Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 106, 5 May 1906 — Page 4

I 1 The Richmond Palladium, Saturday, May 5, 1906. RICHMOND DAILY PALLADIUM oooooooooooooooooooooooopoooooooo STANDARD OIL LAWLESSNESS IS UNCOVERED Great Evils That Have Been Brought to Light by the Department of Commerce and Labor, Report of the Investigations Being Submitted to Congress by Commissioner Garfield o .Palladium Printing Co., Publishers. EntlGERATORS V.V Masonic. Building. North 9th and A Streets.

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DEMOCRAT8 MUDDLED. In a statement to the Indianapolis Star, Thomas J. Study, one of the leading Democrats of the sixth district,, says that ho believes the proposed plan of reorganization of his party in this State is ill-timed and uncalled for. "There may bo some changes desirable," "said Mr. Study," and if so there will be a proper time to make them, but this agitation at this time is exceedingly unfortunate and I can not wholly understand the motives of thoso Interested In it. As far as the system of choosing members of the State committee la concerned, I believe the present plan much better than tho old way, when delegates to the State convention organized the committee. I believe each district should effect its own organization and elect its own chairman. This is tho true Democratic way. However, I am of the opinion that the district committee should not organize until a very short time before the State convention." Mr. Study's Ideas, however, do not agree with the Ideas expressed in the editorial columns of the local Democratic organ, tho Sun-Telegram. The following editorial appeared in- the Sun-Telegram on Thursday and undoubtedly expresses tho opfnlons of a great many of the best Democrats' In the district: Tom Taggart, Joe Fanning. Joe Itiley ct al. should have sense enough to get down and out, and not jeopardize tho success of their party iu the coming campalfc'.i. With them at the holm, there is no basis for any honest contention with the opposition. A victory with Taggart at the head would bo at tho price of the manhood of tho party and of the State. There Is now only one way for the Democrats of Indiana to save their honor, and that is by an absolute repudiation of the Tnggart domination in the State committee If this is not dooe thousands of Democrats Will stay tit home en election day, or vots for Taggart's overthrow. With Tagsart and his henchmen in tho high councils of the party, the party deserves defeat. Jt the, Deiv.ociatic party first clean Its own house and. then seek to clean that of their opponents. Tho general trend of these two widely diverging ideas simply illustrates the befuddled condition in which the Democrat party finds itself, not only In thl3 state but in the entire country. Mr. Study believes in allowing tho party to continue under the domination of Tom Taggart. gambling house keeper though he be, as opposed to the Sun-Telegram's belief that the Democrats will bo unablo to land a victory unless they "clean house" as thoroughly as have the Republicans. One thing, however, renders this disagreement between the Sun-Telegram and Mr. Study rather difficult to understand, and that is the fact that both have been enthusiastically supporting the candidacy of the Rev. Mr. Kuhn for congress. Looks as though there might be "a nigger in the wood pile" after all.

CENTERV1LLE. traUarUum Rpw'aV Centervllle, Slay 4. Carl Clark, aged 5 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark, died Thursday morning. The funeral will be held on Satnrday afternoon at the family residence in the North end of town. The Interment will be at Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. John McCown has returned from Kalamazoo, Michigan where she was called by the illness of her son, who Is now rapidly recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Ruddell of Terer Haute, were guests of Mr. and Mrp. J. A. Dunbar on Monday and Tuesday. ArlNur Crowe and family of Locust

Publishers Press - Washington, May 4. James Rudolph Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations, yesterday" submitted his report of the investigation of the. Standard Oil Company to Congress simultaneously with the presentation of President Roosevelt's message to Congress on the oil industry. It is a votumnious document, covering every phase of the greatest of the world's monopolies. Some of the interesting points exploited by Commissioner Garfield are as follows: The manufacture of refined oil, commonly known as kerosene, is about 26,000,000 barrels annually, of which the Standard Oil Company directly and indirectly controls about 23,000,000. The refineries owned or controlled by the Standard Oil Company are located near New York, Philadelphia, Ealtimore, Chicago, Kansas City, in western New York and Pennsylvania, in West Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, Colorado, California and Texas. A reasonable profit upon refined oil is about one-half a cent per gallon. It is clear that exorbitant profits are obtained in the noncompetitive fields.. This monopolistic control extends from the well of the producer to the door step of the consumer. The Standard Oil Company has habitually received from the railroads, and is now receiving, secret rates and other unjust and illegal discriminations. During 1904 the Standard saved about three-quarters of a million dollars through the secret rates discovered by the Bureau, and of course there may be other secret rates which the Bureau has not discovered. These discriminations have been so long continued, so secret, so ingeniously-" applied to new conditions of trade, and so large in amount as to make it certain that they were due to concerted action by the Standard and the railroads. The Standard Oil Company is receiving unjust discriminations in open rates. The published rates from the leading Standard shipping points are relatively much lower than rates from the shipping points of its competitors. The advantage to the Standard over its competitors from such open discriminations is enormous, probably as important as that obtained through the secret rates. The Pennsylvania Railroad has given the Standard a rate of 9 cents a barrel from Olean, N. Y., to Rochester, while the independent refineries situated in territory adjacent to Olean were given a rate of 38 cents a barrel. By means of this 9-cent rate, in combination with a rate from Rochester to Norwood, N. Y., a virtually secret and very low rate from Norwood, N. Y.f to Burlington, and secret local rates therefrom, the Standard has been able to supply central and northern Vermont with oil at a rate of from 15 to 21 cents per hundred pounds, whereas no independent refiner could reach that territory from western Pennsylvania save by a rate varying from 33 to 50 cents per hundred pounds. The saving to the Standard during 1904 by the secret rate from Oleans to Rochester alone was $115,000. The published tariff rate from Whiting, Ind., the great western refinery of the Standard, to Birmingham, Ala., was 44 cents per hundred pounds. For at least ten years the Standard, by means of a secret combination of rates by way of Grand Junction, Tenn., over the lines of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Jllinois Central, and the Southern Railway, has shipped oil to Birmingham for 29z. cents. The Toledo competitor, no farther distant, had to pay 47 cents. Again, the open rate from Whiting to Evansville, Ind., has been for many years 11 cents. The Standard has for about ten years shipped oil to Evansville for local use and for many points beyond in the Southeast at so-called State rates of 6 cents and 8' cents. The freight paid by the Standard in this case has been about $10,000 per year less than the open rate. The rates to this same territory from the independent refining points at Toledo and Cleveland were from 8 to 28 cents per hundred pounds, or from yz to Vz cents a gallon higher than the rate received by the Standard. Nevertheless, the widespread discriminations in open rates still in force leave the independents at serious disadvantage. The investigation has only incidentally touched State shipments from disturbing centers, particularly in less than carloads. The few instances examined suggest the probability of discriminations on such shipments which, taken in connection with through traffic, may result in discriminations on Interstate business. I have cited these particular Instances to show the various methods by which discriminations are obtained, and to call particular attention to methods which, if legal, are mere devices to obtain exactly the same result as would be obtained by rebates paid on interstate business. Any freight discrimination, whether it be State or interstate, tends to give control of markets to the preferred shippers, and makes monopoly possible. If existing law merely prohibits a special device for obtaining discrimination, and permits the same result to be accomplished in a different way, then the legislation is to that extent a sham. This investigation has shown very clearly one glaring defect in the interstate commerce law, viz, the method of filing and publishing tariffs. Although a tariff or a rate has been filed with the Commissioner in compliance with the terms of the law, none but the favored shipper may know of its existence. Tariffs may be made and rates may be combined in such manner as to make it practically impossible for the ordinary shipper to find them. As long as the State rates are not required to be made public, nd shippers use such rates In combination with interstate rates, all manner of devices to evade the purpose of the law are possible. All State rates used In connection with interstate shipments should be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and a radical change should be made in the direction of simplifying tariffs and in methods' of posting and filing them. Very respectfully JAMES RUDOLPH GARFIELD, v Commissioner of Corporations. The President.

Hill, visited Joshua Ellason, and his daughter Miss Jessie, on Sunday. Joseph Doran is moving his restaurant into the corner room of the Simon McConaha building. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clevenger, and John W. Morgan and family were entertained at dinner on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Hyatt at Locust Grove. They also attended the Abington township Sunday School convention, held at Locust Grove, on Sunday afternoon. Albertus Horner visited hh3 brother Murben Horner, at Spiceland on Sunday. Mrs. Walter Matthews entertained at dinner on Thursday in honor of her sister, Mrs. Homer Dowell of Chicago. The guests were, Mrs. Bessie Menke, Mrs. Emnia Logue and Mrs. Grace Grose, all of Richmond. Mrs. Jennie Dille of Richmond spent Thursday with Mrs. John Rohe. Mrs. Mary K. Trumbull returned from Indianapolis on Wednesday after

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"We want everybody to attend the Richmond Centennial May Festival," said one of the officers of that organization today "and have set a price on the season tickets that shpuld permit them to do so." The three concerts made up by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra and quartet of voftalists especially selected by the management of this orchestra togcether with the great Richmond festival chorus of 250 voices may be heard for $2 and for reserved seats to the entire series a very slight additional charge. Tie tickets are transferable and this will also be a very popular feature. The management of the orchestra wanted the price of admission raised but the Festival Association is not organized to make money but simply to have the biggest thing in a musical way Richmond ever had and in 'fact the biggest and most artistic musical event In the central west this season

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Indiana added eleven new townships to her prohibition territory at the April term of commissioners' courts, according to U. G. Humphrey, state superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league. Steuben county has been added to the list of dry counties, makinng four without a licensed saloon. There are now a total of 150 townships and ten city wards that have made use of the Moore law. In other words, 160 remonstrances have been passed on favorably by boards of commissioners, thereby closing 449 saloons, since May 1, 1905. Mr. Humphrey says temperance work in southern Indiana is progressing encouragingly. The Moore amendment has proven effective in many cases. Three townships succeeded in filing majority remonstrances at the April term of commissioners' court. Nearly twenty saloons will be affected by these remonstrances. Other townships are preparing to remonstrate in the near future. Mr. Humphrey says reports have been received stating that saloons keepers have been arrested in Muncie, Kokomo. Brazil, Madison and in Richmond for selling liquor to minors. In Kokomo eleven saloon men were arrested for permitting minors to frequent their places. It Is said the defendants are highly indignant, saying that if the law pertaining to minors is enforced to the letter it will greatly decrease their business. "Such reports as these." Mr. Humphrey continued, "are coming to us constantly. "The saloon keepers seem to be more determined than ever to Increase their business through the creation of apnetite. The saloon must go and the time has come when every man who loves his home and his family should help in exterminat

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