Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-18

Chicago They terminate at Dolion. from which
point entrance is made over the Belt Line.
Whiting. where the oil freight originates. Is not
op the lines OF the Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
Which receives its Whiting freight from The belt
Lac q, Dolon. The former practice now dis
continued. IN filing tariffs was To make them
read from pom, on the line OF the ti1ing road,
and il was also general TO state an the Same
sheet, that the tariff world apply To other points,
c 4. Whiting The Chicago and Eastern Illinois
followed this practice in filing lis rate from
Doi,on, and making note on The sheet that it
applied 10 Whiting. This was in 1895 when this
method of filing tariffs was in common use.
Now let us see in villa, way the intending
slipper of oil could be mslcd and deceived Ivy
The fact that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
had not filed u rate reading from Whiting
commissioner Smith contends that "conccnmcnt
IS the only motive for such circutous arrange
ncut e. that this method of filing the rate
was intended to mislead intending competitor,
of the Standard Oil Company Suppose such a
prospective oil rciirer had applied To the Inter
state Commerce Commission for The rate from
Chicago To- East st Louis over the Chicago aud
Eastern lllinos. he would have been informed
that the only rate filed will the commission by
this company was a. cents from Dolio, and
lie would have hecn further informed, il indeed
he did not know this already that this rate ap-
piled throughout Chicago territory. So ,ha,
whether he wished to- locate his plant q, Whit.
ing or anywhere else ahou, Chicago under an
Arrangement OF long standing. and which applies
10 all the industrial towns in the ncighborliood
OF Chicago, he could have his freight delivered
ovrr the Belt Line To the Chictgo aud Eastern
Illinois NJ Dolion and transported 20 East 81;
Louis nj rate of oN cents Where Then IS
the cpncealmcnt Which the Commissioner OF Cor
pora,ions makes so much OF? ANY rate--from
Doton on the Eastern lllrois or Chappel on
Blue Island on the Rock Island, applies through
ont Chicago territory to shipments from Whit
ing rs 10 shipments from any other puin, In
the district SO far from the Eastern Illinois
filing It's rate from Dolton in order TO deceive
The shipper it is the Commissioner oi Corpora.
tons who either bctrays his gross ignorancc OF
transportation customs in Chicago territory or
relies on the public ignorance OF these customs
10 deceive the public too apt to accrp, unqucs
tioringly every statement made hy Il Govern
mcut official rs necessarily true. although. as in
tie present instance. n careful examination shows
these statements to be false.
The final point made by President Moffctt that
other commodities of character similar to oil
were carried at much lower rates than iS cents.
the Commissioner Of Corporations discusses only
with the remark that the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
this rate is not in question. The question is
whether this rate constituted discrimination
az agains, other shippers of OIL" and he also
makes much Of the failure OF President MoiTctt
to produce before the grand jury evidence OF the
alleged illegal acts OF which the Standard Oil
official said that other large shippers in the ter