The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-07
N DEFENCEO OF
THE: STANDARD ] VI NJ: OIL Ill.
The G Company'ss $ Chief 9, h ':'1I' !; So.
liCitOr Issues a
Statement.
STRONG LANGUAGE
ABOUT MINISTER'S
He Declares That Their Allega-
ton That Rockefeller Made
His Money Dishonesty Is
False and Vile-Says
Company Is Law
Abiding.
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(By5 Associated Prcss.) 55l a;
5]f NEW YORK, April 6.-s5, G. T. Dodd,
chief solicitor OF the Standard OIL Com
& pany, gave out d statement to-day with
reference to tho recent discussion as TO
the acceptance OF u gift Of 10000 Of: Of.
Tered BY John d. Rockefeller for mis-
sionary work. Mr., Dodd declares that
the statement that Mr.. Rockefeller made
his money dishonesty. III false. IS vile,
Z and. being made by ministers IN the pre-.
tended interest Of morality, is doublyi
3 Vile ssi 5i.3 u
Mr.. Dodd then says that the STANDARD
& OH Company does not own IA & share $oi;
stock OF any railroad company, does not
control any railroad company, and that
since the enactment OF the Interstate
commerce Law. !. has not received lower.
rates than other shippers by rebates.
arrangements devices or plans or any
character. The testimony OF Howard
Page. freight agent Of the Standard Oil,
II Company before the industrial commits
sion, !s quoted In this connection. With
y reference to gas and copper companies
4 Mr.. Dodd says: ss5 n
No Gas or Copper.
no doubt many have been prejudiced
lS against Mr. Rockefeller By sensational
writer's, whose articles, accompa MED by
portraits and circulars, are intended to
Fl create the impression that Nj Roc
teller was principally IN the affairs re-
4 lating to the organzatlon;aof the gas
and copper companies. although no fact
showing such connection Is stated. "a The.
Standard OIL Company has already de-
MED that 1t had any connection or in-3
Il terest, directly or Indirectly, in the or
ganiza tom OF these orpora lions. nd l on
A the best authoritySth the same denial lis n noW
r1ntff: foS ohm %. Rockefeller. He had no
connection with nor interest In, directly
or indirectly. the organization OF these
+ corpora tons. s;s ~ 5ss. .ry
'stuckliold ers Of the Standard rndoubt-33
etlly invest In railroad, as in other shares;
but stockholders OF the Standard are not
II ma aJorIty on the board OF directors
of any railroad company. so far as II am
aware, and therefore cannot control.
Railway Rebates.
a.-Thc question of railway relates and
Standard control of railways wa s inyes-
tigated by the United States industrial
Commission in 1900. and they reported
no such facts. Members Of the Standard
and OF the railways were examined In
{ relation to these subjects. Twas shown
that prior to the enactment OF the inter
4 state commerce law the rebate system
was universal. Railroads made their
nominal receipts higher than they ex-
Is pcctcd TO obtain from regular shippers
and the amount OF actual freight to be
paid was a matter OF contract. Each
shipper made the best terms he could
The Standard did not invent this Eys-s
tenn; ; 1t found 1T existing. and could not
do business without submitting to IT..
II Like all other shippers, 1t made the best
terms It was able to make with the rail
roads. It's refnercs were located at
points where 1t could take 5advan Ia geE Of
railway competitions. I shipped not only
carloads, but trains, and assumed all
risks OF loss. The stories told OF the
= immense aggregate OF the rebates paid
totthe standard were shown by that In,
vestigaton to be untrue. a large por-i
tionl Of the rebates paid were not dis
srimnatory. They were paid 10 all ship
pers who shipped exclusively by rail. 65
Reduced Oil Prices.
.rhe Standard often found that its
competitors had been paying less rates
\ than 1t paid. Furthermore, the public
obtained the advantage Of the low rates
Y received. a reduced price for refined oil
Kept pace with reduction In rates, whetil-j
erithls reduction was by way Of rebates,
H or otherwise. And the price Mt which,
the public for many years has been OBJ
tanning oil would simply have been Inn.
possible had not the shippers forced the
ralwaysito reduce sthclrrates. which they
did first by rebates and later by open
&, schedule. 55j,s IL s
"The system Of rebates has, happily.
4 received the condemnation OF law. The
< Standard welcomed the change as a
beneficial one But to say now that It
should not have obtained the best rat es
under the old system, which its position
enabled st to obtain, is an impossible
counsel Of perfection. n
Obeying the Law.
@ ,'rhe evidence before the industrial
commission shows very clearly to any
unprecedented mind that since the enact,
,1lent OF the Interstate commerce law the
Standard has obcyed It In every partIcu-.
lar. The evidence OF the Standard man-t
ayers and freight agents was corrobo-.
IRA tod by the cert fcates Of manag gers} and
freight agents OF all the leading railways
OF tho United States. to the effect that
q by no rebate arrnngeTents. devices or
N plans of any character had tho STANDARD
received less rates than other shippers,
2a8 ut is true that allegations to- the con-
trary were made. before the cormisslon,
& hut these We're founded upnn surmIse.
and were not sustained by proUf, Neither
did the commission find them to lie true.n
Mr.. Dodd quotes from evidence before
tho eindustrlal commission, and concludes: !:
"Thoso who contend that the STANDARD
has been built UP BY means OF railway
discrimination, wlfully shut their eyes
to the real causes Of tho Standard $ sue
H cess, and are poor students Of the proli-
y lem Of modern industrial combinations."
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