Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-29
INVESTIGATION OF
 STANDARD OIL MADE
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tOonlinueQ rom rage 1-J
 the Standard has not received rebates
 in recent years. so far as has been discovered. but 1t has nevertheless en-
 ,oyed the secret rates. possessing all of | the clements of Illegal rates and the
 advantages so obtained over inde- pendent shippers have been of very
 great value to that company. Numer-
 ous instances of discrimination in fa-
 yor of the Standard. resulting from
 the published railway rates were
 nection the following is an instance
 given: A low rate of 10 cents per 1eo
 pounds upon petroleum and its pro- ducts existed for many years from Ne | odosha. Kansas, where the Standard operated a refinery. to Kansas City. This was for the interest of the Stand lard; but when the Standard construct
 connected 1t by pipe line with the
 Kansas oil wells. the rail rate was sd- vanced from 10 to IT cents per hun dred pounds. While the railways in-
 sist that this was not done at the in-
 stance of the Standard. the significant
 fact remains in this and many other cases called to the commissions at tention that the rate was not changed until 1t came to be for the interest of the Standard that 1t should be chang ed and 1t was changed as that com psny would naturally desire.
 ..In discussing the assertion contain ed in the report "that the ruin of it's competitors has been distinct policy of the Standard ooi company" the committee says one method has been the organization of perfect system -of espionage over the shipments of It's competitors, resulting in knowledge as to the destination Of every car of oil leaving the refinery of an independent. The standard agent at the destination, says the report, is held responsible if the independent oil is sold.
 Tt does not appear" says the report that the companies have directed in the furnishing of this information. or that the practice has been sanctioned by superior officials Of the roads, but it does appear that such information
 is systematically obtained from rail- road employees. The testimony shows that the Standard at one time, If IL does not now, devoted a fund to the purpose of obtaining this information.
 It has frequently happened, when the supply of independent oil in partic" ular territory was low and shipment
 was peculiarly necessary, that the shipment has unaccountably gone
 astray. Information also appears to
 have be an given the Union Tank Line.
 a creature of the Standard concerning i the whereabouts of it's cars, while such Information was not furnished to oth- CT owners of tank cars and some dis | criminatson in tank car mileage in favor of the Tank Line is shown for one railroad.
 l Tt is asserted that 1t is the practice of the Standard whenever competi- tor erects a storage tank to which the l oil is transferred from the tank car. to reduce the price of oil In that To- I cality to such point as to make the
 business improbable to such compet- Itor while prices were maintained Tn other localities. There was such com piaint that the railroads aiiowei the
 Standard to erect it's tanks at conven- tent points on the right of way and l declined to accord this privilege to Independent refiners. The commission I says it Is satisfied that 1t Is such ois-
 crimination has been very generaby
 practised in the past.
 The report shows that at present f very considerable railroad in the u. T & ss buying from the Gaiena oil conn I pany, one of the Standard companies. most of it's lubricating and signal oiis. 'fthe prices paid tor iubricating OH. I which is of three grades. being sub I stantialiy the same to the various raii- l roads. The contracts generally con I tain A guarantee tc the road that the cost of Iubricating shall not exceed
 certain sum per mile or engine mi'e' and provides for oil inspectors ap-
 pointed by the oil company to super
 wise the use of the oil. The Galene conpany is rarely called upon to pay anything under the guaranty. and the prices obtained by the oil company 1 are extravagantiy high. Oils of the same grade could be bought in the op- | en market for about one half the Ca lena compsny's prices.
 , The report severely arraigns the Standards methods of competition
 saying:
 "The standard has repeatedly, atte' } becoming the owner of competinl , company continued to operate f. un' der the name. carrying the idea 70 tn' public that the company was stsis = } dependent and competing with tns , Standard. It has used such purchased or independently organized companis' to kill of competitors by such comps niles reducing prices. The operatior . l Of or,o< fake fndanoudeuf compnniel