New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-28
STANDARD OIL SUES
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Magazine" and had been unable 70 oh
tam satisfactory promise.
What Mr.. Moffett Wrote.

magazine and had been unable 10 OBJ
tam satisfactory promise.
What Mr.. Moff.tt Wrote.
The article by Mr.. Moffett on which
the suits we're based, said in part:
Step ty sep the investigation led back
| from the retailer to the wholesaler. 10 the
msnutacturer And there TO his unbound
So sarpr pr e cassidy ran straight into the
otdhuafu OH Company which formidsb bic
! concern, as now came TO light. had Al Soma
! tlme before quietly bought up glucose fac
/ tories all over the country, until il had
auoeu nus important industry 10 its list of
J mohopohes 80 here was the situation: All
/ the glucose that came into Philadelnhia
was manufactured by the Standard oil
company and this glucose was tainted with
SUPPLIES,
Before noting what Cassidy did in this
emergency, let us consider what reasons
could make TINS greatest trust in the
ing candy. We have seen them Numbering
men, but the little children How was
that possible? Ii was possible because it
pad. There Is the answer. Anything that
The Standard Oil People had discovered
/ tnat the yellow color Of glucose syrup,
which is commercially undesirable could be
! changed to the whiteness OF pure spring
water by the use OF supplies. No eve
| could then tell IL from genuine sugar syrup,
worth four times as much.
Contains Poison, Moffett Saws.
II is true this shining white glucose syrup
| contained a harmful and poisonous sub
stance that might not lawfully be intro
duced INTO any food product. but was this
! really important in view of largely increased
sales and profits? Candy makers could now
use two-thrds glucose TO one-third sugar
an enormous saving. Sugar costs them six
| cents a pound, while this beautiful poisoned
glucose from the Standard OIL Company
| costs only cent and quarter. A wonder
! full saving for the candy makers, Twenty
/ FIVE dollars at least. on a ton of candy,
And candy sells by the tens OF thousands of
| tonsl
There seems no doubt that the Standard
! Oil Company knew perfectly well what it
was doing. II was committing a cowardly
| crime, was guilty under the law. but il was
! heaping up millions, and it hoped not to be
found out
Thanks to Cassidy. however. IT was found
| out. The evidence, patiently gathered for
weeks, was overwhelming against it, and
one morning. August s, 1906, Philadelphia
| awoke to a genuine sensation. Four mem
/ bers Of the firm OF J. H. Huston & Co,
agents Of the Standard Oil in Eastern Penn
sylvania and lower New Jersey, had been
arrested. brought into court. branded as
/ deliberate prisoners of little children.
The complaint of the Standard Oil
! Company against the publishers sets
forth that ii has been and is a business
| corporation, engaged in producing and
purchasing, transporting and selling Pc
troleum and. its various by-products. and
as such, il has been engaged and is en-
gagged in the sale of a large number of
useful products of commerce in various
places in the United States and in for
eign countries, and has gained a wide
reputation for the sale of good rner-
charitable and commercially pure prod
ucts free from any form of poisonous or
unlawful aduteration; and the value of
! its property and the goodwill and the
extent of its sales depend upon its repu-
tation."
Complaint Charges Libel.
The charge made in the complaint was
that the defendant on January 70 "reck-
lessly md maliciously published OF and
| concerning the plaintiff false, unfair and
/ libellous matter contained in the article
attached to the complaint
The said false and defamatory state
ment and allegations" the complaint
continued. directly affected the credit
and property OF the plaintiff. and said
false and defamatory statement and al
/ legations widely circulated have had,
and still have, the necessary result in
limiting the sale of its products and in
causing its customers and the public 10
! withdraw their relations with il as pur-
| chasers Of its commodities: and by rea-
/ son Of the said publication Of the said
! false and defamatory matter. the plain
/ tiff has been and is injured in its good
/ name reputation and business TO its
| damage in the sum of $3.50, 900"
| The complaint against Cleveland Moi
| felt was identical except that it asked
/ damages in the sum Of 100000. Shear
man & Sterling, Of No. % Wall street,
were the attorneys for the Standard Oil
! Company.
Mr.. Hampton's Statement.
Benjamin B. Hampton, president Of
The Broadway Magazine" incorporated,
made the following statement concerning
the suits:
Mr. Carey. attorney. and J. Z Clarke.
/ press representative Of the Standard Oil
Company, visited us on Tuesday, and again
on Wednesday, and stated formally that
the article was in error in attriouting 10 the
Standard Oil Company the sale Of glucose
/ in Philadelphia.
Mr. Carey and Mr. Clarke demanded
retraction. We stated that II is the desire
/ OF this mazazine 70 pc talr as vel as &C
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