The Detroit times., 1909-01-20
TRAFFIC MANAGER
FIXED RATES ON
SHIPMENTS
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS SUBMIT
NOTES WHICH SHOW POWER
OF OFFlclAL-TARiFF WAS DC
TATED ACCORDING TO DATA.

HI CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Tarifr sheets
\ concerning oil rates between Whiting
4 Ind, and Grand Junction, Tenn, were
4 produced by Frank c. Reilly, general
a freight agent OF the Chicago IL East
n ern Illinois railroad. when the gov
ernments dissolution suit against the
n Standard OIL Co. was resumed. Mar
ginal notes on the tariff sheets indi-
Gated, according TO government
81 counsel, the potency OF >. IL. McClih'
|. took. traffic manager of the Standard
q OH Co. at Whiting. Ind, in 1898, III
4 arranging freight rates on oil 10 Grahu
4 Junction.
one tariff introduced in evidence
y bore a note addressed 10 Mr.. Carpeh-
ter" who In 1898 was president or the
4 Chicago az Eastern Illinois.
II ran (alluding TO the tarih shee'
i on which ii was written; rms AT
i ranged with President Barlow. r. u
Il r.. H.. and Howard Page. Standard OIL
y Barlow arranged with Markham, l.
I c.: Barlow informed me had talked II
over with you
1 This note was signed Nv. c. iden-
I titled by the government as w. Camp
1 bell assistant freight traffic manager
I OF the Chicago a. Eastern Illinois.
( Alleues Rate Was Secret.
III the next note Howard Page is
/ succeeded by McClintock as represent
! ing the Standard. 1t iVs addressed
I 10 Campbell by IS. J. c.. otherwise
according TO the government, ,. j.
n Cooke. general freight agent or the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois. II reads;
"McClintock called this afternoon
and stated that we could issue the
tariff TO Grand Junction. Tenn, TO
take effect FIVE days from tomorrow
Feb. 3, everything having been ar
ranged He did not impart any fur
4 Their information. understood him To
say that he had informed Carpenter.
The correspondence quoted referred
4 10 the inception of 13-cent rate from
BOLTON. H.. which, in a shipping sense.
IS the same as Whiting. Ind, TO Grand
Junction The government alleges
that this rate. although filed with the
Interstate commerce commission. was
oworded as to be n secret rate ne
4 tween the Standard Oil Co. and GER
4 tain railroads.
4 Another note on the same subject
was as follows:
H n. r. says McClintock gave you
\ some later instructions as to manner
Z of issuing and handling the tariff and
we want to know what they are
This note was written by one Of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ofhclals
! 20 another.
Another alluslon to the Grand juno
ton tariff was read. Mr.. Camp
|. hell: This has only been sent TO the
I'll c. c. Interstate commerce com
y mission). Please let me know II this
1 Is o. K-B. II. II.
4 "B. H. H." according TO the gov
! ernment. was clerk OF the Chicago &
4 Eastern Illinois. The 20. k came by
telegraph from H. II. r. Oh. III.
4 Rhodes OF the same road.
There was no dearth OF counsel
4 when Special Examiner Ferriss began
4 what Is intended to be the last Of the
4 series OF hearings in this suit before
4 the whole mass OF evidence is laid be-
! fore the court at St Louis. The Stand
] ard was represented by Moritz Rosen
than. John s. Miller, Chauncey Mar
! tyn. r. l.. Crawford and Alfred d.
\ Eddy. while Special United States AS
/ torneys Kellogg and Morrison were
reinforced by f. ID. Durand. w. II.
I Isom, who has at different times been
1 manager of the Toledo plant OF the
! Standard Oil Co, vice-presdent of the
4 Standard Oil Co. in Minnesota and
manager of an oil plant begun at Kan
kakee. ILL.,. by the Cudahy. but later
! sold to an English syndicate. and
1 Charles +. Fulton, secretary OF the
. Ohio Freight association. an expert on
tariffs, also gave testimony.
Isom was called by the government
but Kellogg suddenly ceased his direct
examination and Rosentha on cross.
examination ELECTED the statement
from the witness that while at Kanka-
kee the rate to st. Louis on II was six
cents.
Ibid you ever hear of an 1S-cent
rate?" asked Rosenthal.
Never"
This bit OF testimony recalled the
case against the Standard oil Co, IN
which Judge Lands fined the Stand
ard Oil Co. OF Indiana, S29.240. 900
later reversed. for accepting six
cent rate from Whiting Ind. to East
st. Louis, ILL.,, when the public rate
was 1S cents, the government asserted
Fulton stated that he had never
heard OF six-cent rate or fourcent
rate from Whiting. Ind. TO Evansville
Shown a Grand Trunk schedule. show.
Ing oil rates from Toledo to Boston he
was asked II the rate 10 Boston also
applied to other New England points
1T does not" he said.
This was in rebuttal of the testi.
mony OF Standard Oil traffic men that
the rate to Boston, a special one. an.
piled TO other New England towns