The San Francisco call., 1905-02-17
AFTER STANDARD OIL.

THE of the administration pursuit of the beef
has melted the House move the Standard Oil Trust
the lines laid down by President Roosevelt The House has,
by resolution unanimously adopted ordered the Secretary OF Co
Oil covering practical competing plants its meth
DDS and profits 1t fortunate that this will be made by
Secretary Metca trained and able lawyer When ne is
through will be found that prepared fully and in shape
for the What he does will not only make case
for the but for Congress also.
The air years and of facts respecting
the methods of Standard Oil That has, through taking to
itself all of the profits the oil business by combining production
transportation acquired power regarded by
the people with apprehension They will experience relief when
laid bare and wherein they contravene the public
curbed and punished.
No sound thinker wishes put limit upon the legitimate
QUESTION wealth by saying how much be accumulated by
dvidua enterprise Such bar to not
and legitimate acquisition legal limit be put wealth. that
which first fixed and regarded right will appear wrong and
unjust those below and will be lowered again This process
VIII go on until all property abolished at the behest OF those who
have When that time sagnaon because the
spur OF acquisition taken and lose their motive for
thrift and industry
while this true also that the impose
and should impose them upon what all recognize
spirit egitmate
Of getting wealth Among these system rebates which
method of lowering nrices At conetine nonts mt; #
confcated competition and then raising them again These
illegal improper advantages the enjoyment of which mainly
sponsb for the power of that company exercised through its
cmuaons of capital Heretofore there has seemed be
Its facilities for arrestng legislative investigation have been
effectively But they had been
Legislature and Congress make such investigation with
results of force benefit An executive investigation diff
feren 1t is made by that branch of the Government which
carry conclusions Immediately into the This
be done by Congress- except by resolutions nstrucng the executive
In the transit of affair through hands its force dss
pad There opportunities every transfer dilute the pro-
and effective results impossible The legislative branch
OF the Government State and National better take
judicial decisions procured by the
devote itself the of such guav and restraining laws
found to be necessary
Presidents upon rebates strikes
the used by the Standard Oil Company
lie the field Its other method of killing competition by reducing
purpose conscaton raising again
that accomplished be dealt with by legislation Supreme
court has ned the constitutional power OF Congress to do this
by the Of its authority regulate between the
Let Congress enact that whenever prices reduced
point they shall be lowered
everywhere and not raised again anywhere until the Government
and competition with Standard Oil will all
the Denied rebates freight compelled
competitive prices everywhere business will fall egit
level Of competition and the profits of the oil business which
takes entirely itself will be divided with
and the OF accumulaions will
Not only will be curbed and broken by eesa
but all other monopoc which initiate
be likewise cubed and their several monopoes destroyed
fully protected competition.
The wholesome areachng consequences we'll
follow the work Of California
Cabinet