The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-09
FlI0g Of STANDARD OIL
s..s CIT rnti1 Compositions We're
n~neh Oat Of Business And Then
Z - Gp-8ebates Given 10 . Few
enoeso1ly Favored Concerns.

wAafYNGToE. June s-The industrial
.-.r-1euaon resumed ife investigation Of
ss.e1a. the Standard Oh Company recstv-
~ 1erecfnl attention. W. II. Clark. Of
- Who until last February was EN-
49, bv the Standard Oil Company, IN
s,teus towns In that state. hut was sus-
s~s6aA testified that while employed M
ss1..e1tfa. the Standard had oiisted other
ss.-uar1es frcm the business by eompett-
sea snd then put UP the price OF oil. He
s.u hat eight nominal grades Of Oil
- sojd out OF only two tanks, the fau-
~ sefng turned ia different directions
- AfRereat grades. This was done. he
- rrder Instructions from the managers
~ - Standard Company. Messrs- Mat
sSrse and Hoiisngsworth. Mr.. Clark ri .
= ~ that the company bought and sold
mnoatine. but before selling II would
~ II OF seven gallons Of gasoline in each
Eeyu ~ turpentine.
a Columbus Mr. Clare was the cash
= II the Standard Company. At that
80. be said. much OF II waa aduitsr-
-. FOR instance. miners Oil was made
= nfxlng in a little cottonsecd oil. Here
= Standard Oil Company started
80 Il called the Shoemaker OIL Com
M. This was purely q Standard ~
"a by the Standard company. but II
- uade 70 appear to be an independent
Mooorn and waS used - blind.
"a hprtugfeid. Mr.. Clark said. he was
! 0nauu salesman. and the instruction.
tssee we're to get trade regardless of the
NJ oome refined Oil Was sold a. low
= capts and here also az many N four
aoninai grades Of oil were taken from one
~. Rebates were made when neces-
ny When he had spoken 10 the man
aeenenf OF the dishonesty of these prac-
dec he had been told that II was not for
M - say about such matters. bat to do
a ufAana he said he was manager for
~ Standard company. Here q competi-
tor va driven out bs threat to force
The price down to / cent a gallon. The
epapstitor asterward went to the poor
hopse. Witness for q time was manager
h Newark. Here the work was very hard
betAu1e OF the great range OF prices There
UG1o twenty five different figures used
thefA One man would get oil for / cents
vAfe his next door neaEhbor would pay
~ cen4s Rebates also Were given To ea-
poc3A1ly favored patrons. These were made
un6or the instruction Of r.. A, Matthews
e were all changes In prices or terms
h NitneAs testified ts,at at Newark
IL company bought n building from over
Z ieaSer's head. who was doing a
eon,pstifive business. and Mr.. Clark. with
Other men, went into the building in the
sbsenco Of the competitor. Loaded the
building On carts and carried II away.
rnF this he Nj. Clark was compliment
"a eno was 10 have been rewarded with a
two weeks vacation. while the competi-
tor Va 30 frightened that he went out OF
the h3eineN. This was not accomplish
ID. h6weyer. until all his customers had
ben heated by boy hired to follow his
watoh on a bicycle. All Newark cusso-
mar wanted oil from C1evdAnd. 3fe WAS
aafisfied by supplying Mn solit Of 4 bar
ri painted red and snafksd NJ &c from,
Cleveland He received the same oil,
however. that other people got
The witness said that lahorers for the
Standard company were generally paid
q cents day. and that they worked on
N average Of Twelve hours a day. There
WAS he said, often difference OF cents
aalenn In the price OF oil In places
where. thea Was competition and places
where there was none.