The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

an admission that such a thing. was
nossiblee and he Withdrew the nues-
ton.
When Mr.. Young also said that al
though he had been a. stockholder in
the Standard Oil company for more
than fifteen years. he had never at
not possibly remember the names of
the directors and did not remember
to whom he had sent his proxy.
There was nothing in the testimony
given by Mr.. Young to show directly
that the Standard Oil company is in a
deal with the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad company or with
any other railroad company operating
ing Kansas, but all of the statements
made by him will be of great value in
the case against the Standard Oil com
court. This is a case to oust the
Standard from Kansas. and the ad-
missions are of q character which will
make proof that the company is ope-
rating here easy of establishment
w. f. Gates, superintendent of pipe
lines for the Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany. was more ignorant of the ope-
rations of his department than Mr.
Young was as to the general opera
tlons of the company. He said he did
not know how many miles of pipe line
had been laid in this state under his
supervision. He did not know what
railroads hauled the pipe to Independ-
ence, and ne never had~seen a freight
bill and did not know what the rate
John Smith was the only shipper
examined. He was well informed and
came armed with his freight receipts
and books to prove up what he said.
The following was asked him:
Q--Can you give an instance of
shipping bill or freight bill, giving the
date and commodity, weight and rate
and point from, where shipped on
lumber?
A--The first shipment of lumber
that I made in Kansas was from G..
w. Williams, Chanute to Peru, over
the Santa Fe railroad The shipment
ter's rig of lumber for s. derrick, June
8, 1908, and weight of car was 53,10OI
pounds. The rate was ten cents per
hundred. Freight paid was $53.I0,
Q.-Had you any transactions with
the same railroad company at or
about this time in the transportation
from Chanute of what is known as oil
to the comm odity and wefght rate or
price paid.
An the shipment of a stem and
a rope socket called oil supplies July
20, fsO3, I shipped it at a weight Of
5000 pounds; the rate per hundred
pounds was 20 cents The actual
weight was about 1900 pounds;
freight paid. $14.50.
Higher Than the Lumber Rate.
Q.-Do you know what is the rate
on its actual weight?
A--It would be a trifie over three
times the amount of the actual rate
about 81 cents per hundred pounds
actual weight.
Q.-How would that compare with
the lumber rate or similar COM
modities for the same instance2
Att would be a little over eight
times, or 500 per cent more.
This testimony is regarded as i'm
portant, as showing colhdsion between
the Standard Oil company and the
railroads whereby the rate on all oil
we'll supplies was raised to an ex-
orbitant point in order to prevent the
people in the section from getting
drill machinery and keeping down the
development of the field These rates
were not. put into effect till the Stand
ard began issuing It's warning orders
telling the producers they would have
to reduce production
Garfield at Standard Headquarters.
New York, March I.-Commissioner
Garfield of the bureau of corporations
spent a crowded hour Thursday after
noon with the lawyers of the Standard
Oil company, prior to beginning an in
vestigation of the trust and its meth
DDS, with especial regard TO the recent
developments in Kansas. A busy 48
hours had been. spent in preparing for
his reception, and there was ready for
him at No. 26 Broadway, a mass of
material relating to the affairs of the
Kansas branch of the trust.
The Rockefeller lawyers were reen-
forced by the officials of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company, the Kansas branch
and the Standard Oil, together with all |
the books and documents necessary to |
explain the situation fully to Mr.. Gar
field.
Mr.. Garfield will go to Kansas from !
New York, where he will make as ex- |
tended an investigation as possible of |
the conditions there.