The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-30
TRUSTS WIN ON
IMPORTANT POINTS
Oil Trust Not a Common Car
rier' and Beef Labels Don't
Bear Dates.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service
Washington, June 30.-The Standard
Oil company has won it's fight to retain
control Of the monopoly it now enjoys
IN the production, transportation and
FFssnns of OIL Congress has yielded to
alton. The movement begun months
ago to bring this organization under
the hand Of the law and the jurisdic-
tlon Of the interstate commerce commits
sion has failed.
AS originally planned and formulated
in the Hepburn bill. the Standard Oil
company was to be made common car
own product. It would thus be com
PEELED to relinquish either the business
of production or transportat ton. AS the
law stands the Standard is left to pro.
duce and carry it's own oil just as it
has done in the past.
The senate Yesterday. ratified the
the STANDARD Oil company to perpetu,
ate and enjoy its monopoly, after a long,
| debate in which some severe criticisms
were expressed There was no division
on the final vote and it will never be a
matter of record as to what senators
supported the Standard Oil. A joint
Fss9u tSs VA vas l sts1 adopted prevaag
days after its approval by the presi-
dent. ~ a
~ T1llman Fights.
| Senator Tillman, who refused to sign
the conference report because the
Standard Oil company was restored to
it's former position of advantage and su
premacy, called up the conferences re-
! port. He briefly explained the changes
made and said the substitution of
mrail1oad cqmpaniesn for common dnnn4
is easily understood. Common carriers
included pipe lines, and railroads did
not. He refused to sign the report for
the same reason as announced after the
secret conference ended. He felt that
a complete surrender had been made to
the Standard OIL company in which he
Mr. Tillman said he would vote to &C.
cept the report because contrary
course would be construed as opposition
| to the rate bill on it's final passage and
applicable to all it's provisions. 4ss.s
/ The beef trust. following the example
Of the Standard Oil company, and but
three hours later, gained victory also.
The agricultural approximation :, bill pill
for the Beverage provision was ac
copied by the senate. Last night the
house also agreed to the conference re-
port. go s.e@z E:C,
/ Tn victory won by the beef trust
consists in compelling the government
to pay all the costs Of the inspection
service, computed at 100000 for the
i first year and allowing the trust to
| place on their canned product labels
that do not give the date Of inspection.
Nelson's Attitude Stated.
1T for one,' he added, edo not feel
like submitting, and I should not do SO
| if the provision had not been attached
to an appropriation billO
Senator McCumber said: GIVE have
met the enemy and we are theirs; in
demnity $4,000; oQQ:v He opposed the
! sition. av7 $sYls 3s.,s=@.4z
| Both houses Of congress last night
adopted the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill, and that
measure now goes to the president for
signature. Mr.. Hale presented the re-
port in the senate. The jamestown ex-
position appropriation stays in the bill.
| The appropriation Of 100000 for
the building Of the department Of state,
Justice, commerce and labor was strick-
! en- out, it being provided for in the
public building bill ~ .:
Later the report was adopted by the
house after Mr. Tawney of Minnesota
had explained that the senate had add.
ed $1,000, ia. The house by holding
out reduced this amount to $4,316,OO0.
PRESIDENT READY TO LEAVE