Garland Globe | 1907-03-02 | Page 2 | Great Northern Indicted

GREAT NORTHERN INDICTED. Charge Made That Railroad Gave Rebates Re-bates to Sugar Trust. New York-. Tho federal grand Jury on Tuesdny Indicted tho Great Northern North-ern Railroad company on charges that In 1904 It pnld $10,000 In rebates on sugar shipments to Lowell M. Palmer, trnlllc ngout of tho American Sugar Refining company. A second count of the snmo indictment charges thnt $4,554 additional rebates were paid to Mr. Palmer by various railroads In conjunction with tho Great Northern. Tho Indictment charges that tho Great Northern company effected freight combinations with tho Lehigh Valley, tho Now York Central nnd tho Now York. Now Haven & Hnrtford railroads, rail-roads, tho through route of tho last named being mndo up In combination with tho Erie railroad, tho Groat Northern Stcnmshlp company nnd the Gront Northern Railroad company, whereby sugar was transported from Now York City nnd Boston to Sioux City. In., at less than tho published tariff rates.