The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-12
Rate MADE FOR STANDARD OIL
ADV ANCED WHEN TRUST man va
FURTHER Use ron IT.
what the IubFicatien ~ o Railroads VIA.
chinery wouid Nean to an independent
standard t'sed Even the Preachers
to get Business From Ia Riyals.

standard Used Even the preachrrs
20 Get Business FROM Ia Riyais.
CHICAGO. May II. Whether the Inter
state Commerce Commission. at It's hearing
In Chicago. will take further evidence con-
corning the methods employed by the
Standard Oil Company in crushing com
petition will depend upon a ruling to he
given tomorrow morning.
An objection to the admission Of such
testimony was made late this afternoon
by John n. Miller, attorney for the oil
company. IL was taken under advise
ment. After the testimony Of severa
witnesses had been admitted TO show the
methods the Standard employed in beat
ing it's competitors, Attorney Frank s.
Monett, who is conducting the examination.
called s. l.. Hibbs to the stand. Mr., Hibbs,
it was explained, had been an expert in the
employ of the Standard in the Peoria dis
trict TO take business away frcm the indie
pendent dealers, and Mr.. Monett proposed
10 show by him the methods he employed
in carrying out his instructions
Il wish to object to receiving any further
testimony along this line, " said Mr.. Miller,
addressing the commission. The opera
tons of this man were entirely within the
State OF Illinois and | can see no way in
which the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion can stretch its authority so as to deal
with i~ntra-State matters. This is a ques-
ton entirely for the State authorities to
deal with and ] must protest against this
testimony, which does nothing more than
make a scandal Of the affair"
Mr.. Monett opposed h p point made by
Mr.. Miller and declared that Congress had
the power to regulate the question in hand
just as it had regulated the lottery business
and the liquor question.
The commission decided to withhold it's
ruling on the question until tomorrow
morning and IN adjournment was then
taken.
Another witness who has promised a
sensation in his testimony Is George l..
Lane, formerly agent for the Standard
with the independent Oil Company of
Mansfield, Ohio. 1t was declared that
Mr.. Lane would testify that when he was at
Youngstown he had bribed the pastors
OF several churches to give him the names
Of Of their The o,} pariShi0ner' and recommendations
It is declared that he has letters from
the Rev. Edward Stark. the Rev. f, c..
Paughn. the Rev. William q, White and the
Rev. R. H. Porter, all Of Youngstown. to
prove his assertions. IL the commission
refuses to hear his testimony Mr.. Lane
promises to make the letters public.
For a few minutes this afternoon the COM
mission got down to a thorough inquiry into
the freight rate situation. Joseph Bar
tells, an Independent oil dealer Of St. Paul,
MINI, formerly connected with the Stand
ard at that place, was called to testify to
the rates on oil from Cleveland and Toledo,
Ohio, to st. Paul.
He said the Standard Oil refinery at
Whiting. Ind, was built in 1890, and that
prior to that time the rate on oil from Cleve-
land to st. Paul was 70 cents. He said this
rate was made up OF the local rates, which
we're 10 cents to Chioago n ~ cents from
Chicago to st. Paul. After the building
OF the refinery the rates from Chicag go to
finally became 20 cents, which held for
several years.
MIR. Bartells told the commission that he
and two other oil dealers in the Twin Cities
had called upon President 4. B. stickney
OF the Great Western to AJAX for a reduction
in the rate on oil. He said that Mr.. stiokney
told him there was not much prospect of
getting the rate reduced inasmuch as the
Standard OIL Company was satisfied and
had helped to raise the rates to 20 cents.
why should you complain about the
rates, II the Standard pays the same rate?"
asked Commissioner Prouty.-
well, II l could sell the Great Western
It's ubricating oil, which costs $50, 600 or
$50, 900 a year, l think | could we'll afford to
pay the rate Of 20 cents from Chicago to
Sl. raul fdNu WI bui pViip'
Joseph Tucker, chairman Of the Central
Freight Association, with headquarters in
Chicago, testified that there had been no
through rate on oil from Toledo and Cleve-
land to Mississippi River points since Sep
TENDER, 1880. That was about the time of
the building Of the refinery at Whiting.
after which the independent dealers were
the only ones who found it necessary to
ship oil from the Ohio fields TO the West.
II. j. Coin, formerly assistant udito
of the Waters-P Pierce Oil Company at st.
Louis, and at present connected with the
George H.. Jones Oil Company at st. Louis,
testified that up to about three years ago
agents of the st. Louis and Iron Mountain
Railroad were also agents for the Waters
Pierce company in many small owns in
Missouri. He aid that these agents re-
ceived q commission of one cent per gallon
on oil sold and that in one instance when
the oil agency wa taken away from an
agent the agent quit. the employ Of the
railroad company, declaring that his salary
was too low without the oil business.
The commission will make an effort to
complete the hearing in Chicago by / o'clock
tomorrow. In case IN afternoon session
il necessary 1t will adjourn at 4 O'Clock, as
the oommissio ners do not wish to remain
in Chicago over Sunday. The next session
OF the hearing will be in Cleveland next