New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-20

Interstate Commerce Commission and to submit
tbs act 70 bv standard OH interests is extremely
hostile The attitndn Of the standard may be sum
mF Izf as follows; ~. Standards nine lines en-
gagged In Interstate commerce have ded no tariffs
! Thetever Win tbe InterstaIe Commerce Commits
sion and have refused to transport oil for others.
na%ies no rt ha AIe en named to many mpor-
| tant and desirable destinations. but most rates
Wishes to- ship. or to points Where only standard
rehneries exist.
purely local services require an UNNECESSARILY large
amount Of oil TO be shipped at a single time;
policy of publishing statistics of runs, shipments
Of much less value than before
,Fffth-The rates filed are the same, or practically
higher than the cost Of transportation BY pipe line
F1ur important pipe line compames owned by or
ai14lated WIN the STANDARD namely the Ira!Tle
~ Oh and Gas Company the Ohio on COMPANY. the
Pipe Company Limited-h2ye thus far failed TO
ir any tS wlaIE EYE, WIN the ihtSIStaIe ON
paS S s Sas IWicG sr4ee me ae' oil l%o was
Do Sse o o To- lr"spert OIL WhGn fe4uesteq 10
70 h'i nm tr ; ~ ~
panys line runs from indian Territory to Cirifith
lines T8n5n fo tb Is maze WIN b %Ier 6 o
pany'S line runs from the Illinois field to Prebe.
3Ind;, Where similar connection Is made; the New
into the mort t ~ "S iuS .roln (.m loTn
terminal Bayonne. y. J.. and another at Brook
across the states Of PcnnsyIanla and New Jersey
IN the case OF the Prairie OH and Gas Company
! and the OHIO oil Company ii had not been the
custom before the act of 1906 was passed to hold
oil in storage for the producers. as done by
taken utie to all oil received by them from the
| have continued this policy to the present time.
| Interstate Commerce act when reaiires all in
terstate pipe lines to act as common carriers The
illinois fields together Is now about 80 per cent
! indiana fields combined. ana tbe oiitnn+ If tho
two newer fields is RAPIDLY Increasing While that
er r'f fo "U %iT 10 tg Gd Nh Up -
nished practically the only outlet from the mid
continent HeIG anu II sun Is FAX tls most IhpoT-
only one leading from the nIinos held Hence the
failure or these two pipe lines to transport Oh Tor
OF supply for independent retneTies and in keep
Two important i4idependent pipe lines are being
laid from Indian Territory to the Gulf. which may
tnsnt neId ,..-- ,,---- r-.-, 80,
! formerly received oil on a storage basis; an
do public business. but would thereafter receive
.-. - -
r. ,,,,,,ero,,g o+,sr ,osos ,,,,o~, s.aDd.-, ,,os
have AIed tarirs Win the Interstate Cor,r,orco
Commission they have deliberately failed to quote
rates to the most important points TO which an In
dependent shipper would naturally desire to for
ward his crude product For instance tho tariffs
name no rates To- most Of the indcpendent refining
PoR Wn western Moan and 0h9 ana
no are made whatever either to New York
nnnerons rnta to s,IC' T., T', ~ g. 10 49, er
ItIe e TIc.a & ny Owe; Tel'iI ana mon
at such a distance from tideeiaH as 10 make The
who could not afford to pay tie rail haul from sach
iateTmedate stations t. ina! destination It is oh
is to make ne law a doa6 iotter '' '-''''0''
Uot tiHo CIo "a" $500 49, - 7., -, ,,
STANDARD for cTcumyeTti9g tie new act = the the
STIMULATION that an in5eparde-f sbioncT de9iri1]
to send oil through it's lln6 shall tender At sInce
time an excessive quantity Of oil With tho Single
SAcI1U9 or rom lfw points 10 O1eSn
ITinnnT a,,oII} ,Iib IA - 1otI T b ,t ,1
r3( ~ S,, ~, ei,,I Ia ~ Ely T Il, x t9 ~
reIs and from the IJn5a-In3jauo rel5 g. Las g.,
stst1 ~ o'-t f,I S. 1t ,|S n
When Il Is state8 fhof NAN 5D6Hnc}t r@fi,cs ms
Of crude oil in year and that ve-y few use over
vision "a obvious In Violy ~ this yirteu, ,loe
sble condition. there con be no question whatever
Ts+ 70 l9 aue I'll inc STANDARD toward inc ne"
AS further eInrbasizino~ this evident 5oor,fr, ton
on the part Of the Standard to antaFonize the
its passage the Standard made II complete change
in its method Of publishing statistics of pipe line
runs and deliveries. These statistics were formerly
published in such way distinguish the
and o. were @ %" E Tl gruf 6 on os ran5
gagged in the oil industry. Thus, the Buckeye Pipe
and Lima OIL made separate report for tho two
kinds; It was thus possible to compile, from the
records published by different pipe lines tho cor
rect totals of the varons crudos run from tho
wells, delivered and In stock. In August, 1906
lust before the new rate law went into effect, tho
Standard ceased mus 70 separate the different
kinds OF crude IN IT'S pipe line statistics Instead;
e1ch pipe me reported one ETftnd total of the oil
a. i ,i"oTi III rrSf 10 tae neg rom winch
IT ~ ne IVSl, wa ~ hhe le Sl'tlstcs
almost NaIueless IN view Of the difference in tho
80 H. @ * 49,. Ile standard
pipe Iihes agar! changed thelr Puhllshe9 reports so
Of crude oil from the wells are distinguished, they
and tba stocits m %and m [deTTc6less
dIiu IN MS ~! nun" .tSuIuIiE 10 me kihd or
formerly recognized trade organ Of the stand and.