The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-21

Standard osi official said that other large ship.
peers In the territory bad bessn guilty. 1onsid.
eriaK the fact that these shippers included the
packers and elevator men Of Ghlcago the ac'
slou Of the grand jary 10 calling upon Prcst
dent Moffett TO furnish evidence Of their wrSng
doing may be- interpreted demand fDr an
elaboration of The obvious, bat the fact that .
rate book containing these freight rates for
other shippers vas offered In evidence during
the trial aud ruled out by Judge lands was
kept ont of sight President Meffett would not
81 course accept the Invitation OF the grand
jury. although he might have been pardoned II
he had referred them TO various official invcs
LEGATIONS by the Interstate comtuernr cunmia
sIon and other departments Of the govern
ment
We come back. therefore. 90 The conclusion
Of the whole matter. which Il that the stand.
ard on Company of indiana was fined mn
amount equal to seven or cight times the value
OF It's entire property. because It's tf9ffic de.
partmang did not verify the statement 0f the
Alton rate clerk. that the six.cent commodity
rate on oil had been properly filed with the Ia.
terasate commerce commission There Is no
evidence. and nome was introduced At the trial
that any shipper Of oil from Chicago territory
had been inferfered with b. the eighteen-cent
rate nor that the failure OF the Alton 90 file
It's six.cent rate had resulted In any discrim
inafian against any independent shipper-ws
must take this the word of the commission
ef OF corporations aud OF Judge i4andls. Nee
Their IL denied even By Mr. Smith. that tha
independent shipper of oil. whom he pictures
as being driven out Of business by this dis
crlmtnation of tho Alton, could have shipped
all the oil he desired TO ship from Whiting via
Dolton over the lines of the Chicago aud East.
ern Illinois 70 East ST Louis. In short Pres
ident Moffett's defense Is attn good and We
predict will be so declared by the higher court
The STANDARD OH Company has been charged
with all manner OF crimes and misdemeanofs.
beginning with the famous Rice Of Marietta
passing down TO that apostle of popular liber
ties Henry Demnrest Lloyd. with bis Wealth
Against the Commonwealth descending By easy
stages to Miss Tarbell's offensive PERSONAL.
ties We finally reach the neither depths OF un.
fair and haseess misrepresentation In the re-
port OF the commissioner of corporations. The
Standard has been charged with every form OF
commercial piracy and with most of the crimes
on the corporation calendar. After long year
OF strenuous attack. under the leadership OF the
president OF the United States. the corporation
Is at last draKsed 10 the har of justice to an.
swer for its misdoings. The whole strength OF
the government IL directed against tt. aud al
last We are told. the Standard oil Company l.
90 pay the penalty Of its crimes aud Il Is final
~ convicted OF having failed &. verify the state
menf OF rate clerk and Is forthwith fined .
prodiEious sum. measured by the car Under
the old criminal law, the theft OF property
worth more than a shilling was punishable by
death. Under the Interpretation OF the inter.
state commerce law BY Theodore Roosevelt and
Judge kenesaw lands, technical error of Z
traffic official Is made the excuse Tor tie con
saeaaiss OF ws9 gr.ssud Of psScpsasls - eufs