New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-17
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East St Louis roads hauling the tTac did not
Standard Oil Company knows Of this transaction
WAITING consigned to East ST. Louis and that the
carrying roads collected freight from the Standard
100 pounds There was no secrecy about it.
While dTe ing sP9nd from me Whting to East
St Louis Mr.. Garfield fails 20 mention that IN
bT the Illinois Central from Kankakee. Ill. East
ST Louis for the benefit q plant 0ea oe6an a
was in no way interested The same road made a
cents FER 100 pounds from Kankakee TO Chicago.
a distance of ffty-six miles.
m Kansas is that there are some unfair open
rates matter too vague 70 answer ana tone Ins
lies in the arbitrary weights fixed by the railroads
Of oil in the United States, 1t has been the general
custom Of the railroads TO assess the Welghts OF
md Ie snS Is is 50 EXPRESSED in the tariffs Every
ggefner in the United States makes Interstate ship
ever this general rule was made by the reads
crude Oil vas not INCLUDED d in the f genera ans RAE
roads applied weight Of seven and four tenths
% a9pa IL su to Mr. Garfield objected to the ad
vanced weight on crude OIL put us 0039cf69 MAS
Ing the foregoing explanation the commisSsloneTT
things making for favoritsm from the railroads
to the Standard Oh Company
bates as we'll as DETERMINATIONS by secret rates
az been given Oil This refers 10 STATE TateS
not within the jurisdiction of the federal author
Company alone, but Of many producers and con-
There is no law in California requiring the rail
roads to file tariffs When, therefore, the problem
was presented Of hauling a new and large produc-
ton Of oil. used TO large extent for fuel, they
quoted rates shippers according 10 the cond-
lions existing from time to time. There
was not the slightest favortism shown the Stand
ard Mr.. Garfield mentions certain Cali
fornia state rates used In connection with inter
where the state rates were used from any point in
California In connection with interstate rates from
some other point IN California to point In Ar-
Il was necessary, because no through rates
were in force from the point Of shipment 10 desti
The large sums Of money which Mr.. Garfield
sets down one years savings" TO the Standard
through the operation Of certain freight rates
sums which the President aggregates as $4,000
could only have been arrived at by theorizing.
that the Standard is favored by open rates, II
would involve not only colusion between the rail-
roads and the Standard OIL Company but collision
by the railroads with each other 1t would also
involve the consent Of a railroad not reaching
Whiting Ind for example, TO the establishment Of
20 business OF another point at which the con-
eenting railroad receiving traffic. To bring
about such an arrangement would be impossible
After investigation Of shipments during a
period OF about fifteen years over more than two
hundred thousand miles OF railway the commits
sioner is not able 10 show that the Standard Oil
Company received single rebate on its interstate
shipments. He has only been able call atten-
zion a few Instances in which the stua-
tion in his opinion required explanation. This ex-
be satisfactory 10 any mar familiar with trans
DOFfatiOn problems.