The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-05-11
|DRT ON
OIL
the Sensation Of the
Week.
|IATION FOR GARFIELD.
d EsISlance Of Numerous
sCrlmInalIODS on Part OF
Railroads.
sEz|IATION FOR GARFIELD,
PROFITS FOR STiSDAD OIL co.

tingiuu, ID. {. May b. speaking
= Psychological moment the report
bureau Of Corporations on the
b. Oh Company and the message
4Pruldcnt transmitting the same
rcs. came al such a mo'~ent Il
y b. ever Did. Just at the moment
NJ tvo sides are lining up for a
\ that rate bin and when that
J. r hghung Tor iu integrity II
j very lifc. hcrcport 90 Standard
ID y,utahIc bomb IN the hands "
administration The report has
H. ,n alton of the week In
&ng,on anil Commissioner Garfield
u ie ue r'putatiun Of lifetime
RdcurE b.
j BE- thc cold. official statement Of
Hlurt. the most insistcnt clamor of
&Iors and NJ The magazines seems
for this BE- official while the
\ b an unofficial araignmcnt Ae-
hnying the report is the message
y President say ing that the report
} would prove that the passage of
fc,u,c rate bill is an absolute ne
D. Bl, he President goes far
4 &c. recommends the passage u
b. alcoholbill Tor the same reason
|thc retention Of the government
g. coal and oil lands IN the public
Rin, the latter measure being as all
pncnts u the administration will b.
60 claim, a long step In the direc'
of socialism. But the report Of
Bureau ofCorporationS is there "a
} that the Recommendation Is q
D needed one.
B, report on the Standard Oil Com
} "a lengthy document, but N,
missioner u Corporations sums "
conclusions rather briefly. Tkcy
somewhat as follows
lr investigation has disclosed th,
.iancc of numerous fagrant discnm
ions on tie part Of the railroads IL
be- of the Standard OIL Company
h comparatively few exceptions
} as the large oil concerns In Cali
boa, the STANDARD has been the soil
chciary u such Determinations. Il
nst every section of the countrl
I company has been found 10 cniol
ic unfair advantages over is com
TORS and some of the discrimina
ls affect enormous areas. Discrim
lion In 'Nc transportation Of oil en-
cc a variety of forms some Of IN
n, important of which may be sal
be- secret and scmi.sccrct rebates.
discrimination In the open arrange
nj II rates. Discrimination In th
aimcnt Of private tank cars.
a, ls stated that the railroad discrm
'ions discovered by the Bureau q
'porations netted the STANDARD
.it u $4,000 a year on il frcigh
.'ncss This was bad enough but
only a drop In the bucket couparc
The enormous advantage that nj
elimination enabled the standard
'reisc in squeezing the last cent oy
The consumer all over the countr,
e report states that out of %, 600, ,OC
-rels Of oil refined annually In IN
Intry the Standard handles q, 900. 90,
viii thus be seen that there are onI
ew scattered localities. and these 1
ule close TO the crude oil centres ar
III a market In easy reach. that al
at might be called ''competiti,
AS They are very limited In g,
H. In all the other great tcrritorie
npetition has been killed by u
'hless system Of under selling. spyir
d railroad discrimination on viii,
standard has been built up Al
''eh ia vast wealth enables Il
as''ee. In the non competitive area
nee the fair profit on a gallon
lined oil Ia half a cent. Il Ia easy
9 The vast revenue that the eompar
: been able 10 exae, from the publ
Ihe method Of discrimination enume
90 above are not the only ones IN
9 report charges the company wi