The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-17

2Gofnpany had been buying land bes. de
tins traces y. the Ill. ~ ~ Tn tns liafne
81 that ~ siroaa.
EA-5enatos Lee of Peinsyivania, one
Of Inc eouiisei Tor the Un1teu states
Lllits SAD there wNB not q single restrlc-
tlon III the iaH 81 tenfisyiyhIlaA "uien
placed III the bil now Before the conlIlnl-
tee. re aid mot object 70 any faIr
system of laxaIion. Wnicn cosxIsa ali
lines alike, 1ne fStanaara Company haa
tnree nnes passing Through New Jersey
carrying forty thousand Darreis dairy,
ana II they We're taxed. his company WAS
Wiling 10 be taxed In The same manner.
he said the bill was a fair one and
contained every safeguard against dam
age from pipe lines and makes amp
provision for the payment of ali damages
they. give rise to. All mis- compar
wanted was q law opening the State to all.
ppe9 lines, the sans as IN West Virginia,
pennsylvania, Indiana and other States.
In his argument. Mr.. Fort SAID that not
a single axpayer Of New Jersey APP
peareo IN favor OF the bill.
refinery at Constable Hook, said that ne
was q large taxpayer IN New Jersey. and
thar he favored the bill. Mr.. Fort. he
sey was gong TO be wiped out BY fire
from the oil pipes and tanks, but he
wished to tell Mr.. Fort that the reflners
such disasters because they drd not wish
to. lose then. oil.
Mr.. King then gave an illustration Of the
ttitaC III WHICH Tile STANDARD Company
crushed out competition. He told Of a
man in Red Bank who he set up In BUSH
ness to sell oil to the consumers in Red
Bank. AS soon as the Standard heard Of
It. they sent a man into Red Bank who
undersold Mr.. Kings man four cents
per gallon.
one was opposing this BIZ but the Stand
ard Oil Company. He said that in 1872,
the Standard OIL Company entered into
& contract with Thomas Scott. then Presi-
0Anf nf tho PannGulO0niu IQ1f1rnnd F hu
which the company agreed that it would
tdpnble It's frsight on Oil but would not
@enarge the Standard Oh Company the in,
crease. That it would give the Standard
the increase collected from all compete
tors; that it would guarantee the Stand
ARDS success in business and would des-
troy the competitors by high freight
rates: and that it would spy out the de-
tals OF eompetitors' business. that is, #
q competitor should make a shipment Of
the agent Of the railroad to Immediately
notify the Standard of that shipment and
the person to whom it was consigned.
Emory and asked if all that hal not
been done away with by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Mr.. Emory replied that it had, but that
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
which was composed of as good and hon
est men as could be found in the country.
could not take care of the Irregularities
in his county alone.
With the exception of Pennsylvania, no
railroad owned any oil cars. They all be-
longed to the Standard OH Co.. which had
arrangements with all the railroads. IN
talking of the benefit which New Jersey
would derive from competition, he said
that New Jersey consumed five hundred
thousand barrels of oil annually. or 49,
100000 gallons. Competition would save
three cents a gallon or $780, 600 a year.
When Mr.. Emory had concluded, Mr..
Fort brought forward the most Lowell ex-
cuse for further delay vet advanced. He
said that the stenographef whom he hat
engaged to prepare the amendments he
wished to make to the bill could not get
them up until today, and as he had to be
in court all day, he wanted Until Weines-
day to present them to the committee.
Mr.. Emory objected ~strenuously to such
delay. He said that the session was
drawing to a close and any further holding
back of the bill would he dangerous. The
committee held a consultation. and ruled
that Mr.. Fort must have his amendments
in by Wednesday morning.