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Vol. 11.
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
mon carriers have been found as fol
lows :
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
cepting concessions from published
rate on oil, 23 counts, returned Aug.
24, 1006.
Western District of Louisiana:
Against Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, for acepting rebates, returned
Jan. 28, 19(57, 32 counts.
Eastern District of Missouri:
Against Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, one indictment charging ac
ceptance of rebates, 76 counts, re
turned 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
turned in Aug. 1906.
Trial of the Standard on indict
ment 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
nating 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
turned Aiig. 10, 1906; company found
guilty and fined $15,000. Pennsyl
vania Railroad, one indictment, charg
ing discrimination and giving of re
bates, 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
trict of Missouri, bill in equity ask
ing 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 -
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Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, August 15, 1907.
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THE JEFFERSONIAN ‘DEMOCRAT.
I have never made war upon organized Democracy because it was Democratic. Oh, no! My fight
was against those who took the grand old historic name, and used it as a branding iron for policies and
principles which were the reverse of Democratic.
In other words, my long fight has been made for Democracy— not against it. Always I have claimed
to be a Jeffersonian Democrat. —Thos. E. Watson.
In the above drawing I endeavored to show the kind of Democracy Mr. Watson has always fought for.
Ever It has been principles. Only party, when the principles were right. Next week I shall try to show
you the kind of Democracy Mr. Watson has always and is today fighting. The hope of the Republic
lies in the ;Q>ove kind of men who fully realize the moral obligations they owe to the cause of justice and
humanity and who are noble enough to rise above all selfish considerations and devote their life to the
advancement of all the people and the fundamental principles of Democracy.—GOßDON NYE.
No. 30.