The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-03
IT MUST Be TOLD,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Standard Oil and RaiIroadi
in Panic Over Garfield
Report.
SENSATION IS ASSURED
Cooperation Senators Plead for IN,
Suppression Of the Rspors-stand.
ard Oil Has Had the Rail.
reads at Is Mercy.

Chicago. May "A Washington dis
patch TO the Tribune:
Standard OIL IL on the run. So are
the railroads. Within the last few days
extraordinary pressure has beer
brought to bear on President Roosevelt
To induce him to suppress. or at least
To delay. the report OIL the standard
OIL inquiry concluded by the bureau of
corporations under the personal direc-
tion OF Commissioner Garfield.
The report hits both the Standard
OIL and the railroad companies squarely
between their corporate eyes. IL nj
ieges and proves that the Standard oil
company In some instances has received
rebates on freight amounting To full,
50 per cent. OF the tariff rates.
Practically every one OF the eastern
trunk lines and almost every part OF
every railroad system Is concerned IT.
these revelations.
Standard Oil Frightened.
The Standard oil people have become
frightened and they have enlisted the
services OF the railroad senators tn help
them out OF the hole. The friends OF
the railroads In the senate are alarmed
because they believe this report. show
Ing as Il does direct collision between
the railroad companies and the most
hated trust In America. Will stir up tn.
people to such an extent that all hope OF
preventing radical railroad legislation
Will be ut an end.
For this reason the combination OF
the railroads and the standard OH has
been sending emIssarics tn the White
House begged the president not To
send In his message. at least not until
after the railroad bill Is out OF the way
President viii Refuse.
President Roosevelt thus far has un.
! derstood the meaning OF all these sils-
! gestions He will not suppress the
| Standard OIL report. IL Will be- sent In
to the house of representatives prob
ably on Tuesday with special mes
sage from the president showing that
| the work has been done by ComHis-
sioner Garfield. under the instructions
OF the house. pursuant To what II
known as the Campbell resolution.
A more polite president, one VINO was
| In closer touch with the big hnahciai
| interests and one who was less devoted
TO the interests OF the people misht
| find Il convenient TO suppress the
STANDARD oil report. at least for the
| time being. Not So with President
! Roosevelt. however. lie IL fully aware
| of the tremendous importance OF TINS
official indictment OF the methods oi
the standard oil company.
The president has read complete
synopsis OF the report and In addition
| has gone over many OF the dethis
with Commissioner Garfield. win sec
! rotary Metcalf. and with other mem
| hers OF the cabinet. He has decided To
send I'm the report la direct opposition L.
/ the personal pleas OF "A number OF Sena.
I tors whose names might be given "
1 a were absolutely necessary, but whose
! identity can easily be guessed at
Railroads at End OF Rope.
Furthermore, the railroad contingent
/ In the senate In about ready To throw
/ up the sponge. Mr.. Aldrich, OF hhod'
/ Island has been blufiing from the start
/ lie has claimed n large majority oi th'
republican votes In opposition To th'
policy OF the president. He has failed
/ TO demonstrate. his ability tn hold ms
4 forces together. and within the last
few days specific proposals have been
made looking toward basis OF com.
= promise which wiS be subsiantiul
/ triumph for the administration.
IL has even been limited that the Al.
I drIch- ElkIns crowd Ia the senate would
( be willing to allow the Hepburn bill
| to be passed as IL came from the house
! " the president meanwhile would sup
press or cut down the Garfield report
on Standard OIL In such way as tn
! minimize the effect OF the charges II
/ make.
At the beginning OF the fight In the
| senate IL was constantly asserted that
| the whole trouble had been la the Civ
ing and receiving OF rebates. and that
/ this difficulty had been stopped since
/ the massage OF the Elkins law. The
| Garfield report will show exactly the
contrary Is true. Rebates have been
/ paid To the Standard OH company long
after the passage OF the Elkins law.
Railroads at Cirs Mercy.
The great oil monopoly has made
4 itself more and more independent Of
the railroads by building It's own pipe
/ lines. but In spite Of that II has been
/ Obliged to use the regular transporta-
| ton lines for all short hauls. and prac-
| ticnlly for all OF the retail trade. IL ~
| I'm this way II has driven out local COM
petitors everywhere.
In some cases II has forced railroad
| companies To put up rates. aud II has
I received rebate. while the opposition
was made to pay the full tarir figures.
1 In some cases where the Standard
| found II difficult To compete with a
/ rival Il has compelled the railroads to
| fix ridiculously low rates. so as To ell
I nbl. IN to get into pnrtirular territory