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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1907)
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT JANUARY 31, 1S07 tut when 1he KtSLEdsird const rurt:d its refmt-ry at Su&ar Creek, Kansas. City, and connected it by pipe line with the Kansas oil wells, the rail rate -was ad vanced from 10 to 17 cents per 100 jounds. While the railways lmisi that this was not done at the Instance f the Standard, the significant fact re mains in this and many otbr cases called to the commission attention, that the rate was not changed until it came to be for the interest of the Standard that it should be changed, nnd it was changed uk that company naturally would desire." It via vt oinjetIIr. In discussing: the assertion con tained in the report that the ruin of its competitors has been a distinct part of the policy of the Standard Oil company, the commission says one method has been the organization of a perfect system of espionage over the shipments of its competitors, resulting: in knowledge as to the destination of ' very can of oil leaving the refinery of an independent. The Standard h.gvzit at the destination, says the report, is held responsible if the independent oil is sold. "It does not appear," says the re port, "that the railroad companies have directed tlie furnishing of this information, or that the practice has bn sanctioned by superior officials of the roads but it does appear that such information is systematically ob tained from railroad employes. The testimony shows that the Standard at one time, if it does not now, devoted a fund to the purpose of obtaining this information. It has frequently happened when the supply of inde pendent oil in a particular territory was lw and a shipment was pecul iarly necessary, that the shipment has unaccountably gone astray. Informa tion also appears to have been given the Union tank line, a creature of the Standard, concerning the whereabouts of its cars, while such information was not furnished to other owners of tank cars and some discrimination in tank car mileage in favor of the tank line is shown for one railroad." " It is asserted that' it Hs the practice of the Standard, whenever a competi tor erects a storage 'tank to which the oil is transferred from the tank car, to reduce the price of oil in that lo cality to such a point as to make the business unprofitable to such com petitor, while prices were maintained in other localities. There was much complaint that the railroads allowed the Standard to erect its tanks at convenient points on the right of way and . declined' to accord this privilege to independent refiners. The commis sion says it is satisfied that such dis crimination has been very general' practiced in the past. The report shows that "at present every considerable railroad in the United States is buying of the Galena Oil company, one of the Standard companies, most of its lubricating and signal oils, the prices paid for lubri cating oil, which 1 1 of three, grades, being substantially the same to the various road?. The contracts generally contain a ' guaran t y to , the fcoad , . that the , fcost , of lubrication'" shall' ' not' ex ceed a certain sum per mile ox engine mile, and provide for oil inspectors appointed , by trje oil company, to su pervise the use of the oil. The Ga lena company i 55 rarely called upon to pay anything under the guaranty, and the prices obtained by the', oil' com pany are extravagantly high. Oils of the same grade could be bought in the open market for about., one-half the Galena company's prices." It Method of Competition. The report severely arraigns the Standard's methods of competition, saying: Th Standard has repeatedly, after booming the owner of a competing company, continued to operate it un kr the old name, carrying the idea to the public that th- company was still lndf-p-ndf nt and competing with the Ktandird. It has u-d such purchas-d or Independently organized companies to fci"l off competitors by such com panies reducing prices. The operation of fry"h fake Independent concerns has been ,ne of lit most effective means of destroying eomp'tition. The Stand ard has habitually reduced the price again Its comi titor In a particu lar 1'Kality. while maintaining Its prices at other places. When rorcp tHton was df-tr yed It a lvam ed or restored form r prkt. The Standard bus .',M i'.sff.r. nt gri Us f eii at tffereit prjf frm y birr;!. It has paid employes ol Independent oil companies for information s ti tfw huslnesi of U;o. comt.-titors and ! lias puM mp!-.yes of industfi.il or:i panUs to erure tl.e adhtiuii of it ejl In 1 r f r rv to that of Its om retstori. It has fallowed t v. ry barr! ef :r.dp. f;dr,t oil I tl atlnalloii. Its omrs at nfi- riftco. It ., t.ii. ' rred with the .;! infpriM n if. j f refit f'.lt. The ItM 4 ef V ft i ??' frtifK the inipfi-tln ..f '.til re ir.riUr!y b f.'tiv. nd this hs j t-n turnd - profit by th Siund. I M f Tr rer-"ni;. n'n n!y V r. . !. U' J of the COmietjtive mflhcfls r,f ih.o Standard Oil company is obtained from evident taken under oath in this investigation. The Standard was given permission to explain or rebut facts. This evidence, if true, demon strates the competitive methods of the company in the past have been unfair and disreputable. Its method f have been the destruction of competition at any cost, and this policy has been pursued without much reference to de cency or conscience, and it is signifi cant that the larger independent r finers sell the greater prat of their product in foreign countries. One 3n dependent testified thai 75 per cent of hie product went abroad and said tnat ne could compete with the Standard in Germany, where its methods, ae followed in this country, would not be tolerated, but that he could not compete with it here." Tbe Qsetttion r Remedies. On the question of remedies the re port fnyr: j "More than anything - else tbe pipe ' line has contributed to the Standard ; oil monopoly, and its supremacy must j continue until its rivals enjoy the same transportation facilities' The amended act to regulate commerce makes the existing pipe lines common carriers subject to that act, and the power to prescribe just and reasons- ; ble rates, regulations and practices. after complaint and hearing, is con- : ferred upon the commission. But the j pipe line tariffs filed with the corn- I mission are allered tn hp of nn sftusi i advantage to the independent opera tors. The commission can only act up on these schedules after complaint has been made challenging such ref erence rates, regulations or practices. Some complaints are now pending. How far the amended act will prove adequate to the connection of such injustice as now exists in respect to this traffic remains to be seen. Sinoe in the past petroleum rates have not always been established to promote, but often to check, traffic, and the tariffs are more ar less per meated with discriminations in favor of the Standard Oil company,' having been built up during a series of years in that view, it may be that this dis crimination will never be eliminated by any process of complaint against a specific rate or- practice. Judging by the past, discriminations as to "this traffic may arise more frequently than those no wexi sting can be routed out by that method- As to no other important traffic is there an approach to the monopoly of the Standard oil in that of olL Under, this condition it may become necessary to the uproot ing 01 -eeiaonsned wrongs and the pre vention of others that the government shall fix m the first instance the rates and regulations for the transportation of this traffic. This method has been adopted by the legislature of one state. It probably will be found necessary to disassociate - in the case of oil, as in that of other commodities, the func tion of transportation from that of production and distribution. What other remedies in -addition to those already provided it may be- necessary to prescribe can be better determined in the near future by the results of ex perience in administering the present law.", GIVEN A SOLDIER'S FUNERAL Military Aspect to Obseqaie for Senator Alger. DETROIT. 'Mirh . Jan "4. 1t a- - - - - w A Trr- SJI f timtly a soldier's funeral that wa held today over the body of the late Triited States Senator Russell Alexander Alger, who died suddenly last Thurs-lav Jn Washington. The srvice at the Alger residence this afternoon was yimple. cur. riirting only of prayer, scripture reading arid a benediction. Rev. K li. pene. pastor of the Fort Street Presbyterian church, was assisted by Rev. V. 31. Coop er, a retired Pretbyter an minister of this city. The Seventh regiment of the rr.lN-d States infantry from Fort Wayne, near here and the Flrt regiment, MSeh:jftn national gjard, escorted the bo.tv t me rernetfry. Th (Jrar. j Army h el , h.ag.? of ti.t mtv lets at the gravt'. PROTECT NEWJRENCH LAW '.'Mtliollr at Nev Vork l.lu e to Objection. NKW YORK. Jan. 27.-The 1!,. ;.. . dreme, the UrK-et M,i h..u.. ,r,' elty, wa tilled tonight htn C.it!;..;.- - ' ei wn.j i , Ticai. f.r the ftfrhdi v Vork mil juhhrly t., rr,.t. iKUl:;t the tisv Vuu h l h Ut i U I ;" "''"j of the f.v,rii'n. f.t ..f 1 ''' ii' 'liM'rcii.if r: U ii.fi.! jkr.u, harily att at , ,s rui ,I-;k.-rs Former Surn-me t.urt Ji.-'i . .j r. ' l'r- ti $reij-.i, hua leakers, in a. I ijti...'( ti the , . ii. r , r,. irclidd n htfUh .n Juhn M t.-.,.,. ..." Jii-t' Jair.et Fitc r . t, rVe!( r J u- lire nl y. Inly. J..!., i .i-..r Mid j",u i irwrey. i f, amii'r..-.. t,A t nd to tf, in tfi- u.unt- .. .. t ht-rn. a cab) jjravj mi-ihu k hr ' ' y t ithy f.h bv . ... rmix.u. f..r htm in Ui i..rn..t nu.it l"r n r Hi..! rois.Jt-vu.U-k lh. J ( , r .n ntb hurth i&ttit tu t i ... ft ft L 1 . MANY DEAD IN MINE ATPALLIAG DISASTER IX WORKS Of RHEIIi PIUfcSIA. SCORES OF BODIES FOUND ESTIMATE MADE OF TWO HUN DRED FATALITIES. Firedamp Explosion Fur tnder. C round Cane of the DitaMer Outbreak of Fire Drive Oct Iteftcners. ' SAARBRUECK. Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 2L A firedamp explosion oc curred this morning in the Reden coal mine at St. Johann-on-Saar, oppose feaarbrueck and caused the loss of from l.;0 to 200 lives. The mine is owned by the Prussian government. Up to 6 o clock this evening seventy-seven bodies have been brought out and fifty-six corpses were known to be un derground. Only fifty live men have been brought out, and of these the doctors say at least thirty-five will die, f;" "J are ingntiulJy Injured through having been hurled againet the walls of the galleries by the force of the ex plosion. An official report given out this evening says the number of dead can not exceed 1C0. Immediately after the explosion res cue workers were hurried from all the adjacent mines and boldly entered the Reden shart m great numbers. The work of rescue has been greatly ham pered by the poisonous gases resulting from the explosion and by a fierce fire that broke out immediately after wards. This caused efforts at rescue to be suspended and the workers had" to be ordered out of the mine. After all the rescuers had reached daylight, according to one version, a second terrific detonation was heard underground. But. according to an other report, many of the rescuers were Etill below when the second ex plosion occurred and it 53 estimated that the casualty list from the two explosions reaches a total of 300. Lower Level Wrecked. It is regarded as certain that the lowest levels of the mine, are complete ly wrecked and the inspectors are de liberating upon further measures to get control of the fire. The managers are discussing the advisability of flood ing these levels as the means of ex tinguishing the flames. It is believed that all the men who were in the lower levels assuredly are dead. It will take a full week to enter and explore the mine. Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon the bodies of 164 dead miners had been taken out of the mine, seventeen men dangerously injured h.ad been rescued, and more than 100 miners were miss ing. There were about 600 men work ing in the shaft when the explosion occurred, but half of them were not in the galleries which were wrecked. .Th? rescue corps is working desperately in efforts to reach the entombed. men'and It is hoped that some of them will be found alive." The scenes at the pit mouth were rnx?t distressing. The Reden mine is owned by the Prussian government. The disaster occured 2.300 feet im. i derground and is one and a quarter I miles from the floor of the shaft. It is ; the greatest mining catastrophe ever ; known in the Saar region. About 600 men entered the mine for the day shift, but about 400 of them escaped through the Bildstock shaft, which communi cates with the Ileden underground. At a late hour tonight it was still un certain how many workmen still were in the mine, the reports being conflict ing. The entrance to the galleries un derground is blocked with dead horses. Most of the bodies brought to the surface are mangled In-yond recogni tion. The mine inspectors this evening onkrvd the rescuers to return to their homes but to hold themselves in rtau ihss for further orders. I Ilrr.peror William has ordered that a full r port of th. dK'ieter 1- nt nun i Kxperta calculate that the rcsk-uo '.vork w ill taku one u , , k. j PAWS. Jan. 2. President Faitt, te.,5 Former Minister Piehon nd the inu." j nulpal oun.:l .f p,rH he t!e : graph, d i:rnper.r Willi ut;. expr. -iig j mpttny it i r.ir.i-.. In the S.nr hre k ?s;it. r uiul re4Uing the g, n Toin tiitaiite given by i rituii n.ir,rH sit the t!m ..f th- t'.Muriere1 i ;'tr' i he. Sot, Jnt-r.'t la t.. half cf future M?trv attat lii t 1 1 . !it ,i..,.it.... "t JntrTtat.? roniiiurcp coturnliott 'Jf!l f thl lirt l 'ffnittlfi U I i , Mil. fhf tit- i.ftcls frurn Pr. t-i-rUk. MryUnd, tn i::utli,i, Nw J,t. " U M a ton, , rn-b t,. U UU k " f.j' i-y rT-iurt.-J 4 loA. r rut- and !tri,r,i an .rr r fi,,,;, u,r lVh,t. Jii 4 raUf-ad uf ! W tt t,,t, Tlv brick maker failed to signify his ac ceptance of the rate, and when he made a shipment was charged at the old rate of $3.80- The brickmaker pro tested, contending that a rate of would be proper. The Pennsylvania finally made a rate of 1.2Z, and -R-hen the matter came before the commis sion it agreed to refund what had been charged above this rate if the rate of $2.23 were sustained. The commission ruled that, $2.25 .Va a reasonable rate, the company refunding to the brick company what it had charged above this amount, and all is peace. The history of rate , regulation in such states as have actually practiced sueh a thing is largely a repetition of such cases as this. When a commission ex ists with means at hand for knowing what lx fair -fd -with authority and disposition to enforce its rulings, the railroads and the shippers accept its ruling: with good grace and law suits are few and far between. 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