Show NO REBATES FOR HIM Question of Veracity Between Carnegie and President President President dent Cassatt Cassat New York May ra 18 President President ent Cassatt Cassatt Cassatt Cas Cas- satt of the Pennsylvania railroad In Inan Inan Inan an Interview with James Jamos Creelman to be published In the June number numbe of or Pearsons magazine says that al although although although al- al though John D. D Rockefeller created the secret rebate robat system through h the Pennsylvania an and New ew York Centra Centi-al Cental railroads the greatest greatest beneficiary o of oC oCtha the tha diabolical system in recent years ears was Andrew Carnegie or the Carnegie Steel company Mr Carnegie aboard the steamer Celtic was sas notified 1 by wireless of or Cassatt's Cassat's statement He lie sent Bent this reply Replies by br s. Steamship Celtic via N. N Y Mo May IS It 1 It Is strange that I I. I who fought the Pennsylvania railroad most of my nu career should be favored I was wn with wih Vanderbilt building the South P Pennsylvania to Pittsburg with wih Gould getting the Wabash into burg built buit myself the Bessemer Dessemer road to o Pittsburg from Conneaut all al to compel the Pennsylvania railroad mo- mo to give us equal rates to those obtained b by competitors outside Its Is IsaMI grasp aMI I never nevel asked for Cor anything better Cassatt Cas Is entitled to tu credit He Ho Is loing more than an any other railroad official to establish equal rates for tor all 01 by reducing extortionate rates of or his predecessors an and Inducing other railroad rail rall- ri- ri road oad systems stems mH to advance theirs Regulation Imperative Much le less injustice exists toda today than han at an nn ny time but the g government regulations are still Imperative Carnegie It I was b by the secret rebates that John D D. Rockefeller laid tho the foundation I ion tion of the greatest fortune In the I ton world and the same mc secret ecret rebate system later helped Mr Carne Carnegie lo- lo loto to i ithe the he second largest fortune in the world and nd to dl distance tance every competitor of c the he Carn Carnegie lo steel company declares Mr Ir Cassatt Cassat I 0 |