ptmu of ear. makes |
u t0'nl difference of I cents d mlDn Ia |
intcs enjoyed tudny by Tho Stmdurl oil l
company ou OH shipments tO California n
The complaint goes dVonly into Wmrl
rous DETERMINATIONS iayoriuR the Sun-
dnrd conpuny among which ave thppt
chnrgcs of muncv iohntrs extending as
far back us 1880. u also nlpg, that
Colorado aud Wyoming oil wells co.l
supply the California market bu thp
mtc from those points 90 Cnliloruh ii
~ much higher than from Cleveland 10
California ns tn prevent thrir dryfnIt
mont The complaint tn the interstate
commerce commission "a with phye'
for relief uud the repayment hy tlp
railroads of the money charged for th,
return Of the cylinder tank cars tu tln
Missouri