The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-11
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p. str. .,ard lcflf- the Interstate
, yrs,o ,,mmi .sion here to-day
" RrIpy while hr confessed that he
iaIr,f,s definite know ledgp ~ the changes
,r fe,yht rre-. declared that the fact that
uay sers iurr.a-"d shortly aftor the COM
rlstIan ~ tho plue line, hen IN. standard
tr' rumrany would have NJ further need
,o transport oi by rail, was q ooincitenoe
and not an EFFORT to discriminate against
ne ~Iudependent dealers,
Tho commission learned much Of the
slee.,I met hDds ~ the Standard OIL Com
many m dealing with IT, Competitors and
IN irving to force them out Of business. I,
ono witness. D.. NJ. without Of Topeka,
Kan. formerly an employee Of the Standard
Oh Company. testified that prior 10 1893
the company furnished him with an ex-
rense account which he was TO Use in
bribing clerks and truckers for the rail-
roads to furnish The company with Informal
ton concerning the customers of indepen-
dent dealers.
Another former employee. Maynard
Maxon, said that in Illinois State inspectors
had been bribed to condemn the oil Of in
dependent dealers and compel them to ship
the consignment beyond the boundaries
Of the State. This same witness said that
the employees Of the Standard Oil Com
pany werr provided with annlal passes
on the railroads in their districts. and thus
saved thousands of dollars annually to the
company. Shich entered as an item Of ex-
pen~e in the ~accouh Of their compositions.
In proof Of his assertion he produced
two expired passes and said that Com
missioner Of Corporations James r. Gar
field has several of these passes, which
he had turned over some time ago.
Contrary to expectations of railroad
men and even Of tho attorneys Of the Stand
ard Oil Company, the commission de-
cided that the authority vested In it by
the special resolution of Congress entitled
it 10 make a thorough investigation into
the dealings Of the Standard Oil Company
and refused to coains its inquiry to thu
relations between the oil company and the
railroads.
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This broad Interpretation of it's author
ity gave 1t az opportunity to 60 deep into
the affairs of the big oil concern and to
hear the stories OF how independent con-
Germs had been forced ont OF busines SO by
methods declared to he Peculiar to tho
Standard alone.
Mr.. Maxon. who was connected with The
Standard, or one of its Subsidiary concerns,
1879 until 1908 and who IL now engaged
in private business in southern Illinois,
the commission a clear insight into The
he employed In looking after the
Of his employers. As district
manager at Decatur. H., he was expected
10 look after the compahy's interests in hat
field, and AS he told how he had done this
he was frequently asked why he did II.
lie invariably answered: "On instructions
rom my superior officers
Mr.. Maxon explained that the Standard
had also formed independent or fake"
to mislead the people who were
opposed TO dealing with thu Standard,
said that one Of these was the Paragon
Company OF Decatur, Of which John
1aSon, a brother Of the witness, had been
pnN Of the managers. Another OF the
lake companies was the Banner oil
Company Of Springfield, H., which after
beclmc:he Kercher Brothers Company.
mi etiII later was changed TO tho SPRING
NED OIL Delivery Company. He said his
bother had also been connected with this
com Tany,
The province of these companies. Mr..
hsNon said, was TO corner for the Standard
ne trade which had gone TO independent
oncerns, He said that In De oatur and
'prlnsfeld Il house to house canvass was
and the names Of every consumer and
nat OF the dealer with whom he dealt we're
Then every effort was made
o get the custom Of these for
ne independent companies which were
'eiling Standard oil. They did not oppose
Standard agents, MIR, Maxon explained,
'nt they made it interesting for the small
presldent Ripley Of the Santa Fe was
isked about the pipe lines which had been
aid on the right Of way Of the Santa Fe.
te testified that he had sold the rights
o the oil company, receiving on one con-
ract $40 per mile and on two others $50
'er mile He said that be had opposed the |
Of the pipe lines because
70 believed that it would decrease the
a'lroad's business, but when he saw that
ne lines would be constructed he made |
he best out Of it he could. He said that
ne only compensation the railroad re-
eived was the fixed amount per mile for
ne uss Of the right Of way, the business
y hauling the pipe for the construction
me line, which brought In about $3.50 900,
ND The hauling Of the coal, about three car
oaas per week to the pumping stations
long the line
MI Ripley explained that he had opposed
construction Of the pipe line and had
rec TO SEQ II he could not quote a railroad
a'e which would make the building Of the
upe nne unnecessary, but had found that
10 OH could be conveyed through the pipe
Q much cheaper than by rail as TO make
impossible to quote a rate low enough.
he saw that he was going to lose
ne OIL TRAFFIC he thought the next best
nine would be Ia allow the line to be built
n santa 70 property. He said that there
.e ABOUT 49, or $40 miles OF Pipe line on the
ANITA Fe right Of way.