Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-17
MUCKRAKENEEDED
Commissioner CHmGntS Finds
Tine and Place Whnn Its Use
Is JuSttAe6
CHARGES OF COlLTlOL


| AAlp1uAIN uAUJ LAG sAAsS - ~
Of peorin, ILL.,, was testif1ng bafor
The Interstate onmerCe commission
Tn the bearing Of the investigation
regarding the relations between tn
Standard on company and the rail-
roads, Attorney Miller, representing
the Standard ON Company objected II
evtdoncA claiming that II had no bear
ina upon the relations Of tho companI
with the railroads. and saying that Il
simply was "loe Of muck raking.
we'll" replied Commissioner Clem'
entA IT ghe Standard OIL cumpany Il
In tho mncH, see no reason why
rake shoud not b used"
Direct charges q cDlluHfDn betwoe1
the Standard OIL company and the 81
Louis Q from Mountain railroad werS
made During the second Days hearing
IL / Cohn Of St Louis, for 16 year.
connected With the Watare- Pierce
company, declared thaS the agents q
the railroad acted as agents Of thu
oh company and recatved Q commits
SIGN ON the amount Of oil they sold.
He, himself, acting as an agent Of the
Standard on company, had he said.
appointed agents al various places On
The lion Mountain vuad In Missouri
Hs had known station 00ants Do ~
slen. be said because tne a buatnoa1
vas takan away HON Ennm md thA
pay vas not Guf9Ctently Taun1Iat1VU
othAEwisA
Attorney q q L. NOrgA reUreaent-
ing tho Standard on COMPANY q Ken
lucky, opened the procsadtDgS by a
Oum ox0minAtion Of MAVVOOd Max
ON, Of mfnoiR, who vas tho MGa w.t.
ness al The hearing ThnzudnR
Tho attorney read Number Of Nef-
tsrs written By MAxnu In which he
thTeatened 10 make truuhaA for Ehe
Standard Oh company becanOs he had
bean refused yeaE'S laAUO Of Ahsence.
One Of the letters read:
Il man 10 make all the eIOdbd0 fOT
the company can Ynr attorney,
Mr.. Eddy, attached my mtnreSts be-
fore the legislatuIe Al spVingfsld. III,
and Will gBt even ba0wo I am
through" M&xnn admitted batng the
writer Of the lettarA
as n not tTuO that yun have Gbout
l,60O letter. and dOcnmeutD In your
possession belonging TO tina Standard
OIL company Of KsntnclUF' asked
Mr.. La Forge. Il have q largo num-
her Of Iettars and papers addressed
to odirers Of the company and letters
written BY them TO their agBntA" Wit
mass replied.
How I'D you get themI' I'm the
same way that for years I gpt tnforma-
ton So1 the Standard OIL company"
Attorney La Forge then read let
ter written by Maxon to q ~ Pratt,
an officer Of the Standard on COM
pany In New York In which he said
that be had obtained 900 letters from
one Of the company's agents In Ohio
and had allowed Commissioner Gar
field to copy them for use IN prose-
cutting the company.
In answer TO questions Of the at
torney regarding passes, Maxon said
that he had passes ON nearly every
road In his territory and used them
In travelling on the company's busl-
ness. He obtained the passes, he said,
from Treasurer Holmes and other on
Gals Of the Standard on company.
]. F. Tucker, chairman Of the Cen
trail Freight Association, followed and
was questioned at some length regard
Ing the manner In which the central
traflc association is conducted. He
was succeeded on the stand by H. J.
Cohn Of st. Louis, who was connected
with the Waters-Pierce on company
for fifteen years. He declared that
certain territories In Illinois were d.
vlded between the Waters-Pierce Oil
company and the Standard OIL com
pany for the sale Of oil. The accounts
Of the former company are. he said.
checked up by auditors Of the Standard
OIL company, The witness declared
that one published tariff Of the Mis-
souri Pacific road, a reduction Of one
and one-half cents per hundred on oil
is provided for II the pipe line passed
under the Mississippi river. The Wa
ters-Pierce OIL company up to three
years ago, he said, owned two pipe
lines passing under the river. The
Iron Mountain. the witness said, had
acted as an agent in securing business
for the Standard Oil company from
ell small towns in Southern Missouri.
receiving a compensation for all work
done. Agents Of the road, he said,
acted also as agents for the oil COM
pany, For their services they were
paid a commission Of one cent a gal
lon. The witness said that he, as an
agent Of the Standard OIL company
had appointed new railroad agents In
Missouri where vacancies existed.
The last witness Of the day was s.
L Hibbs Of Peoria. H.. who gave evil
dence regarding the methods Of crush |
ing independent dealers similar to
that given by previous witnesses.
ReEicides stin In Favor.
na1gr,ar Car,-fo raw 70 r.