The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
SPIES BALK LAW
Standard Oil Secret Service System
Threatens Government Agents
Fake INDEPENDENTS"

Chicago, Jan. 2-knynoEd. IN
philadelphia special to the Chicago
Tribune says:
: I'VE are bigger than the govern
mcnt. Standard oil Is stronger thar
the United States. We own The SEN
ate and the house. II you pursue your
Investigations beyond the point ncccs-
sary to fool the public we VIII have you
removed. We can secure the instant
deposition OF the secretary Of COM
mcrce and labor. Mr.. Metcaif and the
commissioner OF corporations. Mr.. Gar
field. II you prosecute us In the slight
est degree you will be out OF your job
and IL you keep ut the business you
will n out that what We say Is abb
soiutcly true"
This IL the kim OF talk which has
been handed ont to- the agents OF the
government at every stage In the game.
The first thing they learned was that
the Standard oil company. as has been
truly sail OF II, was n great System.
They discovered. ms I have said before,
that the investigation OF the beef
trust was merely child's play as COM
barred with nm inquiry into the opera
lions OF the Standard oil company.
Standards Secret Service.
: Agents OF h government were con-
arontcd at the outset by evidence or
thc existence OF extraordinary secret
machinery OF the Standard oil COM
harry. They discovered hat IL covers
the United States and probably extends
Into foreign countries. II was organ
ized and operated I'm the first place for
che express purpose OF preventing job
beers and retailers from cutting prices
Contracts exist between the standard
DIl company INC various subsidiary
companies and private firms Tor n
disposal OF the product Of the united
corporation.
Government agents ave shown n
have so reported To the secretary OF
M and labor that whoever sells
n shade OF thu market price In invaria-
bly, caught and punished according TO
the code OF the system"
Government ThWarted.
This secret service In said TO be
more f~ar-reaching than anything which
has ever been known before In this
For n while they were stu
lpened and frightened by It's threats.
~ the outset IL n discovered that
this extraordinary secret service OF the
standard oil, which permeated every
city and state. was In the beginning or
gnnized for the sole purpose or pre-
renting dangerous competition. Later
on Il was diverted to other directions
and the agents OF the government real
lied hat they were up against n sys-
TEN. which. although organized TO pre-
vent the cutting OF rates, could be used
10 stIfie evidence. TO pack juries, To cor
rupt minor officials, to divert public SEN
timcnt and ultimately TO prevent Grim
inal prosecution.
II Rockefeller Is King.
Rockefeller IL n bigger man shan
Roosevelt" was the constant cry 81 the
standard oil people. not only In New
York, but I'm Illinois. Missouri ~ Kan
sns.
z 4. There was a reason for this cry. and
the secret reports OF the United States
agents. which I have hnd the pleasure
OF pcrusing. establish this fact. In the
first place IL has been shown that the
Standard oil company rs the parent OF
n secret service which " far q away
better and bigger III the secret ina
Chinery OF the United States govern
ment.
In the second place. / ave discov-
cred. and | believe agents Of the United
States government have "a out the
same thing. that the Standard OH COM
pany has promoted the organization
and existence OF independent oil com
. panies which are fraudulent on their
face and which are owned absolutely by
the system"
That Is TO say the government II now
in possession OF evidence To show that
~''independent' oil companies have been
organized In almost every big shipping
center OF the United States. These sup
posed independent companies are In
each ease creatures OF the Standard
oil company.