The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23

natOrv against the competitors or the
Standard OH company, both I'm open
and published tariffs and by ana
through secret and unpublished rates.
both interstate and intrastate. and by
rebates. concessions, and preferences
granted To the STANDARD OIL company
and its subsidiary corporations.
The bill goes into the details OF
many of these rates. and shows a sys-
tematic discrimination. substantially
all over the United States. so that
rates from Standard shipping points
are much lower. for the same distance
proportionately and per ton per mile.
than from shipping points OF indie
pendent competing concerns. These
differences in most instances amount
to more than a reasonable profit upon
the oil
Some Sample Determinations.
The regular published rate from
Whiting. Ind. TO Evansville. Ind.
through Illinois. for instance. was IL
cents per hundred pounds. Most OF
the oil shipped by the Standard COM
pany was shipped at sh cents and
cents per hundred pounds. The
STANDARD had a rate from Whiting.
Ind. TO Grand Junction, Tenn, OF 10
cents per hundred pounds and large
quantities OF oil were distributed from
Grand Junction all over this southern
territory on secret rates which never
we're published. as required by law.
or filed with the interstate commerce
commission.
The petition alleges that for about
ten years prior TO 1905 secret and UNI
published rates were made from
Whiting, Ind, to East st. Louis. OF 6.
Ga and ca cents on the various rail
roads, which oil was destined 10 st.
Louis and TO a large territory south
and southwest OF those points, while
the regular published rate was is
cents per hundred pounds.
How They Control Railroads.
IL is alleged that the Individual de-
PENDANTS and other individuals associa-
ted with them and interested with
them in the Standard Oil trust have
acquired large interests in the stocks
OF the principal railroads OF the
United States and have caused them
selves 70 be elected or have caused
other persons acting in their interest
to be elected as members Of the boards
OF directors of such railroads. BY rea'
son Of such ownership and representa-
ton on the boards Of directors OF
such railroads the individual defend
ants have influenced the railroads "a
establish and maintain the discrimina
tory rates.
Among the railroads in which the
defendants are interested ard upon
the boards of directors Of which they
have representation together with
the names of directors) are the fol
lowing:
William Rockefeller Central New
England; Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul. Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western; Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern: Michigan Central; New
York Central; New York, Chicago
and ST. Louis; New York, New
Haven and Hartford New York
Ontario and Western; New Yorl
and Ottawa; Pittsburg and Lake
Erie; Rutland.
Henry n. Rogers-Santa Fe. Chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul; Unior
Pacific.
Charles NJ. Pratt-Boston and Maine
Evansville and Terre Haute; Long
Island.
Henry M. FlaoIer-Florida East Coast
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.-Delaware
Lackawanna and Western. Missouri
Pacific.
William G. Rehabilitation Pacific
n. Clay Pierce-Kansas City Southern
st. Louis and San Francisco.
c. w. MISUNDERSTANDING. Milwaukee
and st. Paul.
=. T. Gates-M Missouri Pacific, Wiscon
sin Central.
The petition then recites the Stand
ard trusts monopoly Of the sale o
lubricating oils to railroads, its unfai
methods of competition in the cuttini
of local prices. the formation of bogu
Independent companies. the paymen
of rebates on oil prices, and the diyis
ion Of territory.
Tells Of stupendous Profits.
II is alleged that by reason of 1t
monopoly the Standard oil compan,
has made enormous and unreasonable
profits on the actual value OF its proT
erty; that the trustees valuation O
all the property and stocks placed Il
their hands in 1882 was s55.710. 69s.2i
The additional property purchased o
acquired by the issue of trust certif
Gates was s13.31O 100. so that the tota
value OF all property controlled by tn
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
except such as may have been pun
chased from earnings. is s6902O. 1924
according TO their own valuation.
Upon this capital the Standard ha
from 1882 to 1926. inclusive, PAL
s512. 940.0S4.50 OF dividends, and ha
created large surplus-the exact SUI
plus the petitioner is unable TO state
because the Standard has not put
ished any statements since 1886. Blu
from 1882 TO 1896 its surplus. accord
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