| Show Sf STANDARD ANDARD OIL CHARGED WITH KEEPING BRIBE AND Spy SYSTEM Paid Railway to Report Operations of Competitors Competitors- Agents Offered Positions With Rockefeller Interests Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests Upon Discharge Discharge Agents Agents Agents' Allowance r STARTLING TRUST EXPOSE WILL ILL DWARF OTHERS I Investigation of I Interstate Commission at Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Reveals Unlawful Giving of Oil Rebates and Illicit Coalition With Railway Lines in Combine I Tho The following are arc salient points brought out in the testimony before t the Int Interstate l tate commerce commission at Chicago e That Thai the SCan Standard Oil company for or years 3 maintained l n a n system of or bribing ing railroad In J to obtain Information about abouL the thc shipments b by competitors That t In Ihl th system mone money moneaL was aL used a n regular month monthly I allowance be be- Ink ing provided pro agents aim ani agents were authorized to promise employment with the hi Standard Oil company coman In JU l' l return turn for or Information That this system was a continued u until 1111 the officials officIal of the co com pan I feared reared It Its publication might ht rt result J in 11 sufficient pub public Ic l cuon to la bring about action by emigres and Ih the tat state c legislatures That secret agents are ale employed to watch oil shipments mad by In- In from flom the point of uC shipment lit lu until delivery and make Complete 1 llorts I Thul Fluit agents e nS In ln whose hose I Independent oil I Is sol sold are me held belt ne- ne ml r for fOl Jl It U anti amid III fri many n cases caSCi ar 31 are l to na pa pay for r It to tu th the Stand Stand- That agents are arc compelled to draw w three brands flu all of or different nt quality from tho tim same anie tan tank tani I and sell them at nt different different prices n That agents are arc Instructed to keep up and to point out om the 7 method to be used reference is madr In letters to the them n of other 0 who aye e lH been known to send 2 agents out Ut 00 gallons sallon anti r report the sale Ie of oC flom O to 08 gallons 1 Chicago Mn May 10 io Startling revelations le eJa r r lions of time the Standard Oil company's alleged allege bribery of oC railroad In order to learn secrets of competitors competitors' shipments were o brought out toda belore belore bezore be- be lore zore the time Interstate commerce commis don sion It was as the beginning of what threatens to bo an nn expose that will 4 dwarf the most sensational of magazine maga zine zimie articles and anti will vIll fittingly supplement supple supple- i ment mont the recent Garfield n report port To Io 1 add spice to the proceedings the Ow In Inquiry In- In was wac branded e at aL the very outset h John S S. bj Attorney MillerS Miller representing represent represent- ing log the Rockefeller Interests as fiS a muck rake investigation L j J. J 1 Marchand r and F. F S. S are acting acting as as s special pecla counsel for forth tho J for the ultimate p purpose no I 01 r 0 im w- w 11 t Jl r C CI I m t by the Pl PrOs PrOs- T jol jo- jo l tent Ident Mr 11 Monett us attorney gen- gen oral of or Ohio has formerly dealt the Standard Stanard some telling blows Railroad Attorneys Appear Attorney Thomas R It Morris appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap for rm tho the AtchiSon Topeka n. n Santa Sunta Fe road rond and ana Attorney HunI Hunson Hun- Hun k I son for fOl the Chicago Milwaukee t i SL St Paul A dozen other western m roa toads s were also represented by coun coun- sel sd Commissioners Charles A A. Prout Prouty Francis M M. M Cockrell an and Alexander Clements are hearing the tho testimony which is to tu be lie given glnn by h witnesses subpoenaed subpoenaed sub sub- b by lh the government from the J central western states tatos Railroad officials Independent oil oilmen men agents anti and form former r agents ag of the j Standard art Oil on company compan hl have lVe been beon subpoenaed sub sub- I. I and the sessions of the tho com commission com coin mission which are heln being hell held In 11 the ther r federal building will vIlI continue for several sef sev sev- f eral oral days y Wouldn't n lo Io Work Vork Tho The 1 first witness s of or the day was B. B M. M r. r lIholt who until l 1896 w was agent for Cor the Stan Standard Oil company al 31 Topeka Ran Kan After saying that he had resigned from Crom the employ of or the company because 1 e he could no longer er maintain his s respect self an and perform of him the dirty work demanded ho said laId The Thu system of or spies pies was so 80 perfect that even en thou though h I missed a shipment that came camo camuto to Topeka It would be re rePorted reported re- re ported h by ecret a agents who had been watching watching- It ever eyer since it left the refinery re- re finery of oC the competing company summoned to th the We e were always main office and anti our instructions were wert Letters were wert not In given ven person written on such Uch points The only letter letter letter let let- received In connection with ter I ever Mr Pratt such mutters matters was as one from stock stoel told me mc to keep up In which he sell This letter was a n virtual order r to referred to agents hort 1 weight It JL who sold fold 20 20 to gallons of oC oil out of oC a tank of 01 OO gallons Trick to Kill Competition Instructions from rom Un Under er general however how over I Iwas In person Iven the nto Sid draw raw three different told to was ns and headlight white water brands s from fromn the same fame tank all aU These TheBe brands brands' sol sold at aL different Prices represented to be anti and w ro was ed in n norder gra grades es This scheme undersell competitors order to testimony the d l In It of oC loner Gar Oal mon mony that some amme In his recent report from came has rt 11 monOPOlY Standard ar Stan The l Hl iid witness points price at many club to tal take e the which the they use US as Ii a If H they from flom concerning where when can get they sometimeS e get geta such So go loaded with oil and a train to the beat the often orten gave e a rebate Thu ThOi of the cus- cus to lo some o of 1 cent a gallon In order to get et of ii the business ent of the E E. P. P S Santa nta Fe HallWaY Y Topeka afternoon that this em- em company agents or so far Car as he V kne Aws no Oil or of the his over tra ss on i passes been beon have hn road C All AS hall had stand M T. T a he left letL the tho of the I AI toon district agent whO was years In Inchan Maxon Maxell for many Stan al' al company In illinois Mis- Mis business charge chan c ot Of Minnesota Uil and ad had ten tell men ho that for ten eal and that under his with work rig WC all th jl workers workers' aU all tIle thu railroads flyer er ics p l I. I I the tho Santa Fe Fc TIll The In testimony cau caused 11 a n sensation It was learned Maxell Maxen turned over ove railroad railroad rail rall- road passes lasSes to Commissioner Garfield Oar Gar field From revelations rc ma made b by Mr h Ripley HIp HIp- h Icy ley the commission Jn will direct cl its probe fm Into the lubricating oil business and will ill summon tho purchasing Ing agents of 11 nearly arl all the big railway companies of oC the country Standard P lr All jul J Tn e Subpoenas are alC al also o to be Issued Cotten for Cot rOlten ten Ohio county treasurers who are expected to testify that Theodore M. M Tole No 26 G Broadway New York York York- the Stand Standard ld Oil headquarters pas pays all the tho taxes of oC the oil companies In Imi Ohio The commission learned nert from Crom Mr l that the Standard paid the Santa Fe 40 a mile In lii Kansas and TJ I Missouri GO a Jn Sn Illinois for Jo of- of of tho- tho the part right of-right of or orny vay ny in In- 1 a n pipe Ih line lino o to Whiting Ind rho Iho contract was that the Santa Sonta Fe Fc should transport all nil material and supplies for the line for 01 which service service service ser ser- vice was vas paid ln in n freights A subpoena was Issued for rOl Purchasing Purchasing Purchasing Pur Pur- chasing Agent Hodges of or the Santa SantaFe Fe after aftel Mr Ripley testified that the Standard company compan lubricates all the roads road's rolling stock at so much a thousand miles The commission wants MI Mr IIo Hodges to tell how mu much ch |
