Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-01-30

ritory had been guilty Considering the fac!
that these shippers included tho packer, and Gle
Nator men OF Chicago the action oil the grand
Jury calling upon President Mofett 10 fur
msh evidence OF their wrong doing may be in
tcrpreted demand for an elaboration OF the
obvious but The fact that a rate book contain
ing these freight rates ior other Shippers wa,
offered III evidence during the lrial and ruled
ont by Judge Lands, was kept OUT oil sight
Prcsiden, Moffctt would not. OF COTS Sc accept
the invitation oil tho grand jury although lie
might have been pardoncd il he had referred
them 10 varions official Investigations BY tbs
Interstate Commerce Commission ard other de
partli,cits OF the Government
We come back therefore, to The collcltision Of
the whole matter. which is that the Standard
OH Company OF Indiana vas fined an amount
equal 10 seven or egh, tunes The yaltie OF its
entire property because its traffic department
did not verify the Statement. OF the hlton rate
olcrk that the siN-ccnt commodity rate on oil
had been properly filed with the Inter, tatc Com
mercc Golnmis sio;i here is no evidence and
more introduced al the trial, tha any ship
illcn o. oil from Chicago territory had been IN
tcricrcd with by the eightecn-ccnt rae nor that
the failure of the Alton TO file il. six-ccnt rate
had res,'ltcd III any discrimination agaiii,t any
independent shipper we must take this on the
OF Judge Lands Neither is il denied even by
Mr. Smith that the independent shipper OF oil,
whom he pictures as being driven out OF business
by this discrimination OF the Alton, could have
shipped all The oil he desired TO ship from Whit
ing BOLTON the lines oil The Chicago and
Eastern Illinois 10 East St. Louis In short,
President Moifei,s defence is still good and we
predict will be 50 declared By the higher court.
The Standard Oil Company has been charged
with all manner OF crimes and misecmcanors.
Beginning with tho famous Rice oil Marietta,
passing down 10 that apostle OF popular liber-
,lcS Henry Dcmarest Lloyd, with his Wealth
Against the Commonwealth. descending by easy
stascS to Miss larDells offensive personalities,
finally reach the neither depths oil unfair and
basclcss misrepresentation III the report of the
Commissioner OF Corporations he Standard
has been charged with every form oil CONNER
cial piracy and With most OF the crimes the
corporation calendar Alter long years OF siren
TONS attack, under the leadership OF the Presi-
dent oil the United States. the corporation is at
last dragged TO the bar OF Justice 10 answer for
lis nsdolngs. lhc whole strength of the Gov
ernnlent Is directed against it, and at last, we
arc told, the Standard Oil Company is to pay
the penalty OF its crimes. and it is finally CON
victed OF having failed to verify the statement
Of rate clerk and is forthwith fined a prodig-
ious sum- measured by the car Under the old
criminal law, the theft OF property worth more
than shilling was punishable BY death Under
the Interpretation of the Interstate Commerce
law by Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Kenesaw
Lands. a technical error of traffic official is
made the excuse for the confiscation of a vast
amount of property.