New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-18
square DEAL IN OIL
I'D Nan Tells an Government
s.st Hoo He Won Back Customers

-, sr,,sranda recovered for one
m salesman much OF the business 'e
s-sneA a urice cutting competitors aOooi uIiie
sd io s,,v Yesterday in the hearing eeIor'
s,n Ferris referee n me
F-snK1-A. standard on Company OF New Jersey
alssoiVe = ,.lser. a Standard representative in
r. l. [~-,lina territory. told Frank B kel-
TIE NOT -,-7,ent attorney, on cToss-ezan1ina-
$50 - ,,sa tested many or the Oh barrels OF
con - z.-5,s competitors, particularly 1he heo
BE -o-,osnv and Rad found them to contain
-. rallon to four gallons less than me gauge
* indicated 80 ,,,,-.-s =. This
12ls ov demonstrating - the buyers OF TINS
IT Wa declared the witness. that they
coace-1 ..++snr q square deal that / got back
~sre ~ =. +rade had lost 10 the Red c com
- through rate cu'pnle -, -
psIe - think It was fair TO gauge OIL barrels
10 competitors n the absence OF their repre-
of - -. asked Mr. kellogg
% 40" WIS the replS-
o.v OF mine
rsnee TgIa-a a Standard salesman OF Cum
LInes' "a sad he had found a hundred barrels
beTia1o -4-r TO the Red 'C'' and the Crown OIL
o. o. rorupauy overgauged from one gallon 10
Il lions each On cross-ezaIninaton Il came
- .se- the accuracy OF gauglns oepehoeo "a sS1s
OH LIE .o-neci position OF the barrel II the
upon - 70 rest so that the bunghole was
ss-Te4 . ce.t-e al the top the gauge rod would
u -1e -a-+lv otherwise the rod might draw
--ous conclusions .z -. 80
- Y Hodgson- g salesman attached 10 Inc
- OF Company Of Kentucky VINO hao
S. So. .,- the Dixie OIL Company. said that he
sd found the barrels OF compeutors over
fs0 +sst he had never known the Dixie coIn-
sA1e9- s-.,5s-d subsidiary. 10 begin g cut, and
pa1', 80 never been used by the Standard TO
-. -. cut independent competitors
r,auIel another Southern salesman mar
z = Facts William z. Barrett. q rotund
- - of nEartinsvilIe. Va, told Of competitive
- :, his territory. naming instances where
e ~ local railways had acted as the agents
lIt ---,,st,ng Gil companies He had gagged bar
-, -. Richmond OIL Company and found them
shor1. he sHlo' -,, - . r.+.s-
- ne witness had reported that certain bar
- III rom TIE Richmond company, consigned
- -,s-cbant at KeysviIle. Va, had been over
90 .F4ow about it, asked Nj. Kellogg
-S- pose7+hal. the Standards attorney. OBJ
= .1s NJ. Barrett disclaimed any recollection
- 80 ,,cideut although recalling, he said that
+hs,s had been some talk Of complaint from tIle
$1,000 Oh Company about some ones gaug-
ing IS barrels.
Fair. another Southern Standard agent.
=. Instances q cuts offered Standard custom
IS hr The Atas OIL Company on cylinder OH
.,usr % "a cents a gallon. After the witness
- -,ls erecifcally Of the reductions made by
corpet.rors II his territory II TIE 1aSI SV@4 M
Tossnthal suddenly turned on him and asked;
4.,5 since the tine these gentlemen Of the
,orns-iug firms testified in Washington tnr me
-s--,.,r 81 .his suit the high minded repre-
ss-,.-.vss Ct the competition have been IN your
r.--s,u-y cutting prices"
YES ina; Is true" NJ. Fair replied
IN ero.s-exar-nattcn the witness could recall
oul- one instance in recent years where the
g,,-ss-d Rad changed the prices Of oil in his ter
-torv. although 1Ir. Kellogg insisted that the
u-rs shse-s supplied by the defendant showed
rurl5sr Of other reductions.
The hssrinz EiII be continued to-day