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.
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harily att at , ,s rui
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Former Surn-me t.urt Ji.-'i . .j r.
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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.
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" 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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