The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-31
Evidence Of RebatIng.

Department Of Justice
"Office Of the United States Attorney
I District OF Oregon.
Portland, jan II, 1903.
"The President, Washington, ID. O..
Dear Mr.. President--I understand
that Mr.. Ripley Of the Atchison, To
pelSa and Santa Fe railway system
has commented with some severit.
upon your attitude toward the paymen
Of rebates by certain trapscontinenta
railroads and that he has declared tina
he personally never knew anything
about any rebates being granted by bill
road. inclose you herewith copy
OF letter from Edward Chambers
general freight traffic manager Of thu
Atchison, Topeka and Santa re rail
way system, to Mr.. G. A. Davidson
auditor Of the same company, dated
Feb. q, 1907. $50
This letter does not deal with inter
state shipments, but the constitution
of the state OF California makes the
payment Of rebates by railroads fel
ony, and Mr. Ripley has apparently not
been above the commission OF crime Ia
secure business. You are at liberty 10
use this inclosure in any way that you
think II can be Of service to yourself or
the public. , . Sincerely yours,
FRANCIS J. HENEY."
"san Francisco. Feb. q, 1907,
"Dear SirI hand you herewith a
file Of papers covering the movement
OF fuel oil shipped by the Associated
| Oil company over our line from Jan. ],
| 1906. up to and including Nov rs. 1906.
1--WE agreed with the Associated on
company's negotiations with Mr. Rip
ley, Mr. Wells and myself that lii con
sideration OF their making us special
price on oil for company use. which Is
covered by contract, and the further
consideration that we would take a
certain quantity, they would In turn
ship from Bakersfield over our line 10
San Francisco bay points certain
minimum number Of barrels Of fuel oil
at rate Of % cents per barrel from Ba-
kersfed, exclusive OF the switching
charge.
These statements cover the move
ment except that they have included
Stockton, which Is not correct, as It is
not bay point and could not be
reached as conveniently by water We
have paid them on account Of this
movement S7,239. which should be de-
Quoted from the total Of movement
shown In the attached papers
II wish YOU wonld arrange 10 make
UP statement. check the same and
refund to the Associated on company
down 10 the basis Of rs cents per har-
rel from Bakersfield where they arc
the shippers, regardless Of who is con
signee, as al their fuel oil is sold de
livered The reason for making this
deal In addition to what I have stated.
IS that the Associated OIL company
have their own boats and carry oil
from fields controlled by themselves
along the coast near San Luis Obispo
TO San Francisco at a much lower cost
than the special rate we have made
them and In competition with the Tn
Ion on company and the Standard Oil
company. 1t was necessary for them 10
sell at the San Francisco bay points
on the basis Of the cost Of water trans
portation from the coast fields. Tibet
figured they could only afford to pay
us the 25 cents per barrel II by doing
this they sold our company certain
amount Of fuel OH; otherwise the bust
ness covered by the attached papers
would have come III by boat from the
coast fields.
Il am writing this up completely 50
that there may be IN the papers his
tory Of the reasons why this arrange
ment was made ! wish You would 90
ahead and make the adjustment as
soon as possible, as the Associated OH
company are very anxious to have the
matter closed up. The arrangement
was cancelled on Nov, Is at a confer
enee between Mr. Ripley, Mr. Wells.
Mr.. Porter and myself. Yours truly.
EDWARD CHAMBERS.
shipments Associated OH Company.
Mr.. G A. Davidson, Auditor, Los
Angeles"
Administrations Course Defended.
The attacks BY these great corpora.
lions Oh the Administrations actions
have been given wide circulation
throughout the country, IN the news.
papers and otherwise by those writ
ers and speakers who consciously 81
unconsciously net as the representa-
tives Of predatory wealth Of the
wealth accumulated on giant scale /
by all forms Of iniquity, ranging from
the oppression of wageworkers 10 I'M +
fair and unwhoIesome methods of
crushing out competition and to de +
frauding the public by stoclSiohbine
and the manipulation Of securities. +
Certain wealthy men Of this stamp
whose conduct should be ahhorrenY 70
every man of ordinarily decent con.
science and who commit the hideous (
wrong Of teaching our young men that {
business success must or.
dInarily be based on dishonesty have i
during the last few months maie tit
apparent that they have banded to-
gether to work for reaction Their
andeavor is to overthrow ana discredii 4
all who honestly administer the law,
to prevent any additional legislation
which would check and restrain them
and to secure. if possible, a freedom
from all restraint which will permit
every INSCRIPTIONS wrongdoer to do Z
what he wishes unchecked, provided
be has enough money. The only way
10 eounteract the movement in which