THE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND," SATURDAY v EVENING, AUGUST Si MOT.
IDA TARBELL GLOATS OVER GREAT
FINE ASSESSED AGAINST STANDARD
Womaft Muckraker Declared
Day; of.. Monopoly Is
. ' Rapidly Passing.
MUST CONFORM WITH
LAW OR GO TO WALL
Doe Not Take Credit for Judge
Landis' Action, Dot Says It Is the
Culmination of Thirty-Five Years
of Warfare.
IkMd
"Thi flay of the Standard OH com
. pan? In its old form la over. It must
either conform now to Justice and air
dealing or It will fall utterly. I don't
mean that Ita day la over thla year or
wlU be over next year, but It la aa aurely
ndad aa right la right
Idea Ida Tarbell in an Interview
the New York World thua
her aatlafactlon at the as
Cessment of the $29,000,000 fine on the
Trust by Judge Landis. Mlaa Tar-
. bell la regarded aa the greateat au
thority on the workings of the oil truat.
Her "Hiatory of Ue Standard Oil
Company" flrat brought home to the
feneral publlo a realization of the
ruat'a far-reaching operatlona and their
true significance.
Tina za Climax.
Credit for the tremendous fine aa a
culmination of her labor la not how
aver, taken by Mlsa Tarbell. She re
gards It rather aa the climax of a war
. fare extending over 16 yeara.
"After ii years of auch practices aa
the Standard OH company haa been
found guilty of," aaid Mlaa Tarbell, "it
la antirely Just that, after conviction,
tha maximum punishment should be
Imposed. I am only sorry that the pun
ishment cannot be something more than
a fine.
- "What I have done haa been for the
sake of the nubile. It la not that
have been vindictive, aa many peopl
seem to believe, on the contrary.
have a tremendous admiration for th
Standard Oil company and for many of
tha men In It. In one way they have
dona a great public service, but they
have wiped out any possibility of gratl
' tuda from the public for these aervlcea
py aneir Illegal methods or operation
in connection, with their good wore.
Ita Tears of Brll Fractions.
"If the offenses of which they have
Just been found guilty were their first.
we miaht sav that the rine was exces
slva and be doubtful about the wisdom
of Imposing It. But It is only the last
offense we know of In 35 years. It
was Just J5 years ago that the United
States government had to Investigate
the Standard Oil company for Its illegal
contracts with the railroads. The state
of Pennsylvania arose in what waa al
most a revolution against the Standard's
practices. Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York In the seventies paaaed laws to
try to stop tha trust's drawbacks and
"rebates which It was receiving.
"It was very largely the rebating of
the standard Oil company tnat led to
MISS TARBELL ON THE OIL
TRUST AND MR. ROCKEFELLER
'The men In the Standard Oil company utterly lack the col
lective sense. It Is individualism gone mad reduced to an ab
surdity." "The public has for 35 years been trying to make the Stand
ard play, fair. It has given the trust repeated warnings, but
every time the trust has snapped its fingers and gone on in the
same old way."
"The Standard Oil men are not only Insolent, they are stupid
as well, and show that they entirely misunderstand the power of
public opinion and the genuineness of the public's sense of ''fair
play."
"They have no pride in the quality of their product, but al
ways give as poor a grade as they can work off on the public."
"Mr. Rockefeller never has taken any public verdict against
himself very seriously. His comment on Judge Landls's decision
is characteristic."
"I hope Ure fine will be collected, but I think with Mr.
Rockefeller that it will be some time before it is paid. If it Is
collected, the public will pay it the publlo always pays under
present conditions."
the passage of the interstate commerce
act In 1(87. In Ohio the Standard vio
lated the lawa until the state ordered
It to be disbanded.
looking la Deoeacy,
"I do not believe that there la a sin
gle year In the whole 35 In which some
state or trie united states haa not had
some suit on against the trust, and In
the last 16 years a dosen states have
been trying to pass laws to force It to
.decency and fairness.
"The difficulty with the men In the
Standard Oil company seems to be that
they have no sense that the public haa
any part In the conduct of corporattona.
7 'hey utterly lack the collective sense,
t la individualism gone mad reduced
to an absurdity.
'It la rather Interesting to notice
that they put out now the same sort of
aggrieved message to the public that
they have always given out when they
have been caught breaking laws. They
always point to the great number of
men they employ, to the large amount
of money which they bring Into the
.country, and to the immense sums
ntry,
it in
pent in various charitable and educa- tlon. They have a spy system which
tfonal undertakings, with the Inference 1 they apply to shipments of Independents
that It is impossible for auch good men
to be guilty of auch offenses as those
with which they are charged.
"It seems never to occur to them that
this Is something the publlo can see
through, and that nobody would sympa
thise with them when they complain,
even if they were not guilty.
Connlvanoe With Kailroads.
"I have not examined carefully th
teatlmony in this case of tha, Chicago
& Alton railroad, but It haa been a well
known fact that for a good many yeara
mere nas oeen a constant aiscrimina
tlon by the railroads in favor of th
Standard Oil company's refinery
Whiting, Indiana That refinery sup
plies the west and a good deal of the
southern territory. There are no inde
pendent refineries In or near Cnlcaco.
rhe nearest independent refining centei
of any consequence is Cleveland, Ohio.
"Now. It haa been doI n ted out repeat
edly in the last six or seven years that
me Bianaara was able to snip rrom
Whiting at much lower rates than the
independents oould ship from Cleveland,
the distances being the same. Of
course, thla could only have been dona
through eome sort of connivance with
the freight agents.
"I have no doubt that all these facts
were taken into consideration by Judge
Landis. If the Standard had been ship
ping oil over the Chicago A Alton with
out having an advantage over competi
tors. It is the first time In 85 vears
that It has shipped cil without havlna
an advantage.
Forced to Flay Fair.
'The point is that the publlo for 35
ears has been trying to make the
tandard Oil companv Dlav fair. It has
given the trust repeated warnings In the
way or puouc uprisinas. tne nassaae or
laws ana adverse decisions. But every
time the trust has snapped its fingers
ino gone on in me same old way.
"It Is a sort of insolence which
eople would be very supine to tolerate
ndeflnttelv. It Is being demonstrated
clearly that tne American people do not
ropose to endure it any longer. The
tandard OU men are not onlT insolent.
but they are stupid as well, and show
that they entirely misunderstand the
powers of public opinion and the genu-
neness or tne puduo a sense or fair
fney nave had everv chance to read
just their business and conduct It as
gentlemen should, and all thev have
ever done, after a publlo explosion. Is
to readjust It so thev could carrv on
rneir same old practices in a new way.
Despicable 0py System.
"It la not merely taking Illegal rates
the misdemeanor of which they were
convicted in Chicago that the publlo
has against them. Their methods of
competition are perfectly well known In
aris or tne oountry. mere are
reds of towns in which their citi
zens have seen these methods In opera
tion. They have a spy system which
which would do credit to the robber
barons of the middle ages.
"They have no pride In the quality
of their product, but always give aa
poor a grade aa they can work off on
the public. The oil aold In the south
west at high prices Is of the very poor-
uf niialll u m it im vrvh,r, thftt
the publlo haa not been educated up to
the hlaher rradea.
"Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith
charges them with persistently under
weighing and undermeasurlng. That Is
one of the oldest charges made against
the Standard, but it haa been one very
difficult to prove, and I hope that com
mlssloner Smith will be able to show
good evidence on this point.
Sookefeller's Boasts.
"Mr. Rockefeller never has taken any
publlo verdict against nimseir very se
riously. Hla comment on Judge Xan-
dls' decision that the Judge would be
dead a good many years before the fine
was paid is characteristic of him. He
always shows the same confidence that
he will be able to prove fclmaelf stronger
than the government
"I hope the fine will be collected, Dut
I think, with Mr. Rockefeller, that it
will be some time before It will be paid.
If It is collected, the public will pajTlt
-the public always paya unoer present
conditions.
"It is not that I do not believe that
we are eventually going to bring tne
Standard Oil company down to doing
strictly legal business. I believe we
are, but it Is going to take a good
many yeara yet of hard righting.
JUmedy XJes in Transportation.
'It Is a transDortatlon Question.
Transportati n la c public function. If
we keen on vigorously as we have begun
In dealing with the transportation ques
tion, we rnall get It to a point where
every shipper will have a fair show
where the Standard will have no advan
tage, either by means of favor from
the railroads or by its pipe-line sys
tem over any shlpoer, big or little.
I believe tms can be accomplished
by a vigorous enforcement of the laws
that we now have, provided these laws
are extended to cover tne pipe lines.
which will have to be put in the same
class with the railroads as common
carriers. When once all shippers are
on an equal rooting tne independents
will have a chance to form their own
eomblnattoas. and we would then natti
rally see many different combinations
In the oil business, ns there are In
ther businesses, and that, of course, la
the thing to be desired.
Tne collection r a fine such aa has
been Imposed would be a rebuke at
tended by great odium, but It is too
much to expect that this odium will
reach Mr. Rockefeller. I really believe
that he is convinced or his own right
eousness. He really has what he wants,
and that Is money. I suppose a man
who has no collective sense, no feel
ings for the rights of the mass, must
feel pretty well deadened to the con
tempt of the mass. But I think he Is
altogether the exception: most of the
JKlS? ,me.n. Ptty human fellows.
uuui nice to oa despised.
BoekefeUer a Faaatio.
f.r rockefeller la a fanatic. Hla
great strength Ilea In hla power to con
centrate everything on one result and
ii. ? "V1 witnout tne least deviation.
u been doing that from tha first,
? i ti nvp nM erown morally or so
cially. They bad such men In the mid
?'. but there are not many of
them nnmr m A a xim J
"I suppose some people think I am
vloious toward the Standard Oil com-
vmij, uul it nnt rmia t
only an lnterestlna Question of tha
rla v
. v ..1 men nave thought they
1M "V thmir auccesa, but
would
aw.
tn con t In ti a nr nt am w,.n. r
n.Jb"Jr.rulLof 'nJutce Is never
permanent The Standard OU companv
m.rkKi.1 1b1e"v.one of the most re
thla adige" ' of th truth ot
IIElllilSI
OF
COMING WEEK
GREAT INCREASE
111 COMPLAINTS
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Kept Busy With
Tales of Discrimination.
MUCH FAULT FOUND
WITH RAILROAD LINES
Prince Wilhelm Will Pay
President Roosevelt Visit
at Oyster Bay.
(Joornai Special Berries.)
Washington. D. C, Aug. U. The
meeting of the American Bar associa
tion will attract many lawyers and
Jurists of note to Portland, Maine, next
week. The sessions will begin Monday
and continue three days. Judge Alton
B. Parker and Ambassador James Bryce
will be the principal speakers. The con
vention Will be fnllownri hv th.
of the International Law atanrlatlnn
beginning its sessions Thursday.
Prince Wllhplm of NwaHon will A
Monday in Boston
visit President Roosevelt at Ovster Bay
He will then proceed to New York for a
visn vi several' days.
An International congress of anar-
cnisis is scneauled to be held at Am
sterdam during the week to promote the
attainment of anarchism among all civ
ilised nations.
After a week or more of preliminary
events and practice work, the cham
pionship matches of the National Rifle
association will take place Monday and
Tuesday at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Karl Grey will open the twenty-ninth
annual Canadian exhibition at Toronto
next Tuesday afternoon.
Secretary Taft will continue his trip
to the Pacific coast speaking during the
week at several points in Mlssourf and
Colorado.
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis
second In command in the Atlantic
fleet, will be placed on the retired list
Wednesday by oneratlnn nf tha
limit.
The senators and representatives who
have been touring Europe this summer
Investigating the Immigration problem
will complete their work and sail tnr
home Thursday.
The international peace conference at
The Hague is nearlng the end of Its de
liberations and it Is Drobable that tha
final Bitting will be held next Saturday.
Argument and Time Roqnlrrd on
Each Complaint Members to
Work Day and Xlgbt to Dispose
of Accumulated Case.
(Wsihlngton Bo run of Tile Jooroil.)
Washington, Aug. 2i. "What Is to be
the end of this Increase In cases filed
before the interstate commerce com
mission?" asked an official of that body
today of a group of newspaper corre
spondents. "At the present time we are
receiving formal complaints at the rate
of five a day, which means 1,800 a year.
Four years ago the commission received
11 complaints during the twelvemonth."
Oeneral discussion followed, and by
turning to the records, the official as
certained that during the fiscal year
ended June SO, 1907, about 650 cases
came before the commission. Of these,
230 were disposed of without the con
sumption of much time, yet they re
quired some attention and added Im
mensely to the work of the seven mem
bers. The remaining S20 cases required reg
ular hearings, the taking of testimony,
the filing of briefs whlah had to be
read the presentation of oral argu
ments and tne mature deliberation nec
essary to the handing down of opinions
which would stand the test of the courts
and suit the exigencies of the situation.
It la to Work Day and Wight.
Some of these caaes required two
weeks' aggregate time, counting every
working day for that period. The Har
rlman rase alone filled 15.000 pagea of
typewritten testimony, S.000 pages of
exhibits and a vast quantity of addi
tional matter, which if printed In or
dinary type in ordinary sized volumes
would nave made a set of probably 25,
000 pages of books.
In numbers of cases the commission
must sit In consultation for days, de
bating the law points and weighing the
no a
II ',1 ,
let the clddica J3j
know you hiwc JJ
Gu.Qcn CEaso.
at the Dresent ratio
Increase of cases the 650 of last year
testimony. Ar
of
DISTINGUISHED
WILL DISCUSS LAWS
American Bar Association
Will Hold Session at
Portland, Maine.
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mind and Judicial temperament.
These men form the advance guard of
me aistinguisnea company tnat will at
tend the thirtieth annual meeting of the
American Bar association in this city
auring me coming wee a. to judge from
the number of members already here the
attendance win oe as large tr not larger
man at any previous meeting or tne association.
TV, (Kmv.ntli nrdl Ka tvmnA I nit..
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hall Monday morning with the address
of the president. Alton B. Parker, of
New York. Judge Parker, following the
usual custom, will communicate, to the
association the most noteworthy
changes In statute law on points of
general Interest, made in the several
states and by congress during the past
year.
Monday evening there will be naners
oy tjnaries a. rrouiy or tne interstate
commerce commission on a Depart
ment of Railways; Its Legal Necessity,"
and by Charles F. Amldon, United
States district Judge for the district of
North Dakota, on the subject of "The
Nation and the Conatitutlon."
The second day of the convention will
ba devoted wholly to the reports of the
standing committees. Ambassador
Bryce is to deliver the annual address
before the association on Wednesday,
taking as his subject "The Influence of
National Character and Historical En
vironment in the Development ef the
Common Law."
BRIDGE DILEMMA
AT SALEM REMAINS
(Special Dlspttek to The JonraiL)
Salem, Or.. Aug. 24. The Portland
Oeneral Electric company, which owns
the street railways in Salem, has laid
its tracks close to the bridge on the
road leading from the city to the state
fair grounds and has all material on the
spot ready to extend them across as
soon as an agreement is reacnea De
tween the contractors and the city coun
cil. This agreement now seems as far
off as ever, but nuniic sentiment is ;;o
strong In demanding a settlement that
It Is hardlv DosslMe t:iat one will not
be effected in time to carry the crowds
that will be in Jhe city during the week
or tne rair. 'ine contractors realise
that now or never Is the time to ob
tain favorable terms from the city and
are apparently taking full advantage of
the . situation.
On the other hand, several council
men who are In favor of yielding the
greater -part of the city a claims declare
mat lr tne matter is ien ' nsemea
until after the fair they will be In
favor of litigation to obtain the whole
amount of the reduction claimed by the
City. The people are aoout equally di
vided on the question, but the delaying
of the opening of the road until after
the fair seems under the circumstances
very unllkelv.
IT IS HARD TO KEEP
HELP IN THRESHING
(Special Plipateh to The Jonnitl.)
Albany, Or., Aug. X4. Operators Of
threshing machines are experiencing
great difficulty in keeping sufficient
nelp to run their machines. The fall
grain has been threshed and the run
on the spring grain will begin imme
diately. This can easily be run out in
a few days, provided the crews for the
machines can be held together. The
demand for men in the hop fields and
the good wares being offered for pick
era In the prune orchards makes .f ex
tremely difficult to keep crewa together
to ilnlBh me-JJireahlnff of tha erraln
will be multiplied by three
"If anyone thinks the Interstate com
merce commission's members are en
joying a sinecure," the official said, "let
him ponder these figures and put him
self In their place. The members work
practically night and day and even have
to carry with them on their summer
vacations masses of matter over which
to go when they should be recruiting
strength to tackle these oncoming 1,600
to 1.6UU caaes of the ensuing year,
nana to XUghten Labor raiL
"The commissioners have studied the
situation with great care and endeav
ored to work out some plan which would
lighten their labors and provide ade
quate means to handle the business.
They considered establishing branch of
fices at various cities much Ilka the
local land offices of the general land
office. In the nope that a considerable
portion of the commission's business
would be settled there without the head
quarters having to bother with It, ex-,
cpt on appeal casea It was decided
mat suen a plan waa Impracticable.
"Other plans were broached but all
were turned down as not feasible. The
fact la, the commission is staggered at
the Immensity of the volume of busi
ness premised for the Immediate fu
ture and doesn't know exactly what it
is going to do with It.
Means More Men and Meaas.
"This must not be Interpreted as a
hint that the commission or anyone con
nected with It desires to discourage
the growth of the commission's busi
ness. It is recognlted here that even
under existing laws there must be an
enormous Increase and that additions to
the laws' provisions probably next win
ter will augment the labors tremen
dously, and that such augmentation Is
right. The problem of Interstate trans
portation must be solved and abuses
must be corrected. Rates must be
equalised, discriminations must be done
away and with the purposes of the correc
tive movement now so powerful must
be carried out.
"But In view of the prospects for
augmentation or business, the govern
ment must provide for a larger force
and more spacious quarters, for present
provisions are simply Inadequate.
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Moral and Refining Influences to Be
Thrown Around Workers la
Great Yards of Valley.
(Special DUpateh to T1i JVmrnaL)
Salem, Or., Aug. 24. A letter has
been received by the library commis
sion from the secretary of the Portland
T. W. C. A. asking for the loan of one
f the state traveling libraries for use
on the Krebb bopyards, near Independ
ence, during the picking this year. The
Portland institution will have almost
entire charge of the picking on this
yard this year, and it Is hoped that it
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will be able to prevent tha Scandals
which usually arise over the housing
and accommodation of the workers.
Several Crimea were committed In the
hopyarda of that vicinity laat year, so
the experiment will be looked upon wtlh
Interest.
Five hundred women and children will
be employed on the Krebb Bros.' yards
alone. The T. W. C A. will have
charge of the women's quarters and of
the eatlng-housea. They will also con
duct a reading-room, writing-room and
gospel tent, and will attempt te
inge the surroundings of the pickers
from tha harmful Influences which
have bean the rule In former years to
conditions under whioh they will leave
with higher Ideals of life than they
had on their arrival at the camp.
The picking will begin at an early
date and tha library commission is ar
ranging to comply with the request at
once.
Oriental Excursion
Personally eonducted, will tears Beat
tle September 1. for a 7 0-day a' tour
through Japan and China. A month will
be spent In Japan visiting en routs the
Toklo Industrial exposition.
Rate 1800. which will cover all expen
ses. For particulars call or address W.
W. King. Oriental Tours, 14 Downs
building, or agent Canadian Paolfla
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