Show AFTER THE OIL TRUST DRASTIC MEASURES PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE Resolution Introduced Directing the AttornByGcuoral to Order Instituting Insti-tuting of Suits Against Combine Ii Washington March 1G Representative Representa-tive Fitzgerald of Massachusetts today Introduced the following resolution J matter of Whereas Tl appears as a I public record that the Standard all I company paid In the city of New York on March 15 1900 the sum of 17000000 I this amount being an extra dividend In addition to the regular quarterly dividend divi-dend of 3000000 and Whereas It Is a mailer of public record that tills last dividend is 5000 000 In excess of the last quarterly dividend divi-dend pak by thin corporation and Whereas It is also a matter of pub Ho record that the price yf kerosene t I the solo method of lighting used by the middle and poorer classes of people during the period of time of declaration I declara-tion of these dividends was Increased 3 cents per gallon constituting a tax on every home In the laud therefore be itResolved I Resolved That In the opinion of Congress this action of the Standard 011 company Is in direct violation of the I provisions of tho Sherman antilrust law and therefore punishable by line I I I and Imprisonment and the Attorney General Is hereby I directed in accordance I accord-ance with the provisions of this act to I direct the several District Attorneys of I the t United States In their various districts dis-tricts to Institute proceedings to bring the abovenamed violators of the law to justice 1 |