The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
RET RATES TO
HELP OIL TRUST
dent Roosevelt in Message
Garfield Report Speaks
Plainly.
ID PROFITS AT
EXPENSE OF PEOPLE
sion of Standard Company
Fith Railroads for Rob-
berry Shown.

|HINGTON, May 4.-President
felt today transmitted to Con-
The report Of James r. Garfield.
|ssioner of Corporations, giving
bults of his investigation of the
! of transportation and freight
IA connection with the oil indus
is message the President ex-
! the view that the report Is of
Importance because of the ef-
w being made to secure such en-
|ent of the powers of the Inter
Commerce Commission as VIII
upon the commission power in
Measure adequaet to meet the
demonstrated needs OF the Sit
The facts set forth in the re-
e declares, are for the most part
|puted.
kecret Rates to Standard.
the Standard Oil company has
Id enormously up almost to the
moment by secret rates. many
|ch were clearly unlawful, the
Mt says the report clearly shows,
|cfit thereby secured amounting
|east three-quarters of a million
On this subject he says;
three quarters of a million rep |
the profit that the Standard |
hpany obtains at the expense of |
|lroads; but of course the ulti-
|esult Is that II obtains much |
profit at the expense OF the |
orrected When Exposed.
|sry striking result of the inves-
. has been that shortly after the |
Try of these secret rates by the |
|,sioner of Corporations the ma !
ION Of them were promptly cor
| by the railroads, so that most
IN have now been done away |
This immediate correction, par
complete, of the evil of the Sc
les, Is of course on the one hand ,
|nowledgment that they were
ind yet were perseyered in until |
4, and on the other hand, a
the efficiency Of the work that
Ia done by the bureau of corpor-
Prosecutions to Follow.
|tatement is added that the t.
lat of Justice Will take up the
h of instituting prosecutions in
certain of the cases, and the
expressed that Congress Will
Ito law the bill of Senator Knox
|ct the Interpretation of the i'm
provision rendered In Judge
['ey's decision. Continuing, the
| at says:
advantage Over Rivals.
N addition to these secret rates
idard OIL profits immensely by
,es, which are so arranged as to
an Overwhelming advantage
. independent competitors. This
tracteristic example OF the nu-
nevils which are inevitable un-
Sstem in which the big shipper
railroad are left free to crush
Eindividual initiative and all
D Independent action because OF
|tnce of adequate and thorough
governmental control. Exactly
Z conditions obtain in a large
tho West and Southwest"
|Iiofits of "The System"
f32t possible. he says. to put into
ne exact amount by which tho
~ profits through the gross fa-
Shown IL by the railroads In
2n with the open rates.
roflt of course comes not mere
|1e saving In the rate itself as
with Its competitors. but by
'er prices IL Is able to charge
"a the complete control OF the
Icwhich 1t secures. thereby get
d profit on the whole consump-
>w the Law Is Evaded.
fesident calls attention to that
yof the report regarding the
in which the law is evaded by
as State commerce what in
rs merely a part OF interstate
|s}e. He says II is clearly shown
|nfs device is employed on the
b * Central railroad. as well as
- other railroads, In such fash
| l0L amount To thwartlng the pur-
|aVhe law, although the forms of
may be complied with"
| q sar Trust Also in Snare.
S1fortunately not true. he saws. |
STANDARD OH company IS the |
trporation which has benefited |
|Spenefiting In wholly improper
10y an elaborate series Of rate i
cations. The sugar trust, he |
cording to the results OF the |
ffetion now In progress, rarely II |
rs the lawful rate for trans
nhlroads Are Tied Up.
Pv'ares that in the effort TO pre-
Failroads from uniting for I'M
. e urposes. I'VE have very un-
etrohibited them from uniting |
3 efr purposes that is, for pur-
|yH protecting themselves and the !
as against the power OF |
r. corporations"
sffemedies Suggested.
Il. prs. as an element OF competi-
passage OF some such law as
+is ady passed py the House. put |
Es'aol used In the arts and man.
|te on the free list and of keep |
f@ se to oil and coal lands of the |
.slrritory tribes or on the public |
Mp the Government. the lands
lsed only on such terms and
|iVe periods as will enable the Gov
20 entirely control them.
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