Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-13

tacks upon the Standard OIL company.
He has as yet failed to answer Mr..
Castles direct charge that Mr.. En-.
ery's oil interests have been benefi-
ciaries of rebates, quite as much as
has the Standard Oil company in their
limited way.
Upon this subject Mr.. Castle. at
Cory, last week said:
SIS this canvass of Lewis Emery,
Jr., fair candid, honest canvass,
based upon actual conditions of the
men themselves, or is 1t pure sham
and a fake and fraud? AS bearing
upon that | am reminded of the fact
that Lewis Emery appeared before
the industrial commission and gave
testimony, in 1899, and by turning to
page 500, volume /, of the printed re-
ports of that commission, we find this
interesting bit of information:
Emery's Old Testimony.
"These questions were directed to
Mr Emery when on the witness stand,
and the answers are his:
"Have you frequently in your bust
ness enjoyed rebates?' was asked Mr..
Emery, and his reply follows:
"No. sir; never Now let me mod
ify that. In my business previous to
1872, in the refinery In Titusville, Pa,
rebates were a common thing, but we
were young and new in the CONNER
cial business, and fellows in Cleveland
and Pittsburg were a little more ex-
perienced We didn't seem to make
very much money. They were run
ming full tilt with their wells, barrel
shops and everything, and we began
to look about to see what was the
matter We went to Pittsburg and
learned to our astonishment that GER
tain concerns were getting 25 cents
barrel. We were large shippers,
and we demanded to be granted the
same. That was away back in 1870.
We were given % cents; and then we
got on to the fact that some rehners
were receiving Is cents back and
some other refners were receiving so
cents The rate at that time was in
the neighborhood of $3.50. and oil
could be carried at a profit today at
25 cents. From that time to this, no.
am not guilty.
"It Is, perhaps. interesting also to
note that there is filed with the inter
state commerce commission in Wash
| ington a paper showing that as late
as 1897 the Emery Manufacturing
company, of Bradford. was shipping
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pany, at Buffalo. N. Y. by the Buffalo,
| Rochester & Pittsburg railroad. n
| large number of cars that were billed
as acid, when in fact they contained
| oil. The rate on acid was cents per
| 100 pounds, and the rate on oil was
| S1a cents. And in that way they were
| getting rebates on their oil by falsely
| billing the oils which they were ship
| ping to Buffalo, and which were being
| paid for by w. II. Foote & Co."
Castles Def to Emery.
Mr.. Castle challenged Mr. Emery to
| prove the charge that the Castle
company was being financed by the
Standard Oil company. If the charge
were proven, Mr.. Castle said, he
| would retire from the contest IF
| fail to prove any OF the charges
have made against Mr.. Emery, l will
also quit the field" Mr.. Castle said,
land II Mr.. Emery does not explain
away those charges, then he should
quit the contest.
"In respect to receiving Standard
| no.
Emery is. He at one time. about 1885,
went broke, and he went to New York
to secure help from the Standard Oil
company. and that company discover
ing that he had a lot of iron tanks ON
his hands that were really junk,
bought them from him, paid him about
S350. 900 for them and he took that
money and reinstated himself And
after he had received the money he
declared publicly. and l am prepared
to prove 1t. II he ever again raised
his hands against the Standard Oil
company he hoped God would wither
them from his body. Is he keeping
campaign Of his?"
| Dr. SilaS Z. swallow, late Prohibf-
tion candidate for president, has been
even more personal than Mr.. Castle
in his public comments upon Mr.. EN-.
cry.
In recent Harrisburg speech DR..
Swallow said:
Dr. Swallows Hot Shot.
"Having ought nearly to a finish
the Quay gang for 10 or more years,
we are not quite content to have
foisted on us a fake reformer or couu-
terfeit who has used in his business
as we have the court records to prove
the very identical methods employed
by the Standard Oil company. public
prejudice against which is the popu
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