The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-21
REBATES PAID
GRAIN DEALERS
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Finds Necessary Evil
dence at Milwaukee.
MINNEAPOLIS COMES NEXT
WORKING UNDER LA TOILETTE
RESOLUTION.

Milwaukee. Wis. Nov. 20.-Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Charles A.
Prouty and Franklin X Lane began an
examination of several Milwaukee rail-
road and elevator men today in pursu-
ance of the LaFoIette resolution passed
at the last session of congress- Informa-
ton is desired in regard to the alleged
mixed grading of grains and the rela-
lions between the railroads and grain in
terests.
d. J. Owen of the firm of owen & Co,
told the commission that he at once time
received a letter from the Tri-State Grain
Dealers association inviting his firm to
deal only through regular" dealers, and
that if his firm dealt with any of the
sO-called scoop Shovelers it would result
in trouble for his firm. The understand
ing of his firm was that in order to get
what is called the transit privilege if is
necessary to own. an elevator in the city
or use q public elevator.
He had no complaint against the serv
ices of elevators operated by the rail
roads
Armour on the Stand.
]. Ogden Armour of Chicago was an
other witness. He testified he is owner
of 10000 to $1,000 shares of stock of the
Chicago, Milwaukee < st. Paul railway
DO you own stock in any other rail
road companies. Mr. Armour? he was
asked
After a few moments of thought. 8Ir.
1 Armour admitted that while being some
what uncertain on the question. he was of
the opinion that be did own some stock
in some other roads.
Which. please?' insisted the attorney.
well. I believe | own some stock in
the Pennsylvania lines and Union Pa
cific'
Mr. Armour testified under questioning
that he owned the controlling interest III
the Armour Grain company. the Atlas
fpr he a M nj Egr
Mr.. Armour denied any knowledge OF
any rebating or other forms of favOrit-
ism.
Forced Merchants to Withdraw.
At the afternoon session Secretary of
State Walter L. Houser, as the represent
tatiVe CT the MOndOVi Advancement as
ISOLATION. testified regarding conditions on
the Omaha road. and charged that there
was a combination between buyers. and
that to offset this the Advancement ssso-
citation organized its own elevator COM
pany and paid the farmers in the vicinity
The highest prices for their grain.
In retaliation for this the Northern
Grain company threatened to put in big
department store in Mondovi and force
the merchants to Withdraw from the ele-
vatOr company.
O. Mosher. formerly state senator and
connected with the Northern Grain COM
Pany, which has eighty elevators on the
Northwestern and Wisconsin Central rail-
roads. testified that Mr.. WeyeThauser,
the big lumber merchant of Minneapolis
and a director in the Great Northern rail
road. was largely interested in the North
ern Grain company. The company has
branch elevators all over Wisconsin, Min
nesOta, North and South Dakota.
Rebates Received.
MI Mosher was asked if the Northern
Grain company had received any rebates
from the railroads
We have had money refunded TO US,
he said
How recently
I don't know. L have never received
anything personally"
Vice President Mccullough of the Chi
cago x Northwestern railroad was then
called and denied that he had any shares
in any grain company.
F. w. Gilman and Z. c. Mason expert
accountants employed by Railroad COM
missioner Thomas. told of their investi-
cation of the books Of the railroads OD-
Grating in Wisconsin. and of their dis
cOVeTy of large sums of money in the
form of alleged rebates. mentioning the
Armour Grain company particularly as
being credited with large sums.
The commission ended its Milwaukee
hearing this evening and adjourned TO
meet at Minneapolis tomorrow morning