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p.‘S5ios[r}] lias boon reached whereby the old j‘e rate still obtains for the trust..' ]J, is said now that the question of^ steamship rates to the countries men-ew tioned has been under secret govern-to mental investigation for months. It}s has been along the same lines as that3r‘{ of the Atlantic conference, recently' ‘ the subject of attack by United StalesDistrict Attorney Wise, charging violation .of the Sherman anti-trust lawin the granting of rebates and secret agreements.S. 3D. Heymnnn of Hoymnnn Co.,cc. |independent oil jobbers and shippers of 2 and 4 Stone street, said yesterday that there lias been a general rise in oil rates by steamship lines plying between this port and South America, a The increase is as follows:10 From $l.S0 to $2,-10 per barrel of u- oil to Pernambuco. Brazil; from ic §1.50 per barrel to §2.40 jier barrel ii- to Santos, Brazil; from §1.80 perf- barrel to §3 per barrel to Bio .Tail nciro. There lias been a correspond-n ing rise in rates to ports in South Af-e rica, Australia, and New Zealand, it isalleged.At the ofllces of Philip Ruprecht, manager of the foreign shipping department of Standard Oil, a rejiresen-tative of .Mr. Rupreclit. laughed at the charge that preferentials had been obtained by the monopoly.He declined to allow the books to be seen. He also said that Standard Oil controls a, great ileet of oil steamers which transports a largo bulk of its ocean-going irailic.dames L, Ewell, secretary of theMerchant Marine Committee of Ono Hundred, which is lighting for a ship subsidy for American built vessels flying the American flag, declared at his ofllces, 8 0 Church street, yesterdaythat preferential rates such as thosealleged to have been granted Standard Oil can only bo slopped if it bofound that the case against the Atlantic conference can be proved. In that event, lie said, the government would be able to prevent discrimination and rebates by foreign steamship lines entering and leaving ports of the United Slates.The building of our own merchant marine,” said Mr. Ewell, is the final solution of cases like that of preferential^ extended Standard Oil. Willi..American owned ships the provisions oi (ho Sherman anti-trust law would prevent the discrimination now charged by Die independent oil forwarders and companies.”At. the onices of Barber Co., general agents for the Barber line, Itwas stated yesterday that Standard011 received no prcforentials. but itwas said that if the monopoly did receive preferentials, it would not beadmitted. All the lines in the various conferences are English owned companies.)
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Sat, Jan 14, 1911
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