Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-07
Standard Oh's Hired Attorney
Makes an Uh. qulvocal State.
meet to That Effect.
lie CT RfalNLY OUiHT TO KNOW
intimates That His Company Would
Not Thick of Controlling a Railroad
or of Accepting Illegal Reha.es-De.
clares That Attack on His Chief is
Vile.

(i'y Associated I'reSs.)
| NEW YORK. April 6.-S. &. T..
DoGd. ohief solicitor of The Standard
Oil Company. gave INT Slainmc 10.
day with reference to the recent lis.
cllsSicn as 20 Tho acceptance OF Il gift
of Sli").t0o offered by John Il. Rcckc.
fc!ltr fer missionary work Air. DaOd
lie; l;ras thal the statement that. MIR.
Rockefeller made his money ;lishoncst-
~ iii false. is vile and, bcing made by
ministers in the pretended inlerea. OF
morality. is douhly vile"
Mr.. nnod Then says that tho Stand.
ard Oil Company does not own n share
OF stool; OF any railroad company, does
not control any railroad company nn,l
| hat since the enactment or the inter.
State commerce law, has not received
| lower rates ihan other shippers by re-
hates, arrangements. devices or plans
cf any character
| Quotes Pages Testimony.
The testimony of Howard Pace.
fr4gEt agent OF the Standard Oil Com
nany.. before the Industrial commits
sion. is quoted IN this connection
WI tstersnGe:t gas md Sepper, com.
panics. Mr. Decd Says:
no doubt many have been prejil-
diced against Mr. Rockefeller Ivy sen
sational writer's. whose articles, nc.
conpanied by portraits aud carica.
lures. arc intended To create the I'M
preston that Mr.. Rockefeller WAS prin-
cipal in The affairs relating to the
organization of the gas and copper
companies, although no facts showing
such conenc,ion are stated The
Standard Oil Company has already
denied that ii had any connection or
interest, directly or indirectly. in tho
organization OF these corporations and
on the best authority the same denial
is now made for John ID. Rockefeller.
He had no connection with nor interest
in. directly or indirectly, the organIza-
licn of these corporations"
How Standard Gets in Its Work.
Mr.. Dood's statement says: STOCK.
holders of The Standard Oil Company
undoubtedly invest in railroad ~; in
other shares hut stockholders OF the
Standard arc not majority on the
board OF directors OF any railroad com
pany. so far as ! am aware. and there
fore. cannot control any road
The question of railway rebates and
Standard control OF railways was in
vesligatcd Ivy the United States indus.
trial commission in l900 and they re-
ported no such facts. Members of
the Standard and of the railways were
examined In relation to these subjects.
1t was shown that prior to the enact
mcn, OF the interstate commerce law
the rebate system was universal. Rail
roads made their nominal rates higher
than they expected to obtain from reg.
iilar shippers, and the amount Of nc.
thal freight to he paid was n matter
81 contract. Each shipper made the
hest terms he could. The Standard
did not invent this system; 1t found
1t existing and could not do business
without submitting 10 It.
Pity the Poor Standard.
THE Standard often found that its
competitors had been paying less
rates than it paid. Furthermore. The
puDlic obtained The advantage OF tho
low rates received. a reduced price
for refined oil kept pace with reduc.
tion In rates. whether ILLS reduction,
was by way nf rebates Or otherwise.
And the price nj which the public for
many years has hcen obtaining oil
would simply have been impossible had
not shippers forced the railways to re-.
ducc their rates, which they did first
by rebates. and later by open schedule.
The system of rebates has happily
received the condemnation of law The
Standard welcomed the change as II
henelicialtnne Put to say now that 1t
should not have obtained the hest
rates under the old system Which rs
|Eesition enabled to Obtain is an i'm
possible counsel Of perfection.
1.-THE evidence before tic Industrial