| Show ANO Commerce Commis Commission sion ion Reports to on 01 Its of Relations 1 KilLS OFF ALL LL COMPETITION A I or Jt I Ic I s ul u t To 10 l J Jail II c commissIon lieu 1 tu ft r report port or of the hy by hySt bys St s the t tion n tho ot lm on n by rail mil to 10 tn tl n ni i of oil The rePort covers tk distribution or I Its caal or of l thu tho una rexa The Tho OUt th method lIy by Which tho ti 1 II company i I Its It ItI JM I th the hilr tift ha beert u it distinct part varl of tho th ot of the Oil In nm persist lItI m Ilo o tile report Is 11 t Ull where allY loin hus been In oil all lunis or In 10 production only In I is shown ot of IL r Iii the production anti anlo ut of This re rc JIles to ut Jt the Haiti Balli lnOr Ohio oWned stock ot the which un 10 sold to the tho Stand Standard ard OH and the whIch th r to the Oil all company a Standard Oil I 2 Stan Standard ard Oil largely the of at petroleum tram from the mouth ot of the tho well until It Is sold tu to the retailer nad to 10 toti ti r and under ordinary dr 1 itS or of profit Is In very II gl Estimates It I the show a on oil from the Iho Creek at Kansas City of front live to 10 cents u a A nuch is for gas gasoline as oline The Th if f oil from thu tho Standard ILL nt Whiting Is correspondingly ble The shows utile little basis for tor 3 the Iho enormous d of time tho Standard Oil are 1110 thO Ic result ot of its economics J for tor Its lis tillie 1111 0 lines the tho JI but legitimate I the Independent refiner I The ThO StAndard In n many whIch It hits not nott t wt but With I prepared by for that purpose for tor nt at ng Ill aim ordinary news Euie us liS usI I Is In that this thia literature furnish ell Cs 1110 of the tha ideas us touching the thO great j benefits conferred upon thu tho public by Oil company Possession n or the pipe line hIne absolutely to call t rol time the irIo of crl ruile de Petroleum and tho he prIce Its In mm It glen loCal lucal I fly pa It 11 can raise ralso the price iii one locality amid aud obtain own oil oilI I from another and reverse the process m 1 het it Il d to eto 10 SO 60 Wh Vh over con conr conI r I irois thi avenues or ot otI the raW mw or or of the refined pro I 1 r duct can Ap hlA hin out nut of at MId Elm tho and or of Is no flU tion to 10 the Iho rule tuIl 1 JINE SYSTEM M rime line IIno ot of the tho Stand fOrd ird tIme the report continues Is not a 1 on bill bitt tin I l Jt It JI Is argued the thc teason why long bug 1111 lilies competing with those hOSe ot of tim 1101 od cd Is found In In tho way of such fluch been lieen up op pon the tho whose right of t tl l bias stoOd as 1111 II a Chinese O vaIl willi all ull tu to extend II lines net It Is in the tho line not nol rebates rebate In lc OIl years so 80 fill far all aid ha has III dI co covered re l Jut htmL it II loin has nevertheless en enjoy jOY d secret rates all 1111 ot of the of oC Illegal r amid lurt the Iho mid so ocr OCI shippers ben been of very er great J o that of In Hi of thc Stand art ant ruin the published run mu muray ray ratOs were acre found the ro report ort ortIn In thIs time the Is flu nAIL HArES D A low rate of oC 10 COUtS per pounds UPon petroleum nd Its byproducts OX ISled isted I tc uny from Ni lall amm the tho II a to This wits for tor but when hio Its refinery lit City und and lon It hy by pi DC line hue with tho oil time rate nuo QS advanced crom 10 to 10 17 per lIer pounds While the railways Insist thuat this was wall not done 1000 lit at tile tho or of the Stand aril the mid remains In Iii this mummy nan other canes called to tIny that time tho rain ralo I was an not changed until It Il endue to 10 be bc toe cor the interest ot of the Iho that I It should bo be mimi It IL was uS as I that naturally would desire In discussing the assertion contaIned In the le report rl thaI limit the Iho ruin nun or of itu Iti COIll has hilI been distinct a part of Ct the pOlky ot of the Standard Oil company the lie commissIon says one Jno method has been time of at I a Sy tern Of espionage over oer the sh shipments II ot of its competitors resulting itt hI knowl knowledge edge ItS ts to time destination of every overy car carot carf ot f oil heaving the tho of nil aim lade Inde Independent pendent flie Stall Standard agent lit at the destination nation says tile tho report Is held re It if the Independent nil III la is sold sol On It does doel 1101 appear the thc report the companies have time ot of this Ihla lu In Information formatIon or lint he practise has haR been by superior of time till roads but It hoeS docs that information is III systematically ruin the railroad The Tho mony that the nt at mimic time It if It does doell not now a fund Cund to 10 time tho of obtaining this InformatIon It hits hap happened happened the Iho supply ot of In eat ent oil In Il a particular territory was waslow a aloW loW and a shipment WUI ne that the h hue ll none gomie astray Information also gl Union Tank line it 1 creature ot of the Standard concerning time tho ot of Il Its curl cars whIle was wall not furnished to to other owners of tank ears some III tank ear In favor ot of tho ho tank luuk line IIno Is tur or ono railroad CO COM It Is in assorted tim t I It Is the ut of time tho l if competitor L a storage tank to whIch time Iho oil oilIn Is In transferred from the tank car to te f me time the price of 01 oh In the locality to 10 l tich h It IL point mum u to make the tho business to such Prices were in 11 o other her local ties hero luch mOch that leM th time th the to 10 erect iA its tanks nt at points 11 the Iho ut of In 11 le cord this o to 11 roo ro cor liners lol n t that Ihal I It Is 19 sat such d thin lies has Itch Ill ld iery cr In the 1111 01 OIL FOI FOIt Time report that itt Ill present In iii th Ibm railroad considerable every United States I in of tile Iho Oil 1111 company one ot of time coma 01 panics most of Is Its nail sig lg paid tor fo omit oils the prices tle oil which lh tR Is ot of three grades s being Auh 01 time thc same to time tho rol rail railroads roads rondA The contraCts generally II a guaranty to 10 the rl that the tho cost of not a certain sum per ler mie mile om 01 engine mio mile In Pro Provide vIde ur for tor 01 oil Inspectors appointed hy by the tho oil to 10 supervise the tune ot of the oil Tins ril company Is rarely ni culled tO anything under the and the obtained by bythe bythe the 01 oil oro high Olin ot of grade grad be bought In the open for about ono one hale hal the rho re 10 l the lie Standards methods of l I ON 1 Jm N ED Tim Tho hn repeatedly after the lie ot of IL 11 company to 10 It un under tier der ho old carrying the Idea to thc lime public Uti that the tho company WIS Independent competing with t timi Standard I It huns haR u lined oc such hasell om 01 to 10 ki kill or off competitors hy by such ot of ales reducing f The operation such fake h u been one o of Its mot most means or of destroying Thu hll unit habitually reduced time price against Its competitor lii In it a locality maintaining prIces nt other oIlier hen ivan destroyed It or restored for Cor Cormer former mer prices The has sOld dif different ferent ot of ul oil It mit irice the Iho saTI sonic I It his has em of Independent 01 oil companies for Cor Information as t to time business of those amid has paul Il uC of to secure the Il ad Iton ot of Is its al oil In to limit of its lIs competitors I It lies every cery barrel of oil to IS Its ls Its agents are to secure at any sacrifice It ilium wih with time the oIl inspectors hu In iii different states TIme Tho ot of timO thO inspection ot of 01 cli cliare are aro defective timid and thIs hll heen turned lo t b by the COM COMMISSIONS I The commissIons only emily knowledge of the thc competitive method of at the ord Oil all II is obtained cI demice taken under oath In this The was given per mission to or rebut rebul the tho This Thin If true that the methods o of the In time tho past have been and diste IR Its ha has been beom the de of mit any cost al mud this his has been pursued wih with lUt mleh to or 01 con Coil scIence and arid it is that the larger sell time the Ireal greater r hart of thel their In fol for Igl countries OUo hlll pro ducor tc testified that 75 per cent of hil his went abroad and said that II could compete wih the tl In Germany where ls its methods as fol iii In this country would not bo be tot tal but that lie he coul could hot compete wih with I It hero here hereOn On time tho f question of the tho 10 ro pert 11 says s sSTA STA STANDARD DARD More than the tha vivo pipe vivoIn pipeline In line hue contributed to time tho 01 Oil mon It Its aunt until its lIs rival enjoys tile tho tume The act et to 10 commerce time the existing pIpe InoR hues carriers carrier to 10 the act nl I time tho power to prOscribe just anti rates ro re and after complaint nn multi hearing Il is conferred upon mullen the tho Iut hut the pipe lne line with time the con mire alleged to lie be jf it advantage to 10 the In Independent independent dependent operators Thu commission only can cami act these e If em el time the hits haH been chal SPecific rute regulations or Sonic complaints arc now How flow tar far the nu Prove Irme alle adequate to 10 the Iho cor correction ot of such nUeh 11 us now how exists In iii respect to this to be seen NOThING 1111 ITS MONOPOLY Sluice Since In the rates have not always been to but to check the tho tariffs are more moore 0 or with In favor lOt of tue Oil com 11 bui built up iii durIn during i L Iele of yours years II lit litt t him t view It nitty he be thu t ml wl never be by any process ot of l I it rate or r by the past ns as to thill may imma mOle than now cn can ho be taut II by the tha t I As to 10 no other turf lurf le Sic Is nn ii mm elm to 10 ll time I ij Of tIme tho 01 OIl l company II lii that u Ut it these conditions It nut may tu to tIle the uprooting of wrongs wrong nn timid time the of others I limit Ilie I 1 fix II iii time the unit CO Ih the iii ten amid it for tor tIme tho o of this trume immiS hM been heen adopted 1 by tl timi ot of one state It ProbablY wil be necessary to 10 hiSil II thu t hi I o of ul ol I UI as In that ot of time tho function or of tutu from hint ot of miami ml I mit t iou t otle at ii c In to 10 II a ready provided it 11 italy lit he tn ii CI lie 0 better determined II In til time fu Cu timit 11 by lw iii of iii 1 Ii hue I preBen In lair IMPORTED IRON MOLDERS i us iii Co 11 S I tom fur S ho A untIl u fettu ot of iii I fling nut chinery hI er ivan illicit today by lt lii hi time the Stales district the tho by a 0 jur jury ot of 1 it let 1 amling hue Iho I c ny guilty ot of I I mug four oil r Iron I run tiami l l chest em l II In Ioia lion ot of the tho mullen til for forI lie Iho I mm ivIll t I t ho ca tl to tue United States lt of appeals |
