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PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOLUME LXI NO. 135
ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 5, 1906
STANDABD OIL
RIDICULE THE
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II. II. Rogers and John D.
Archibald Talk.
ALL CHARGES DENIED
Standard Oil Magnates State They
Have Adhered to
Law."
NO PROFIT IN SECRET RATES
Official of tb Standard Oil Deny that
Company Evtr Profited by "Stent
and Unlawful" might
RaUa.
NKv: YORK, May 4-In Mate
ment tonight II. II. Roger ani John I).
Archibald of the Standard Oil Company
ridicule the repot t of Mtmiiionet
Garfield and the wrung of the Presl
dent. Tliry deny tliitt the company ha
nut adhered strictly to the law or that
It has tnken mi mifnir advantage of it's
rvnU in the business, but admit freely
they have taken every advantage of the
freight rates mid mute possible with
in the law. and that pipe line have been
established by the Standard In th fac
of vio'ent oppoiition by the railroad
and they are not in collusion with the
railroad an claimed in the Garfield re
port. Various atatenient in the com
missioner's report are Utken up and
analysed by th gentlemen, who ap
parently huw eonllictions and disercp
encics in the document. It i denied
that the Standard profited by "8orP
and "Unlawful" freight rates and con
clude "The Standard Oil Company ban
been investigated over and over again
at the instigation of if rival and it
always wcleotnea such investigations,
when conilueted in good faith and fair
ly. We are engaged in a large and hon
orable business. We are conducting It
honorably and we sincerely believe in
coin'oimity with the lawa."
PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY.
OAKLAND, May 4. fiovernor Pardee
bns received n dispatch fmm Santa Bonn
staling that the property Iom cused by
the recent earthquake will amount to
$:j,ooo.O(0, It will cost at leant $150,
000 to dear away the wreckage
HUNT MESSIAH
CLAD ONLY IN
THEIR COMPLEXION.
IlKM.lXdllAM. May 4. A
Herald special from Vancouver,
B. C, sny that hundreds of
Doukhoborn are inarching from
t heir settlements Northwest in n
jierfcctly nude condition, nud
necking the Messiah, one of the
periodical wave of religious
monomania having swept the
community. The ; North went
mounted police are making de
termined effort to have them
return to their homos. The suf
fering of the women and chil
dren in the cold night air Is
intense,
REPOR
NAVAL BILL AGAIN.
Home Conildtri Naval Appropriation
Bill and Hears Speeches,
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Tb House
HjM-rit another day In the consideration
of the inval appropriation bill, th
ccche in a large measure being in
support of th bill. Urn ton of Ohio de
livered a scholarly address against what
be termed the needle enlargement of
I lie uav j . contending that the American
nation could well afford to s.'rv notlc
upon other nation-, that it stood for in
Intuitional arhllMOon and the pear of
the world.
ltutler of Pennsylvania and Cs older
of New York, supported the bill, both
agreeing that th measure had les lo
criticise In It than any bill reperUd
from the naval affairs committee of the
house in years. The feature of today's
session wiis the ciose nt tent ion paid by
the house to the reading of the Presi
dent's message on oil transportation
and the generous applause which was
Hconlcd on it's conclusion, The House
will continue the consideration of th
naval bill tomorrow.
REVOLUTION 111
Report That Uprising Has Started
in Cuba.
THE RUMOR IS LATER DENIED
Statement Circulated That Revolution
ary Named Leal Ha Started Up
rising in Santiago Story ia
Regarded as Improbable.
HAVANA, May 4. The Associated
Press is in a position to state that there
ia absolutely no foundation in fact to
the atatement that there are revolution
ary movements In th eastern end of
Cuba or elsewhere in this Republic
There ia complete political quiet. A
dispatch from Santiago aaya there is no
truth in the story that Leal Is at the
head of a revolutionary movement.
Alarming Reports.
JACKSONVILLE, May 4.-The fol
lowing was received from the Times
t'nion Correspondent at Key West:
"Alarming reports nro In circulation
hero of a revolution in the eastern end
of Cuba, under the leadership of Modsto
I,enl. the recent agitator of the cigar
strike 'nst November. Th pilots were
oiderod lo intercept all American war
ships last night and tell them to report
at Key Went. The government wire
less station was working all night to
gel in touch with the ships in the vicin
ity and succeeded In catching the
cruiser Columbia today. The Cuban
consul has wired Havana for the truth
concerning the revolution, but 1ms re
ceived no answer to the inquiry what
ever. It is said Leal had a big strike
at Santiago involving 8000 men. . It is
reported here Hint President Palma has
sought safety at Moro Castle."
Rumors Unverified.
JACKSONVILLE, May 4. Rumors of
the revolution Wk verification and it is
believed there is no truth in them;
Nothing corroborates any of the re
ports. The interception of the Colum
bia was merely to deliver ordors for
tho cruiser to proceed to Hampton
Roads. An investigation fails to trace
tho source of the rumor.
Palma Elected President.
HAVANA. May 4. The Cuban con
gress has canvassed the election returns
And proclaimed Towns Estrada Palma
and Mcndez, President, and Vice-President,
respectively.
POWERFUL CORPORATION TO BE
PROSECUTED FOR CRIMES 1
President Roosevelt in Message (o Congress on Car
field's Report Says Department of Justice
Will Institute Immediate Action.
I HHENSE PROFITS THROUGH UNLAWFUL METHODS
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER GARF IELD TO PRESIDENT DELINIATES
UNFAIR C0MPETETIVE MET HODS EMPLOYED BY STAND
ARD AND UNJUST AND D ISCRIMINATORY SATES
ALLOWED BY RAI LROAD COMPANIES.
WASHINGTON. I. C, May 4.
President Roosevelt today transmit
ted to Congress the report of James K.
Garfield, commissioner of corporations,
giving the results of his investigation of
the subject of transportation and freight
grates in connection with the oil in
dustry. Report Most Important.
In bis message the President express
ed the view that the report is of capital
importance because of the effort now
bring made to secure such enlargement
of the power of the Interstate Com
merce Commis-ion ns will confer upon
tho commission power in some measure
adequate to meet the clearly demon
strated need of the situation. The
facts set forth in the report, he declares,
are for the most part not disputed.
That the Standard Oil Company has
benefitted enormously up almost to the
prewent moment by secret rates, many
of which were clearly unlawful, the
President says the r.port clearly shows,
the benefit thereby secured amounted
to at least three quarters of a million
a year. On thi subject he says
Public Bears Burden.
This three quarters of a million rep
resents the profit that the Standard Oil
Company obtains at the expense of the
railroads, but of course the ultimate re
sult is that it obtains a much larger
profit at the expense of the public. A
very striking result of the investigation
has been thnt shortly after the discovery
of these secret rates by the commis
sioner of corporations, the major part
of them were promptly corrected by the
railroad so thnt most of them have
now been done nwny with. This imme
diate correction, partial or complete, of
the evil of the secret rates, is of course
on the one hand an acknowledgement
that they were wrong and yet were
persevered, in until exposed, and on the
other hand, ft proof of the efficiency of
the work that bus been done by the
bureau of corporations."
Prosecutions Will Be Commenced.
The statement is added that the Do
pnrtmont of Justice will take up the
question of instituting prosecutions in
at least certain of the cases and the
hope Is expressed that Congress will
enact into law, the bill of Senator Knox
to correct the interpretation of the im
munity provision rendered in Judge
Humphrey decision. Continuing, the
President says:
"Rut iu addition to these secret rates
the Standard Oil profits immensely by
open rates, which ave so arranged ns to
give it an overwhelming advantage over
its independent competitor. This is
characteristic, example of the numerous
evils which are inevitable under a
system in which the big shippers and
tho railroad are' left free to crush out
all individual initiative and all power of
Independent action because of the ab
IN THE
sence of adequate and thorough general
governmental control. Exactly similar
conditions obtain in a large part of the
west nd southwest."
Standard Grossly Favored.
It i not possible, he said, to put
.Into figures the exact amount by which
the Standard profits through the gross
favoritism tdtown it by the railways
in connection with the open rates.
"The profit of course comes not mere
ly by the saving in the rate itself as
compared with its competitors, but by
the higher prices it is able to charge
and by the complete control of the
market which it secures, thereby getting
the profit on the whole consumption."
The President calls attention to that
feature of the report regarding the man
ner in which the law is evaded by treat
ing as state commerce, what in reality
is merely a part of interstate commerce.
He says it is clearly shown, "that this
device is employed on the New York
Central Railroad, as well as on many
othed railroads, in such fashion as to
amount to thwarting the purpose of
the law although the forms of the law
may be complied with."
Sugar Trust Favored.
It is unfortunately not true, he says,
.that the Standard Oil Company is the
only corporation which has benefitted
and is benefitting in wholly improper
fashion by an elaborat series of rate
discriminations. The sugar trusts, he
adds, according to the results of the
Investigation now in progress, rarely if
ever, pays the lawful rate for transpor
tation. He declares that in the effort
to prevent the railroads from uniting
for Improper purposes. "We have very
unwisely prohibited them from uniting
for proper purposes; that is, for pur
pose of protecting themselves and the
general public as against the power of
the great corporations."
He favors as an element of competi
tion, putting alcohol used in the nits
on the free list and of keeping the fee
to oil and coal lands of the Indian
tribes or on the public domain In the
government, the lands to be leased only
on such terms and for such periods ns
will enable the government to entirely
control them.
Garfield's Report
To The President
In summarizing his report to Presi
dent Roosevelt Commissioner Gar
field speaks of his personal
to the oil fields and of the
visit
great
.mass of data obtained by him either
personally or through agents of the
Bureau' of Corporations. The prelimi
nary study of thi was transportation,
which enters so largely into the cost of
tlx? finished product and hence a most
iniMirtant factor in competition.
Taking up the subject of the output
of refined oil, Mr. Garfield finds that it
amounts to about twenty-six million
.barrels annually, of which tin- Standard
Oil Company directly and indirectly
controls about twenty-three million and
approximately the same proportion of
the other finished products of petroleum.
Continuing, the report says
Advantages Wrongly Obtained.
The Standard claims that the location
of its refineries and the use of pipe lines
are natural advantage to which it is
justly entitled by reason of the energy
and foresight of it managers. While
in a measure tjiat is true, it mufet not
be forgotten that these advantages
were in part obtained by means of
unfair coinetitiv! method-, after years
of fierce industrial strife.
The development of the pipe line sys
tem by the Standard Companywas the
result of special agreements with rail
road companies. Furthermore, those
socalled natural advantages- have been
and are being greatly increased by dis
criminations in freight rates, both pub
lished and secret, interstate and state,
which give the Standard monopolistic
control in the greater portion of the
country and which so limit competition
(Continued on page 8)
CHARITY NOT ASP
San Francisco Clearing Houst Dis
courages Accepting Aid.
ENOUGH MONEY IS IN SIGHT
Adopts Report Saving Charity Not
Needed in Rebuilding City Finan
cial Help Wanted Only on
Business Principles.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 The clear
ing house today received the report of
it's executive committee, which was
adopted. A portion reads as follows:
"The committee feels that the best in
terests, as such, do not need charity to
aid them in rebuilding the city. With
$150,000,000 or more to be received from
the insurance companies, and the banks
.strong and in a solvent condition, boun
tiful harvests promised in the State and
the freneral underlying business sound,
1 ...
1 any other financial help should be look
ed for only on strictly business prin
ciples. In other words since the insur
ance indemnity will largely replace the
destroyed buildings as well as stocks
of merchandise and our banks are able
to meet the general commercial re
quirements, individuals or institutions,
who may come to find it necessary or
expedient to apply to outside sources
for lonns should do so on the usual basis
of good security. We cannot rebuild
in a dav. We shall shortly have move
money than ftin be immediately used,
so it seems premature to assume that
our resources will prove inadequate and
especially that the occasion demands
the introduction of undermethods of
finance, which may be found illegal or
otherwise impracticable."
CONFIDENCE IS STRONG.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-The local
syndicate which own the Lick House
site on Montgomery street, between
Post and Sutter, have been offered
$750,000 more than they paid for the
lot and hotel building about two years
ago and have declined to sell. This
otTci is a strong indication of the
strength of down town realty values
and shows that owners of property
down town have every confidence in the
early rehabilitation of San Francisco.
TOILS
MANY
CARRIED
; FROM CITY
Southern Pacific Takes
300,000 Refugees. -
MOST WILL RETURN
San Francisco Will Not Lose Per
manently By Great
Exodus.
VERY FEW LEAVE THE STATE
Official Figures Show But 7684 Refugees
Have Gone to Other States
Free Transportation Value is
$45&oo. I
CHICAGO, May 4. According to th
official figures of the Southern Pacific,
during the exodus from San Francisco
it carried 300,000 free passengers, in th
nine days from April 18th. Of ties
&,00Q were carried to interior Cali
fornia points; 7684 to other states, and
226,000 to suburban points around San
Francisco bay. The value of the free
transportations amounted to $456,000.
The figures on the free transportation
from Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Sacramento,
Stockton, and other points, are not yet
compiled. The inbound local train has
carried many people back to the city
in the last few days and a vast number
will return soon. During the nine days,
185,000 have paid their way out of the
city. Of this number 50,000 went fur
thed than the adjoining counties and
most of these were traveling on regu
lar business. The railroad officials judge
San Francisco has lost permanently only
a very slight percentage of her popula
tion. Thousands Are Fed.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. General
Greely reported to the citizens' finance
committee that 200,000 rations were is
sued yesterday. It is thought however
this number is excessive and another
count will be made. The reported sup
plies on hand are: One million rations
of flour converted into bread today;
sugar, 930,000 rations; eoffVe, 600,000;
rice, 800,000; potatoes, 1,400,000; beans
500,000. This amount of food will be
gone in ten days unless there is a de
crease in the number of persons in need
of relief.
CITY OFFICIALS
TAKING CHARGE
OF AFFAIRS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.
With the increasing number of
daily dismissals of it's sub
committees, the general munici
pal committee will doubtless
pass from existence, and the
direction of the affairs of the
city will be restored to the regu
lar constituted officials, only the
committee on reconstruction and
the finance committee being per
petuated. The State militia is
being gradually withdrawn and
regular soldiers not engaged in
assisting in the relief work are
doing simple patrol duty.