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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
w. N. GIBBS

s. You, are cordially invited to call
and see my new place No. 691a West
Third street where you may be served
all the de1icacies of the season on
short notice. Open day and night.
Chop suey specially.
Res ectfully,
W.. M. Gibbs,
Proprietor.
Tel. N. W. Main $40.
TIE public schools Of the city will
open on MONDAY. Sent. 9th, then all
the boys and girls will be happy--1li it
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31
THE STATE SAVINGS BANK.
Total Deposits, $4,000, ooo-Surplus
Fund. 100000.

A savings account with this bank
assures not only absolute safety, but
it is an incentive to practice economy,
Interest computed Jan. and July 1st
at 81 per cent per annurn.
Deposits made now draw four
months interest Jan. list next
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-08-31

AZ DC 02NS1As
A reception in honor of Rev. w. D.
Carter will be held at Pilgfim sBap-
list church next Tuesday evening,
Sept 3rd. An elaborate programme.
has been prepared. The friends and
members of the church are taking adj
vantage of this opportunity to show
Rev Carter how much they think Of
him. The plans and arrangements
are in the hands Of the ladies, OF. the
church which bespeaks success. A
general invitation is extended to all
citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis
to attend
DR.. LauritZen's Malt. cures kidney
land stomach troubles. j. B. Michels.
A cont Tai no1, 1110 t.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
HARBoR AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT
State of Massachusetts, Has Spent Over
S600,O0O on the Former

BacnstabI". Mass. Aug. THE general tcudenr,
Of the Inhabitants or Southeastern Mdssach husctts
10 seek livelihood in the cities has received some
reason Of the success attending the business Of
much Of this success ha- been due 10 the helping
harbors and highways. The weather this year in
spite Of the unfdvorabe spring has caused little
complaint. and midsummer reports from many Ot
the resorts iadcate that if the present conditions
hold tor few weeks more the harvest from the
temporary soourncr wilt make 1891 one Of the most
prosperous I'm many years
The state of Massachusetts began the improve
mt Of the little HarbOrs as supplementary 10 the
government work in the deeper waters about rf
teen years ago. and not long after the work of
making tie sandy highways of Cape cod Somethiu-
more than just passabie also started At thu
close of the present year there VIII have been vN-
pended on these little inlctS along the coast line
from New Bedford NCwburypnrt over $6}o.ot".
and at the same tiruc 80 miles of road in thoS'
counties bordering the coast will have been i'm
proved These improve nl~UtS appreciated cJCu
summer by thousands OF people. many of whom.
being sufficiently wealthy 10 OWN automohiics and
power boats. strongly approve Of the work OF the
state AMI spend their money freely.
Tho great increase I'm power boats during the last
fe years has emphasized the need of harbors which
may he accessible at any tide. and there Is at pres
Cnt scarcely ten miles along the Massachusetts,
coast. except 81 the back side of Cape Cod wher"
IL IS not possible for these boats tn find safe
haven in stress Of weather 1t is also possible to
eo from Boston ProvinCCtoWn at the end OF
Cape cod "A distance of 10 miles. on highways.
which with the exception of 4 few short stretches.
arc ,,s smooth and hard as those III the netropoh-
tan district.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
FIXTURES OF THE REPORT

4 few of the more important features "f the
report not fully covered in Mr.. Smiths Letter
follow:
The study Of prices and profits in the petroleum
industry is necessarily chiefly study Of the polcl
of the STANDARD OIL Company II Is eFluehI tl,'' .
concern doing such proportion 'nine-ten'hS, oI
the substantially able to dictate prices
both Of crude oil and its products.
The investigation Of prices of petroleum ~ u'e
United States shows two conspicuous facts:
% There has been very marked increase IN me
1-iCs Of its leading finished products in III" United
States during the past ten years Inis increase ~
margin is only small part attributable 10 increase @
in costs Of conducting the business. A'''io'ti u
since the time when the Standard on company
first secured Il large proportion OF the business
about 1874. there has been material decrease III
The margin between the price Of crude oil and the
price Of Illuminating oil the Standard on COMPANY
rsr claim no credit for this decrease The margin
in the domestic trade is greater To-Day t'"i ''
would lie under free competition
~ The profits OF Jhe Standard Oh '"ihPa.t;t
r3artic,arlv on domestic business. are at"G'th-
or excessive and thav have been higher duI'ne t.
cent years than formerly. 49,,
The representatives and defenders OF the stand
ari oil Company have admitted that its prohis are
large but have claimed that It's cfflclehcN j. - -
great that it been At the same time heheii'
Il the public that il either increased the prices
, 20 nroducers Of crude oil or reduced the prices
10 consumers or both. These claims are not Wen
founded
Tho re7,ort then goes in detail into the methods
bv which the figures Submitted have been OBJ
+ained corrected and verified. maintaining that
while the figures may he in some respects mae
,,Irata they are correct 50 far as the margin
is concerned and are. therefore. ShHlclcit i"'
the purpose in hand. It continues:
IL ali comparisons between the prices oi cINhe
oil and the prices of ts finished products the aoSo-
lutte amount Of changes in price gallon must Do Do
rsidered. and not the percentage "f chdhsT' ~
wien the price Of crude doubled. IN" average pIl'e
OF all its products combined had also doubled {eft
would have been enormous increase IN The sat,
Of rToft or the business: it would have become AT
least several times as great a. before.
The following table covers tn" years lsF' 70 l|@'
f,uf data for some OF the commodities ar" not
ayailarle for sl of 1891 all of 1893.
MARGINS BETWEEN PRICES or PENNSI f.VANIt
CRUDE on. AND PRICES or PRINCIPAL PROD
TCTS. 1897 1893
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
MARGINS AND PROFITs.

TN, ,,,-,aei advance in the margin between the
price Of crude the price Of its products in
/ The domestic market. thus shown. has very
greatly Increased the profits Of the Standard OIL
Companv on its domestic business. As shown be-
low the profits the Standard on lis total business
have increased greatly since lsM- reaching, how
I ever thcir maximum in lg'3-hut the rai" OF IN
crease the total business has been less than on
the American business, because the prices "l prod
nets sold abroad by the Standard have advanced
much less than the domestic prices 1t Is possible
that some part of the increase In the margin be
1pen the price Of cruds oil and the prices of its
. r,roductS has been due to Increased cost OF pipe
4 line traDqportation. refining and marketing. The
possible increase in costs. however, since 1897 IS
only a very small amount a gallon.
The estimated operating expense Is less tlan
o. cents per gallon. 1t is highly probable that the
! increase in operating expenses from 1897 to the
r,resent time has exceeded 10 cent; il would
be an overestmate to put the increase at - per
ce,l; Nevertheless. If the increase from 1897
pr 1855 10 1853 1894 had been . per cert it would
amount to only about one-haif cent gallon. Even
an increase Of one-Ialf cent gallon is very much
less than the actual increase in the margins as
: above shown.
The iInportanca Of the increase in margins "a"
appreciated only by consideration of tn" enormous
output of the Standard. The average IN
crease in profit the products Of both Pennsyl-
vania and Lima crude from 1888 70 iS"t would be at
least Is cents "a gallon If tie same Increase IN
,r31t applied 10 the Standards entire sales OF all
kinds OF petroleum products in the United States
about 400 100000 gallons in ig4ithc profit in that
,,g ,orld be about S2l $50 600 more than il would
have been on the basis Of the prices and costs in
1898 Iy a similar method of computation. the ad-
vance in prices from 1898 to 1903 would represent
an increase In profit on TIE Standards domestic
sales of 1903 nearly So Gf99eo above what would
have been secured The basis OF the prices of
1898 The greater part of this increase in profits
was due ia higher prices. and not 10 increased
volume business.
This enormous increase in the profits of the
Standard in recent years represents addition TO
profits which already in 1897 and 1898 exorbi-
tant The profits of 1896 had represented a return
I Of 81 per cent the net value Of the assets Of
the Standard OIL Company. and the ratio of profits
value OF assets was probably fully great in
1857 ard 1895. The 1888 and 1S94 appear To
: have been those OF jhe lowest margins the do
mestic trade. yet even then the Standard made
very good profits the basis OF its total assets
/ III per cent in 1888 and lis per in 1884
II is clear therefore, that the Standard Oil Com
paay has taken advantage Of its monopoly power
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
ASKS NO AID FOR CORE1.
Prince Merely UaHts 4meriCdns to
knO7c True State of 4fnirs.

Prince Tjyon- ON Ei O. CoTea. WHO VII take
the lecture PLATFORM behalf - his CofntrynsH.
when asked about ms future pJ1Ds, said, ~ hays
nothing to say 1T preseu- t' my Ti1nS- t1at les
entirely with those that sent ne Rave t<~n V'ry
busy over since Z landed I~ fact have scarcely
had time 20 rest al my time belongs % cf5Ss
who sent -r ard tr7- -I-1e shall be used solely %
set the minds o. the United states and Euro7s
Alright in regard - NV country and r'y people ard
The trte stat NJ affairs rU--.-
THAT attack The other day O. ire japanese a
auiv TN. Heetuu5u-. soon there viii hS S0T- U'rs
interesting developments Ny country has pcpu-
Iatiou C- about two million aud bdif. al q
whom VIII lay down tnsj- lives Willingly a. S1'e
H. They soy That w are not brave. but wait and
$50 only when We are al eNiFrT1''natcd VIII 'ie
Japauese Ntv" ou- land
Nj country has been CrUN}lr rl1SrepresFrtsI
Tr. treaty Of 1895 an infamous IaPsneSs
forEery. The japanese dp not wish 70 Ctvi.ze and
educate. US. tlav want destroy homes ard
take oIr land and massacre us all Even now they
are kIII!-S my country men and Jskin- lie ss
though IL was the least important thing IN M
world
Il do not intend 20 sec President Roosevelt OIL
ciaI}y II I car see hin Z shall he delighted 1"t
! do not intend to ask fer American intervention
J. too. have been iuJsre2rese eHted- do rot intend
10 ask any European o~ American power 20 inter-
venr rer la Z ask aid % arv Kind for my country
Some time I'm The near future 7 intend u SPEAK
throughout the United States and Europe and 70
tell the true state Of affairs
The prince said than yet he had discovered ~
Japanese plot TO Kill him. nor had tN"re been ah-
direct attempt made hiss lie still he has a
bodycuard OF four muscular CoTes1s who remain
near him wherever he goes
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
GARFIELD SAYS FINE IS A LEssoN
Will Show That None Is Above the Law
Thinks It Can be Collected

Riverside, Cal. Aug. An an address
niebt before the Chamber OF Commerce Jdi''7
r Garfield. Secretary OF the Interior reIerie'
70 the fine imposed on the standard oil oo'''-
pany at Chicago yesterday.
Tho decision and fine" he said. are 'he e'iO
~ q long fight. and will teach the people OF 'il'S
country that no man, big or htt!e- Is aoo'e ''e
Iav The Standard oil Company and others
l3k, that great corporation have gone ahead on
the theory that they were so powerful that 'heS
could do things the ordinary citizen could not
We n 70 showing them that they cannot
Asked II the prosecution could collect the
fine SECRETARY Garfield replied:
Yes you may he assured We can There are
ten thousand more counts hanging over them on
uf-ch similar fines can be levied
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
AUTO BEATS TRAIN IN RACE
Montclair Business Man Catches 1t at Next
Station in Plenty of Time.

Montclair y. j.. Aug I (SpeciaO--FF hardS - -
baugh with offices ut Ne. % Liberty street -
York. and living in Montclair avenue ,
drives IN his automobiIe the IsackiNa''rt S'i
every morning Yesterday he had 1lS' =.
the station. when the O'Clock express P'' :.
Mr. Eshbaurr had an iunortant engagement =
his office, and this induced him 20 lnS' - -Ixr
chauffeur to beat the train 20 HloonlnsIu. t,s
two miles away The machine was thrown -
opa, ana only , streak of dust could he seer alo- =
bloomfield avenue Passing through triS'' ..hiIs
a pac, that surprised the natives. thT -, !.
drew up at the bloomfield Statl0n toVI "a
ahcad ~ IT,, train When tAe chauffeur ret4II reI,
To AIJntCIair he was hailed to Police tted'tt. tt,-
Recorder YoSt fined him - for exceSSiNe ui
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
THINKS STANDARDS FINE TOO HEAVY.
Ex-Judge Farrar Believes 1t viii Be Set
Aside by Supreme Court.
IL. rslssrap,l % The Trieuns. ]

New Orleans. Aug. III think that the fine i'm
posed bv Judge Lands the Standard OIL Com
pauy of Indiana excessive II my opinion thar
tho whole thing will be aside by the supreme
Court as an outrage" said eN-JIdge f II F'arrar
senior member uE the firm of Farrar. Jonas y
Kruttschnitt corporation attorneys. Of this city.
Mr.. Far-ar recently suggested 10 President Roose
volt a plan whereby the railroads If the country
could be placed under government control and
regulation
Abraham Goldberg. connected with the same firm
Of attorneys. said tho sentence was entirely too
heavy. He had no doubt that the higher tribunal
would Il down.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
MRS BENEDICT GIllBEL's FATHER DIES
Marx Loeb, Retired Merchant, Expires at
Atlantic City Cottage.
Try Telegraph to The Tribune,

Atlantic city. Aug. MARX Loeb. retired mem
hcr of the firm Of Frank Brothers. Philadelphia
clothing manufacturers and father Of Mrs. Benedict
Gimbcl. whose husband committed suicide in New
York died at his cottage here this morning a
complication OF diseases.
Mr. Loeb was III for several months. and came to
This city in May to benefit his health. He was
seyenty-one years old. He leaves two and two
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
WILLIAMS SEEMS TO HAVE WON.
Has More than 1000 Majority on Unofficial
Returns-Vardaman Still Hopeful

Jackson. Miss. Aug 4-Jntu the votes east tn
the Democratic primary OF taSt Thursday are can
yasscd tHis week the result OF the contest for the
nomination for United states Senator Wii+ u q
certain extent. remain in doubt Complete unoHi
CIdI returns show plurality OF move than mo-
sand votes in favor ct Congressman J'Hn S4Np
Williams over Governor NdrGdUau. but nei1's'
Governor Nardaman nor his managers VIII concet5
defeat. declaring that the Official review OF t1s '
will show the Governors nomination
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
Margins above crude Of prices Of

Il will be- seen from this table that the price "f
renpsyIvania crude oil has doubled since 1897
n q cents in 1897 in 1908. and this ad-
vance accounts for part Of the increase in the prices
or ,e,ro1a,r, nrolucts The prices Of the products
have however advanced more than that Of the
crude so that here is great increase in the
margins.
eutstantialv the same conclusions to TIA"
movement of prices may be drawn from COM
r;rison of the price Of Lima crude oil with the
r,Tjcee OF products.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
e,rTssuse JewElLeR MISSING.

Plttsburz Aug 4-CharIes q. OBrien- q P' 80,
nent ieweIler of this city. has disappear ",
family are unable account for his aose4' -
WAS last seen on the night of July - wheis ~ 80
plannins q trip 10 New York The fanny .ts, 10.
pIav AZ he had considerable money WIZ ~" ~ v. .
he left home and tonight the police sei'' - -
general alarm to the principal cities OF ths C'
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05

NIiGdletoyn. y. V. Aug. 4Nrs J. l.. Eeliuger.
cf Port Lervis who was seriously injured liz
autCmuhilc accident at cutldchaCkVilie ycsterdav
afternoon when William j. Maxwell and her father,
John :. Fields killed. is resting comfortably
the Fort Jervis Hospital Her three Children
who injured will recover. Coroner Case, of
Port Jervis, has begun investigation.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
BROOKLYN MAILBAG SLASHeO'

The Brooklyn poStofiice authorities repo'
the police Yesterday the loss of has 't nrs' -.
mail while in transit between station W,
sth street and Broadway. and the .'reehPoi"N -rns
tion Milton street and Manhattan avenue 80.
bag was recovered later at the RidGe"oOu =, "a.
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Compans' -. ,,.
sIashed I'm several places with khiie, 80 - =
authorities have not yet learned whstnsf Az =
the letters stolen
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
SLIDING SCALE FOR MARRYING.
(Ry Telegraph 10 The Tribune. ]

tE.E IeHSTdia Z" me lIlhuncl
Atlanta. Aug. 4.-Senator Taylor. OF the 55th Dis
trct. has bill which would give graded licenses
for marriage in Georgia RE would have licenses
young twenty-one old. the cost
increasing until between dtty and sixty, when 1t
would be $50 At sixty he would bar marriage.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
HAS KEPT Up PRICES. "

This confirms the conclusion already stated that
the Standard claim credit for such reduc-
ton prices is has taken place since tho carry
history of the industry. If the few and snal IN
dependent concerns shat exist, hdraSSe1 ana
restricted they by the aggressive prlce cut
ting of the Standard. by its unfair competitive
methods and until recently by a widespread sNH-
TEN Of railroad discrimination, heavily hahdlcaF-
ring ali of its competitors nevertheless can aiu
do sell oil proftahly for less than the Stahdtru
charges. Il inevitably follows that. mad the hduS-
try followed the normal course Of development
and had no great combination arisen 10 exercise
substantial control therein prices 10 the consumer
would have been much less than they actually are
have been.
The following facts proved: The STANDARD mas
not reduced margins during the period in WiilCh II
has been responsible for the prices "t OIL t'uI
Ing the last eight years covered by TINS TeP"iI
SqS 10 1851 il has raised both prices ana marquis
Its domination has been acquired or maintained
hv IFS Stiperior efficiency. but rather by urfar
connection and methods eConomiCaly ana NOR
allv llr tifIabe The Standard has superior OH
cheney in running its business: II mas an equii
efficiency in destroying the business or coihpeh-
tors It keeps itself the profits OF the hFS' anu
adds to these the monopoly profits secured by ule
second. Its profits far above the itSties'
posstble standard Of a reasonable conInerC'aI re-
t71ru and have been steadily increasing many, D.,
the history Of this great industry is history "I
the rersisent use of the worst Industrial ne'hodS
the exacton Of exorhtant prices from the con
SINNER and the securing excessive pTpnts tor 'e
small grorp of men who long series or years
have thus dominated the business
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05

OIL Company IS more efficient industrial ma
chine than any one OF its competitors. NeVerthe-
less. careful estimates based upon data sueni''eu
by number of independent concerns as 10 me
pipe line transportation. refining ana dl9-
tributing oil. compared with the Stdloitu ;
cost for these operations. indicate that inc t"lal
difference ia efficiency between the standard ana
three branches Of the business thc superior eL-
ficiencv of the Standard would not represent OIL
ference in of more than f'c cents per SaHoh
on the average for all petroleum producls
The excess of the profits Of the Standard on It's
American business above the average coupettNe
profit is much more than this. A profit at east
as large the average business return could De
secured by the Standard from not over thiee-quar-
profit per gallon. The profits OF the stand
the refining and marketing business alone at
five Of its plantS-Lima. Whiting Sugar creek
Neo9esha and Ftorence-have been shown to aver
about 2.3 cents gallon. and if to this he added
profit pipe line transportation the total profts
would be a least cents gallon The excess.
therefore Of the Standards profit over such average
business return is at least 2ia cents a gallon OF
much than the difference in efficiency eSt-
mated above between the Standard and the indie
pendents. wit IL cents gallon. In other words
the Standard. though more efficient than its com
pettors, gives the public none of the advantage
due 10 this superior efficiency. but, on the o'Hei
hand. demands additional excess above such ad-
vantage.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
"AID FROM MONOPOLY.

The proof therefore clear that the enormous
profits of the Standard OIL Company are due not
merely superior efficiency. but also monopoly
power. independent concerns could. If they had
the opportunity. afford sell oil at prices less
than the Standard charges the average in tn"
gives the public OF the benefit of its superior
efficiency. but. the contrary. charges prices
higher than those which would exist in the alb
stnce Of such a combination.
This comparison Of Standard and Independent
confirms the conclusion. previously
reached. that the Standard claim no credit
such reduction In prices has taken place
since the early history Of the industry II inde-
pendent concerns can to-day sell oil proftablv for
than Standard charges Il follows that in
dependent concerns. in the absence any erea Il
combination. could have reduced prices more than
they actually have been reduced. This conclusion
is the stronger when II is borne In mind that had
the Standard never secured any such domination
industry. there would almost certainly ha ~,
arisen number of independent competing concerns
in the oil industry, each considerably eicient
than even the efficient the present indepen-
dent concerns. II would be absurd 10 argue tha {
The Independents to-day more efficient by rea-
of the existence of the Standard. Doubtless
they have borrowed some improvements which the
Standard has Initiated just as the other ha nd
the Standard has borrowed some which indenen-
dents have initiated But in view of all the re-
straints which the Standard by It's unfair com
petittVe methods has placed the deVelAprn. n
of the business of the independent concerns there
he the slightest question that under n
regime Of free COUncttiOn the inle pendent con-
would have Become efficient ard eco
nomical than they to-day
1t has been shown that the chief advantage
which the Standard has independent concerns
Ia respect 10 costs is in the pipe line sUsiness.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
CAUSES or DECREASE.

IN s.oft il may be said that the great decrease
81 prices which took ulacc iH the period from leo'
q ISI8 due u competitive conditions. Wi4ile
;he much smaller decrease that took place from
$50 10 te present inde- the domination OF the
Standard has been due 10 conditions over which
tae Sta7G.J-d had control. has been more thaI
Offset IL increase IN the value Of byproducts and
cannot be placed IN ANY way t. thu credit OF the
Standard Gil Company.
The fact that the Standard does nearly nine
The rft-o,eUIl business has been df mon
stra;ed IN q precious part OF this report il now
appears cGaclusive:y that tie result OF this DON'T
nation has been increase the prices Of oil paid
,, t.e consumer. and coTrespondusiy 10 increase
the profits received by tkc Standard. IL Is not
true 10 say that only such a great combination
furnish o. al the prices which E&"c been
charged. 1ndeieIdent competitors. though small
and weak b survive ana DO business prices
z'lsch are deliberately reduced by the Sfancard
within the smat. competitive reached by
faese independents. ami which much lower
snan the average r-t,es received by the Standnrd
throughout the country.
Il tiGa-. taken > G whole, the Standard
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05

4 few of the more important features ~ the
report not fully covered in Mr.. Smiths Letter
follow: