| Show LS OFFICIALS I S 'S Sa Says Saja s 's Counsel for fey t Trumpery Char Charge e Oil Oi Trust frost i 1 S. S New York Au Aug 10 Thie 10 10 The officials of the tho th Standard Oil 01 company In this city cly time the In Indictments In- In 44 5 5 are ure by hy no means disturbed over o er 5 that tK found against corporation corpora corpora- tion at ChIcago Discussing time tho matter ton this oI one o of ot the tile lending heading members mem mem- J bern bers or of th the company's counsel who S-j S fused re-fused ert to permit his itis name to be he use used said suld 4 S sult 1 understand that nineteen separate offenses cs are aro alleged in Iii one Indictment m for or which If it convicted d the time company S could bo be e lined fined from rom W to 10 fur for forach I ach violation The maximum fine therefore there 0 would u Il be O And AmI this S on m fl time Iho tle alleged conc concession of the oil 01 company compan during time the th period rl of oC a year car 1 and amid mt a a. I half a amounting lo to r. r This Juts 1 would be c a very st stupendous line fine 1 to S S exact for fot u a L minor offense to o say sy the Iho least t As s far as I have seen scott the Limo nor ac- ac tC- tC r ha have hanot not nol ct found c cOunts they yet any S direct cases of oC rebate ie us or orS or'S orth orthe S 'S th the railroads under investigation n. n Nor r rS S will tho they Ibid find 1111 any ammy for tho time very good od 5 S reason that there have been no 10 rebAtes S In bu business since rebates madei made 7 S unlawful under r the statute i i P uI 5 Th The nIneteen Indictments wore were found round foundSS S-S S In cases where the tIme Standard Oil oU cornS comI company com corn S I pany PammY under a con contract with wih the tho Lake u S i railway was d l to lo I two wo S.- S. r days days' tas fn free c storage ston e on un oil on shipped over I tho company's lines linos This contract Ihal S been In existence for probably fifteen 5 S years And BO so far Car as thu time Stant Standard Standrd rd Oil OilS 01 S company compau knows all aU other uther oil 01 shippers received the Iho same same- Bre concession on cit the theS S part of the lie railroad Storage 5 5 The storage charge after the declaration o of two days caK Is Js at al tl time thu rate rate-of liveS live Ivo S S c cent per er ton p ncr r ia day It I takes about seven barrels or of oil oi to 10 make n a a tonS ton S The charges char cs therefore there would 1 s H of or one cent per por la day There were we-re times time timet when time the company compan had hall no noal oil al irk ut Storage and anc at times i U iJ would have rent different amounts In stora stor- stor a age for one or 01 two days or fractions S S Q df days antI and s tho timo oil 01 would I remain for several days For the facilitation facil m Halon of business the compan company and armil lie tH railroad had a n long and ant a n short shortS S account equalizing storage ch charges r es charging the Iho comp company ny for Cor time lver time two or three days tas ta's and crediting cred cred- Ring lUng It II with wih the thc tune lime less than tho time two wo days nays time the same was ivas WUI on with oUter other shippers It I was lu cr regarded as au a n rebate or a con con- on- on co lon except for time the facilitating pt t tho time hu business of shippers a as It was found und Impossible alwa always to handle hancle the tho oil tl for or time art after r it Its Is arrival a at l Its ia Va Wo rather apprehend that when I i these cases caseR come to 10 trial the time courts will wiil s see seo o that there then are oro two sides to t tho timo maloI We 0 certainly have ha little In regard to t the indict indict- If H lh time the grand jur Jury find nothing else against us besides this timis trumpery charge we wo shall shan feel that our skirts are rc clear Indeed t |
