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jjj - J Vol. XIX.-No. 3 CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY $a90(j. . B.F. IRVTNB Editor and Proprleto.- nn mi mi nn iih nn nta nn un mi na- DOES IT PAY TO INVESTIGATE? lUUUUlUUIiUJUJUiUiUiUR STANDARD OIL CRIMES PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS WHAT COMMISSIONER GARFIELD FOUND. f When you want anything in the line of Clothing, come and see our line, get prices. TWe balance our quality and prices defy competition. Our clothing sales has made big strides in the past few years and this has justified a big increase in our buying. jNever before has our store received such a big ship ment as this spring we have clothing Nob by clothing for sale. Investigate. 1 X fi. HARMS. i Corvallis, Oregon ! Great Line Mens Fine Shoes. He Tells How the Monopoly Crush ed Competition-President Advises Congress to Straighten Immunity Law bo That Magnates Can tot Eecape Punishment Prosecution to Follow. Portland, May 4 Portland Jour nal: President Roosevelt, in his message accompanying Commission er of Corporations Garfield's report on the investigation of the Stand ard Oil Oompany, makes the fol lowing recommendations: ' Inasmuch aa the Standard Oil Company is aiding in maintaining its monopoly of the oil business through the refusal of the New England and Western and South western railroads to pro-rate, and as this advantage is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, the president suggests various meth ods of relief, among them: First Thai oil be placed, on the free list, as was done with alcohol in the arts. Second Tbat the railroads be placed undergovernmen regula tion, to prevent rebates. Third That the remaining oil lands of the country be carefully protected. The president criticised the trunk lines serving New York City as to their relations to the Standard Oil and the Sugar trust. minti nn nn- nu -tin Illl III II Cbas .No Prizes go with our e l Sanborn High Grade COFFEE In fact nothing: goes with our coffee but cream, sugar and SATISFACTION P. M. ZIEROLF. sole agent for Chase & Sanborn Higb Grade COFFEE New Sporting Goods Store. A new and complete line consisting of Bicycles, Guns, Ammunition. Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Supplies, Knives, Razors, Hammocks. Bicycle Saundries In fsct anything the sportsman need can be found at my store. Bicycles and Guns for rent. General Repair Shop. All Work Guaranteed. i M. M. LONG'S Ind. Phone 126. Corvallis, Oregon. r HOME-SEEKERS If you are looking for some real good bargains m Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write forour special list, or come and see us. We take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wishj also showing you over the country. v. AMBLERS WAITERS Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon. - Washington, D. C , May 4. As tounding revelations regarding the methods of the Standard Oil Com pany aDd its railroad allies were made today bv President Roosevelt in his special message to congress in which be sent out the report of Commissioner of Corporations Har ry A. Garfield. Io the repoit or ganized capital is relentlessly pillo ried. The work of independent in vestigators during recent years is completely overshadowed. The "Muck Rakerfa" must now bow to the fearless eon of tbe martyred president. G trfield's report -convicts the oil trus. of flagrant and persistent violation of the law and accuses Standard Oil officials of deliberate ly lying to conceal the transaction of their company. Garfield states that at tbe begin ning of tbe investigation started by him last epring, trust officials stat ed tbat tbe Standard Oil company had not obtained and was not then obtaining secret rebates, when it wasreceivicg the rebat s without ap parent tear ot prosecution. . Garfield proceeds to show that tbe comwany habitually received and and is Btill receiving secret re- Dates ana cites case arter case in proof of bis assertion. In every section of the country the Standard Oil company has profited by the numerous and fligrant discrimina tions by railroads in behalf of the Standard Oil and affiliated corpora tions. Jiixcept tor a few large con cerns in California the Si&ndard has been the sole beneficiary of such discrimination. In this connection the commis sioner refers to the discrimination practiced by the Southern Pacifi j railroad, which, he says, showed favoritism in the allotment of cars among shippers, creating one of the principal grievances of California oil producers. Garfield says: "The investigation has shown clearly one glaring defect of inter state commerce law namely, the method of filing and publishing tariffs. As long as tbe state rate is not forced to bf made public all manner of devices to evade tbe pur pose of tb.3 law are po?sible. All state rates uBed in connection with interstate shipments should be filed with tbe commission and a radical I change made in the direction of sim plifying the tariff. The department of justice is already planning steps toward the i prosecutions based on Garfield's re port. A New York dispatch states that when the president's message con taining Garfield's report was re ceived in that city M. F. Elliott, general counsel, unqualifiedly de nied all the charges and said: "It is difficult to comment hurri edly with due restraint on the as- tonihiogpprt of Garfield and the ims -age of tbe president. Tbe re port is absolutely unfsir and urjjust." One of the mo:-t significant fea tures of t report is that when the attention jf the railroads was called to certain;-specifie instances of re bating disppvered by Gufield, they discontinued the practice, thereby acknowledging tbeir guilt. As the preeidentrSays in his message, the results already accomplished by the trnth and ajprtial correction of the evils complained of is proof of the efficient work done by tbe bureau of corporations. - ' The presideut uses Garfleld'd re port as a text . for certain recom mendations besides those which he will make in connection with the railroad rate bill. He would have congress correct tbe immunity law, so that officials of offending corpo rations cannot escape prosecution; he urges tbe passage of a free alco hol bill, which would ' put another spoke in tbe Standard Oil wheel and would prevent the exploitation of coal and oil lands by the trust. In his letter of transmittal the president sties tbat the attorney general in investigating shipments bv tbe sugar trust over lines from New York discovered that tbe trust eeldom pays a lawful rate, being favored at the expense of competi tors and the general public. He deals with one argument of the op ponents in these words: "Argument is sometimes advanc ed against conferring npon a gov ernmental body the power of super vision and control over the inter state commerce because it tends to weaken 'the individual initiative. Investigation such as this conclu sively disproves" such allegation. Oo tbe contrary proper play for in dividual initiative can, only be se cured by such governmental super vision as will curbthose monopolies which crnsh out alt individual ini tiative. ' . Garfield states that the Output of kerosene in America is 26,000,000 barrels annually, of which the Standard controls about 23,000,000. It controls approximately the same proportion of other products of-f e troleuoa. He Eays the price of oil is usuelly from 2 to 5 cents higher a gallon in noncompetitive than in competitive fields. A reasonable profit upon refined oil is about 1 cent a gallon. "It is clear tbat exorbitant profits are obtained in . noncompstitive fields. Monopolistic control extends from tbe well of the producer to tbe doorstep of the consumer." Regard ing railroads be says: "Tbe Standard has habitually received and is now receiving eecret rates and other unjust and illegal discriminations." Discriminations take these forms: Secret and semi-secret rates. ' In open arrangement of rates. In classification and rules of ship ment. Id treatment of private tank cars. bacret rates apply often on rates within siDgle states. Secret rates are concealed by blind Dining, w nereby rates are net on freight bill, but are collected from central office and concealed from local agent. Largest number of secret ratis and rebates in California, more than 80 being discovered there. Multitude of discriminations pos pible in local rates on less than car load lots. Standard Oil has had important voice in construction of open rates to give it unfair advantage. O i Pacific Coast all refineries re catve 6 10 cents per mile on loaded and empty cars Similar discrimination is practiced on transcontinental railroads in Northwest. Interstate and state rates are so combined as to favor Standard Standard Oil, through pipe lines and oil steamers, is competitor of railroads, and natural policy of rail roads would bs to favor small re finers. The polisy has been pur sued regarding other freight, but reversed regarding oil. Standard Oil denies receiving dis crimination, but facts show it di rectly gained $75o,ooo in 1904 by this meaus and vastly more indi rectly. Dafects in interstate law regarding filing and publication of tariffs en able railroads to make secret rates. 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Oregon Jour nal: Millionaire bankers and tim ber kings of Michigan and Minne sota, prominent business men and lawyers of Crook and Linn counties, Oregon, several well-known resi dents of Portland, a former special agent of the interior department a former United States commission er, an ex-county judge of Crook county, and a number of timber lo cators are defendants in an indict ment returned yesterday afternoon by the federal grand jury charging huge frauds in the acquisition of valuable timber lands in this state. Nine hundred square relies of timber land in Croofc, Klamath aod Lake counties, roughly estimated to be worth over $8,U00,00o, are al leged to have been secured by the principal defendants, in direct vio lation ot law. Hundreds of persons were procured by their agents to take up claims which were subse quently conveyed to tbe eastern bankers, and it is charged tbat the proceedings were tainted with per jury and fraud. The crime against all the defendants is conspiracy to defraud the government of its pub lic lands. Letters from United States Sena tor Fulton' and Congressman Wil liamson to tbe commissioner of the general land office, urging that pat ents be issued on toe-- fraudulent claims, form a sansatioDal of the indictment. F. W. Gilchrist, a millionaire banker of Alpena, Michigan, Ralph E. Gilchrist, his son, a Yale gradu ate, who won distinction in loilege athletics, Patrick Culligan and Jas. G. Macpbersoo, wealthy ci;izen of Alpena and large owners of western timber lands, andHercai W. Stone, cashier of the Swift county bank at Benson, Minnesota, appear in tbe indictment as the chief beneficiaries, of tbe frauds, and it was in tbeir interest that other defendants in tbe case procured the fraudulent entries on over 200,000 acres of some of the most valuable yellow pine timber land in Oregon. Almond C. Palmer and H. Judd Palmer, attorneys of Portland, Benjamin F. Allen, a retired capit alist, at present residing at 236 Thirteenth street, but formerly a resident cf Prineville, and Ed N. White, a saloon keeper at Eitventh and Morrison streets, are Portland's contribution to t he list of defendants. The Palmer brothers were iormerly partners in Prineville, where A. C. Palmer was United Stat'S commis sioner. Many of the fraudulent proofs of entry were taken before him. Edmund Dorgan, Francis J. De vine and John Joseph Collins, in the timber locating business at Al bany, under tbe firm name of E. Dorgan & Co., were the active in struments of the eastern capitalists in gathering in the great block of timber, 3o miles square, at tha headquarters of the D.;tChutes riv er. Collins ia now languisbicg be hind the bars of tbe Multnomah county jail, because of his refussl to produce before ihe grand jury the books of E. Dorgan & Co., showing tbe firm's operations. His refusal was on the ground tbat the production of the books would in crimuate himself. Among the Prineville men who are included in tbe list of defend ants are Charles M. Elkins, mer chant; John Combs, who has played a prominent part in republican pol itics; Donald F. Steffa, editor of the Crcok County Journal, and M. E. Brink, former county judge of Crook county. Malcolm McAlpin, merchant, and Thomas H. Watkins, managing cruiser for Dorgan & Co., are the Albany defendants. J. W. Hopkins an attorney at Vancouver, Wash ington, aud W. W. Brown of Seattle also an attorney, were caught in the government's dragnet and are among the indicted. C. A. M formerly a special agent of the inte rior department, completes the list of the accused. " When suspicions arose three years ago as to the legality of the entries. Schlierholz was directed to investi gate them. ActiDg in corrupt col lusion, it is charged, with the other members of tbe huge conspiracy, he repeatedly reported to thegeueaal land office that the entries were regular and that patents should issue. San Francisco, May 5. The most severe earthquake shock felt here bince the main shock on April 18 occurred tbia morning at 10.30 o' clock, causing considerable dam age. The interior wails of the Hall of Justice tumbled and the wall of the Mutual Life building fell. Workmen in many places were en dangered by the falling bricks, but no casualties are reported. Minor shocks are so frequent that they at tract no more than a pissing inter est. . ' Tbe shock was felt to a consider able extent in Oakland and Berke ley. In the rubber factory located at Twenty-second street and Broad way, Oakland, the building was so badly shaken as to almost stam pede the employes. In many cases panics occurred among shoppers. Two ladies hav ing their feet fitted for shoes rushed into Broadway, in Oakland, Block ing footed and refused to reenter the building. The clerk was obliged to carry tbeir shoes out to them. m m Corvallis & Eastern RAILROAD TIME CARD 31 No 2 fcr Yaquina Leaves Albany 12:45 p. m. Leaves Corvallis 1:45 p. in Arrives Yaquina 6:00 p. m No I Returning Leaves Yaquina 6.45 a. m Leaves Corvallis 11:30 a. m Arrives Albany 12:15 p. ni No 3 for Albany-Detroit avessAlhanv for Detroit . . 7-o a featttreT Arrive Detroit??; ..... . . ... . ,i2.io d, iso 4 irom Detroit ..Leaves Detroit 1:00 p. m Arrive Albany 6;oo p. m No 5 for Albany . Leaves Corvallis '. 6:30 a. in Arrive Albany 7:ioa. m No 8 for Corvallis Leaves Albany 7:55 a. m Arrives Corvallis 8 :3d a. m No 7 for A lbany Leaves Corvallis 6:00 p. m Arrive Albany 6:40 p. in No 6 for Corvallis Leaves Albany 7:35 p. m Arrives Corvallis. 8:15 p. ui No 9 for Albany Leaves Ccrvallis 12:40 p. m Arrives Albany 1:25 p.m. No 10 for Corvallis Leaves Albany 2:30 p. m Arrive Corvallis 3:10 p. m No 11 for Albany, Sunday only Leave Corvallis 11:30 a. m Arrive Albany 12:15 a. in- No 12 for Corvallis, Sunday only Leaves Albany 12:45 p. m Arrives Corvallis 1 :32 p. m Train 1 arrives in Albany in time to connect with S. 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