The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-26
THE BRAND OF STANDARD OIL Tillman Will Not Wear
 Trusts Mark. TIE PIPE LINE AMENDMENT Change in Words Will Destroy Ef-
 feet of the Section. South caroIinian Says Changes Made by Conferce. In the Rate BiiI are Beneficial to the Rocke-
 SeIler Corporation.
TIE PIPE LINE AMENDMENT

Washington, June 25.--Immediatsiy after the Senate met today the clerk of the House of Representatives announce ed the action of that body in the rail- road rate bill. but 1t was allowed to lie on the vice presidents desk until 2:2o p. m., when it was called up by Senator Tillman,
 After the report was read, Mfr. Till man called attention to the fact that his name was not attached. He pre- sented and defended 1t. he said, at the request of the Republican Senate con- ferees. but he said he was opposed to the agreement concerning one amend ment to which he would later move erence to the McLaurin amendment, di- vorcing the carrying and producing business which was amended so trat it does not apply to the pipe lines. The change ln this amendment fin plain English" he said, meant that stand . ard oil has got in it's work The agreement in regard to this amend mert. relieved the Standard oil Com pany from control and regulation ot the interstate commerce commission. When the bill was sent to confer ence the second time, Senator Tiliman said he found An entirely different att mosphero from that of the first con ference. as the House conferees insisted on opening up the whole subject in- cludinR all matters to which an agree n1ent had been reached. T begin to smell mouse, or something, he sad.
 ~or probably something" said Mir. Elkins
 Continuing Mir. Tiilmen said anyway he became more or less skeptica, as to motives as one is likely to do after service in the Senate"
 He contended that the change of tho words common carriers to railroads would simply destroy the effect of making pipe lines common carriers.
 The senate Up Tree.
 There you see the result of shis additional deliberation." he added 'The House had is up tree and Insisted amendment as 1t was originally insert ed thus making effective the change l in the commodity amendment
 By this change the divorcement of the transportation from production would be confined to railroads. thus relieving the Standard oil Company from the operation of requiring that transportation companies shall not car ry articles produced by themselves. Sc firmly was he convinced of the instru- mentality of the Standard oil Company in securing this change that In his es- timation, every senator who voted fol the conference report would have s O branded on his forehead He did not mean to vote for 1t because he did no want anybody saying you've got s o branded on your forehead, Ben Till man."
 He considered the Independent com panies whose interests are supposed tc be involved to be myths.
 Senator Culberson insisted that the
 word Company should be inserted af- ter the word railroads, otherwise the railroads themselves might be relIev- ed from the operation of the law.
 Senator Bailey took the position that the change made by the confer ence committee in the commodity prov en would nullify the pipe line posi- | ton it was equivelent to making the Standard oil Company the one excep- ton to the requirement. that produc- CTS shall not transport their articles.
 He did not charge the Standard Com
 pany with direct effort to influence legislation. but to frighten indepen- dent companies who. 1t had transpir- ed, sell their oil to the Standard.
 If" he said, the Standard company wishes to be a producer. a transporter or a refiner, let 1t engage in either of those lines of effort but co not let it monopoliSe all those branches of the oil industry"
 He thought the Independent compan- ies should embrace the opportunity to free themselves. Why should oil be preferred over coal or any other com moattv? He a&o -eeesred to the fact | that lumber had been relieved of the | commodity requirement saying that i' was unfortunate in view of the fact that our forests are rapidly vanishing' With these two changes only coal ia left of the commodities whose pro ducers cannot carry -hem. This be tbouobt makes the legislation of lit- tie avail.
 naSs agreement He said that as it reads if legalizes and authorizes the 1ivinq of a pass which is d discrimi- 1stton that should not be practiced. He did not, therefore. believe in conhning the pass prohibition to officials, nor did he believe that under the terms oS the act, the penalty against pass eivinr or pass taking could be en- forced.
 No Proper Analogy.
 corator Foraker contended that there u,as no proper analogy between l@il- road and pipe line. As rule, he said. .Gna lines are not built with the pur- nose of doing a carrying business for bJre which is not the case with the railroads. He believed that to retain The commodity provision as 1t passed tbs House would be to confiscate the nronerty and that therefore 1t would pot have been sustained by the courts.
 Tho opinion of Senators called at- tention to the fact that carriers by water are not regulated by the bill which. he said. docs away with the argument that the bill should be made opnIicable 60 all modes of transporta- | tion. Senator Culiom, one of the con l farees agreed with Mir. Tillman that 1 inc present report was not as good ] as the first one.
 Senator GallinEer called attention tc inc pass exception in favor of the Postoffice Department saying that un- der it passes could be given to every odicial and employe in that service.
 Senator Lodge could see no justice in making an exception of pipe lines common carriers. He also objected to the anti-pass provision excepting per sons engaged in the postal service and MT. Tiflman replied that the in- tention had to been to relieve railway
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