Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-07
continuing the practices whom dIscov-


vote on the railroad rate bill the
present is the mest opportune time
to send In the report
The president argues IN his message
that the revelations prove that the
only effective remedy for secret re-
batting is through government regu-
lation with constitutional restrictions.
The president asks congress TO
amend the immunity law so corpora,
ton officials could not escape. and
urges the passage 81 the free alcohol
bin.
| In his letter the president says the
] oil trust seldom pays lawful rates.
Garfieid says Of tho gross output
of 26.O0O.0O0 barrels annually the
/ STANDARD company controls $4,000
900 barrels The price of oil is usual.
Z ly two 10 five cents higher in non
competitive fields. A reasonable pro
fit OH refined oil Is half cent a gal.
lon. During the year 1904 the
STANDARD oil company saved three
quarters of million dollars through
rebates that have already been dis
covered II is also shown that is
discrimination in aPen rates.
The department of justice, at the
direction of the president, has already
taken mp the prosecution against the
Standard and various railroads. The
report today covered only one phase
of the oil situations Six others will
he reported ON latdr
The president. IN his address to
congress-. says:
The Standard Oil company has
benefited enormousis by these secret
rates We know they have secured
n benefit amounting 10 S750.OOO This
represents the prohi thai the Stand
ard. oil company obtained at the ex-
pense of the railroads but the ultl.
mate result Is thas it obtains much
larger profit at III. expense of the
public The RAILROADS. have prompt
iy corrected the wrong when found
unt and this corr lion on the one
hand Is an acknowledgment that
the railroads were wrong in giving
rebates aud were perseyered in until
exposed. And on tue other hand the
effort of the eiiicaey OF the work that
mas been done the bureau Of corpora
tions.
NEW YORK, Miy 4-There is lit
Tie Importance attached to the pres
ident's message on The Garfield re-
port, there being 10 effect on the
stock market
NEW YORK, May 4.-General
Counsel Elliott Of tae Standard Oil
company expressed surprise nj the
Garfield repoe mia says II ls abao-
lutely unfair and unjust
NEW YORK, May 4.-The direc-
tor of the Bronx Geological Gardens
here is in a scrious condition today.
His malady Is lumpy jaw. or an ag.
grayation of tonsiItls. The director
has been treating for nearly month
several monkeys for tonsilitis and
from them he tool, the disease in a
form that Is very rare among men
Last night severe operation was
performed on !ne director by four
surgeons. Whether It VIII prove sue.
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NEW YORK. May 4.-The presi.
dency of the United States is now
Hobson's choice and his boom has
reached New York. Norman T..
Mack of Buffalo, member OF the Dem
ocratic national committee. candidate
hunter. platform builder. rainbow
constructor. pacemaker and political
harmonizer in general, has been
down to Alabama TO Investigate the
Hobson situation.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson,
u. S. N, retired, recently won in the
primary election in the sixth con.
gressional district of Alabama the
Democratic nomination for congress.
which is equivalent to election. His
success has So impressed his friends
that they az first started to put him
in the race for election to the United
States senate, to succeed Senator
Morgan, whose term expires next
year. But after the visit OF Mr..
Mack the Hobson enthusiasts chang
ed their minds and decided to make
him a candidate for the nomination
Tor president in 1905
While in Alabama Mr. Mack had n
long talk with l.. y. Musgrove, one of
the leading Democratic politicians of
that state, and the chief baeker and
political manager Of -IIobson AS a
result Of that conference Mr.. Mus
+, grove Is now in this city to confer
Win the leading Democrats of the
state. He Is in charge OF the Hob
son presidential boom and Is here to
push II along
KANSAS CITY, May 4.-Booker r.
Washington. the negro educator OF
Tusgekee. Ala, spent the day here.
He lectures tonight at Convention
I Hail.
NEW YORK, May A. The Acade-
I my of Medicine report the curing OF
a wound very similar to President
McKinley's The subject was a
young Italian girl who was shot last
October through the spinal cord, abb
domen and liver. An operation was
performed and the girl now only
shows slight halting In the eetion OF
he left l.o and aVat,tu.IIxtg ah. min