The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-15

The discovery said to have been made
BY number of prominent Republicans
that the Standard oil Company was be-
hind the Hanna Ship Subsidy bin. since
the International Navigation Company.
the National Transit Company. and the
Standard Oil Trust are ali controlled by
the one combination of fnanciers. has
aroused the independent oil producers TO
action. and as they fear a shipping trust
and are against monopoly in any form.
they intend to make a bitter fight against
the bounty scheme which is being engi-
neered by Mr.. Hanna
The independent oil men have strong
organization. which has thus far fought
the Standard Trust with considerable
success, and they represent producers OF
Pennsylvania. Ohio. West Virginia, Okla
bona. California, Texas. Missouri, and
other States and Territories. They are
angry with what they term an attempt at
fraud on the part Of Afr. Hanna, who, they
say, is securing petitions from irresponsi-
bic and unknown organizations fayoring
the passage OF the Ship Subsidy bill
The oil men contend that the bill is en-
titled an act TO promote The commerce
of the United States and to encourage tbs
export trade. and as a sign that the real
exporters are against the bill they point
out that petroleum ranks third in the ex-
ports of the United States. being preceded
only by wheat and cotton; and yet every
oil producer in the United States. with the
single exception of the Standard Company,
is bitterly opposed 10 the passage Of the
measure.
It is claimed by them that the bill il
enacted, would be constant menace and
would be the beginning Of q great trans
portation trust. The independent petro-
leum men state that the Standard Trust
mas driven them from the markets in this
country, while this bill promises 70 COM
pIete the work of exclusion and force TEN
from the markets Of Europe.
The association today makes a firm
stand against the bill in its official organ,
the Petroleum Gazette and the officials
call the attention Of the entire country 10
the subsidy scheme, which IS referred 10
as .an overfed snake The argument
then proceeds as follows:
1T is admitted that the International
Navigation Company, or American Line,
would be the principal beneficiary If this
measure should become a law. whose pres
fdent. Clement a. Griscom, comedies that
year. while other calculations make the
amount nearer s, 500, Gee d year As to the
makeup OF this company We here repro
duce quotation which appears in another
column:
Among the officers Of this so-caIled American
line company who are laboring professedly for the
public welfare are: Clement a. GriseoHl, presI-
dent, and ". H Barnes. Alexander J. Cassatt and
W L EIkins. directors That : not the only dlrec-
tory however of which these gentlemen are meTn-
hers They are also directors OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and Cassatt IS president OF that
company. This corporation Is VIGOROUSLY a
friend CT the people John D Archbold, pro-
fessionaI defender OF trusts and Henry II. Rogers
are also directors OF the International Navigation
COMPANY The first named IS prominent dlreIt-
or and the last-naned director and vice presI-
dent Of the Standard on Company When some
great raid on the public purse Is planned, what
friend OF tie people Is more certain TO be N II
than the standard OIL Company There Is a con
corn known Is the National Transit Company,
which Is part OF the Standard OIL Trust, and
controls its ell distributing business It's rela-
tons with the Pennsylvania Company are ex-
eeedln2ly int irllte. Among the directors OF the
National Transit Company are John D. Archbotd,
Il. j. Rogers and Clement A Griscom. The
latter Is the connecting link between the IHrerna-
tional Navigation Company. the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and the Standard OIL Com
pany-
The Standard would profit directly in
subsidies on its oiI-carrying feets-not
alone on those built after the enactment
Of the law. but to the amount Of about
$500. eco per annun on these now in opera
ton.
PLAINLY enough it viii appear that the
measure is not designed to promote the
building Of shipping which otherwise would
not be constructed. but to secure boun-
ties On ships already IN operation, or for
which contracts have been made or are in
contemplation, regardless Of any subsidies;
and. much more important than the i'm
meuse amount of bounty 10 be levied d.
rectly from the people for the benefit OF
those who need it least. is the impetus it
would give to the perfection OF a ship
building trust CaIready more than in en-
bryo). and 10 its natural sequence. an
ocean-carrying trust. thus defeating the
very purposes at which the bill ostensi-
bly, is aimed. The shipyards Of the coun-
try are crowded with orders now. and it
would be an easy and richly profitable
scheme for the favored few to enter into
collision with them IN such manner as
practically to bar out all ordinary aspi-
rants for any of the benefits Of the pro-
pozed law. Indeed. it is not do-bted that
the cItque behind this bill, banking on its
ability To deceive or defy the people and
push the measure through, have made all
the preliminary arrangements to accom-
pIish such result and to provide against
effective new competition in the ship
building industry
relieving Is a table presenting list
Of steamers given as belonging TO the
Standard Oil fleets. with the tonnage Of
each. and It's subsidy earning capacity on
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