Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-09
Eight Grades Of Oil Taken from
Two Separate Tanks.
TRAUDsl FRAUDS! FRAUDS I


washington. June s.-The Industrial
commission resumed It's Investigation
al trusts. the Standard OH company
.,.slying especial attention. Mr. W.
n clark Of ohio who until pst Fob
.n,rv was employed by the STANDARD
ou company In various towns IN that
si,,o. but was then suspended. tcnu-
al that while employed nt Marietta
mo standard had busted other COM
,,sles from the business BY compcu-
~, and then put ~ the price Of OIL.
A. said that eight nominal grades OF
at were sold out " only two tanks
a.. faucet being turned In different dl-
,-stl,ns for different grades. This was
acme. he said. under instructions from
She managers of the standard on COM
,,ny Messra. Matthews and Hollingr-
'ftb Mr. CLARK also said that the
r,mpnny bought and sold turpcnthe,
hui before selling u would put nlN oI
seyon gallons Of gasoline IN raoh pa'-
W " gainmbus Mr.. clark was the
,,-hlsr u the standard company ~
tbat point. he said. much y ~ wa,
sItiiterated. For Instance mlncfn OH
was made by mixing IN q ltue cotton
s'rd On. Here the Standard company
started with what IL called the shoe
frater OH company This was "a pure
~ standard establishment. he testified,
r. mon being paid by the STANDARD
sgmu1ny, hut n was made 60 nppehr
10 be an independent concern ana
was used nH blind.
Al Springfield SIR. CLARK nni1 he was
a wagon salesman. and the ihstrug-
lions there were 10 get unlg ros'iI
tara of tho price. Some fchnCd OF
vas sold AZ low az 4 cents ana heff
also al many NJ four nominal grades
u Oh were taken from one TANK lto-
hates were made when necessary
when he had spoken TO the mAraHe-
ment OF the dishonesty OF ihete pflc-
tlren. he had BEEN told that u was ROT
Tor him 10 say about such matters nut
10 DO what he was told.
Al ufbnnn. he said. he was mani
nFer for the STANDARD company. Here
n competitor was driven out ny
threat 70 force tho price down 70 !
cont u gallon. The competitor after
ward went to the poorhuuHc.
Witness Tor time was mhnnErr
In Newark Here the work was very
hard because 81 the great range OF
prices. There arc twenty-five diner.
emit nrurua used there. one man would
gut Oh for z cents. while his next door
nelghbor would pay ~ cents. Rebates
also were given To ESPECIALLY favored
patrons. These were made under the
Instructions OF Mr.. 49, 4. Matthews "a
were al chnnFoH IN price or terms.
The witness testified that az Newark
the company bought building from
over a ionacr'a head who was doing a
competitive business. and NJ CLARK
with other men went into the building
IN the absence % the competitor
loaded tho building on carts and car
lied Il away. For this he tMr. Clark
was compllmentcd. and was 10 have
been rewarded with two weeks va
cation. while tho competitor was 20
frightened that he went out OF the
business This was not accomplished,
however. until all his customers had
becn located by boy hired 10 follow
ME wagon. on bicycle. ~ Newark
"a customer wanted oil from Glove
land lie was satisfied BY supplying
him out OF "a barrel painted rcd ana
marked nh n from Cleveland. Hc 70.
coiycd the same oil, however that
other people got,
The witness said that iaborcri Tor
tho standard company wcro generally
paid 70 cents day and that they
worked on an average of twelve hours
"a day. There was, he said, often a
difference Of 2 cents a gallon Ia the
Police of oil In places where there was
competition and places where there
was none.