the Producers' Union $40,000 to cover the expense of their litigation. In return for this money and for the abandonment of secret rebates and of the pipe-line policy to which he had held so strenuously, what was he to receive? He was not to be tried for conspiracy. And that day, after the contract had been presented to the Grand Council, Mr. Campbell sent the following telegram:
"Titusville, February 19, 1880."To His Excellency Henry M. Hoyt,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Sir—As prosecutor in the case of the Commonwealth vs. J. D. Rockefeller, Number 25, April Sessions of Clarion County, I consent to the withdrawal of the requisition asked of you for extradition of J. D. Rockefeller et al., the same having been in your hands undecided since July last and a nolle prosequi having been entered by leave of Court of Clarion County in the case, and I will request William L. Hindman, the prosecuting attorney, to forward a formal withdrawal.
Your obedient servant,B. B. Campbell."
The contract with the Pennsylvania which was signed by Mr. Scott agreed, in consideration of the withdrawal of the suit against the road, to the following policy:
1. That it would make known to all shippers all rates of freight charged upon petroleum. [This was an abolition of secret rates.]
2. If any rates of freight were allowed one shipper as against another, on demand that rate was to be made known.
3. There should be no longer any discrimination in the allotment and distribution of cars to shippers of petroleum.
4. Any rebate allowed to a large shipper was to be reasonable.[1]
There were both humiliation and bitterness in the Council when the report was read—humiliation and bitterness that
- ↑ See Appendix, Number 36. Agreement between B. B. Campbell and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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