Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-26
OIL
DEFENDS ITS !
METHODS
RESENTFUl STATEMENT
ISSUED TO EMPLOYEES
Directors Declare Absolute In
nocenCe Of Wrong doingi
Prosecution the Outcome of
Socialist 0utcry and Politics.,

New York, Aug 25.--The directors
of the Standard Oil company have is
sued pamphlet to It's employees and
stockholders relative to the fine of
$29, 100000 imposed on the Standard
Oil company of Indiana, The PAM
phlet contains statement from
President Moffitt, president of the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, and
a number of editorials from various
American newspapers. The especially
noteworthy feature of the pamphlet
Is its Introductory statement, which
Is as follows:
"The directors of the Standard Oil
company, in printing this pamphlet,
desire to emphasize for the half mill
lion people directly interested in It's
welfare, the assurance of the COM
pany's absolute innocence Of wrong
doing in any of the prosecutions lately
instituted against it in the federal
courts. Particularly is this so i'm the
present Chicago and Alton cases made
notorious by the sensational fine of
$29, 100000 imposed on the Standard
Oil company of Indiana,
'If the judgment In question be all
lowed to stand the company will be
forced to pay $4,000 Chat is fifty
times the value of the oil for every
carload carried over the Alton during
two years at an open cent rate--a
rate used over three competing rail-
roads for from ten to fourteen years.
The case has been taken on appeal
to the higher courts. to which we
must look for that calm judgment
which will rescue the rights Of the cit
izen from the field of public clamor
and from the domain of vindictive
politics.
$50 persistent and adroit has been
the warfare waged with all the over
powcring authority of the federal adj
lministration against the Standard Oil
company that it has been manifestly
| difficult to get fair hearing before
! the public or in large portion of the
public press. the latter, to It's great
\ harm. swayed alike by socialisiie out
| cry from below and political pressure
| from above.
"As proof Of the latter, Il may be
noted that i'm the presidents message
of May 4, 1905, attack was made on
the Standard oil company for the
purpose of forcing the passage of the
| bill remitting the duty on denatured
IalcohOl--a measure I'm which the COM
pany was not Interested. On May II,
| 1906, the issue of Commissioner Gar
fields report on petroleum transpor-
tation, a tissue Of old misrepresenta-
tions, was timed to influence the Hep
/ burn rate bill then before congress.
I on May 20. 1907, while Judge Lands
had still under consideration the judg-
ment of the Chicago and Alton case,
| Commissioner Smiths illogical and
partisan report on pipe lines was
made public. The commissioners
second report on petroleum and
pronts---a wholly false deduction from
! incomplete facts-was sent in adj
Vance to the press for publication on
| August s, in the knowledge that Judge
! lands would pronounce judgment on
| August 3.
"What motive underlies the cam
paign Of defamation need not here be
] discussed.
THAT our friends may know more
fully how the truly independents are
upholding right and honesty, a few
editorial comments are appended, fol-
lowing Mr.. Moffitts public statement
on the Alton case. Each ono of the
articles and extracts will repay read
ing"