Show MELLEN ROASTS ROASTS MELEN V VJ J i THE I Denies New Haven Road Made Made Rates in Favor of Standard Standard Stand- Stand ard arci Oil Oi Company I l- l SAYS SAY S N NO NO 0 DISCRIMINATION D I S C RIM I N AT ION 1 I Ills Jb C to Make n a t I i c. h 1 by Attending Strictly to tn l Its itS' 1 v I 1 ot Own O ii 1 H i r 1 I Boston March 24 4 Tho feature o of ij t tho the session of o tho Art rl cpi hero tonight to- to night was the lie address o of S. S Mellon Jel en provident president o of at the tho the Y York rk New ew Haven and amid Hartford nl railroad wh who u directly charged that the tho Interstate Inter Intec state commerce commence commission lon was va wal 1 un- un 1 ole in Itt Its Is methods and amid a ll prejudiced prejudiced- ull et t i E t the railroad systems of ur t tho t United States Slates as s a cm whole and especially especial especial- t. t 1 I ly t the New Haven fil- fil I Z r n ell Af t II to the recent speech C 5 t l- l r J In which that thaC v o 1 that the Now Nov ov na Eh 1 c against hl J lUot OC f r Li-i Li Tn n. n favO favor t Of If f the he St In Ij IPpe m a r. r Mr fr Mellon tho that 1 cc in ir In point was In Instigated by hy i y ember of the tho Interstate o commerce I lon al and ana l declared that that pt J. J cc s 3 tact q commissioner R II In on 01 th the complainant complainant fc a Ion dl I s d II J. J f 10 Jim e elated cd but admitting thuL that thaU V PIe el decision was ineffectual im w on had no jurisdiction d iC said sald tl Ald re i Wanted More tur Authority knew he had no Jurisdiction ton in ginning and his only object t In SI r J the time c case c was wn to bring bring an Rn anto arL ar- ar al L to bear should b be girl gir- gir t l n b authority and thought hl by TJ TJ t bun ur company with tho the popular c that has late lately I been cx lt V Jl the Standard Stat Oil company ho bring additional l weight to hc bear r 2 h hh 1 i 1 c Customary Jh yiu T. S-T. n f t ht hi A 0 o n J WM nt h w 1 n Ut UtI tm r r I n J r 0 u fP tj 1 I jl t fj J fi 1 lk Qi l' l n fro 10 W n. n Jn tt l t A J 1 f f pro PIt hc tributary t ot ut U. U ec Huv I W Was Ot t fit C r th the tho iii Lut but wn WU wait competed for or by others In the saute aine line of It trade Hol the case was heard hN ami while it was sas pending before blore any de decision tic tic- was atas rendered the who presided at the hearing o of Iho tho thoC C case sc had substantially announce 1 hN hI decision loll on two public occasions From this gentlemen you ou may understand some of or the hesitation on cit the It of the railway n Is why vIty Ull they do trot haL any ny moro power powel put Into hands hand of ono flO so RO prejudiced why null null- Vay aa a officials do not care caro that the tho po position poSt poSt- t- t tion 1011 of detective advocate public o Judge JC JUl Jury and anti eX cx ei bo ho in itt the tho same mc hand haid 1 Xo Xu J i i i 4 t v I Vl I say right here gentlemen I th thre 10 Is no discrimination on oj apr r lines s in an Ol a of the Standard Oil company r r. ti pud tn there hn has been nono for or thore there are ure others operating upon our out hitt ti J competition with tIme tho Standard under condU condi the circumstances anti and Mr II Mellon declared that the comparison com coin parison on by b y rates made mado h by I er en Prouty between those charged g cl In Iu Connecticut anti and in Iowa was wan ul l because short hauls hauls' in the east greatly increased the thc Ito cost cOil of or o h he Intimated rather tron hU t the commIssioners commIssioner's statement aile and com was wai Intended to deceive the public He then said sald A AVe Ve We V are arc on the eve of a great change chane e in In the handling of our OUi railroads V Wo We have havo learned that hint they nl are aro not private property We u know that the thu public luu tights lights they aro are disposed to anil oril there must be a larger me tur of or I t control than ever before conceded Jt It JL that thal thieve there have been b n f 7 fabus Is I useless UJ I ES to deny abuses es It is impossible to aHa allay th the distrust l trust and suspicion they have O ox- ox cited It Is too late Jato for tOl promises th 1 ond is in Iii sight The man who IS h ho has done hl his whole duty the m r who I Is conceded to have done It are att both swept aside by the public lUbliC that thai j 4 4 out n feels Ie outraged and is blindly In its us rage and IK Is likely tp tp- 1 P cause n phone lI oro damage hamage in seeking Hooking a n om- om Jom- Jom has been caused b by tho the die dis- 8 ody 01 than ease Ea c f F i I. I J JHO HO lie d with the fervent T y T. T f 7 L. L nor nOI him him- J lion tion that n hi his imis company M If ya in jj 8 n bin in j jy y 4 violation of oC law Jaw but buttre were tre trying hard har to make a a. living within the law b by J. J own business strictly minding their own |