New-York tribune., 1907-10-05
THE M0FFETT CHARGES.
Not Sustained, Says Federal Grand
Jury IN Chicago.

Chicago, Oct A federal grand jury. before
which President James A. Moffett OF the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana recently called to af-
lord him an opportunity TO substantiate certain
statements made over his name in a pan7phIet
which has been extensively circulated throughout
'he country returned its report 10 Judge Landis
of the United States District Court to-day.
The jury declared that President Moffett not only
had failed 10 uphold the statements made but that
the statement which was purported to have been
MADE by him was in fact made by Moritz Rosen-
thal' Of Chicago. an attorney for the Standard Oil
Company in the recent trial. which resulted in its
conviction and the levying against it by Judge
Lands Of a fine Of $29, 100000
The particular statement in the pamphlet to
which the jury instructed TO call the attention
Of President Moffett follows:
,r1 Thousands Of tons Of freight have been shipped
Hegewsch south Chicago R during in fbaR tbe iaf
er!teen years under the same circumstances as the
in this this case is practicaIly every other shipper
IN this great manufacturing territory Is there
purpose IN selecting the Standard as a victim?
After receiving the report Judge Landis dis
missed the jurors without comment on the report
In its report the jury said:
In explaining 70 the grand jury that the state
nIiG ntgHe IN me pamphlet was based solely the
ogt f referred to certain portions Of the evidence
grand jury examined this testimony and in addj-
mt. mo4 MI Hollands was questioned to the same
on Ut appeared that al the trial of the Standard
Girec+eG pa f1oliand attention was specifically
on on company from the points IN question az un-
IaWful rates. and at that time in response 10
questions by the court, he replied: IT could not
give you any specific references 10 any particular
@Properrty;r prop In his examination before the grand
jury Hollands stated that he was unable to give
any Information about shipments over the Chicago
* ALTON from the points in question where there
PAD been violation OF law similar to that OF the
standard Oil Company.
- The grand jury, in addition to the examination
oL @ H9!lands, questioned other representatives OF
me Alton road. and II appeared that neither Hol-
ishos amos nor any other person connected with the
AIton road could give a single case IN which
freight had been shipped from the points above
named under the same circumstances as the shin
rnents OF the Standard OIL Compauy
Ihe representatives of the Alton road stated n
the members OF the grand jury that the case Of
the Standard OIL Company was the only one where
the tarin, naming the rate collected had not been
regularly sent to the local freight agent and that
SO tar as they knew this the only case I'm
which % shipments had been made at a rate less
than that named in the lawful tariff
The grand jury Is Of the onIrIor that ,I,or, g.
nothing either in the testimony of Hollands or that
OF other witnesses before the grand Jury 10 war
rant me statement contained In the pamphlet re
ferred to- and that from anything submitted TO tho
grand jury, either by Mr.. Moffett or bv the wit
hesses called as result Of his testimony the
said statement is without foundation