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had bssa guilty.. Cousidssins H. -
that these shippers Included the packers ard 81.
vaess men al Chicago the action ct The Graa4
jury IN cai6ng upon President MoAets 70 tuf.
nish svi6enee Of sheis wrong doing MAJ - ~
sespreted - . demand Tor IN eisAor ation 81 ~
but The fsct that : rzse-hcok cor&nsn-
ing these freight rates for other Shippers w.
offered IA evidence during tho trial and ruteo
out BY Judge Lands. wss kept ous Of sioh1
President MsAeu would not. of course. accspe
the insitatiea Of The grand Jury although -
might have been psrdoned il he had referred
them TO yarsons oihcial ins~stigatioss By Tho
Interstate Commerce Commission and other e..
psrtncnts Of the Government.
VIZ come hark, therefore. 10 the conclusion 81
the whole matter. which is that the Standard
Oil Company Of Indiana was hncd an aaaoune
equal 10 seven or eight tines the saise OF -
entire property. because is sraife departsneue
did not verify the statement oi the Alton rate
clerk. tftat the six cent commodity rate On oil
had been properly hied with tho Interstate Cons-
mercc Commission. There is no evidences, and
none was introduced " the trial. that any ship
men, Of oil from Chicago territory had bern In
icrfered with BY the eighteen. cent rate nor that
the failure OF the Alton 10 hic is aix~ccns rste
had resulted IN any sersnsinasion against any
independent shirper.-we must take tins ON the
WCf0 Oh tHc A0mHHf$Ns9tzTS ot 16sp9tMAN%skS -
of Judge Lands. Neither Is il denied eseu ~
Mr.. Smith that the -indrpeudent@ shipper OF OK
whom he pictures as being driven cat of hsnness
BY this discrimination OF the Axiom. could hsvo
shipped all the oil he desired ~ ship from Whit
ing VIA Dolfon over the lines ef the Chicago An1
Eastern Illinois to East 81, Louis. In sh0st
President MoAetts defence is ssiii good. and ~
predict viii b 70 declared b. the higher court
The Standard Oil Company has been charged
with all manner Of crimes and n~slsdemcanorA
Beginning with the famous Rice of Marietta
passing down to that apostle Of popular hbef-
ties. Henry Desnzyest Lloyd, with MS. Wealh
Against the Commonwealth, descending by easy
stages to Miss Tarbeirs offensive personalities,
We finally reach the neither deptis ohunt1r an1
baseless Misrepresentation in I'm report Of tn
Commissioned OF Corporations. The Standard
has been charged with every form bf CONNER
cizl piracy and with most OF the crimes on tn
corporatioa calendar. After long years of stfen-
nous attack, under the ieader shie al the Presi-
dent Of the United States. the corporations h r
last dragged 10 the bar Of justice 10 answer ~
It's misdcines. The whole strength III the Gov
eru6n<nt 10 directed against II. and q hyl -
are told. the Stnndard Oil Company b 10 80
the penalty Of It's crimes. and u Is finally Coo
sicted Of having failed to verify The stsiesuenl
Of . rate e<sk and Il forthwith fined ! prDdix-
ious sum. measufed b. the car. Under lie 81
criminal Law. The theft al property worth more
than . chilling was punishable b. death. Uudes
the intespse1stioa Of the interstate Cosnmesco
kw By Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Kenesav
LAndis, . technical error Of ! aTaf6r Official :
made The excuse for the ~onEscation az ) ~
snoanA Of property.