Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

Now that the government has CON-
menced suit to compel the Standard
Oil Company to dissolve and end all
of it nefarious plans and practices fo'
restraint, of trade it is interesting to
note some figures, which go far to
prove the need of governmental inter-
ference A recent special gives this
statement:
THE STANDARD Oil Company of New
Jersey today declared quarterly div
idend of $40 a share on it's capital
stock This is the same amount that
was declared at this time last year.
The dividend is payable on Dec. 10. The
dividend declared in the previous quar-
ter was Sc a share. The total for the
year is $40 a share, or payment OF
$4,000, 900 to the stockholders The div
idend record of the Standard OH Com
pany for a series of years follows: 1881
to 1895, s12 share in each year; 1896,
s31 share: 1897, $33 share; 1898, $50
a share; 1899, s33 share; 1900, and
1901. $4S a share in each year. 1902.
s45 a share; 1908, $44 a share; 1904,
$3.50 a share; 1905. $40 a share"
The readers must remember that the
par value of one share of stock is $500.
That this 500 earned" $12 a share
1891 to 1895, and each succeeding year
more till in 1905 by good management
40 per cent dividend was declared.
And remember too that this 40 per
cent comes from a necessity, to es-
pecially poor people.
Some of us have wondered how it
was possible for the Standard Oil Com
pany, to obtain rebates from so many
railroad companies. Here's another
Special that explains matters:
IAN interesting light on the govern
ment's contention at st. Louis that the
Standard Oil Company gains traffic
favors unfairly thru the influence with
and ownership of railroads by its mag
mates as individuals is given by the fol-
lowing list of Standard officials and
railroad directorships they hold:
civilian Rockefeller-Central New
England, Chicago Milwaukee, aud ST.
Paul. Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, Michigan Central, New York
Central and Hudson River, New York.
Chicago and st. Louis, New York, New
Haven and, Hartford, New York, On
tario and Western, New York and OF
tawa, Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Rut-
land.
Henry H. Rogers-.Atchison. Topeka
and Santa F'e, Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul, Union Pacific.
"Charles NJ Pratt-Boston and
Maine. Evansville and Terre Haute,
Long Island.
"Henry NJ. Flagler-Florida and East
Coast.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.-Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western, Missouri
Pacific.
civilian G. Rockefeler-Union Pa
cific.
III. Clay Pierce-Kansas City South
ern. ST Louis and San Francisco.
&c. w. Harkness-Chicago, Milwau-
kee and ST. Paul.
'.'F. T. Gates-Missouri Pacific, Wis
consin Central.
1.-The lines of these roads cover prac-
tically the whole country
It's easy after all. Force prices OF
a monopoly up till 40 per cent dividends
are possible. then use your dividends
to buy and control railroads, thus per-
peLuitlLS your iioiu oil JILL S"ppt1 "t'N.
distributing agencies.
No people on the face of the earth
submit so long and so patiently to
self-evident abuse of corporation rule,
as the American people. Year by year
we have not only tamely sat down
and paid the Standard Oil people 40
per cent profit on each 500 invested,