Show OU TER SUIT j J Clay Pierce Testifies S Before Special Supreme S preme Court Com Corn Commissioner Commissioner missioner Anthony J CONTROLLED BY STANDARD 4 4 4 MADE ADE STRONG PROTEST BUT IN N VAIN i b St s t 10 H Clay Pierce chairman or of the executive board of or the Oil OU company appeared JUdS Judg jl pi A Anthony special Supreme court commissioner at the Southern hotel today as a witness in inthe Inthe Inthe the ouster proceedings by the state of or Missouri against the Standard lie and Oil companies Former Judge H Ii S Priest Mr PIerces personal person l counsel C conducted the examination in chief chlo His Hig first Question was 0 Do you yoU own Ort any stock in either olther the Republic Oil OU company or the Standard Il company of or Indiana No and I never nover hay haw Do liDo any of ot these companies own any t in the Oil com corn company company tf 1 pany Looked at His H Is Book f 1 Pierce consulted a memorandum L Which he took from his coat SI I understand that the shares of ol stock standing on its books in tha th name of ot M M lt Vanburen have hav been L admitted in this case to belong to the z Standard Oil on company of oZ New Jersey he replied Can you ou state tho number of ot shares S SI I think it Is Js 2746 How many do you ou own 7 Twelve hundred and fifty ME Mt 11 Pierce described tho the forming of the Oil company and stated that up to the time of the first liquidation in 1900 the business of the theo company Q o had flourished About that time timo said Mr lIr Pierce an inexperienced agent of the com corn company compan pany pan in Texas entered into an agree agreement merit ment the Uze Standard Oil company which resulted in our being ousted oust d from that state Ousted From Texas I 1 took the matter up with the th Texas Authorities authorities and was frankly informed that Ahat hat no n Missouri company controlled by ny y the Standard Oil on company compan or doing 1 l business according to its methods would be tolerated in that state After the reorganization in 1900 un until until Until til the spring of 1904 the Standard Oil company made no attempt to interfere with my control or management of or the i tite fh I Ithe company At that a the tho Standard Oil company transferred the 2746 2745 shares of stock held in my m name to M 31 M Vanburen and began in inmany Inmany many l any ways to dictate the tho policy polley of the tho company I protested vigorously against again i this interference I |