The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-20

orous attack on the great trust made
public On the authority of Attorney
General Moody and tho Department
of Justice. It goes beyond the scope
of any previous attack on the great
combination which was built up and
so long headed and directed by the
master financier, John D. Rockefel-
Ter
One assertion that is almost over
powering in its significance to the
people in the United States is that
with total valuation of its property
Of $50 100000, the Standard Oil
Company, from 1882 to 1895, paid
$512,0 100000 in dividends, and be-
sides created a large surplus. No
statements have been made since
1896, it is averred.
A synopsis of the allegations
against the Standard Oil Company is
as follows:
That the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey controls about seventy
corporations.
That the company received rebates
from railroads amounting to tifty-one
and one-half cents per barrel on
crude oil and sixty-four and one-haH
cents per barrel on refined oil
That rebates were paid to the
Standard on products Of the inde-
pendents.
That the company controls more
than ninety per cent. of the business
in the United States.
That from 1899 to the present, the
individual defendants have controlled
the oil business through holding and
controlling interest in the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey.
That the Standard Oil Company
owns and controls practically all the
pipe lines in the country.
That a contract with the Tidewater
Oil Company gives the Standard Oil
Company control of Lightweight and
one-half per cent. of its business.
That the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company consults with the National
Transport Company on the making
of transportation rates.
That the Standard Oil Company
monopolizes the pipe line carrying
business throughout the United
States, except in Texas, Louisiana
and California.
That the company has refused and
failed to perform its cuties as COM
mon carriers.
That the Standard Oil pipe lines
have refused to furnish equal facili-
ties for independents
That they have forced Independent
refiners to secure their crude oil from
the Standard.
That the pipe line companies raised
prices to crush competitors.
That in 1906 and 1906 many secret
rates given by the railroads to the
Standard Oil Company were discon-
tinued because they were to be made
public.
That secret rates were given by the
New York Central Railroad
That the railroads of New England
made rates which gave the Standard
a substantial monopoly of that terri
tory.
That the Standard Oil Company
through ownership of stock.
That individuals on boards of di-
rectors of railroads cause making Of
discriminating rates.
That the Standard Oil Company
controls the sale of lubricating oils
to railroads.
That some railroads pay double the
market price for lubricating oils.
That the Standard kills off COM
petition by cutting the price.
That railroad employees furnish the
Standard full reports on the ship
ments of competitors.
That the Standard acted through
bogus independent companies.
That the Standard has made enor-
nous and unreasonable profits.
That the territory of the United
States has been divided into sections
to be handled by the various COM
panies.