Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-29
GETTING READY FOR WAR.
Attorney General Moody Begins Prep
arations for Oil Prosecution.

Washington, June s7.--Attorney Cen
eral Moody has begun his conferences
with special counsel and district at
torneys designated to prosecute the
Standard Oil Company. Charles b.
Morrison, of Chicago. and Frank B.
kellogg, of st. Paul, arrived yesterday
afternoon and Immediately reported at
the department of justice. The attor-
ney general also conferred with David
P. Dyer, district attorney of st. Louis;
John j. Sullivan, district attorney at
Cleveland and Charles H. Brown, dis
trict attorney at Buffalo. N. Y.
From the fact that the district at
torneys at Chicago, st. Louis Cleve-
land and Buffalo have been called to
Washington to consult with the attor-
ney general it is apparent that suits
against the Standard Oil will be filed
in those cities. The department of JUS
tice is unwilling to state in advance OF
action where the suits will be pre-
scented, because it does not want to
vantage even of any more preparation
than is absolutely necessary.
1t is known that other district at
torneys are to come here, so there will
be a veritable broad side fired at the
Standard as soon as the attorney gem
eral gives the order for action.
Buffalo Case Forecasted.
The case of the government against
the Standard which will be tried at
Buffalo is forecasted by the following
extract from the report of Commission
err Garfield:
"a rate of 10 cents barrel in tank
cars. was also made by the Pennsyl-
vania from Olean, N. Y, to Buffalo.
subsidiary company of the Standard,
was the only beneficiary. The rate
from all independent refining points
in western Pennsylvania to Buffalo is
80 cents a barrel. This Buffalo rate
was of the same secret nature as that
into Rochester, and, like it, was APP
piled by means Of blind billing. More
than $4,000 barrels We're shipped from
clean into Buffalo at this rate in 1904.
In March, 1906, shortly after the
bureau of corporations had completed
it's investigation of the Pennsylvania
railroads record, that company amend
ed it's secret tariff from Olean so as to
raise the rate on finished petroleum
products from Olean to Rochester from
IS cents per 100 pounds. and Olean 10
Buffalo from 81 per 100 Go cents per
barrel) to So cents per 100. Neverthe-
less, the Pennsylvania continues to APP
ply it's former low mates on unfinished
products, which constitute large pro-
portion of the total movement from
Clean The Pennsylvania has discon-
tinued it's practice of blind billing of
OIL"
To Sue On clean Rates.
These secret Olean rates are the
subject of a long statement by Com
missioner Garfield, who says they We're
applied upon large quantities of oils
shipped from Olean to points in north
ern New York and Vermont. District
Attorney Brown will be required to in
vestigate all the charges by Commits
sioner Garfield with view to securing
proof in order to insure their estab-
lishment in court.
Cleveland is the headquarters of the
Standard Oil, and District Attorney
Sullivan is stopping at the home of
Commissioner Garfield and is going
over with that official all the evidence
which has been secured by the bureau
of corporations.
1t was at this point that the secret
rates were arranged, that rebates were