The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-20
TRAFFIC MANAGER
FIXED RATES ON
SHIPMENTS
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS SUBMIT
NOTES WHICH SHOW POWER
OF oFFiclAL-TARlFF WAS DIG
TATEp ACCORDING TO DATA.

CHICAGO, Jan 2O.-Tariff sheets
concerning oil rates between Whitihg'
Ind. and Grand Junction. Tenn. were
produced by Frank c. Reilly, generai
freight agent OF the Chicago & fas'
ern Illinois railroad. when tue gov
ernments dissolution suit against the
standard Oil Co. was resumed MAJ
ginal notes on the tarin sheets ihu,-
Gated. according To government
counsel. the potency OF :. ii. McCiih'
took. traffic manager of the STANDARD
oil Co. at Whiting, Ind, IN 1889 III
arranging freight rates on oil 10 Grahd
Junction.
One tariff introduced in evidence
bore a note addressed To Mr. Carpeh-
ter" who in 1898 was president Oh 'he
Chicago 4 Eastern Illinois.
IL ran (alluding to the tarin sheet
on which IL was written inns at
ranged with President Barlow, r.
~ r.. and Howard Page, Standard OH
harlow arranged with Markham, l.
G.; Barlow informed me had talked IL
over with you"
, This note was signed wv. C.. ldeh-
I, tilted by the government as w. camp.
bell assistant freight traffic manager
F, of the Chicago Il Eastern Illinois.
! ALLEGES Rate Was Secret.
: In the next note Howard rage Is
rucceeded by McClintock as represent.
ing the Standard. 1t was addressed
10 Campbell by IS. J. c. otherwise
according to the government b D.
Cooke. general freight agent OF Tue
Chicago K Eastern Illinois. IL READS:
"McClintock called this afternoon
and stated that We could issue Inc
tariff 10 Grand Junction. Tenn, 10
take effect Ave days from tomorrow
Feb. 3. everything having been ar
ranged He did not impart any fur
Their Information. understood him 10
say that ne had informed Carpenter
The correspondence quoted referred
10 the inception OF a 13-cent rate from
BOLTON. III. which, in shipping sense,
I Is the same as Whiting. Ind, 10 Grand
\ Junction The government alleges
1 that this rate. although filed win the
y Interstate commerce commission. was
II so worded as 20 be secret rate be-
tween the Standard Oil Co. and GER
d tain railroads.
n Another note on the same subject
N was as follows:
n. n. X. says McClintock gave you
some later instructions as 10 manner
of issuing and handling the tariff and
we want 10 know what they are
This note was written by one OF the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Officials
TO another.
Another allusion to the Grand juno
ton tariff was read: Mr.. Camp
he'll This has only been sent TO the
l. C. c. Interstate commerce com
MISSION. Please let me know II this
Is O. K-B. n. II.
b. r. H. according TO the gov
eminent. was a clerk OF the Chicago *
Eastern Illinois. The 20. X" came by
telegraph from H. II. r. Oh n.
Rhodes OF the same road.
There was no dearth OF counsel
when Special Examiner Ferriss began
what is intended 10 be the last OF the
series OF hearings in this suit before
the whole mass OF evidence is laid be-
fore the court at St Louis The Stand
ard was represented by Moritz Rosen-
thai. John s. Miller. Chauncey Mar
tyn. r. l.. Crawford and Alfred ID.
Eddy. while Special United States As
torneys Kellogg and Morrison were
reinforced by Ed ID. Durand.
IL.
times been manager of the To
ledo plant OF the Standard Oil
Co. vice-president of the Stand
ard Oil Co in Minnesota and
manager of an oil plant begun at Kan
kakee. H.. by the Cudahy. but later
sold 10 an English syndicate, and
Charles F. Fulton. secretary OF the
Ohio Freight association. an expert on
tariffs, also gave testimony.
Isom was called by the government
hut Kellogg suddenly ceased his direct
examination and Rosenthal on cross.
examination ELECTED the statement
from the witness that while at Kanka-
kee the rate TO St Louis on oil was six
cents.
Did you ever hear OF an lS.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. 29,24O. 900
later reversed. for accepting six.
cent rate from Whiting. Ind, 70 East
St Louis, H., when the public rate
was Is cents. the government asserted
Fulton stated that he had never
heard OF a six-cent rate or "A four-cent
rate from Whiting. Ind. To Evansville
Shown a Grand Trunk schedule. show
Ing oil rates from Toledo to Boston be
was asked IL the rate to 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 10 Boston, a special one. ap.
piled 10 other New England towns
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