| Show STANDARD OIL AND COMMON Commerce Commis Commission sion Reports to Congress on oh Its Investigations of Relations KILLS OFF ALL COMPETITION v I l I i iii or lc i iti ti Sl at atTo To Wl Jt Jan n commerce sent to oC the tho b bit by si it l r the tl the tho t ih mOil b by to thc Un plo u anti distribution or OIL all report covers of lr pit Ia t the tim tho Texas The report o oiL t the hy y hns hils b iid Hl perpetuated IL t It 1 tIu Ih M lil hus been t 0 of tho or the Oil In Inthe the und otly pursued rau cd S I O the Is t hall been In III oil all lands or In tie IH only ono one Iii I shown howl where Ot or a L railway III bi till the lu aIe lr t nil hZ Thib re to certain ut of the tho Balti Ohio having of the Refining which was wa ou on their thelt crom sold to the tanU uIa Oil company anU the whIch Ih r rita to the Oil a Standard urd Oit f c MONOPOLIZING PETROLEUM I th OU c largely the tho of at from the tho mouth of the well until It Is geld to 10 th antI to unit ordinary dr Its Ith l ot or is very veryl l Irge I made In thu n a on oil raIn the tho Sug Bugar r Creek h City of at from five to It gallop A much h higher profit Is III indicated for tor gas 1 The Iho Bulc aIt ot of oil all the tho Standard re III t Whiting la Is profitable I The shows little basis toy tor the that the thu enormous of the Oil are aro the tho result of Its econ pt for tor its pipe lines the tho I J utH 1 8 b t the independent nt refiner METhOD OF Tho luy spa c cIn in many which it tilts nut but with readIng by agents kept for thit end for tor at Sni rats liS as neW flows The us ns ti Is I that this literature furnish furnishes es many ot of the lIw tim the great benefIts conferred upon tho th pUblic by hc Oil company lon Of the pipit pipe lines the to 10 control the Iho p o ot crude nod the price which competitors its In n a glen ien H It I COO cun the price In and ilK iti own oil 0 another and the process wiet lL to ta do su so Whoever con controls trois th the avenues ot of transportation of the raw or ot of the tho pro lurt dUrt rail can drive hl his competitors OUt nut of and tho and ahel of is 18 no huH lIun to thu 1111 Thy pipe line a ot of the Iho the Is oat n a no nn but UJ an artificial It Is t tIt thill the tho teason wh why long hiti wll with those or the provid provided ed la is round found In In the tho WilY way ot of such undertakings up op 11 by the e right of It ny has generally us liS n II ChineSe willi all ull 10 it pipe Ordinarily It Is i said the thu lmH not in III so RO fur far as aN has bl n dl I roel but it II has In en j Y rates possessIng all or of the or of Illegal rebates I the lie nt Cd so lI obtained over OCI have o of very grent t t that company Numerous instances kit bf In favor ut of the Stand Standon on resulting thu vail WO Wn were I thu tho report In this the Is at 1111 instance nAU P A low rolt ot of 10 cents t ier and It its byproducts ox ex hued f fur many years earli iruni chere the Iho Standard IL a Co ThIs WItS was for tor of tho but hul the Its refinery nt at Sugar City and eon ou It h I Ihlo hipo with the tho oil all the tue rail rate rato a froni 10 to 10 17 per I Insist t that this wa not dono nt at the Instance lit If the tho Stand the llio tact lit III ami many othor othar l cases 1 to the that thaI the tho roto was not until It II caine III I to hu he for the tha Interest of tho Standard that It should be changed nod tt it was WILlI as In III discussing the contained in III tilt Ihl report that tiiu Iho ruin of It its has hus been it a distinct Part purt Othe bt the policy or of tue Iho Standard 01 Oil company tue tho says ono one method lils late been the organization ot of n a perfect tem ot of espionage cr the ot of Ia Its resulting 11 in knowl knowledge edge 18 as to the thu ot of every eyer car carot carof ot of 01 oil leaving tin tho of 11 an The rho Standard at the tho says Ito tho report Is re ep It If the tit In independent 01 oil II Is sold oid I It dots dots not continues the report the railroad directed the of this In information formation or has hUR been ly by superior ut of Ihl tho minis rands hut but It hoes appear that such Huch Is systematically front from Ito railroad The Tho teeth shows that the thc nt at It It dues loca no a fund to the tho o or thiS Ihla information Jthn it has frequently hap when hen the supply Int cut 01 oil 11 In a particular territory watt was waslow low I a was Q ne nc cC s that the hd lids ulue mice gono astray Information alfO I II arH t nV be been r Union Unton Tank lne line I a creature rc ot of time the concerning the tho ot of iK Its cars was limit to other owners of tank curs cars and Nome sonto discrimination itt III tank car II III or of tho Lank tunk lne line is 18 shown for or O one J 1 1 d Ils it h asserted that It in time tho practise or of ortho flu tho Standard n competItor I a storage tank tunk to which the thc 01 oil is IN toni the Ihu tank car to 1 re tue Price of 01 oil II In the locality tu to tuI such I h a 11 tug to tho unprofitable to such luch prIces vero In o other her beau tics There ae much that WI tM time tho railroads allowed the Standard to erect It Its tanks at points 01 Oft tho ho Ih tight ht of suy 1 ant to te tic cOrd rd title privilege to 10 Te bitt it I is liners t liy that Uchi ch butt been east very generally l II in the on OIt lH FOIt rime rho report that at every railroad II itt th tho United II itt buying ot of Ito tho Calena oil company one of th the coma com companIes 01 panics most ot of its ItA lubricating In and II nail olt oils the thc Prices palmi for tor lubricating oil which Is of three grades 01 Iho ho to time rail railroads roads TIl Tin contracts generally IL a guaranty to tile tho mall that the tho ost of lubrication shall not exceed D a certain SImm Pet Iler mil or mie mile and pro wide for 01 Oil inspectors hy by the tho oil to the ue or of tho 01 oil The company Is called upon to hay I anything the tho guaranty 11 the tho hY by tile 01 oil ony mire higi 01 Oils or of teM the Sante could he be bought In tile for one half hale the Tito sov severely III the saying methods s ot of Ep Time The r lu after becoming owner of oC I a C company continued to operate It ln no noder der the oll olti tho to the tho public that the com pan was stI fill with tl tiu I It has hns luch Ot or companies to 10 kIil oft off competitors hy by such uch nl flies prices Time The operation ut of such uch fake concerns has haa been one or of Its most effective means menns ef bt destroying IR The la hiatt reduced tM tlC against Its competitor II In U a locality prices n at other When wn was destroyed It advanced or d tor mer prices The Tho Standard has hns lol sold dif different ferent grades or of 01 oil lt at different from Crom the tho barrel J It has paid em cm ot of oil companies for its to 10 the IO business o of those competitors and hUI Illel odd or of to 10 time tho ad addition of ls its 01 oil In preference to that of its competitors I It his followed OCr barrel or of 11 oil to ls destination Js Its lsen Is arc to 10 s customers Ut nl 11 any sacrifice I It bus hus tampered with time tho al oil inspectors In different The ho laws of oC concerning the tho inspection of 01 oil 11 are defective and this his has boel turned to by the cOM The only knowledge of oC the tho of time the Stand Ird 01 Oil company Is COln forum 01 de nee under oath 11 in thIs gatlon The Standard per Jel permission mIssion to 10 explain ur or robot rebut the thc ThIs I if tre true that the tho methods of the 11 Il the past have been heon un unfair tall 1111 anti p lable I Its has hns been beon the de of competition at nl any cost this POlICY ha has been boen pursued wIth wIthout without out much to or con can conscIence scIence and ld I It Is significant that th the Hel the Slater greater Part of their product In for for olga countries Otto One independent pro that 76 75 pOl per cent ot of hil hk ent abroad and said 1111 that ho hl could compete with the In InGerman Germany German where its lS as fo fob lowed In this country not bo be tol crated but that lie hc could not compete with it hero here hereon On time the II pC of re remedIes the 10 ye POrt says I s SUPREMACY More than else the tho pipe pipeline Ino line has to Standard 01 oil polY anti Its must continue until Its Iia rival enjoys the same rime Che net to I regulate commerce makes Inake the tho pipe Illel carriers to time the and the power to proscrIbe prescribe just and reasonable rates ye practises after complaint nod hearing Is conferred upon the commission But Hul time Ino line tariffs flied with the uro aro alleged to Ito ho of oC n to 10 the thc In independent dependent operators The only can act acl upon these at at t ter er CI the complaint has been belm 1110 chal specific rates regulations or Seine complaints are now pending How tar tal the Iho IU au wi will a adequate to 10 time the cur or such IR as no Italy exists II in tu to this to le hc seen NOThING ITS MONOPOLY Since In tho ito past It rates have havo nut not alwa 1 been to but to cheek check I I 11 e uli amId time the tariffs UIO lire moore or bees pC 11 I lh it In favor or of lie tho I 01 Oil IIII having hoen teen hult built up durIng a or at years II In thul view It amy ho that mellon 1 hy by any or of complaint U a specific Ial rate 01 or practise Judging b by the nN aim tu to may tm mote mOIe frequently than existing can 10 be omit by that method l AI As to 10 IU ito outer Important tart lurr Ic lie is hi 11 an approach to lie J I ot of thu Stu Oil II itt that ur of 01 oil Under tl theSe SC conditIons It may blIle become tu to the uprooting ur of ure e established lall ulel timid time ho of at time tho Ox fix tl lii time tho time rn rates tea tUI for thu ot or this troll This hits adopted by tin tho legislature ot of mimic state I It wi ho found to 10 11 In time tho CISO case ot of oi oil iK Its tim III that of other the tho or of that or of WHat outer lIIl ICH In addition tu to those already I it 11 hilLy he I 1 tl to eln can 10 be better II in II the hear tu Eu h by time tho or of In LI Ill I Ihu Irp law hitis |
