Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-15
HEARING THEOILNEN
nutsrstate Commerce Commission
Learns Some Standard OIL Tricks
a FORMER AGENT TELLS OF THEM.
Nuovv the Railroads Put a Producer
aaa shipper out of Bushes" ~
an Arbitrary Action He-
GaRdins weights

Kansas lily, NAo'' =. tha
,zmIhoyte Of Springfield, Mo, was inc
S,rat witness Tuesday before the inuer
9ncu,rv into alleged discrimination anu
al.e standard Oil company against an
aeDe6dent oil producers and renne[le'
Al Kansas. He lived formerly ~ ~
A. and Is in the oil business there
- m springfield. Formerly ne was
,orent for the Standard OIL company y
T,cneka Kan, for four years and Do
1cra that was for three years traVel-
~ agent for the Standard on CON-
many, with headquarters In wic slt%
Kan. ~.,uo.s sor
mvaelf in Springfield and Joplin tne
ctandard Oil company always pas
Known within barrel exactly now
much oil I have on hand" sald Mr'
.sHow do you know they do?" asked
Mr. prouty Of the commission. ..
because was for many years Will
the standard OIL company and In every
instance where an independent rehnef
dipped oil into my territory was no,
siNed of It by my superior ofticer anu
was notified to watch for the arrival
OF that shipment. l was gwen tns
number of the car and was instructeu
N and ont where every gallon OF that
~, went and to report it. For instance
-vhen was the Standard OIL agent
An Topeka the agent Of the STANDARD
N CLEVELAND reported to MI. Mayer. its
aren't in Kansas City, that a car OF Oh
Aad been shipped by the Midland vi
company, an independent renner' u
ToDeka- Mr.. Mayer sent me the num-
a. of this car. He called me up
Nv telephone The Standard never
dives such instructions on paper ne
eoId me the Standard OIL company old
not expect me to allow comPetitoE
% sell that oil in my territory he
aold me | must watch and inform MIN
where every gallon Of it went
ii'The car came to Topeka and $1,000 tcl
Awoweeks upon sidetrack. ] visited
that car regularly three times 2 DAY
FINALLY a draymAn came to unload 1t
He was a man who had done consider
abe hauling for me an he permitte'
ms 70 get the names Of every DersOi
Who got a package Of that carload
nave that list now, as well as man
io1hers."
GLOW did that information bench
the Standard OIL company"
\.Tt gave them the names OF ever
aealer who was buying oil from inde
oendent dealers, It gave them the exaC
auantity Of oil each competitor had an
& enabled me to go to each OF m
competitors and either tie him up 7
NJ with a contract or cut the price .
that he loses money on all the OIL d
eets from Independent refners."
Mr. Wilhoyte said that in Spring
aeld the Frisco railroad permitted tn
agents Of the Standard to see all nj
incoming shipments
II have always considered the Frisc
n more serious competitor OF min
afan the Standard Oil company" b
said.
1. N. Knapp. an oil producer ar
shipper Of Chanute, Kan, was Il
next witness. In October, 1899,
went to Kansas and became produc
and shipper He began supplying {
10 Omaha, shipping 1t the first year
tank cars and then he bought 20 tar
cars and supplied Omaha and Kans
City with crude oil. He testified tn
when the railroads raised the rate I
oil from 10 to II cents from Chanu
to Kansas City It put him ont Of t
shipping business.
Mr.. KnapD teS.iGah that up to 10
sac raIlroaus accepted crude oil
shipment at weight Of 4-10 poun
to the gallon In 1904 the railroa
arbitrarily changed the weight
14-10 pounds to the gallon, which
creased the freight rate Is per ce
and caused him TO lose $500 In G
gear and helped to force him out
the shipping business. AT the Il
ehis change was made the Standl
OH company was the only one sh
ping gas oil out Of Kansas and
railroads did not increase the weig
per gallon upon that
es-. uunaZihs' Asked TO MAKE Go
Des Moines, Ia, March IA
house by vote Of 70 to 6 late TT
day passed the Gillilland resolut
calling upon Gov. Cummins to m
good his charges that railroad In
ence was used to defeat the prim
) bill. The governor charged that
railroads were using every power
money or influence could direct
antlmated that some Of the meml
OF the legislature had been so In
enced. The governor promises
70 make sensational disclosures wi
he claims to have regarding the v
OF the Lobbyists in the state, and
friends in the legislature secured
passage Of the resolution.
No Hunters License Needed
St Louis, March 1L-In the
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