The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-21
RELIEF SOUGHT
HAS BEEN SECURED
.Wickersham Answers Criticisms
Directed at Supreme
Court DEGREES.
TRUSTS REALLY DISSOLVED
Quotes Letter to Prove That
Standard Oil Methods" No
Longer Prevail.

Washington. October 1910 sus-
tain his contention that the decree
dissolving the Standard Oil Company
gave the relief sought by the anti
trust suit against the corporation. At
torney-General Wickershsm to-day is
sued a statement revealing some Of
!. the results Of an inquiry he has been
making into conditions In the oil In
dustry.
The statement. intended as . further
reply to criticisms that such DEGREES
as that OF the Standard Oil benefited
the trusts. was built around letter.
optimistic as to present conditions,
which the Attorney-General received
recently from c. D. Chamberlain. sec
rotary and general counsel Of the Ma
1ional Petroleum Association That
organization IL composed OF large
number Of independent refining COM
panies. embracing. according to the
Attorney-General. pract billy all the
Standard Oil
Acknowledgement Wickersham gave
OUT with his statement q copy Of a
letter from yr. Chamberlain. who
wrote that while the full effect OF
the decree cannot yet be judged, IN
dependents to-day have more unre-
stricted and more uncontrolled oppor-
tunity to carry on their business
without unfair. secret and oppressive
: competition on the part OF one great
rival than they have enjoyed for
years past
with this opportunity and insur-
ance OF It's permenence. he added.
xrowtng competition will benefit the
public. and q monopoly Of the BUSH
ness be Impossible
Mr. Chamberlain wrote that, - a
result Of the decree. there had been q
great advance in the price OF cruoe
oil. beuenting the crude producer. ana
also IN Increase In the price OF re-
finsd products. due to the higher cost
Of crude petroleum and the enormous
demand for gasoiene.
The Attorney-Generais statement
AsA not mention the status OF any Of
the several oil investigations the De
-.rtment Of Justice has under way
eencernlng conditions In certain pafts
- IT, country. These inquiries. based
.oon slIegations that the decree - De
~ violaseA or that unfair methods OBJ
fein. are loca,ixed and at this time
- sasd mot to aRect the general s'tue-
~. wYckersham had written 70 NJ
chamberlain, the statement said 10,
sccuraae informatjon - 70 presen'
conditions, contrsSted with those eN'
Sstine prior 20 the Supreme Courts
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20 make such q comparison. because
ne eject Of the governments prosecu'
nan a. the standard Oil combination
Heean practically wSeh the niine Of the
nit in November. 1905: and from thai
Anse the practices of the standard on
combeuatson in large measure ceased
20 be predatory and the independen'
1esleso began to have . chance te
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