Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-26

towns, with the exception of Youngstown,
the Independent peddlers were forced to
abandon their business. In Youngstown a.
man named william H. Valley was en-
countered and despite everything we could
do he held his trade. We gave oil away
by the barrel and tank load, but 1t did no
good. Valleys customers threw it away"
Miss Elizabeth Protzman, a stenographer
and bookkeeper in the Dayton, o. Office
Of the Standard OIL company. testified that
information concerning the oil shipment Of
rivals was brought into the Office by dray-
men and that she made careful record of
them and gave them to her superior.
Large telegraph system.
John OBrien, general superintendent of
the Lima division Of the Buckeye Pipe
Line company, a Standard concern, was
asked particularly about the Standards
| telegraph system, especially that part COM
nected with the pipe line company. The
| inquiries succeeded in establishing the gem
eral fact that the Standard has an immense
! telegraph system of its own. extending to
nearly every part of the country and that
in carrying on its great volume of trade It
does not often require the use of the gem
eral lines OF the two big telegraph COM
panies. The company has it's own wires
! lcdbcu VI OlntTWlSt, OpeTdlOTBl OI1Cebt TtBu~
lations, blanks and other stationery, and
sometimes sends messages for persons not
connected with the company. THE witness
denied that the company exchanged BUSH
ness with the Western Union Telegraph
company at points where one had an Of
hce and the other did not.
d. r. Byles, secretary and treasurer OF
the Independent Refining company, limited,
Of Oil City, Pa. offered testimony concern
ing the railroad rate discrimination against
his company. especially by the Lake Shore
and Pennsylvania roads which had prac-
/ tically driven his company out of the en-
tire New England field. and that in order
to hurt their business In Indiana the
Standards agents circulated reports to the
effect that the Oil City company was in
reality a Standard Oil concern.
Irregularities in Rates.
Frank j. Heimerich Of Bellevue o. told
how his independent oil business was all
but ruined by the methods Of the Standard.
w. ]. Cram OF Marietta o., testified that
the Standard for years bounded his COM
pany and that the company was finally
| compelled to sell it's property at a low
figure. w f. Wall, president OF the Fred
T. Clark company, oil dealers OF Cleveland
pointed out on rate sheets the Irregularities
in rates to different points in the coun-
try
F. NJ. Gibbs. a merchant of Tipten, O.,
| said he was compelled TO handle the
Standards oil because the Standard $
agents threatened 10 start another store
close by and sell every article he sold in
competition.
Charles A. Kicks Of Cleveland. employed
in the Cleveland ONCE OF the Standard
Oil company from 1889 to 1901. his last
position being that OF assistant general
manager. denied upon cross-examinatior
that a large amount of Standard Oil litera-
ture was prepared in his ONCE and offered
to papers throughout Ohio at so much pei
column
Burning of Books Denied.
Special Counsel Monnett had been in
formed that books of the company had
been recently burned in the works in this
city and he subpoenaed +. w. Miller and
George Bear to testify. Both denied thai
they had seen or heard Of any such oc.
eurrenee and they were speedily excused
George L. Lewis, a luhricating oil sales
man Of Chicago, told how he lost a con.
tract with the Dayton & Troy tractor
line because the Standard agents promised
enough freight TO more than pay for thS
oil.
c. B. Duffy, purchasing agent OF IN,
Hooking Valley railroad. was called t.
testify concerning the buying Of lubricat
ing oils. Asked II he had not said re
Gently that his road would lose from $3.50
900 70 100000 a year in freightage II h
bought lubricating oils from any othe
company than the Standard or GaIena
he replied that he might have made such
remark. but he had no positive recoIlec
tion Of H. He said that he had no In
structions from his superiors 10 buy thes
oils from the Standard or Gaiena com
| panies.