Watson's Weekly Jeffersonian, 1907-08-15

STANDARD FACES POSSIBLE FINES OF $114,760,000. Washington, Aug. 8. - Indictments against the Standard Oil Company and its subsidiary corporations for practising discrimination and accept* ing and receiving rebates from com common - mon common carriers have been found as fol follows - lows follows : Western District of New York: Against Standard Oil Company, one indictment charging practice of discrimination, 123 counts, returned Aug. 10, 1906; against Vacuum Oil Company, practicing discriminations, 23 counts, returned Aug. 10,. 1906; against Standard Oil Company, ac accepting - cepting accepting concessions from published rate on oil, 23 counts, returned Aug. 24, 1006. Western District of Louisiana: Against Waters-Pierce Oil Com Company, - pany, Company, for acepting rebates, returned Jan. 28, 19(57, 32 counts. Eastern District of Missouri: Against Waters-Pierce Oil Com Company, - pany, Company, one indictment charging ac acceptance - ceptance acceptance of rebates, 76 counts, re returned - turned returned Nov. 28, 1906. Western District of Tennessee: Against Standard Oil Company, one indictment, charging receiving and accepting rebates, 1,524 counts, returned Oct. 16, 1906. Northern District of Illinois: Against Standard Oil Company of Indiana, 10 indictments, 6,399 counts, charging acceptance of rebates, re returned - turned returned in Aug. 1906. Trial of the Standard on indict indictment - ment indictment charging acceptance of rebates from the Chicago and Alton Railway resulted in a verdict of guilty and imposition of a fine of $29,240,000 by Judge Landis. The verdict of guilty was as to 1,462 counts. There weye x 1,562 counts, but 100 of them were either quashed or the jury was not able to return a verdict of guilty. Indictments against railroads for giving rebates or otherwise discrimi discriminating - nating discriminating in favor of the Standard: Western District of New York - New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, one indictment, charging giving of rebate%and concessions, re returned - turned returned Aiig. 10, 1906; company found guilty and fined $15,000. Pennsyl Pennsylvania - vania Pennsylvania Railroad, one indictment, charg charging - ing charging discrimination and giving of re rebates, - bates, rebates, 24 counts, returned Aug. 10, 1906. Indictments against Standard, 16. Counts in pending indictments, 5,738. Fines levied, $29,240,000. Fines possible to be levied $114,- 760,000. Civil action pending - Eastern Dis District - trict District of Missouri, bill in equity ask asking - ing asking for an injunction and dissolution of the trust, filed Nov, 15, 1906. At this minute, with a fine of $29,- 240,000 hanging over its coffers, the - (Continued on Page Twelve.)

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