The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-05
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7. ON STAN D \ .A''ly \ D OIL q |.
What President Says il Sub, Sub,
hitting Report of Commits
sioner to Congress. 5z
(ByF a Associated Press,


WASHINGTON D. c. Il May y .--:nh II
President to- day sent to- Congress a mes
sage transmitting the report, of Com
nnissioner Of Corporations Garfield Of sstll II
result OF his Investigations Into the trans
actions OF the Standard oil CompanysS! ~
SO far as 1t refers to the subject t OF trans
portnton and freight ra tes. he n mes e1s
sage is as follows: sSs 5 Isl. u III
The Senate and Ftouse OF Represe en- ~ -iSs
3 transmit % herewith d report BY the
commissioner Of the! Bureau of Cor
poratlons In the Department Of Com
inerce and Labor on the subject of
transportation and freight rases LII l
connection with the q, industTyt@ !; 4
OF which are summarized In this re n
port. was undertaken In accordaYn nc Ell 9
with House resolution III 49a, passed \
FEBRUARY is, 1905, hut for the reasons I
given IN the report i has hsen, mere re
i. for inSthe resolution Itself. 5 S5 ~
Secret and Unlawful. i5 &,
call your especial attention to the = !,
letter Of transmlttal accompany !1g /
and summarizing the REPORT; for. the {
report is Of capital Importance IN
view OF the effort now being made to-
secure such enlargement OF the pow,
ers Of the Interstate Commerces CON =,
II
mission power lii some measure a de-
2 . uuately to meet the clearly demon
strated needs OF tho situation. The
facts set forth in this report are g. tor
only the differences from them that
are disputed. and even ~ this resPecli
the dispute Is practically limited to4
Z the question as to whether the trats-#
actions are or are not tecnhicatiy
ssk"l standrd s oIl Company has benefited
enormously up almost to the present
4 moment by secret rates, many OF
these secret rates being clearly un.
lawful This benefit amount, 70 az
least three-quarters OF million "a
lion represents the profit that the
Standard OH Company obtains at the
expense Of the railroads; bnt. q
course. tho ultimate result Is tnat ,ha ~
Np'rss IND result Il OF Of the InvestIaa aatlon has
been that shortly after the discovery
OF these secret rates ~ the commls'B
sIoner ot sorpora,.0s, prompsIy pe eo~oeted
by tho railroads, SO that nosS of
them have now been done away With
This immediate correction. partial or
complete. OF the evl! OF the sesres2' M
an n/,cknowledgmen that they We're
u 3 exposed and, on the other hand.
ot OF the efficiency OF the work
thai has been done by the BureauNofS "
Corpora tons. The Department. o.
Justice VIII take up the question
Instltutnu procesutons In at last
certain OF the cases q, But II Is most
desirable to enact into law the bill
introduced by Senator Knox to correcl /
the interpretation Of the immunity
provision rendered In Judge Hum
phrsy's decislon The hands OF the
government have baen greatly
strengthened In securing an effective j
remedy by the recent decision of the f
supreme Court in the case Instituted
by the sovernm ment against the tobacco
trust, which decision permits the
government to examine the hooks and y
records OF any corporation engaged In (
Interstate oommerce: and by the revs
cent conviction and punishment ~
tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad and certain OF Its officers.
Gross Favoritism.
eut In addition to these secret
rates the Standard OH profits inv
menseIy by open rates, which are. sos
arranged as to Give u an oyerYtnelm,
ing advantage over ia :. ndeper dent
competitors. The ifefusal OF the raj \
roads Uncertain cases toiprorats pre.$s
duces ambiguous effects. ThliA ~