The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-12

animation OF haywood Maxon of illinois,
who WAS the last witness at the hearing
yesterday.
The attorney read number OF letters
written by Maxon, in which he threatened
to make trouble for the Standard OIL COM
Dany because he had been refused years
leave OF absence. One OF the letters read:
Threat to Get Even.
company | can Your attorney. Mr..
Eddy attacked my interests before the
Legislature at Springfield. III, and will
get even before | am through"
MaXon admitted being the writer Of the
letters.
rs it not true that you have about 1900
letters and documents In Your possession
belonging to the Standard OIL company
OF kentuclty?" asked Mr. La Forge.
Confscated Letters.
Ell have q large number of letters and
pany. and letters written by them TO
their agents the witness replied.
How did you get them2'
In the same way That for years | got
information for the Standard OIL com
pany."
Attorney La Forge then read a letter
written by Maxon TO c, NJ Pratt, Of
flcer of the Standard OIL company in New
York. in which he said that he had OBJ
tanned COO letters from ono of the COM
pnny's agents in Ohio and had allowed
Commissioner Garfield to copy them for
use in prosecuting the company.
Got Plenty Of Passes.
In answer to questions OF the attorney
regarding passes Maxon said that he had
passes on nearly every railroad in his
territory and used them In travelling on
the comDanys s business He obtained the
passes he said. from Treasurer Holmes
and other officers OF the Standard Oil
company
Louis Sc San Francisco road. followed Mr.,
MaXon on the stand. He said that there
are no pipe lines on the right of way Of
his company for any considerable dis
to install a pipe line lie seld that the
Cudahy Refining company had made ap-
pllcation TO install a pipe line from the
Kansas oil fields to St. Louis. and that
the proposition was declined by the eX-
ecutivc committee OF the railroad. The
witness said that he does not believe that
the Cudahy company Is affiliated with
the Standard interests.
Cannot Give q Reason.
"Do you know OF any reason why the
Cudahy people should not be given the
right to construct a pipe line. and the
Standard should be given such right?'
asked Commissioner Prouty
II cun think Of no reason said Mr..
], F Tucker. chairman OF the Central
Freight association, followed, and was
In which the Central Traffic as
Is conducted. He was sue
ceeded on the stand by II J. Cohn of St
Louis. who was connected with the
years He declared that certain terri
tories In Illinois were divided between the
OIL cop'nany and the
Standard OIL company for the sale of oil
Standard Checks Accounts.
The accounts of the former company |
are. he said. checked up by auditors OF |
Inc Standard Oil company The witness |
declared that on the published tariff of |
the Missouri Pacific road n reduction OF |
" cents per hundred on oils is provided |
.or II the pipe line E passed under the Mis-
up to three years ago, he said
owned two pipe lines passing under the
liver.
The Iron Mountain the witness said
lad acted rs nm agent In securing busl-
ness for the Standard on company from
Ill small towns In southern Missouri re-
,eiylng ii compensation for all work
lone Agents OF the road, he said. acted
also as agents for the oil company. For
heir services they were paid commits
sion OF | cent N gallon.
Community of Interests.
The witness said that he. as an agent
IF the Standard OIL company, had ap-
pointed new railroad agents in Missouri
where vacancies existed.
The last witness of the day was s L. |
-Iibbs of Peoria. Ill, who gave evidence
'egarding the methods of crushing Inde- |
pendent dealers, similar TO that given by
previous witnesses.
During his testimony. Attorney Miller.
representing the Standard OIL company
objected To the evidence. claiming that IL
,ad no bearing upon the relations of the |
company with the railroads and saving
hat it simply was a lot OF muck-rak-
MS;
,nts, III the Standard OIL company Is In
.he muck. | see no reason why a rake
should not be used"
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