Show or o- o EXPOSES r STANDARD METHODS METHOD I I Trust Enjoyed Shipping Rate Rat s Far Below Those Given Other Producers GOT FAVORS BY THREAT THREATS Cold Blooded Tactics Used ti to Bankrupt IndependentS Independent Companies S Ne New York Oct Two I. Two of or the princIpal prin prin- cipal methods b by which the l lall Oil all company compan inns has been ben able abi to Us Its ts competitors those competitors those o of rate dl nation and antI ruinous competition lieu lieu- won vere revealed at Cut today's hearing Special Examiner Ferris In fn the suit sul of tine the th States to dissolve dl sol f the thc ol trust rust By r the the- testimony of or Phillip PhIliip Harrison Harri son Ron manager r of the sales saies I of or th tIne the New cw York lubricating oil corn com company om- om pany pan who told of oC the gross discrimination tion HOll of steamship lines in favor or of or th the Stan Standard ud and amI that of V. II u. Tarbell brother of or Ida T Tarbell rbell and vice president pres pros ident r 1 nt of the States Pipe Line company who disclosed el the rho ruInous competition to which Independent companies welo ero subjected u j ct Mr 1 Kellogg Kel Kel- I el- el logg wan Avas able abl to get upon th the record actu which he lie believes s will lil greatly gratl add to 0 th the strength of the tho governments government's contention Mr l Harrison told 1011 of an omnibus omnibus' contract contrat h hoi t 11 t tine the h Standard Oil all compan and fliRt a corn com pan barn operating between this port Jort andI and und I South Africa by b which the tIl oil trust r d rat rates s 's that were less than one- one haIr tho those given h n producers Is for fOl the tho am anne ame class Forced FOItl Out Oll of lin-ines- lin To s substantiate Mr Harrisons Harrison's as- as a contract between her WP 11 various a Standard companies and anti r Co a agents was In- In 1 h by hh Mr h Kellogs g It that lat at while the Standard f was n charged d 21 1 I shillings per pel i ton for I delivery ell o of oil rein from port rt to Delagoa Dela- Dela I goa poa bay ba other shippers wore made tf to pay hay 32 six penco pf for th tine the same mc service l p. p t unfair dJ Ir tr r harrison ol said saidy y W i forcing ills his company out of nt the th South A busnes bus bus- IJU busness ness nes and anti th they the had nIT nir already a t aJ J b been ti obliged cd to Ia the j pf f z the cheap cheap- t r 1 n of ct oll oils difference In Jn l lio ia sold ald Jn In Jl I t ti t aI J o JIlt I t H If 1 cJ Irn rc Wl I rM i h r tut t dh ht t r n noid an o o id dt f it l n r rh tiiS S S in il a 1 lI l j jy Jo you OU u still tm thI th h U Q s S oC or 01 ten to goa lw Ii- Ii l. l no nota We s-We v do 10 n We buy huy It front flom the thc company there antI and sell It to our customers Is It ch cheaper r for you ou to v S Sit If I Il I. I It s Ig since tince it CC th the rate was Increased a n. xu ago go Was as It H before that thai shipped hippelI nil of our own No o o. o we products then n The witness then told of or the decrease de lle- IC- IC crease In his company's business since the doubling of or th the o freight In 1904 lOJ that his company shipped he s sai said aia t tons ns of oil oU to Delagoa hay bay but that the thc amount decreased to 2700 tons ton the next year and nOll that they the had only shipped tons this year arIf ar If the present nt rates rales arc maintained main main- tamed 1 what will wilt IJ be the tit effect on 1 I South African business ss Mr 11 Kellogg g a asked I el the the- ther reply pl It will be ruined was waR r Threatened the tilt The Tho method metho by br which the Stan Standard ar secured the preferential l rate rat was as then brought on ou Mr l Harrison saId that he ho had reliable Information that the oil trust secured the rates under which the they now nov ship oil by ly making threats to the stam steamship I h companies that if It they the were not cone conceded a n steamship line Une would be established 1 hy by the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard arid anil the companies would lose all Under Un Un- secured of ot the freight they thes now s der tier the a agreement then made ma e. e Mr lr Harrison said th the rate rat to th the Standard wa was reduced while those of Independents 50 cent were cr raised d nearly nearl per Pl Every effort was made manic by lIy th the NewYOrk New NewYork t York Lubricating company to secure a reduction In the rates rate The he freight r I r managers of or the various lIno l were seen and letters le ct were 10 written n but no relief was afforded but tn Instead tatI another another an an- I other Oth l' l Increase was made mad by i y the th steamship steamship steam steam- ship Chip companies During thc the whole of Mr lr Harrisons Harrison's s between between be h- tilts Hits frequent testimony there then were ere tween n the Standards Standard's lawyers and Mr objection was entered to Kellogg An the tho witnesses wit wit- nearly every Qu question put to the ground that a sufficient suf sur- nesses s upon laid for or the 1 basis hal had not bp been n introduction of or the testimony and that the whole matter was Irrelevant Referee Ferris overruled o the objections lions and said sahl that under tho the procedure th the federal Judges Jl of or MI Missouri V vre rc decide upon I the thc only ones onea who could I the competency of ot the tl testimony Trenchant Tongue 1 which the he I The story toT of ot the th fights Standard mal make malco e against the Independent companies s line refiners finIs and plue onE ent J Mr 11 Tarbell dramatically told by h wa j I his who vho possesses in Iii a large lart measure trust t sisters sister's ability to scarify r the oil I und and Its officials official H He Tic described the lund cold-blooded cold tactics by b which the Its tal 13 unlimited of Standard by b use e Independents Independent antI and ruined poor wealth their theil bought then when bankrupt which they either r disman dismantled holdings holding converted Into Standard tied or rUes t |