The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-17

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TACKLE STANDARD
Continued From First ragc>
livery on order Is defined best by The
eNample Of The groccrs man who
makes his rounds every morning, tax.
ing orders that arc later delivered bv
tho -rornrs wagons
Tho right OF tho oil companies 10
proceed on aurh basis as this is not
challenged, but tho warrants Issued
, yesterday morning charge Tho three oil
companies with having ovcrsteppcc
this mark ana infringed the revenue
laws by driving ;hcir oil wagons 10
the merchants door taking his order,
and making the sale aud dciiver, on
tho spot The Chesterfield authorities
nlieEc there is no difference between
inc plaster statue man who without n
license peddles his wares from door
70 door and tho STANDARD Oil Company's
method OF selling their products from
their itinerant tank wagons.
officials Agree.
6eioro cmbark'ni- on this war
against tho opulent trust, tho Chester
held authorities took counsel with tho
assurances Of support. Officer Terrell
consulted both the Attorney General
ana the Comnon' -lllns Attorney.
Judge j. NJ. Gregory, in regard 10
INC alleged violation Of the revcn,,o
laws. and received from these men rho
word 10 go ahead. The step IS no ra.,l,
plunge, hut ono carefully thought, out,
ana reasoned. and it is no joke bu. an
actual possibility Of $4,000 in fines trat
in court next Friday
When commemorative Attorney
tiregorS was asked last night rorard- !.
ing the section OF tho law under which
ne lEosccntion would DO made, he rc
pied; Tho general revenue laws,
op"h further questioning, rs, said ,l;,
ti!e case rested on the alleged violation
., sectlon 30 Of tho tax laws Of Eir-
Einia. The coming legal batnc vii,
be waged around this section whinh
ueHnes tho act OF peddling, but par
tlculari% about the last few sentences
VI INC section, listing those who shall
ue exempt from the tax. This por-
ton reads.
Section Of Law.
NJ persons who Keep . regular
place OF business open at all t:,ues ii,
tcsuiar business hours. and the
suiie pace, and who shall personally
OF sell and at the time OF such ouor-
ihs or sale. deliver goods. wares ~,
merchandise, elsewhere than nj sncn
regular place of business, Shall also
DC deemed peodlers as above; but thls
section shall not apply to those VII !,
seil or offer for sale in person or nv
thetf employees, Ice. fuel meats. fowls
lish, game, Vegetables, fruits or other
family supplies Of Il perishablo nature
l,,,
merchants who keep regular place 81
business open at ell times In rey,ila,
BUSINESS hours and at tile same plac.
"itnout city or town who shall sell
SUCH articles TO merchants only res,a
ing and doing business In a CITY Or
town" FL
Upon this phase OF the section vii,
u:iehaants argument be baseo.
Whlle the prosecution pins it's faith ID
the proposition that oil business as
carried on is not exempt.
what the Agent Thinkr.
J. Morton Graves. the Standard
agent, The only one OF tho three M
vowed who could be reached las1
night confessed himself nonplusse1
by the surprise sprung Yesterday.
we don't know exactly what TO
MAKE OF the affair. said Mr. Grave,
mere Is nothing can say until i
-, - opPo' tuh'lS 10 consult couH-
SCI ana discover the exact chsrge.
lodged against my company. rio eli
.hs from tank wagons has been prac-
.iceo over this country ana the
world BY tic Standard OF! Comn,ry
and this is the first time I have go
heard OF It's legality being denied. 81
acoursc' we will be on hand rridav IN
SQUIRT and Will retain counsel 10 nro-
tect our interests"
Tha
"chtiy considerably disturbed ovar ~.
matter. not knowing whether = -
- IN inc light Of Jest or to night 81 40
n,o" ~ their existence. There ts M
aoubt OF there Icing a battlc r,r,dn,
~ rH!hG III the Oak Grove court uhan
me sirugglc VIII be opened as M
state is determined to press this ch,rra
as it were. 80 Naa'c
Carrying Out Policy
rms sudden, Wickersham-likc att,c,,
-. '"c " companies Is the most rcccnt
~, l. .i war or determination that Inc
necn wagins for the last few ,oontba -,
iiieSal peddlcrs. On "Wednesday. 49,,
peadlcrs of household goods. a-cnts e. !.
INC philadelphia firm of G,,,ola,
r1tzseraid were innd $500 by .So,,irn
1heatham and this morning. Tho 49,
~ 'i'iono Sroccrs, charged with
unidWiullE peddling cheese fron, :,
wagon VIII be tried before This CONT
IN, IN" nov It is rumorcd that tho Grh,
VII extend until other Industries a..
posing or their goods by M sar,,
method will be called up 10 The bar =,
justice. '''c p"r 81
Magistratc Chcatham has already.
s"i,ied ior himself a reputation in
sncii cases, having been frcauentIv m.
ncld " higher courts in peddliny nnns
tnea were appealed from his decision
"ns - Sooo. imposed several years