Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-07

of reducing the tariff to a revenue
basis. 1t declares that the tariff is the
mother of trusts, and that the destruc-
ton of the tariff will result in the de-
struction of the trusts. l am not pre-
pared to say, but this may not in part
be true. The trusts are engaged in
business and can no more live than
any other business enterprise when
business itself has been destroyed.
By reason of their greater capital and
the power it gives them they can with
stand perhaps conditions that would
destroy some other business enter
prises, but anything which injured
other business enterprises greatly, |
would doubtless in some measure in
| lure, the trusts. AS we have demons
trated by oft-repeated experiment.
that tariff for revenue only, brings
disaster to every line of human in
dustry, it is not improbable that
were it enacted the trusts would suffer
in greater Or less degree along with
the rest. / for one am unwilling to
adopt policy which means the de-
struction of all business in order to
impair or destroy the business of the
so-called trusts. The republicans OF
this state have twice declared that
they are in favor of making any mod
ification of the tariff schedules that
may berequired to preyenttheir afford
ing shelter to monopoly, and upon
this platform the republicans of Iowa
will stand, but the republican party
has never lent its sanction to the
doctrine that the tariff is the moth
er of trusts, or that a tariff for rev
enue only should De adopted, for the
destruction of trusts. But the repub-
lican party does say, and what 1T
means is, that if any of the schedules
of the Dingley law are under ex-
listing conditions means by which
/, a trust can Cypress the people, the
: tariff in that respect will be so modi-
fed as to prevent such abuse.
: A Hard Nut to Crack.
u Before the people accept the demo-
: cratic doctrine that the tarlm is the
/ mother of trusts they should demand
: to know how it is that trusts are
q everywhere being formed in free-trade
e England and how it is that some of
u the most odious trusts in this country
e are handling and controlling wholly
n unprotected products. most inter
y esting case in the circuit court of the
n United States for the southern district
ol Cleveland and Marietta railroad com
IS pany, reported in the 31st federal re
e porter, page $50. From the opinion il
1t that case it appears that the defend
II ant railroad company owned the roac
n from Cleveland to Marietta in the
IS state OF Ohio, At Macksburg on thai
Is road about 800 barrels of oil per day
l. were received for consignment tt
IS Cleveland or Marietta, of which abou
IS 700 barrels per day We're received ant
to shipped by the Standard Oil company
in and about 100 barrels a day by Colon
o. Ell Rice. This railroad passed into tn
g hands of a receiver. An agent OF tn
j. Standard Oil company, under threa
tn to build pipe line from Macksburg II
Marietta, induced the receiver of tn
railroad company to reduce the rat
on all the oil of the Standard Oil com
IS pany from 17R cents a barrel to l
W. cents barrel and TO raise the pric
n on all Colonel Rice's oil from III
s. cents barrel to So cents barrel an
ell to pay to the Standard Oil compan
ne 25 cents barrel on every barrel shil
he ped by Colonel Rice. Colonel Ric
of was not, advised of all the iniquity {
at this transaction, but of course kne'
ey that the rate fer him had been raise
Is, from 171a cents to 35 cents a barre
ur and complained thereof to the recei'
of er. The receiver becoming frightene
of wrote to his general counsel in Ne
u York, setting forth the facts as hay
-as given them, and requesting his az
ed vice. His counsel informed him TIL;
9TH as he was an officer of the feder
IT.. court and must account for the none
for that came into his hands it would NJ
do 10 ft,~ 10 J.
in form in which it was made, as
adj would not be a satisfactory accour
he ing to the federal court to say that
tic had received 35 cents barrel fro
roc Colonel Rice and paid % cents of it
zee the Standard Oil company witho
W.. consideration, but the counsel sugges
ia ed that the same thing could be a
m. complished by another method; tn
md as under the proposed arrangemc
Iife the Standard Oil company would sh
NC about 700 barrels a day at 10 cen
, oi, which would amount to $40 day d
ITO the railroad company, and as Colon
,so Rice would ship ABOUT 100 barrels
49, 49, day at 35 cents a BARREL which won
IL 1i,, amount to $35 a day to the compar
an,, of which $25 would be paid to t
"a Standard Oil company, the way to
10 10 was to only charge the Standard
o os company $45 instead of $40, or lie
eis than 6ls cents a barrel, and tn
lue avoid paying il anything out of Colo
ei-s ell Rices money, and the receiy
nle. would thus be enabled to settle wi
OF the federal court, and this scheme W
lat- in fact carried out until it W
e. brought to the attention of the fede
icy. court in the case referred to- In o
men er words Col Rice was compelled
ced, pay So cents barrel while the ST.
Win dard Oil company was required to p
'on- less than 61s cents barrel No mt
'es-- odious instance of oppression by c
the OF these great combinations can
eal- found than this, but the Standard
abb company does not handle prod,
ID a that receives any benefit whate,
,ro-- from protection.
he'd. 'If the tariff is the mother of tru
5 of how is the Standard Oil company IL
has enabled to Cypress and destroy
eral competitors?
iits Trusts Fifteen Years Old.
very ut is now about fifteen years sill