The Forrest City times., 1906-11-23

Standard oil company, both in open and published tarifYs and by and through secret and unpublished rates, both interstate and intrastate, and by rebates, concessions, and preferences granted to the Standard oil company and its subsidiary corporations.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 Diserinninations.
 The regular published rate from Whiting, Ind. to Evansville, Ind, through Illinois. for instance, was II 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. 6h and 61a 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 1S 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 other persons acting in their interest 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 o such railroads the individual defend ants have influenced the railroads tc establish and maintain the discrimina 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; Plttsburg and Lake
 Erie; Rutland
 Henry N. Rogers-Santa Fe. Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul; Union
 Pacific.
 Charles M. Pratt-Boston and Maine
 Evansville and Terre Haute; Lons
 Island.
 Henry M. FIsgler-Florida East Coast John Q. Rockefeller, Jr.-Delaware
 Lackawanna and Western; Missouri l Pacific.
 William G. Rockefsiisr-Union Pacific H. Clay Pierce-Kansas City Southern
 St. Louis and San Francisco.
 C. w. Harkness-Chicago. Milwaukee i and St. Paul.
 F. r. Gates-Missouri Pacific, Wiscon
 sin Central.
 The petition then recites the Stand ard trusts monopoly of the sale oi lubricating oils to railroads, it's unfair methods of competition in the cutting of local prices, the formation of bogus independent companies. the paymen, of rebates on oil prices, and the divis ion of territory.
 Tells of stupsndous Profits.
 It is alleged that by reason of it's monopoly the Standard oil company has made enormous and unreasonable | profits on the actual value of its prop erty; that the trustees valuation ol all the property and stocks placed in their hands in 1882 was $55, ITO, ,698.24 The additional property purchased oI acquired by the issue of trust certifi cates was s13.310. 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, ,O20, 79S. .24 according to their own valuation. Upon this capital the Standard has from 1882 to 1895, inclusive, paid $512,940. .0S4.50 of dividends. and ha. created large surplus-the exact sur l plus the petitioner Is unable to state because the Standard has not pub lished any statements since 1896. Blu, from 1882 to 1896 it's surplus, accord ing to it's own statements. was s79, l 536,025.14, and it is alleged that it's