Show REBATES NEVER SAYS STANDARD OIL DIL Publicity Bureau Replies to Charges Brought by Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner Garfield ASPERSIONS ARE UNFAIR I New York May 1 The rho Tho Standard Stanord Oil company through Us Ili new publicity public public- ity bureau late lal this afternoon issued I a statement in reply to the indictments brought against the tru trust t by cominis- cominis Garfield The lh statement Is I an all address to tho the stockholders ers and goes at length lenth Into the various charges ls made by Garfield In conclusion the statement s1 says H After an Investigation allon o of shipments during a n period of or about years I over more than miles of oC railways railways rail rall- 1 ways way tho the commissioner Is not able to show the Standard Oil company re received received re- re c a n single h rebate on Its interstate shipments He has only been able Jo to call attention to a u few ew instances in which the rate situation In his opinion required explanation The fhe explanation tion Ion was tree freely given and we believed would be 8 satisfactory to an any man familiar with transportation problems had doubts If It the tho commissioner any as t tri tn the re regularity of oC these rates he ho might have brought th thorn them to the lie at attention attention at- at of the Interstate commerce commission wren wron the questions at nt issue could have havo been hoard heard and und decided In the absence of oC such flueh determination It Is surely not within the limits of oC fairness sa for the bureau of oC corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- to cast aspersions upon a n great gleat corporation Not ot a U Monopoly The company owns an and controls only a very vely moderate percentage of or the crude oil production of the United States Slates and with at least rival refineries re re- re- re fineries ios In existence it is palpable absurdity absurdity absurdity ab ab- ab- ab to call it a monopoly For the thelast thelast last quarter of or a century more than CO GO per cent of or its output has been shipped to foreign countries In creatIng creating creat creat- ing log and sustaining this vast foreign trade the company has encountered I Innumerable obstacles and Incessant In Industries n In- competition from other petroleum possessing the advantage of ot geographical location and cheaper labor lab lau or oi an and ana 1 which are ale often otten times limes developed devel evel- under the fostering care of ot their respective governments If It the company company com corn pany maintains a 0 gratifying percentage percent percent- ago age of the worlds world's commerce it is because because be be- cause It keeps Its Ils agreements and delivers delivers de de- de- de livers livens products of reliable quality at reasonable prices price Whatever measure of prosperity It has hns enjoyed is not fot traceable to Illegal or reprehensible methods but to its economic and elaborate elaborate dab dab- orate In industrial organization coverIng covering covering cover cover- ing as It does docs every detail of the production pro pro- manufacturing and und adminis adminis- |