| Show KANSAS OL RATE HEARING EARING BEGUN The Charge is That Railroads I Discriminate in Favor of Standard Oil EIGHT ROADS INTERESTED Agitation lou for I Igat lou tin hT by ij Agent of Or or U Oil Oi ill Pro Im AN n II Kansas City March Mutch 12 upon pa passed std by b both hoth houses of Congress R the lie three members of th Interstate commerce begun begaii an nn Investigation today todo Into tIme the charges made mude by b Independent producers of or Kansas that the of ot Kansas Kun aR discriminate In favor fl or of uC the tue Standard Stan ard Oil 01 01 11 In lii II he the matter later of oil oi rate rutes outsIde o t that tha state The he railroads in itt involved 11 are the Santa alta Fc Fe e the lie Missouri Pacific the Missouri Texas the St Louis and Sun San Ihl FrancIsco the Hock Island the Union Pacific the Kansas City Ct Southern Souther and the Hurling ton tort The ChI members of lt the Interstate commission who will wi muki muk the InvestIgation me Ite Francis M Cock ril 11 JUlson G Clements and Charles barks A Prouty John T Marsh who liaw 1111 bet bech el n In Iii 11 the for far the he past pat two tuso weeks week making u ii I prelIminary In Investigation of ot the producers charges was lens present today n nl as th the attorney for forthe tor forthe the committee Frank frank S Monett former of ot Ohio and Clifford Thome Thorne of or Washington low Iowa were present an as counsel for tor the lads Inde Independent pendent producers The Tue railways In Inthe Inthe inthe the state had representatives ut at lt tho investigation and aid were scrotal ial Interested 11 Among the lat let latter latter ter tee was wa C 0 D Chamberlain Chambelain of Cleve Cleveland Clev Cleveland land Ohio secretary tar of the Ih National Petroleum l association II In itt Independent dependent refiners of Ohio and Penn sylvania He lie e said gald he wits 11 here to watch natch the proceedings In the Interests of hi hIl his Ion oll fits he agitation for tor the this Investigation begun b Cun today lousy todY Mas aas started some time ago ngo when then Clifford Theme Thome hore acting upon uron be bp behalf behalf half hair of ot the Kansas Oil Ott 01 Producers as association 01 filed ted with James Jam A R H O commissioner of ot corporations I nt ot Ih h hIngton Ington inton a In which In of alleged allege discrimination dl l the th Independents in the matter of ot rates rais were made 1 1 This Thle statement In part Your petitioners firmly believe bele that t no class china cus of ot shippers In th the UnIted States today are a more directly affected by Interstate rates than the Independent independent dent oil men by br reason relon of ot the fart fact that their competition controls many great railroad owns ons hues linos forming a R net work vork over OV I the Its American nation naton rendering them bent practical In Independent Independent independent dependent of the Ihl freight rates they the es ps establish establish for tor their rivals to pay PRY B By means of A I remarkable manipulation of o Interstate freight feight rates the Standard Oil Oi company com pan la is endeavoring to crush cu h all Al competition from the thA oil 01 fields to points outside of the state of Kan Ken Kanas raN pas as Today you can chip the same quantity of oil 01 00 miles mies In Kansas for forthe forthe the tho same price that you can ship It I five miles mile It If those five miles happened to 10 o be over oler the th state line lne While members of the Producer association and officials will wi be bl chief f witnesses the Interstate commission has baa his Invited all ni persons firms com companies panIcs s or associations a ocla lons having any on In Int Interest t terest rest In the proceedings to appear to produce and crol croas examine It I Is II exp ox expected that butt the hearing will wil last through Wednesday A A F Robertson of Cherryvale grin Kan was wan nl a witness examined Mr r Hobert ton eon on who ho formerly was ns a newspaper correspondent Is la now nose no a member of the Kansas Oil al producers association which matins make th thin charges of dl tion Mr r Hob rt on t testimony brought nut cult an n Interesting story of ot the Kansas Oil MId field Mr said fald that he lie hewa Oi wa was 1 a member of er th thus Uncle Sam RII Oil Oi company compan which U Is a with th the producer producers assocIation known iu u a th the Independents Mr Ir Robertson saId ald that oil oi was wan discovered In Kansas KanuM In iii paying quantities In 1893 1193 The production then wan wa 20 barrels urell a us I day 11 The Standard anti and Its II companies the he heness wit witness ness said produce only 1000 10 or 1500 1100 barrels H a 1 day dBr Practically Practical all al the oil oilIn 01 oilin In the field Is produced by the Inde Independent pendent companies The first pipe pip line ln was wal laid In Kansas In IRS from Thay ThA or cr to Neosha In 1904 1004 a 1 pipe line lne was wan built from Neosha to Cin aIls near neRr th the Indian InolAn buit Territory line lne fluid It sync wa gradually extended down Into Inlo different points In Oklahoma The Standard ha hRs has h hd had d R a I refinery It at t Kan Kantor for tor 10 years 1118 and It hue has ha a 0 pipe pips line lino Ino from to Creek Ken Kan u SRa RI City Cl Five yearn tears ago Mr said slid th the rte rate on crude oil el And und refined oil 01 from K Kin KAn n to Kansas T n As City I was WAA nn 10 cents per 10 to Omaha the rat ral was IS 11 cent cents This 10 cent rate nan WM In Wil effect until 1004 1 01 when It II was sync M changed to 17 1 rents cents to Kansas ty ty and 22 cents C lt to Omaha OmuhR The weight of ot a u gallon of nil oi was wan 0 estimated e by b i the tho th H prior to nt at It six sh and earl pounds fUld In 1901 1911 a I change was suits intuit mude nfl tho the weight was wo estimated nt at seven seV n ant and pounds for tor both Ith I And nd r oIL eli Th nUt Thea i rates applied J to I Ian as City Mo Io and to 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