| Show STANDARD USED THE RAILROADS How our Pipe Line Companies Were Blocked in an Effort to Reach the Seaboard I SOME FORCED TO THE WALL FACTS BROUGHT OUT AT NEW NEWYORK NEWYORK NEWYORK YORK HEARING New York Oct 4 W S Tarbell treasurer of the Pure Oil company and the United States Stages Pipe Line company took the witness stand today in the hearing hearing hear hoar Ing of the governments suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company and told of the troubles of ot his two companies in their competition with the oil combine Mr Ir Tarbell said the Standard fought the Unit United United United ed States Pipe Line at every step to pre prevent prevent prevent vent it from reaching the seaboard with its pipe lines Mr Tarbell farbell Is a n brother of Miss Ida Tarbell who has written ex extensively extensively extensively of the affairs of the Standard When the pipe line lIpe a reached Hancock Pa Pain PaIn PaIn in 1891 the Erie railroad objected to its passing over Its right of ot way and at the Pennsylvania and Lack Lackawanna Lackawanna awanna railroads tried to prevent the theline theUne theline line Une passing under their tracks He said the National Transit and the Tidewater Pipe Line companies had secured the privilege of ot passing under railroad tracks Standard Standard Cut Prices Mr Tarbell said that while the inde independent Independent Independent pendent pipe line was being constructed the Standard cut prices and the Independent ent nt refineries were forced in some In Instances II I stances lances to sell refined oil under the cost of crude oil When the independent pipe pipeline pipeline line Une reached Marcus Hook Pa the wit witness witness wit witness ness said further urther cuts were made in to prices by the Standard and three Inde hide Independent Independent pendent pendant companies the International Oil on company compan Union Refining company and the Ramage company gave up the fight and sold out The rhe Standard he said bought the refineries and through the purchase obtained control of 30 per cent of the stock of ot the United States Pipe PipeLine PipeLine Line He be said the Standard had no in interest Interest interest terest in the Pure Oil company compan I Forced to Withdraw Mr Tarbell said that in 1900 1903 the Pure Oil company purchased nearly all the stock of the Producers Oil company compan Ltd and the Producers Refining Oil company Ltd and 52 5 per cent of the stock of the United States Pipe Line com company company company pany In the early nineties Mr Tarbell testified a trust agreement was entered into by the stockholders of the Pure Oil company to prevent Interests Inimical to the company from obtaining control Mr Ir Tarbell said the Standard cut prices in Philadelphia so that the Pure OH on com company compan company pany pan was forced to withdraw from that market The Tho Standard cut prices in this city and for three years the Pure Oil company lost money after which the price rose so that now the company Is doing doln a profitable pr business Mr Ir Tarbell testified that the Pure OIL Olt company laid laido out o t districts in which to do business so as to keep away from certain c railroads which were more to be feared because of their discrimination than the Standard OH OU company Favored the Standard These discriminations were In favor of the Standard Oil company campan Mr Tarbell said George C Chesbrough accountant for lor many of the subsidiary pipe line companies com companies companies of the Standard followed on the stand and through him Mr Mi Kellogg placed pla ed on the th record many statements showing earnings costs and charges of various characters In transporting oil oU by pipe line Une companies |
