Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-14
Employe of Monopoly for Twenty Eight
Years Knows Nothing Of Its Affairs
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES ARE BRlstI
Former Agent Of Octopus Tells How he
Secured Information About Competitors.
SHIPPER TO OMAHA is DRIVEN OUT
,. n. knapp, Who sold Crude OIL Here
Forced TO suspend Business ny
Advance In Freight
Rates.

Rates.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. March 1S.-Francis
NJ. Cookrell of the Interstate Commerce
commission, severely reprimanded G. W.
Mayer Kansas City manager of the Stand
ard Oil company. today during the inVesti-
cation into the alleged methods Of rail-
roads and the Standard OIL company In
discrimination against the independent oil
men hereabouts. The, attorneys for the
commission. J. T. Marchand and Charles
Mum and the lawyers for the independent
OH producers. Frank s. Monett, Clifford
Thorne and s. w. Brookhart, had been try
Ing hard to get from Mayer an admission
that there was any Connection between the
STANDARD oil company. the Union Tank
Line company, the Republic OIL company
the Waters Pierce oil company and other
companies. To all questions Mr.. Mayer
answered. Il don't know although he
had been manager of the Standard Oil
company for gS years. Al the close OF his
testimony MIR. Cockrer asked him Tell
this commission, are the Republic Oil
company and the waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany part of the Standard OIL company"
Il do not know, SIR
what Is your best impression about it?'
II have none"
Don't you feel and know in your heart
that they are all part and parcel OF the
same companyT'
II do not know"
Don't you feel In your heart it is so?''
II don't know, sir.
COckFeII is Emphatic.
Then the veteran ex-senator slapped the
desk with his fist and said severely: II am
tired and sick of this effort of the Standard
oil people to conceal this fact when every
man. woman and child knows II is so. Now
everybody wants the truth told here and
why don't you tell IT. Every tub ought to
stand up on its own bottom and you folks
oughtnt to dodge this question further"
Several witnesses testified today to dis
elimination by railroads against independ-
ent producers
The hearing win be concluded tomorrow.
The testimony of E. T. Mccarthy Of
Z the bfissie4f Alinines conIpaTfy sef Quapa W.
Indian Territory. brought forth two letters
on oil rates, one from the Standard OH
company's office at &c Broadway. New
York. and the other from the st.
Louis & San Francisco railways general
offices. Mccarthy said that his mine was
just over the Kansas line, six miles from
Baxter Springs Kansas. He told OF an
effort on his part to use oil from the
Kansas feld instead of coal at his mines
lie had, he said. on November "a last, writ
ten y. X. voorhees,, general freight agent
OF the ST. Louis & San Francisco railway,
requesting a rate on oil from the Kansas
field TO Quapaw In a letter written in re-
ply by Mr.. Voorhees,. and which was In
troduced, the latter quoted rate of Il
cents a hundred pounds on crude oil and
fuel oil from Neodeshs. Kan, to Baxter
Springs. and Of a cents to ouapaw.
Railroad Rates Not the same.
At about the same time. witness said
he had written a similar letter to the
Standard OIL company and had received q
reply from c. w. Ouston. manager Of ths
fuel department of the Standard. Mr.
Customs letter, which was presented al
evidence read as follows:
Replying to your favor OF the 18th inst.
while the rate OF freight from Neodesha
per hundred pounds, Il is "a cents per hun
dred 10 Quapaw station, !. T., which woul'
make the price OF & G SetlyeTed nr s theEe ere o ~
think you could use oil economically Al
against the low-priced coal you could prob
ably purchase. OF course, the amount o
oil required to equal a ton OF coal woul,
depend on the quality OF the coal used
cosl y oS am tss ont tbres m run b,Tres pr %
oil. forty-two gallons to the barrel TO equa
q ton OF coal.
We fear you win ind the price we nam
too high 10 enable you TO use oil TO ad
vantage as against the cheap coal that yo'
can probably purchase.
These letters were introduced in an at
tempt 10 prove that while tho railway com
pany charged all others II cents fog trans
porting oil from Neodesha 20 Baxte
Springs. It charged the Standard OIL com
pany only "a cents for the same haul Tn
correspondence also was introduced I
prove that while the Standard secured
rate OF 6la cents for Transporting oil fror
Neodesha TO Baxter Springs. a distanc
Approximately OF 6fty-slx miles. the rail
roads charged in effect iTlk cents for
haul Of six miles further beyond the Kan
sas line.
Former Agent Talks.
r. l.. Willhoys. formerly an agent at Tc
peka, Kan. for the Standard OIL company
but now an independent dealer with once
at Joplin and Springfield Mo. was place
ON the stand In reply TO questions Nj
NVinhoyt said:
'srhe Standard Oil company when / wa
with them was charged IS a car by n
Terminal company in Sc. Louis for trans
porting a car from East st. Louis. Ill,
St Louis, No. To save this $ the stanC
ara laid a pipe line under the river an
every ear OF oil bound westward would /
pumped out in East 81. Louis and pumpe
into another car in St. Louis This IS
car saved was that much on the ability
the independent dealer TO live In compel
ton with the Standard"
Continuing. Mr.. WillhOyt said;
Since ! have been n business for m,
self / have had much trouble in gettin
my tank cars trans.shipped at st. Loui
This generally happens when I am low Q
oil Once had tank car OF oil drift o
from 81. Louis to Alabama At the time
was out OF oil and i lost lot OF custom
srs on account OF Il. The Standard con
pany, my competitors IN Springfield hs
plenty OF OH and got the customers
lost"
Mr, Wnlhoyt said that while agent
The standard az Topeka he was instruct,
10 watch AL shipments OF oil 10 that poli
and 10 ascertain the name OF the shipp,
and the point of destination
How would you get Information fro
CcOntinued on second Psgs)