Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-08-12
STANDARD oiL's PUNISHMENT.

Company Of Indiana by Judge Lands
in the United States Circuit Court OF
Illinois. The Wall Street Journal. the
most conservative financial paper In
the country land which. by the way
IL highly endorsed by w. J. Bryan
says:
The Standard OH Co. has been
tried, convicted and fined for violation
OF the Elkins law. The conviction
alone Is a severe blow to the capital
lists in control OF the Standard OH
Co., for now. after years OF accusa'
ton, their corporation stands before
the people Of the world In a criminal
relationship. They claim. OF course
that Judge Lands decision Ia unjust,
and II Is announced they will appeal
TO the higher courts. The American
public. says the Standard OIL state
meut given out after the decision had
been rendered. has the capacity I"
Determine when q defendant, rich or
poos. has received . square deal. TO
tho American sense OF fair play the
Standard OIL directors now appeal.
1T IN rather too late In the day.
The Standard OIL Co. has steadfastiy
refused through many years to take
any steps to Inform or satisfy public
opauioa Of what It Was doing. 1t now
lnds that the door Of public favor IL
closed against II. Its methods OF com.
petition have been % relentlessly car
M into eject through 20 many years
that the people are not willing to give
Il credit for it, real achievements for
Americas trade. and are only reGardful
Of IT. violation Of law. it, persecution
Of Competitors. tn compelling the
railroads 70 give Il favors withheld
noo Other shippers and its corruption
q Dolit3os.
The methods Of the Standard on
O. have besa tha methods q CONNER
~ var. le has ~ the streugth Of
. Ulant, and Il has used it, strength
~ Q giant without regard to the
vsaknees Of IL Competitors.
sDut ths Standard OH Co. has
nehisvsd sosse things which are
usstAy a he co0msn1Ation Of the
anesn, and any fair statement would
~ thses tAiass Witch favor the
DeanAara = ~ scales - at least
Duane csoDs.satsoa tor the evils
uhseA ~ system a business bas
poonDe1.
"Nee Instance ~ Standard OIL Co.
sOcSsncy hns enabled the company
b ce6Dsttioa With powerful con-
pssns aheoa1 b sztssd The commerce
= ~ Unltsa States around the
g9aho. 4 travssse iron Tunis recently
~ ut vhlls b tAs4 place he had
~ Q laros caravan erossins the
DoosgA saeA camel laAen heavily
veeA ~ 0eaaAaea on Cas- petroleum
Hu1uee. What ethsr American manu-
lnsessUr h senaiag caravans across
~ Aooegt out q Tunis? IN the last
M ysaEs H. exports Of petroleum
ltp0 ths Uniesd States have amounted
b Over 0Gee. ~. ~. The great bulk
u thess s1posts were made By the
DonnAaRd on Co. This sum Is 80
paaenous that 4 amounts 10 twice
~ ssn q ~ Dst imports OF gold
h ~ NJ IN ysaFs. b other words.
pving 10 ~ higA sAaciency Of the
Dta.Aarl on ana IL methods In mar.
sstlng IL products h foreign lands.
his country has exported enough OF
lhis singjo product to account OF
Dvssy 6ollae q excess imports Of gold
uvee exports In the past ten years.
Dsreiy tAis 10 something to Be said
- The sids a the Standard Oh Co.
n. n. Rogers some time ago, In con-
veesaAjoa With . friend. declared that
lAs Standard has been responsible for
b 80. ~. 900 Of American exports.
md that II any citizens Of . foreign
had BY their enterprise sold
B. ~. - go Of the products OF that
abroad they would have been
|ooAsd With ho0ors. and monuments
would have been raised In their
praise.
There 10 another thing to he said
h behalf Of the Standard Oil Co.
It has disbursed in the last
twenty I've years dividends averaging
ovep - nAf cent n year. vet in this