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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
DENIALS OF THE STANDARD
SHOWN TO BE UNTRUE

At the beginning of the investiga-
tion, the commissioner says, the Stand
ard Oil company denied that 1t had OBJ
tanned In recent years or Is now OBJ
tanning any rebate or other transporta-
tion discrimination and yet careful
review of the facts and explanations
leads to the conclusion that the Stand
ard Oil company has habitually re-
ceived from the railroads and is now
receiving secret rates and other unjust
determinations.
In 1904 these secret rates saved to
the Standard Oil company $75O,000,
representing the difference between
the open rates and the rates actually
paid. These determinations" he
says. have been SO long continued, so
secret, SO ingeniously applied to new
conditions of trade and so large in
amount as to make 1t certain that they
were due to concerted action by the
Standard and the railroads" He says
further that the Standard Oil CON-
pany is receiving unjust discrimina-
tions In the matter Of open rates, the
published rates from the leading
Standard shipping points being rela-
lively much lower than rates from the
shipping points of its competitors.
Mr. Garfield then refers to seven in
stances of important Determinations
In favor of the Standard Oil company
In various parts of the country and
says that most of the secret rates and
some of the open determinations dis
covered by the bureau were abolished
by the railroads shortly after such
discovery He asserts, however, that
wide determinations still exist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
Stranded UNFAIR AND UNJUST
Standard OIL Attorney Comments on
Garfield Report.

New York, May 5-When the pres
ident's message, with the accompany
Ing report of Commissioner Garfield.
was received at the Office Of the Stand
ard Oh company In New York M. F..
Elliott. general counsel of the com.
pany. was asked what reply he cared
to make He said:
1T Is difficult to comment hurriedly
and with due restraint on the astOnish-
ing report Of Mr.. Garfield and the mes
sage of the president. We must, how
ever. in Justice to ourselves and our
shareholders, Immediately express our
unbounded surprise over Mr.. Garfield's
report, on which, of course. the presi-
dents structures are based. and our
unqualified declaration that 1t Is abso-
lutely unfair and unjust toward u.s.
We do not hesitate for Q moment to
say that an unpreJudiced study Of the
facts presented by us to Mr.. Garfields
investigators will vindicate us abso-
lutely In this statement we make no
reservation, but mean It to apply to all
the charges Of railroad favors In any
form, unfair dealing as affecting the
Dublic or our competitors and. indeed,
I'll tha charges 20 maliciously. per.
sistently and unfairly made against us.
Our great business has been built up
and perpetuated on merit"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
Roy
Baking Peyyaer
Absolutely
Pure

Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
to finest cookery and to the comfort
and convenience of modern housekcep-
ing. Royal Baking Powder makes hot
breads, cakes and pastry wholesome.
Perfectly leavens without fermentation.
Qualities that are peculiar to it alone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
ONE AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
Pipe Lines Declared to BE Common
Carriers.

Washington, May 5.-The amend
ment to the rate regulation bill max
ing pipe lines for the transportation OF
oil common carriers within the mean
ing of the interstate commerce act
was adopted unanimously in the sem
ofo
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05

Oten - n tie sudden illnesses Of
children il reliable remedy is available
fatal consequences can be avoided.
For those emergencies parents are arg
ed to have at hand ready for immediate
use Or. Shops Diptheria Cure. DR..
Shoop's Group Cure, DR.. Shops Worm
Cure and DR.. Shops Pain Panacea.
Children's ailments demand pr0mptness
above All elss. There il nothing harsh
OF that can possibly harm 10 any Of
these excellent household medicines.
Sold by Schultz 4 Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
cation Lnu rules of shipments.
"Fourth-Discrimina in treat
ment of private tank cars.
ADVANTAGES OBTAINED
BY UNFAIR METHODS.

"The Standard claims that the loca-
ton of its refineries and the use of
pipe lines are natural advantages to
which 1t is justly entitled by reason of
the energy and foresight of its man
ayers. While In a measure that Is
true 1t must not be forgotten that
these advantages were In part OBJ
tanned by means Of unfair competitive
methods after years of fierce strife.
''1he development of the pipe line
system by the Standard Oil company
was the result of special agreements
with railroad companies. Further
more, these socalled natural advan-
tages have been and are being great.
ly increased by discrimination In
freight rates, both published and
secret, interstate and state. which give
the Standard monopolistic control In
the greater portion Of the country and
which so limit competition as to prac-
tically prevent the extension of the
business Of any independent to point
which even remotely endangers the
supremacy of the Standard.
"An immediate result of this de-
limitation of the competitive area Is
shown by the prices OF ordinary oil
throughout the country After deduct
Ing the freight rate the price Of such
oil is usually from cents to cents a
gallon higher In the non-competitive
than in the competitive fields. A rea-
sonable profit upon refined oil is about
one-half cent per gallon. 1t is clear
that exorbitant profits are obtained in
the non-compctitive fields. This monop-
olistic control extends from the well
of the producer to the doorstep of the
consumer"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
House Appiauds Message.

Washington, May 5.-On the con-
clusion of the reading of the presi-
dents oil message In the house ap-
plause rang through the chamber, both
sides vieing in their demonstration OF
approval.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05

II YOU ru fer to take medicine IN tab
Ia, n you eau now obtain DR.. ShOops
Restorative Tablets. Absolutely no
change has been made in the medical
ingredients. Sold by Schultz d ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05

Nothing will relieve indigestion that
is not thorough digcstant. Koiol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
and allows the stomach to rest--rccup
erate--grow strong again. A few doses
OF Kodol aftermeals will soon restore
the stomach and digestive organs to
FULL performance Of their functions ma
turally Cook & Odee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
Postmaster Robbed.

c. w. Fouts, Postmaster at River
ton. Ia, nearly lost his life and was
robbed Of all comfort, according to his
letter, which says: "For 20 years
hid chronic liver complaint, which led
to such severe case OF iaundice that
even my ffnger nails tnrned yellow;
when my doctor prescribed Electric
Bite rs; which cured me and have kept
me we'll for eleven years Sure cure
for billiousness, Neuralgia, Weakness
and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney and
Bladder arrangements. A wonderful
tonic. At Schultz & Ketcham'e Drug
store. so cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-05-05

aoxAL eAk!se eowpea CO.. NEW xoex.
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06

'In 1859 the expenses Of Office exceeded re-
ceipts by $6A6OO.
What does this show? 1t shows
that in 1882, when there were two
clerks, the receipts were $64s less
than the expenses.
Last year, with only two clerks ad-
ditional to do all the immense detail
of this busy Office, the whole expense
of clerks being only $4,000, the re-
ceipts of the department were $685.
407.56.
And in the face of that showing the
Democratic orators have had the au-
dacity to complain about extra clerks
in the Secretary of States office!
complicated machinery of the Aus
tralian ballot in 1882. This work is
now all accomplished through the
Secretary of States office.
These facts the voters are entitled
to know, be the voters Republicans or
Democrats
The charge has been openly made
that your public servants are present
in the State House in eXtravagant
numbers and are exrravagantlyt paid.
But here are facts about them that
Candidate Davis cannot IT. ev s1euat nor
that no more State officers are needed
in these days Of prosperity and added
responsibilities, it insults Republican
intelligence to discuss such seriously.
In asserting that the depastment for
the protection of fish and game costs
more than it did years ago, Mr.. Davis
does not tell his listeners that this ex-
ira cost is practically paid by guide
and sportsmen license fees. He does
not tell the truth and say that the
possession of Names vastly increased
game reserves under the enforced
protective law means hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars annually left in
the hands of worthy and hard-Work-
ing guides and canp-oWners.
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06
STATE SALARIES.
Complete REPUTATION Of DEM
ocracy's Slur at MaiDe's
Servants.

The Maine voter who Is getting
ready to lick the end Of his lead pencn
deserves to have facts that are unas-
sailable-whether those facts shall In
cline him to the side Of the admins
tration or against it. Those who hold
the keys should be ready at all times
to give an account Of their steward
ship. In the case of the dominant
party in Maine its managers assert
that they are only too ready to give
such account, their sole care being as
to how they may reach all eyes and
ears, The books Of the State tell the
story-tell the whole story. Hard.
cold, unassailable facts are "hgsers
in every instance!
That the Democrats after being so
utterly walloped two years ago on
their chosen battiefields Of State
ffances and expenditures should again
charge on the Republicans across that
stony field and against the impregna-
BILE wall Of indisputable statistics Is
strange evidence of faulty.
Mr.. Davis in advocating the return
of the State Of Maine to its old basis
of restricted financial expenditure, Is
striking q blow at our State pride IN
legitimate progress and at the satisfy
ing of actual needs required by our i'm
proved institutions and mode of hand
ling public utilities. The fact Of the
matter is, Mr.. Davis If put to actual
test of deeds would not drag the State
back thus on any consideration for he
ends each speech by a declaration that
If he and his party ever get into pow
er, he proposes to expand" and build
up and develop" and so forth '+to an
extent" as Spartacus once said. ~hith-
erto unknown even in this luxurious
capital"
AS a business man Candidate Davis
knows considerable about the need Of
money in expanding" and "elevating''
and "developing." II he has discov-
cred any method Of doing more bust
ness and at the same time spending
less money. he should give it to the
world.
The fallacy of Mr.. Davis reasoning
and the unfairness of his attitude may
be understood a bit more clearly when
one has the actual figures at hand.
There's the matter of State salaries
which seems to be keeping Candidate
Davis awake nights just now
The actual figures from the ledgers
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06

A glance reveals the truth.
In 1882 one man did the work-the
commissioner. The total receipts were
$11.0s4-09. One man could do that
amount Of business There were few
companies to issue licenses to and to
keep track of. Consider how the de-
tail has multiplied by the accession Of
new companies, and all the manifold
duties required in their control. Last
year the receipts Of the State from
that branch were 1928, 71o.03-more
than ten times the volume of business
done twenty years ago In that year OF
1882 to which Democratic orators are
yet the exepnses of the Office. salaries
and clerk hire, are but $4,000, against
$1,000 in 1882. If Mr.. Davis or Mr..
McGillicuddy can figure out of that
showing anything except a condition
of affairs advantageous to the State of
Maine, then their acumen as business
men grows dull as they turn from
their private business to consider pub
lie affairs.
1t is small wonder that with this
showing as only one instance Of the
damning verify of detail. Candidate
Davis avoids anything except general
tiles when decla1ming against extra
cost Of service in the Maine depart
mepts.
Does Maine voter want his States
business attended to as it increases or
mony in providing public servitors?
But II the showing in the insurance
department is thus SO emphatically
successful from business standpoint,
the Secretary of States Office reveals
a condition that may we'll cause voters
to sit up and open their eyes.
SECRETARY OF STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06


,aa ns Mas alleged that sne the
TOWNS and t then n nothing
tain e nsa stssa s @ s1a
Now who is william PataneauL
WHAT WHAT has has he he e ssia, IN inc ''S
He was Republican
t re % vas xev much .a1nes 1.t was before he turned
is what he
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NoT RN and TPos The ' Ro 1 hsf 70
@ % has fallen In hat s of H s s
best @ sss fs
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sssx * i. ss Il: s:s IL s1s % vs isas
and s % 1s s s:ss 'as.
'' The spectacle as;ai ale evain<:
Patangau sit down.
H. ST. for ss
Last year appropriated for eroads, 100000
more than The entire State tax
pictured when he old the truth in o
that hoe also be- @
like c
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ae 5een and cheap % Stephen
1901 and reckesy and
~ " ~ REVENUE OUTSIDE DIRECT .o..
Ieiephones
insnrancs comnanies
6907553
trust Companies
7os1Ooo
iors h ..
Insurance Fees
County iands)
indian Shore Rights 1855
Commercial Fertilizers 5'a55.oo
Liquor comezs t 3t sSoS %
lroad
sl5ss,ess 70
items named above 32,sss21
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06


1855. EXPENDITURES were S. 1874
1885 income was ............... !. Az, 81
1865, expenditures were ....-...... 2.23 ~
1906, income was ...........-...-.. 26s COS OF
1891, cast of Legislature .........a 5000. 90
1903, cost Of Legislature .......... $4,000
1882, salaries of State officials -. 48 9OT
1852, salaries Of clerks, etc. ...... S-25O.U
1902 salaries Of State officials ... s2069. IL
1902. salaries of clerks. etc. ...... n,&5.o0
In the last % years many new depart
ments have been added, and the duties Of
the old ones more than doubled.
In 1882 the number Of clerks In
the sec'y Of States oalce:.:... z now
State Treas off1ce ....:........-. now :
ms. COMMISSIONER office 49,. none. now
Adjt- Cents. Office ...-.-........ now
Fish and Game MISREPRESENTATION. none, now
RI Com'r office ........-...... now
tits true that the salaries have been
raised to agree with the progress of the
times and the increased cost OF labor and
materials. and in this CONNECTION saa n 1t may
of brick mason or plumber was about 10
for u hours work. while 1t is 500 for
hours work at this time.
AS to the new departments they
have been added after popular appeal
addressed to the legislature and voted
for by Democratic representatives as
we'll as Republicans. They have all
been strictly in the line of that prog
ress'' that Mr.. Davis and the other
DGLlOCTdllc AOW SAdAAouI
for Is there any office the Democrats
desire to abolish? Can they designate
one State salary that Is too large? Mr..
Davis carefully avoids doing this and
rests his claims OF extravaganza ON
mere general allegations.
A comparison of salaries paid to
public officers in Maine with those
paid to similar servants in other states
has frequently been made in the news
papers and In every case to the adj
vantage of our economy. In some in
stances the salaries paid in Maine for
what is conceded to be singuarly eff
fective public service are so small as
to be pathetic. 1t is not necessary to
go into details. Any man in Maine
can read the salary list in a Maine
Register.
The public Of Maine are not general
ly familiar with the nature Of the du-
The Republican journal., 1906-09-06
DEM0CRACY'S FALSEHoODS FLY ON NIMbLE WING.
But Solid Republican Sury and Steadily After To
Annihlate

ties Of public officials nor conversant
with the great volume of business trans
acted yearly under the gilded dome at
Augusta. 1t is a place of incessant ap-
plication in all departments, because
State business means a succession of
infinite detail. Tha. the State Of
Maine has such loyal. able and assidu-
Gus officials at salaries that would
make even q third-ra,e lawyer smile is
a piece Of good fortune for the State,
and even a cursory analysis of the
facts makes Candidate Davis asser-
tons seem ridiculous.
About as profitable reading as
taxpayer can peruse in this connec-
ton is q com parison OF some figures
regarding q few State departments in
which an increase of expenditures
may be noted in the past twenty years.
Take the office of Insurance Com
missioner. Here are the figures from
that branch Of the public service:
INSURANCE. DEPARTMENT.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02

- It is o great mistake to suppose
thab there 10 danger Of disease in San
Francisco on account Of the deoaying
bodies Of the dead, says the Chicago
Chronicle. 1t has been proved in
many ways that the exhalatious oe de-
csying animal matter are not injuri-
ous to health, snd there are even
reasons FOR thinking that they are
beneficial. Bridgeport is the health
lest part Of Chicago. The decay that
is deadly is the decay Of vegetable
matter. A single deosyed cabbage is
more dangerous than the entire Union
stock yards.
The big fertilizer ..nst ;s &c Is
prosecuted by the department Of JUS
tice for violation Of the Sherman anti.
trust laws. Proceedings arc soon to
be instigated before the United States
grand jury at Nashville, Tenn. This
is the Virginia. Carolina.
IF the world were biriless, nat
uralist declares, man could not inhebit
It after nine years. time, in spite Of all
the sprays and poisons that could be
manufactured for the obstruction ef
insects. The insects and sl.ss would
simply eat oil the orchards and crops
10 that time.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02
Ear,s,ers' l,aiejn News: s.:

: - This South Carolina Farmerh' Un-
ION column ia now published IN every
Southern State fEnna the BE @se.aee e: e:
: ] - Texaa mud Oklahoma pspers stete
that our Farmers UnionsmainhaY nov.
round up more than elk hundred thons.
and farmers that belong TO the nnion.
Cheer up,9 farmers, your organization
is growing. very fast In both numbers
and knowledge. -. 49, +. .fc%g.;r =.
=. = - = Toll all farmers, wliether they are
delegates or NOT, to come TO- .AndeTsoDs
s.. c., on h1ay. 81st, to be present at the
organisation Of the State I Farmers'
! - Any. farmer mot already q mefnbes
Of. the union can be initiated at t.nder.
son and become lfaotM beE ard repre-
tentative ati thts' State Union from any
county that has no organization already
I. - IN National il Psesidant Of the Farnuailers, ual
Union, b., E. spuekworsh, o. r.. Pyle.
lepturer; PFesident Barrett, pf3 the
Georgfa HtatelU Union, and several other
noted ;nuioDS men and officers OF the
National Union viii be on hand at Ans
ade+son May 81et to asaist in organizing
tho State Union, IS Every local and
county union 5in; tha state ahonld be
represented at this State Union = ~
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02
Not Guilty. ..sss. :s:..:..:. 60. 60.

Atlanta, Ca, april 27.-The trial of
Mrs. +. NJ. Standifer for the murder
of her sister, Miss Chapel Whisenant,
March 8 last, which was begun early
today, was concluded early this eve
ming with verdict Of acquittal, after
ten minutes deliberation by the jury,
Mrs. Standifer entered a plea OF not
guilty and while admitting the killing,
her counsel declared that emotional in
sanity impelled her to the deed.
Mrs. Stspdifer shot and killed heE
sister nearly two months ago, on ac~
count Of the marked attention Of her
husband to the dead woman. Her
suspicions had been confirmed by the
discovery Of letters that had passed
between the two. Asking her sister to
discontinue encouraging Mr.. Standi-
'er aud being refused any promise Of
reform, she fred bullet which
brought almost instant death. Stand
ifer was arrested subsequently on che
charge OF disorderly conduct and when
his trial was called, he failed TO appear
and his bond was forfeited. His
| whereabouts Is unknown.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02
a Marvel Of the Earthquake.

San Francisco, Gala, April Do
Probably the most marvellous escapc
from death during the earthquake is
tha. Of "Gimpy Bill" we'll known
character, who escaped from an upper
aoor of building at the height of the
quake.
Every resident of San Francisco
knows "Gimpy Bill" though perhaps
not by that name. He is cripple and
mendicant, who sells lead pencils on
Market street. His legs have been cut
off at the very hips; and in place of
legs he moves ou wheeled platforms,
strapped to the stumps. he works
himself along the pavements with two
short canes, and his head is abou. at
the level Of dog. He is man on cas-.
tors, instead of legs.
When the earthquake oame Bill wse
sleeping over saloon on Washington
street, near Montgomery-s region
:'aioh sc: heavy shock. HE street
legs wore uuetrapped, but he had his
clothes on. He was pitched out Of bed
and rolled about The room like an emp.
ty demiiohu. A heavy oornics fell
through the oeiling Of his room and
missed him by foot. He rolled away
from the wreck and managed to get tc
his rollers, which be strapped on. He
tried the door, but the wreokege had
him penued in Q prisoner. He trun
died bimself to the window, and sav
that the district wes already on FIRE
Bill went back to the bed, twisted tn
blankets aud sheets into rope, tie'
his canes about his neck with cor
aud Slid out Of the window. His rop
was 100 phort. At the end Of it b
hung ten feet above the street. Their
he swung aud yelled, afraid Of wha
the drop might do to his trundle plat
forms, until some one passing thre,
up apile Of boxes aud helped hin
down. In one day, driven Away
backward by the Ere. this cripple GOV
cred about fourteen miles, ending i,
q camp ip Golden Gate Park. At on
time he grabbed the tailboard Of
wagon snd hold on, bis platform
humping over the oobbles. At "a
other time his only way of escape Rror
tho fire wac across Russian Hill, Z
which an Italian boy pulled him Wit
q rope for ten oents.--News aud Cou
rier.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02

- You Farmers Union man stand up
there and pull OH your hat, we have
something 70 tell yea thss will , mnks I,
that our South Caroline Farmers
Urion column. was now being publish
ed In papers thst reach over fous hun
tdfed thousand Southern people whS
subscribe to thess papers9 Newspaper
men tell us that Ia 90! The should re.
mind all who furnish information fol
this column thas we eheuid bo very
careful what, >e cay, 2or this respond
bility is not only great, but our teach.
be conducted upon q high plane.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-02
The Founder e7 The Farmers Uaion Is
..>.... :. BtAd. ..........

Newton Greahsm, the father Of the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive Union. OF America, died at his
home at Point, Texas, April 10th.
Newton Gresham Is dead buS his
work l; and nd, spirit lives on ,t in tie Fsr, t.
greatest farmese' organization that the
world has exer known.
In the Farmars' Union organization
Newton Gresham has Left &c his his Te0- Pct
pie, his family and the Southern far
mera; as we'll an heritage and monu-
ment to his memory that is far greater
than mint :>e sud aad mhny statues
In bronze. ::.,ts:a -: sa. -: ~ .:~,
His South Carolina Union brethren
mourn his loas, while We bow to the
will Of Him who gave him for our good.
Peace be unto his ashes. .4:3 : -. : -