The Monticellonian., 1906-11-22

both interstate and intrastate, and by granted to the Standard Oil company and its subsidiary corporations.
 The bill goes into the details of many of these rates. and shows a sys- tematic discrimination, substantially all over the United States, so that rates from Standard shipping points are much lower, for the same distance proportionately and per ton per mile, than from shipping points of inde- pendent competing concerns. These differences in most instances amount to more than reasonable profit upon the oil.
 Some Sample Determinations.
 The regular published rate from Whiting, Ind, to Evansville, Ind, through Illinois, for instance, was Il cents per hundred pounds. Most of the oil shipped by the Standard com pany was shipped at SA cents and 6 cents per hundred pounds. The Standard had rate from Whiting, Ind, to Grand Junction, Tenn, of 13 cents per hundred pounds, and large quantities of oil were distributed from Grand Junction all over this southern territory on secret rates which never were published, as required by law, or filed with the interstate commerce commission.
 The petition alleges that for about ten years prior to 1905 secret and un- published rates were made from Whiting, Ind, to East St. Louis, of 6, 6l4 and 6l2 cents on the various rail roads, which oil was destined to St. Louis and to a large territory south and southwest of those points. while the regular published rate was Is cents per hundred pounds.
 How They Control Railroads.
 It is alleged that the individual de- fendants and other individuals associa- ted with them and interested with them in the Standard Oil trust have acquired large interests in the stocks of the principal railroads of the United States and have caused them selves to be elected or have caused
 
 to be elected as members of the boards of directors of such railroads. By req. son of such ownership and representa- tion on the boards of directors of such railroads the individual defend ants have influenced the railroads to establish and maintain the diserimina- tory rates.
 Among the railroads in which the defendants are interested and upon the boards of directors of which they have representation (together with the names of directors) are the fol lowing:
 William Rockefeller - Central New
 England; Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
 Paul; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern; Michigan Central; New York Central; New York, Chicago and St. Louis; New York, New
 Haven and Hartford; New York.
 Ontario and Western; New York
 and Ottawa 'Pittsburg and Lake
 Erie; Rutland
 Henry H. Rosers-Santa Fe, Chicago,
 Milwaukee and St. Paul; Union
 Pacific
 Charles M. Pratt-Boston and Maine,
 Evansville and Terre Haute; Long Island.
 Henry M. FIaeler-Florida East Coast. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.-Delaware,
 Lackawanna and Western; Missouri Pacific.
 William c. RockefsiIer-Union Pacific. H. Clay Pierce-Kansas City Southern,
 St. Louis and San Francisco. c. w. Harkness-Chicago, Milwaukee
 and St. Paul.
 F. T. Gates-Missouri Pacific, Wiscon-
 sin Central.
 The petition then recites the Stand ard trusts monopoly of the sale of lubricating oils to railroads, it's unfair methods of competition in the cutting of local prices, the formation of bogus independent companies, the payment of rebates on oil prices, and the divis- ion of territory.
 Tolls of Stupsndous Profits.
 It is alleged that by reason of it's nouOpOiy luo olduQdTu Oll COIlpdny has made enormous and unreasonable profits on the actual value of It's prop. erty; that the trustees valuation of all the property and stocks placed in their hands in 1882 was $55, 5,710. .69S.24. The additional property purchased or acquired by the issue of trust certifi- cates was $13.310,100 so that the total value of all property controlled by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, except such as may have been pur- chased from earnings. is $69 ,020. 79S.24, according to their own valuation. Upon this capital the Standard has from 1882 to 1895, inclusive, paid $512 2,940,0S4.50 of dividends, and has created large surplus-the exact sur plus the petitioner is unable to state, because the Standard has not pub. lished any statements since 1896 But from 1882 to 1896 it's surplus, accord. ing to its own statements, was $79,. 536 6,025.14, and it is alleged that its property at the present time exceeds the value of $200,0o0. 900. It's annual dividends during the last nine years have run from 3S to 48 per cent per annum, in addition to this large sur. plus.