The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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, f ,Io rreacnt hearing and tho efforts
, ,usrrey General Ellis toward pr'eecut-
, ,nr 1nirera " tho Standard and ita
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mooney virgil y Kline on behalf ~ tho
g,,uItrI I'D HE utmost tn prevent the
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,.l objections ~ the testimony ~ each of
,s v,tuoa-". on various grounds. hut was
.,rruIcI ny the commissioners IN each
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commissioners Clements and pruuty
made u plain that tho investigation IL To
N,ye tho widest possible SCOPE. Then
NJ x me changed ht- tactics. intimating
,ha, tho present inquiry Il 81 an ex parte
r,t,r. He maintained that the officials
n, the standard and it, subsidiary con-
,arns should have a chance To reply To the
ACCUSATIONS.
70 this the commissioners cordially ac-
coded. promising to fix a date for thish hear
Ing in the near future.
Mr.. Fretter. secretary NJ the National
Refining Company and president Of the
National Pipe Line Company. gave the
most important testimony of the day.
He read a letter received by the National
Refining Company two years ago from its
agent in Memphis, the General Oil Com
panv. II was dated April 10, 1904, and
said.
customer H. McCabe Of Clarendon, Ark;
has been summoned before the Grand
Jury To answer the charge Of selling oil
below the State proof. A committee of
three, from the Grand Jury told him IL he
would stop selling the National Light he
would not be indicted. He refused and told
them to go ahead.
He doubts a true bill, though as he sus-
-. m attanDt nv tha WataF6 piarCo
people to intimidate him as their agent.
Mr.. Threlkell, at Clarendon, is on the jury
and he believes he was put there for that
express purpose.
practically ended where it is and that the
action taken by the courts and Grand Jury
gives us a good opportunity to use a circular
letter exposing their met hods to good
advantage
not long ago who was with the inspector.
Mr.. Rogers, when he passed National Light
Cd, taking it to be trust oil and condemned
trust oil, taking it to be National Light OIL.
He said this evening If ne was called
before the Grand Jury he would expose the
whole matter and tell all that he knows.
which, he said, he was quite sure one men,
Der Of the Grand Jury would not appre-
ciate.'
Mr.. Fretter then read a letter from P. G.
Crenshaw, Standard Oil manager at Chi
cago, to George Berrien, the Rockford, Ill,
agent. which is held to grant permission
to resort to bribery to drive a rival from
the market. In part it follows; -,
The suggestion to substitute Standard
for independent oil must be done in a deli
cate way and I would never fail to bring out
the point with the dealer in such a way that
he will understand it.
1T is possible that he the dealer will not
admit that he will adopt YOU suggestion
and sell perfection as the high grade oil,
or possibly use it for both high and low
grades, but ninety-nine times out of a
hundred II you will put the matter to him
I would avoid crowding the matter too
far and getting the dealer to promise this,
unless he shows q readiness to accept your
suggestion, in which event you can help
him work out the details"