The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-05


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the report that the Standard on Company
prohtsd bv 'asege'' and unlawful freight
rates Vet In tho sans connection II In
admitted In tho report that ell n ,heae
rates are covered nv tariffs hled With the
fnterptata Commerce Commission pre-.
cissly a. the Law provides. and they there
fore cannot be either 'ascret' or 'tnlawful'
The Commissioner Uses the curious
phrase At one point In HE report that ale
though q tariff or = rata haa been fled
with the nnterstatel Commission IN COM
plianoe With the terms Of the Law, hone
but the favored shipper may know Of ita
existence A the interstate law explio-
lily provides that every tariff Of rates
40 fled must he posted at every freight
station and open 10 the inspection OF every
shipper. IL IL hard to conceive Of the Com
m~issioner's temerity In making such an
utteTanoe.
The Presidents message complains Of
the way In which the law Is evaded by
treating az State commerce what lie in
reality merely q part Of Interstate COM
merce . : although the forms Of law
may be complied with Yet this very
method Of making a through rate by a
combination Of two separate State rates has
been held 10 be by the Interstate Commerce
Commission as lawful and proper.
COMPETITION IS GROWING.
THE statement that the Standard on
Company has largely by unfair and Tin
lawful methods crushed out home COM
petition: Ia fully answered by the fact that
home competition has always existed, is
steadily growing, and that there are now
at least lbs competitive refneries in the
United States.
A to the claim that changes in rates
have been made since the Commissioners
efficient work began. all the Standard Oil
Company has to say is that any such changes
have been made without It's suggestion or
effort.
"The grief which the President expresses
in his message over the inability Of tho
railroads to combine and protect them
selves from the shippers will probably
arouse amusement.
The President says respecting this in
vestigation that the facts are not In dis
pute, only the inferences are disputed.
b Standard OH Company furnished the
facts, and q mar with a muck rake dug
out suoh as under his manipulation he felt
would prove damaging.
WELCOME INVESTIGATION IN GOOD YArrn.
The Standard Oil Company has been
Investigated over and over again at he
~instigation OF its rivals. and It always well
comes such investigation when conducted
in good faith and fairly. We are engaged
in a large and honorable business. We are
conducting it h%onorably, and We sincerely
believe in conformity to law
This was Mr.. Eniott's sta tement In the
morning:
CALLS REPORT ABSOLUTELY UNJUST.
1T lie difficult to comment hurriedly and
with due restraint On the astonishing re-
port Of Mr.. Garfield and the message OF the
President, We must, however, In justice TO ,
ourselves and our shareholders, immedi-
ately express our unbounded surprise over
Gartield's report. on which, OF course,
the Presidents structures are based, and
our unqualified declaration that IL ia abso.
lutely unfair and unjust toward us. We
do not hesitate for a moment TO say that
an unprecedented study Of the facts pre-.
by us to Mr.. Garfeld's investigators
will vindicate US absolutely,
in this statement we make no reserva-
ton. but mean II to apply to all the
Of railroad favors in any form, UNI
fair dealing az effecting the public or our
and indeed all the charges 20
malieiously, persistently and unfairly made
us,
sOur great business has been built up and