Show OCTOPUS HAS CAUGHT tAUGHT TEXAS IN 8 1 ITS us CRUEL GRASP at w YORK Sept Sept- 20 That That the tho thoard lard ard oil company is il s opera operating tin the fhe name of the thEl Corsicana Ro Ro- company 1 company in the State of Texas ibi forbidden the oil combine to too o 0 within the State was waE indicated f t Wesley II H. Tilford treas- treas of the Standard Oil company 10 examination in the Governments Government's the company compan testified that Folger and C M. M Payne whom gg fg the attorney for tho Govern Govern- Estates states states control tho the com com- I ilare tare prominent in the conduct le e affairs of the Standard Oilin Oil Any in Mr Kellogg sought ht to draw the witness the information that company was waR really a aard aard ard ard rd Oil company and was Te as because fI the th trust anti laws law t State would not permit tho the J e to operate ther interesting development was cial statement made for the first of John D D. Rockefellers Rockefeller's al holdings in the Standard Oil my ny hr Just to what extent the reo re- L lied head was individually interested l concern has long been a alof lof T of speculation It was brought that Mr Rockefeller owned 6 5 shares or more than one fourth ab t total of 9 2500 certificates of I andard Oil company Based on Amines of the company as placed ord lord Tuesday it is computed compute that Rockefellers Rockefeller's 1 o S 'S personal profits dur- dur duro durot t o past eight years have 12 At At- Tuesdays Tuesday's jig g it was testified that in the years tf to 1900 1906 inclusive the Standard had llad earned total profits of 9 H. H lilford replied that as far as he heithe hethe hethe the ithe Standard Oil company had no ats in Texas He said that Mr r. r Kand Mr Payne were both officers i Standard Oil il company but he be helot lot aware that they owned thena the tho ana ana na company |