The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-25
RAILROADS NEXT
ron VIOLATIONs ~ TDE gLhINS
ANTI.REBATE LtW
Fs'dsHee Siaa Iteea GBtalHed fhesaAA
VasisHs Aaeaege That ~tdWlHis'vas
iisH WN,epFn sag, Win sWs,ify tFiNHtHal
~PfWepNflaes Against ihe taegiefa,

EvfdsHfe Waa Vbeen 0tfNllled tBgeuAa
VaStads Aapaeles mat ~taWlHsstsps
iisH WN,esrs sey, Win 1WsIfy tFiHiHal
P~fWcrWtass ARalaa, Inc CasVleFa'
w,aHfsorus. June A4Thers Ia Rood
,sts rn ~ beileve that ~ arm ~ cha 40.
mieifrallon lyraiha w 900 daylight ahead
~ ~ prosecution ~ tho STANDARD Ul Com
rent attention will 10 paid ~ ceftaln rail.
.,ads that ara alleged ~ have violated ,he
tlhirs antl.tphate act aud o,her laws reRt-
t'ine trade and Attorney
%rleneral Moody and counaal engaged IN
assist him In tho attack nm the standard
vill 10 kept pretty busy for aotue time 10
rnrn~. and tho chances are that the head ~
Tho Department ~ Justice wlll md enough
~ III with tho work In hand without locking
for moro trouble for tho pro-
Evidence against CERTAIN Ilroada has
ieen secured through various agencies.
Much ~ u was collected by officers 81 the
bureau of Corporations incident 60 their
inquiry into Standard Oil, the report OF
Commissioner Garfield being just "a severe
On a number Of carriers rs IL II on the oil
combine. The Interstate Commerce. Com
mission has been engaged for a number Of
weeks in the work Of lifting the lid. and
disclosures have been made, Administration
officials Say. that will Justify criminal pro-
oeedings as we'll IA suits at law against the
carriers. just when action will be taken
In these cases cannot be learned.
The law officers Of the Government have
before them evidence secured by the Com
missioner Of Corporations involving several
big railroad systems, but so far, II IL under
stood. no cases nave beer certified TO the
Department OF Justice by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The steps that
have been taken In the ADMINISTRATOR
anti-trust war are summarized as follows:
Criminal proceedings against the STANDARD
oil Company.
Suit to enjoin the tobacco trust.
Suit to enjoin the elevator trust.
Suit TO enjoin the Northwestern paper
trust.
Suit against rebates by private cars from
Pabst Brewing Company.
Suit to abolish the monopoly Of the st. Louis
Bridge and Terminal Company,
Indictment Of persons In the fertilizer
trust.
Suit to punish for rebates given to the ugar
trust.
Suit to enjoin the drug trust.
Conviction of railroad companies and rail.
road officials for paying rebates In violation
Of the Elkins act.
Suits contemplated against certain railroads
foslSiplations of laws regulating
4 Buitagainst the beef trust.
Mefel was an unconfirmed report in
Washington a day or 80 ago that proceed
ings against the steel trust were under
consideration.
Announcement has beer made that the
Interstate Commerce Commission will hold
a session in New Orleans on June 20, under
the authority of the Tllman- Gillespie
resolution. Oil will probably be the subject
of the hearing. At the conclusion Of the
hearing in this city last Thursday. Chairman
Knapp authorized the publication of a state
ment that the commission would suspend
its inquiry during the summer and resume
early in the fall. No explanation has been
given for the change OF programme.
The commission is very we'll satisfied with
the disclosures that have followed its ex-
animation of officials connected with the
Eastern coal carrying roads. and equa lily
satisfactory results are expected when
the relations of the roads with the oil in
dustry are taken up in earnest. Many al
legged evils complained of by independent
coal operators have been corrected by the
carriers. For example, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has announced
that in the future schedules Of car distribu-
ton and ratings Of mines will be published
for the benefit Of those interested.
Fourth Vioe-President Thayer told the
commission when he was on the stand this
week that as soon as practicable the indi-
vidual car systems on the Pennsylvania
would be abolished as far as coal traffic
Ia concerned. 1t is understood to be the
purpose of the road to purchase the private
cars owned by the coal operators who have
contracts with the Pennsylvania.
The commission has practically completed
it's work in the Eastern bituminous field
and it is probable that no further hearings
will be held bearing on that phase Of the
investigation. At the hearings in Cleve-
land, where officials of the Standard Oil
and Of the railroads alleged to have ia
vored that combine were examined, only
the surface was scratched. The commits
sion's investigation of the relations Of the
railroads with the Standard and with the |
independents will be thorough and com
They will be followed with
great interest in view of the determination
of the Administration to institute criminal
procaadipp 90 a against tho oil octODua L