| Show PRESIDENT HITS AT STANDARD Oil on Emphasizes Rep Report rt on Trust Trus T and Points Evil of Unlawful Unlawful Unlawful Un- Un lawful Methods MESSAGE TO CONGRESS CONGRESSi i l nJ TI Thie tr 5 Agreements Other Oilier I Crookedness Garfield Com Coin Hp l' l Washington May ray 4 Sounding n warning to tn the thC oil nil trust an and Practically J pointing the tho doom of oC the of oC the Stan Standard Oil com company pan and other corporations principally the suar su- su gal Kar ar trust President oll In hit his hIi J t 4 special P ml mes rage aEe t to congress today Il created another notable Incident In hI his tf remarkable a administration Tho rho mesi mes- mes i igo ngo ge was waR sent foont to congress congles In conjunction 4 tion with the report of oC Commissioner 7 r J j of 01 l' l Corporations James R. R Garfield and i y J-y t It Is IR expected C that th the communication c viii have hai great effect upon coming I leg tig- g- g Lt t. t T. T In his j message th the President nt cx expressed ex- ex pres pressed el the ho view that the report I Is IR of ol S capital I Importance because lI P of the ef- ef ef fOJt fort now being made malIc to In N secure such uch enlargement c of the powers IoWN of ot the In Interstate In- In commerce commission lolI as aR will Con confer Ici- Ici upon i i t the th Ii p Co commission in n ion pa power lI vcr In Iii I Ionie onie orne mt measure e a adequate to 10 meet mt th clearly demonstrated ne needs cs of cit th the sit SIt- It- It nation The rise facts set fN ot forth Corth In the re report ye- ye port he declares are alt for fot the most pai part not lIot dl disputed h Secret et Rates Unlawful That the Standard Oil com company an ha has hasT T benefited enormously up UI almost t to the present moment by secret rates many of oC which were d clearly arl unlawful the the PI President says M the report clearly shows the benefit thereby amounting to at least three quarter of a n million a n year Ear On this subject ho says ys S This three quarters of oC a million represents the profit that the Standard Stall Oil company obtains at the expense of the railroads but hut of oC course CO th the ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate nate re result lIlt Is that It obtains a 0 much touch larger largel profit at tho the expense me of the public A A er very striking result o of the Investigation has been that shortly after I the discovers discovers' o of these secret rates rales b by bythe bythe the commissioner of corporations the major majol portion of them theta were promptly corrected by the HIe railroads so that most of them have now been done lone away with This Immediate lion ion partial or complete of the evil of oC the secret ecret rates I Is of ot on the one hand an acknowledgment that f c the they were wrong and yet were per- per i 1 In tm t e 1 h r nn I oo l' C S 0 of f w rIt that thal has l-as been done b by bythe the bureau ot or corporations Profits by Open Rates Hates The statement is added a that the department de- de de lle- of justice will tale lake UI up th the question of instituting prOf prosecutions In at least certain of the cases and the hope hOllo is 18 expressed that congress congre s will enact into hito law the bill of oC Senator Knox to correct the Interpretation of tho the Immunity immunity immunity im im- Im- Im provision rendered in Judge Humphrey's Humphreys decision Continuing the th Pr President says ars But ut in addition to thc these e secret cret rates the tite Standard Oil profits Immensely b by y open rates which are alc so o arranged as aM to give it ft an overwhelming advantage ThIIs This ThI over Its Independent competitors Is Js a characteristic exam example pi of oC the nu nu- nu- nu morons evils which are in inevitable under under un un- der a system In which the big shipper nn and 1 the railroad 1 are left lert free tree to crush out all Individual initiative an and al all power of oC independent action because of oC the absence of adequate te and thoroughgoing thor thor- governmental control Exactly Ex Ex- similar conditions obtain In a large part of oC the west vest an and 1 southwest It is not possible he says sas to put lUt Into bit figures the exact amount by which through the gross glOS S the Standard profits favoritism shown It lJ by the railroads ads III in d connection with WILl the tho open rats rates Control of or Market comes not The profit of course coure the rule rale It itself saving fl In merely bY bv tho the S compared with Its competitors hut but as the higher prices It Is K able ahlo bIe tp ip char charge by bv l' l and ad by the complete lt control r market which It secures of or the whole thereby the Uw profit on the thereby getting t I on I to that calls attention rh rhe l. l the till regarding of or the report manner feature which the tho law la Is I by hy byS in iii commerce what In I as a state stute S realitY Is' Is a part purt of oC Interstate n 1 Tn l-Tn It Is clearlY sho shown n L 6 on the device T is employed S That that this his device railroad as well as ason ason central New York In such fashIon fasli- fasli other on man many to thwarting the pUI Ion ns as to amount the forms the law though Ough Of poe o complied compiled with or of the law ma be Too t. t Trust SU al' l untrue he hC says Jt It Is unfortunately Oil company compan Is the that the which has benefited only improper COi wholly hoy In benefiting nfl n and is Of or rate rale elaborate ora U ben series o fashion by an a The fhe J Sugar EU tru trust t he heIds headds discriminations discriminations- results of the the according to If f adds Ids progress l rarely In tI noW lawful lC rate for COl trans trans- the evir ct r nays In the effort to Prevent pro Pre H He declares aff that Horn from uniting g for Cor Improper tin tin- vent ent the r railroads un un- cn hae ha C c proper purposes P n them from uniting wl wisely ely prohibited that I hi fOl vuI J amI nd foi COI proper poses ot of again the public as the general cu I Ilie u r of the time great Ei-eai dement of or compe- compe as ap laW luw favors such n lIe Ile m mis of sm the Iho passage ago s b bY thu house sed a and already that arts alt as is In n the i ies f putting al alcohol used hf list un and 1 of Cr free e es 5 on on the and co coal colan lan lands ands S of ofIn oil S. S t l keeping time the fee Cee to tribes or 01 on the till the Indian JU the In the domain uchi public on 00 onlY I to bl be will w enable the M as t such periods them and for control 5 to entIrelY l In summarizing his rei of his t Garfield speaks and Ut of the oU oil either r to the by hull him t of data of oC tM tilt mass or throUgh 1 Thu pr tI corporation of U o burc or of tills this was aS the thIC co cost l lor marY Inan tudY el hilt int largelY lal a so hence which enters and d product competition or of the In factor output most t or the the faking up Ia c CU nt In not oU fr t S S. I PRESIDENT PRESIDENT HITS AT STANDARD OIL Continued front from One On of refined oil oil Mr finds find that hint It amounts to about 1 barrels bam annually of which the Standard Oil company directly and indirectly controls con con- trois about and approximate approximately approximately I mate the Rame same proportion of the theother theother other finished products of petroleum I Continuing co the report leport says Rays I lite ho Standard claims that th tIle tho loon loca t I t tion nf of its itA refineries ond the he Ul use 01 of 1 pipe iii lint lines are arc natural advantages to mich ivi-mich it is iN ju just justly II ly t entitled by hy reason On of I ih h. h tu y a antI and nd t of nf Its manaI manage mana namia- I ge I F i s While 1111 hi in a measure that I Is true trite It M t not be bp forgotten that these thEs I advantages s were wa In Jn part obtained hv hy hyI I of or unfair competitive methods I i als al's ears of fita fleece fierce Inc industrial strife With Vitla i BUill I. I Tin development of th the pipe line lint I I by the Standard Oil company compan as ivas the result of special sp agreements with railroad companies Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- I more these so called natural advantages advantages advant advant- ages have been an and are being greatly Increased a o u by discriminations l in freight rates s both published and secret interstate inter state tate nn and state which give I e the Standard Standard Stand Stand- S ard artl monopolistic control In the greatel great great- el me portion of the country and which so limit competition as ns to practically prevent the extension of the business of oC any Independent to a n point which even remotely endangers the th supremacy a acy C of the stan standard artlAn artl An Imme Immediate result of this delimitation delhi ti tation of the competitive area is shown by the prices of or ordinary Illuminating oil throughout the countr After country de deducting deducting de- de e- e ducting the freight rate the price ol of such oil Is u usually from 1 2 cents to f r. cents a gallon higher in the noncompetitive non com than in the competitive fil fields A reasonable i profit upon refined oil im Is about one half a cent per gallon It Ii Is clear that profits are obtained ob ob- tamed in the non-competitive non fields This Tills monopolistic control extends from fromi the well ieli of the lie producer to the doorstep doorstep doorstep door door- step of the consumer consume Strikes Strike at nt Hoot Koot of Evil Il Cleveland o O. O May l 4 Commis Commissioner Garfield's repot report report I and President Roosevelt's message both sent to congress con con- gr cress gress s. s today strike directly at tho ho root of or the evil which the Independent men complain of The matter mattel which af- af feels us us- most vitally is railroad dis dis- ls- ls crimination We Ve seek no undue ad advantage ad- ad vantage but we are aie entitled to equal treatment with our competitors Both the report and anti the message speak for themselves hes and present facts In Jn such sucha a wa way that he who runs may read Such was the declaration tonight of William E. E Wall Vall all president of the 1 National National Na Na- Pe Petroleum association the organization organization or or- of the lie independent oil men I of the cou country |
