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a The Commoner. MAY 8, 1903. k 13 THE METHODS OF MONOPOLY Petroleum Gazette readers are fa miliar with the hi3tory of the cases instituted against the railroads some fourteen years, ago by the refiners em braced in the Independent Refiners' association of Titusville and Oil City, which have been decided in favor of the refiners by both the interstate commerce commission and by the courts, but which the railroads have thus far found legal means to keep unsettled. . The latest action on the part of. the railroads is to take an appeal to the federal court of appeals from the decision of the federal cir cuit court, for the Western district of Pennsylvania, as handed down by Judge Buffington. It will be recalled that the cases were first brought be fore the interstate commerce commis sion, and that they charged the rail roads with discrimination against the independent refiners. These discrim inations operated to the advantage of the Standard Oil company. Eventual ly the commission passed 'upon the cases, decided that there had been discriminations, ordered them to cease and directed the railroads to make reparation to the refiners. Then came further 'delay in the 'fixing by the cpmmission of the amounts which should be paid by each of the rail roads in the settlement of the vari ous claims. From this stage of delay, for which there was little disposition to censure the commission, on ac count of its being overloaded with general business the cases passed on to the further delays of the courts. The federal court, it will be remem bered, Is the instrument prescribed through which to executo the findings of tho interstate commerce commis sion. The cases were accordingly tak en to tho federal court at Pittsburg, where they have been passing through various stages of progress for several years past In order not. to bo still occupied with the cases when Gabriel should blow his horn, or for some other reason, tho defenso finally agreed to tho making of test cases of a few of tho numerous ones involved. All the points which could bo brought up in connection with the others were concentrated upon these. Again tho refiners won, and having been denied a rehearing by Judge Buffington, th8 defense has taken its choice of alter natives in what would seem to be the last resort an appeal to either the supreme court or tho federal court of appeals. It has chosen tho latter. How much longer this will extend final settlement of the cases remains to be seen. Tho Petroleum Gazette has heretofore pointed out changes which have occurred with reference to the complainants since these long drawn out cases were instituted. Some of tho complainants are dead, and a number of others have gone out of the refining business. What travesties on justice are such exhibitions of "tho law's delay!" But they serve the ex cellent purpose of emphasizing tho fact that if a better adjustment of the machinery of justice is wanted it will not bo secured until the people both demand it and compel it Tho Petrol eum Gazette. NEBRASKA AND ROCKEFELLER A business man out in the state in writing to this paper asks the ques tion: Why should the people of the state be asked to assist John D. Rockefeller in making a donation to the state university? Personally this paper is frank to say it does not be lieve they should be asked to join in a partnership donation of this char acter. The statement will be made by many that everything in sight should be reached for, even to the point of making personal sacrifices, and there are others who believe that if a millionaire wants to give away something he should not make the gift a handicap by asking others to furnish tho self-sacrifice entering into the donation. The state university has been, and is, generously supported by the taxpaying people of the state. The treatment of tho university at the hands of the legislators has been liberal. People have paid their taxds for the university with a cheerfulness only secondary to their pride in the institution, its splendid growth and surpassing standing when compared with other state institutions. The people own the university, every, phy sical atom of it, and they also own the spirit of the institution and this ownership is infinitely the greater, for under the direction of the healthy public sentiment of an educated pop ulation the spirit of the University of Nebraska has always been right, un trammelled, uncompromised, and In liarmony with tho free spirit of the institution, with no shadow of indi vidualism in its completeness. The Btate of Nebraska has enacted anti trust laws in efforts to reach trusts of which 'the Standard Oil company Is one. The purpose of this legislation wrfs to protect the public from ex cessive charges fdr trust products. The. itate has just enacted a law ratei the required quality of oils for use in the state. This was done to protect the public from poor quality of illum inating oil. Is there not a little more than sentiment in the state taking the influence legislated against into at least a .semblance of partnership in adding to present university equip ment? Will the university be regard ed by all the people in just the same light, and will it command the undi vided cheerful support of every one so much in future? Will it be better for the student of the future to look about him at the university and see It part tlio gift of the taxpayers of the state, and part the gift of one who took the part he gave from the tax payers of the state? We believe tho spirit of tho university, that has at tended It through all its days, that has made tho institution tho pride of the state, and that has emphasized continuously tho fact that tho hum blest and smallest taxpayer has done his full share In its upbuilding will not bo enhanced by partnerships of tho proposed character. There aro stato universities, and there aro other universities. Tho lino of demarcation between them is that tho state univer sity is not only owned by tho peoplo, but Is builded and maintained by tho people equally one with tho other ac cording to tho ability of each under tho law. Lincoln (Neb.) Trade Review. Tho Jal Alai Scandal. General Wood has departed for the Philipines, but tho scandal of the jai alal gambling establishment in Ha vana continues. It appears now that its franchise was granted for ton years, and that tho interpretation giv en to it by tho attorneys of tho pro prietors was confirmed by General Wood in tho Official Gazette of May 9, 1902. In Secretary Root's mind there seoms to be no doubt that this concession was rightly bestowed, be causo of tho harmlcssness of tho game itself and its national character. But as the game is played in Havana it is merely a means to an end to enable tho syndicate to make enor mous sums out of tho open betting carried on. It is as if Messrs. Farrell and Caufield should start a handball court In this city, and take 10 per cent of tho bets placed upon tho pro fessional players employed by them. Tho gamo may be "national," but it is by no means so much so as cock fighting. Yet tho .latter has been stopped both in tho Philippines and in Cuba. What would have been, thought if General Wood had licensed bull-fighters in Havana, and glvon them an exclusive ten years' privil ege? Yet the moral sentiment of tho Cubans would not have been so out raged by that as it is by the jai alai gaming, which, thanks to General Wood, tho Cuban republic will be un able to stop for nine long years. New York Evening Post. A Matter of Choice. Bus'ch (Tex.) Roger Mills Demo crat: There may be some men at this time who would rather "be right than to be president," and there are also those who would rather be a thief than to be poor. Let the democratic party beware of the fellows who would sacrifice principle for pelf. 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