The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-22

orous attack on the great trust made
public on the authority of Attorney
General Moody aud tho Department.
OF Justice. It goes beyond the scope
OF any previous attack on the great
combination which was built lid and
SO long headed and directed by the
master fnancier, John D. Rockefel-
Ter.
One assertion that Is almost ever
poweriDg IN its significance to the
people in the United States is that
with a total yaluationSof it's property
of $69,000.0 600, the Standard Oil
COMPANY, from 1882 to 1895, paid
$512,000,000 in dividends, and be-
sides created a large surplus. No
statements have been made since
1896, it is averreG.
A synopsis of the allegations
against the Standard Oil Company Is
as follows:
That the Standard Oil Company of
New JerseN controls about seventy
corporations.
That the company received rebates
from railroads amounting to ifty-one
and one-half Gets per barrel on
crude oil and sixty-four and one-Lalf
cents per barrel on refined oil.
That rebates were paid to the
Standard on products of the indie
pendents.
That the company controls o
than ninety e 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 it's business.
That the Pennsylvania Railroad
i 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. excent in Texas, Louisiana
and California.
That the company has refused and
failed to perform it's Gutles as COM
mou carriers.
| That the Standard Oil pipe lines
have refused to furnish equal facill-
ties for independents.
That they have forced independent
refinars to secure their crude oil from
the Standard.
That the pipe line companies raised
: prices to crush competitors.
That in 1905 and 1905 many secret
rates given by the railroads to the
Standard Oil Company we're discop-
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
controls rates of various railroads
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 l~ubricating oils
to railroads.
That some railroads a double the
market price for l~ubricating 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 councillors.
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.