| Show fREIGHT RATES ON PETROLEUM Complaint Not Against Discrimination But That They Arc Are Ex Excessive Excessive coss ve and Unreasonable STANDARD OIL CONTROLS lulI I ii i tO IJ I iii lon Holds i In i I I III i u I u iI I II on onI I lean iu of ot 1111 W tan ilay Iu 84 Freight rates on 11 m and Its it from flUm OIL hUu and to lo St SI Paul Omaha Sioux City gild and Sioux Falls thin thu ot oC to tn today day before tho thu III Tho Tim o t tileS dOtI not nol hinge Ii I n ge upon u gIven to tI I the Iho Stand island Standard mil ard Id Oil for It U Is IK admitted that the tho ittu uru aI uniform Ii hI Till The I IH lit that hint th tariffs itt tt force tIre aru o and unreasonable V F 1 Fretter l secretary ItI of iii the tho Ih Nat II oil a I ng 0 m 1111 II ny of ur Cleve ee CI uie In ruth t his principal lie tutu I ii I of ur the lie I com Phil a mill 1 till the ii Na t loon I ar mis complained of Qt the Tale 1 from Ohio I points to tit Omaha 0 a which b Ii Ill wild sit Id hI wan ait till the lie gum of if n the HIP Ih local haiti through Chicago hh or 0 it tO IO cents nt tier per ion pounds that the western Hold tins controlled hy by till the Standard Oil company from Its Us Kansas territory In rn with wi ii our nUl I Into Ita nils I li liI territory I r by hy the Standard Oil company said Mr tho thu rote rate which we ice tire are charged will chow you Ott how liow we tie 0 ate are held hold up by bytho h tho tutu railroads s sOn On Ally Uty tt Downes of ot tIC the t Burlington lino II no asked Cd Mr 11 l r PI I tur tor how ho lie was Injured I by h lie hI rate of or M lO j cents lie saId raid that thai the tha Ih Standard people p hull hud a II liUo luto of or 13 33 por tram from from the Kansas Held field Iii antI and they could not compote te with that hint I thu tho th 1 I position of lIe if tho tile In iii Kansas hans I hi mi g tu tt tudo todo do with lIlt Its low railroad ratus Ill asked Mr lr 11 DILI Yu ted the tho t lie il t but bitt our situ t I rate rato Is IH excessively high ii wi Wt urn ml reeking a IL talc fair rate rait e In lii order to lo b un be better able to compote III lot e with the Standard Mr Mt IJ Flutter I explained further that t I tho eastern oil was of or u j higher titan than that produced In lii time the Kansas Held field and that he hu h received a it higher price for COl It In iti competition with the Kansas oil ull How Ilow much Thre hl 01 or 4 I 1 cents a it KUllon According A to calculation I made by bJ witness utah and counsel tHUI ll a i l difference of oC 1 I cents a n would make a It difference In Ill price of tIC about 61 64 4 cents a hundred l POUndS JU Then you got grit hack bade your freight rate In this Increased rlee at mit which you OU soil salt your OUt product sn sl l Atty tty Weve Wc ce ve got ol to get et It Il back baell or bust bUilt replied rel Mr Mi 11 Mr lr Ir reter thought a is fair tah rate rOte front from Cleveland to lo Omaha would be lic h 2 cents per Iet et 10 pounds Jn lit other uthel you want ulI t to i ship shill oil from Cleveland elo to 10 o Omaha In Jn tion ion with tho UI producers l In tile the Kaunas Held said Mr Owes P wes Yu that Is lii It replied the witness Mr lt It DawiS Indicated that such Mich an un adjustment of ot rates would not ant be i los ios os sible |
