Show RAILWAY AE MM WORK FOR TRUST They Collect Big Commissions on all al Oil Oi Sold By Pet Company MAXON MAXON MAKES MISERY I Standards Standard's Attorney and 11 Denies Offering to Sell SellS Sl S Secrets 0 t Chicago May 1 11 It H. II J. J Cohn Colln of or George Georgo P. P Jones and company St. St Louis manufacturers of lubricating oil 01 who vho until three years ago was waa au auditor for Cor or the tile Waters Pierce PI wing of tho the Standard Landard Oil on company compan testified late lato tills afternoon before the Interstate commerce commission In the time Standard Oil 01 Inquiry that In Missouri 1 the local railway allway agents at small towns are also als for fOI the Waters Pierce gents agents company lie Ic Ic Id salt said they received a commission out on in every eVI- gallon galon of or oil 01 sold and that many nany of or them collected from 50 0 to I 70 iO a n month from the oil 01 company Mr lr Cohn also testified that tile the Jh 1 Missouri Pacific Railway Hallwa company compan ha haunt had until two years ear a ago o published a n tariff In n which It was set lt down own that oil 01 commutes companIes com coin panics mutes owning pipe Ille linos could coul have havea a n reduction of or 1 14 1 cents cens per gallon I if f the they shipped over the tile railroad The Waters Pierce had two pipe lines un under UI- UI un- un der the Mississippi river at St. St Sl Louiso Louis No o other company was wal equipped to toot got ot the benefit of or this tills rate he said mid Control Rates Hates Joseph Tucker of Chicago o. o chairman chairman chair chair- man of or the Central Freight Fright lon lion who was subpoenaed In the tile hope that hat evidence on S secret Clet rebating through his association could be he established es es- es- es was subjected to a cro- cro cross cross- cros- cros examination In which Attorney Monett Jonet endeavored to show that sixty or 01 there more roads In tho the association are In a n trust rust for tOl controlling rates Mr Jr Tucker In Insisted that that each cactI ech road determined Its Is ts rate In individually ivl ual Mr Monett wanted to l know now I why thy representatives of or all al the roa roads made mado It a practice of getting together bOIC before be he- fore they announced these Individual l dual dual rates Mr lr Tucker gave him hint no Informing answer A spirited pirle tilt Wt between the chief chic witness J for tOI- the tile government ard Attorney Attorney At At- torne torney C C. C C. representing the tho Standard Oil on company of or Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky tucks took place at the tho morning sea ses se- se sion Spurned Standard Bribes Tho witness s Maynard Maynar Maxon was char charged ed with endeavoring to force forceE CI J P 91 ii E the t hi IJ 1 d the cha L t r r-d r JY O Uh J twi chU b ng lt Ot o ho the o J cn rd th the last last t t F M J r r C JH Ce v P. P I 1 ont wn 1 Hi the Standard crowd crowl anti and ant I have l re risked tot for an any I know the them i aim their tricks and am am determined that they shall be exposed 1 could coul have hav been rich rIh hind had hat I wanted tp to take tile tho bribes that have already been een offered me he lie said Near Nearly a dozen letters hollers were then Introduced written b by Maxon to different different dif dif- ferent officials of the tile Standard Oil 01 company compan Including H. H H. H Rogers which Att e introduced for Cor the purpose of or showing that he ho tried to bl the tue company In one of ot the these e letters leters Maxon faxon wrote Tote C C. f. M Pratt Prat that lint he lie had four hun hundred lc otters leters re caln revealing tho the Inner workings of tho company except one In which you ou instructed Charles I Kercher to lo commit perjury at Pekin Ill Il Gives When asked who Instructed him to bribe railroad men at Decatur Maxon replied R un W. W Ritchie E E. B. B Stanley Stanley Stan Stan- ley Icy and C. C T T. Collins tho the In last t being vice Ice president of ot the tho Kentucky Kentuck company com corn pany puny Maxon is now no president of ot the Standard Oil O company compan of or Illinois not with wih the Rockefeller Interests Inter Inter- ests eats One of the tho first questions asked him regarding this com company pan was di directed directed directed di- di to the members of or the tho director director- a ate te You Tou have ha tried bribery to get Jet the names of or the directors of m my company com corn pany he said angrily I 1 dont don't propose propose propose pro pro- pose to have to deal del with wih any of your our Insl Insidious lous games gaines and amid for that reason I refuse to give their names Pipe lije Lines Lins and Santa Fe A A. J. J Davi Davidson son president of oC the Uw St St. Louis and San Francisco Frncisco railroad allied with wih the Sa Samita a Fe le was called aled to the stand In ill tho the afternoon He lIe a ad admitted ad- ad that the tho Standard had a 1 pipeline pipe line along a pot portion lion of oC Its Us right of or Wl way and admitted further that pa passes es were isu issued ll to 10 tIme the account of or the tIme Union Tank Line which are arc use used by hi Standard Oil 01 agents agents- agent After securing an admission slon from the witness that his railroad purchased put pur chased lubricating oil of from the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard anI Attorney charged that from CO to 90 pet per cent edIt moro more was paid the Standard than the tile onen open rate this being one of or the lie principal means through h which the so-cale so called so-called rebates are made made Other witnesses were H. H 0 O. O Hul I purchasing agent of the Pennsylvania lines hues west of ot Pittsburg who testified that the tho Pennsylvania Pennsyl anla railroads have llave contracts with the Galena Oil 01 compan company com corn pany pan for the furnishing of ot lubricating In lug ing oils ois and ancl E E. F F. Tucker chairman of the Central Freight Traffic asso asso- o- o elation Unsuccessful efforts were made to learn anything about oil 01 rates ratOs from him |