The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-23

! Standard OIL company, both in opch
and published tariffs and by and
! through secret and unpublished rates,
. both interstate and intrastate. and by
rebates, concessions and preferences
/ granted to the Standard Oil company
and its subsidiary corporations.
The bin goes into the details OF
many Of these rates, and shows a sys.
( tcmatic discrimination, substantially
all over the United States, so that
rates from Standard shipping points
are much lower, for the same distance
! proportionatcly and per ton per mile,
| than from shipping points Of indie
pendent competing concerns. These
differences in most instances amount
/ 10 more than reasonable profit upon
| The oil
Some Sample Determinations.
The regular published rate from
Whiting, Ind, to Evansville, Ind,
through Illinois for instance. was II
cents per hundred pounds. Most Of
| the oil shipped by the Standard com.
nany was shipped at SA cents and
O cents per hundred pounds. The
standard had rate from Whiting,
| md. to Grand Junction, Tenn, of 10
cents per hundred pounds, and large
quantities Of oil were distributed from
Grand Junction all over this southern
'orritory on secret rates which never
we're published, as required by law,
1r filed with the interstate commerce
! commission.
The petition alleges that for about
zen years prior to 1905 secret and IN.
/ ub!ishcd rates were made from
/ Whiting, Ind, to East st. Louis OF G,
"a and 612 cents on the various rail
/ rJads, which oil was destined to st.
Iuuis and TO a large territory south
and southwest OF those points, while
the regular published rate was IS
cents per hundred pounds.
How They Control Railroads.
It is alleged that the individual dc.
PENDANTS and other individuals associa-
ted with them and Interested with
| them In the Standard Oil trust have
acquired large interests in the stocks
of the principal railroads Of the
lnitcd States aud have caused them.
olives to be elected or have caused
other persons acting in their interest
| I'D be elected as members of the boards
uf directors Of such railroads. by rca
son Of such ownership and representa-.
! ton on the boards OF directors Of
I such railroads the individual defend.
ants have influenced the railroads to
establish and maintain the discrimina
tory rates.
| Among tho railroads In which the
defendants are Interested and upon
the boards OF directors Of which they
have representation together with
the names Of directorsJ are the fol
| lowing:
William Rockefeller - Central New
England, Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western; Lake Shore and Michigan
| Southern; Michigan Central; New
York Central; New York. Chicago
and st. Louis; New York, New
Haven and Hartford; New York,
Ontario and Western; New York
and Ottawa; Pittsburg and Lake
| Eric; Rutland
Henry H. Rogers-Santa Fc, Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul; Union
Pacific.
| Charles M. Pratt-Boston and Maine,
Evansville and Terre Haute; Long
Island
Henry Nj. Flagler-Florlda East Coast
John o. Rockefeller Jr.-Delawarc.
Lackawanna and Western: Missouri
Pacific
William G. rehabilitation Pacific.
n. Clay Pierce-Kansas City Southern,
st. Louis and San Francisco.
c. w. MISUNDERSTANDING Milwaukee
and St Paul.
r. T. Gates Missouri Pacific, Wiscon.
sin Central.
The petition then rcCites the Stand
ard trusts monopoly Of the sale of
lubrlcatng oils TO railroads, its unfair
methods of competition in the cutting
Of local prices. the formation of bogus
Independent companies, the payment
Of rebates on oil prices, and the diyis.
ion OF territory
Tells Of Stupendous Profits.
II is alleged that By reason of its
monopoly the Standard Oil company
has made enormous and unreasonable
profits on the actual value Of its prop
erty: that the trustees valuation OF
all the property and stocks placed in
their hands in 1882 was s55,7l0 .G9S.24
The additional property purchased or
acquired by the issue OF trust certif.
Gates was $l3,310.100 so that the total
value of all property controlled by the
Standard Oil company OF New Jersey,
except such as may have been pur-
chased from earnings, Is $50 ,020, 1884.
according to their own valuation.
Upon this capital the Standard has
from 1882 to 1895. inclusive, paid
s5l2 ,9i0 ,0Si.50 OF dividends, and has
created a large surplus-the exact sur.
Ming tho pptitipnpr 10 unnhla IN STATE