| Show That He Did Not Conceive Plan Of Standard Oil Trust TrustIn In 1882 DODD AUTHORS Still Insists That Oil Refining Hazardous Business at Present Day Government Counsel Tills State Opens Up J Of Concerns York Nov 23 f Rockefeller testified that he did not conceive the plan ot I the formation of tho original Standard OH in r Im sorry to ay that 1 did not said MI cannot claim any credit for that Mr and S c Dodd con conceived it was called to Oio witness stand when the hearing In the suit tp dissolve Oil company today ff It had been the plan the Stand Standards ards attorneys to have Mr tell only of the years of the existence anil his direct examination included no refi to any happening later than announced at that tho remainder of tho story would be by John bold and other officers of tho com who are familiar than Mr Rockefeller himself made It possible forthe to go as faras H likes in In his direct ox Mr lidd salil that the of a hazardous one In tion Mr Kellogg asked him how luf could regard as hazardous a which Had returned such enormous oil business oven up to tho present time GOVERNMENTS CONTENTION Mr Kellogg maintained that Mr Rockefellers statement the business Is hazardous to tho present time opens up to him thc Whole period of the Standards history Mr Rockefeller returned to the today from his country he had rested over Sunday Ho exercised yesterday by walking home from the Baptist church a distance of two miles Refreshed by a was smiling when Frank K Kel Kellogs logs a special assistant eral resumed his Mr first Inquiry was all the stockholder of the South Improvement company wards became holders of stock in the Standard Mr said he did not think so sound und Mr Kellogg reada list of the South Improvement stock stockholders holders Mr Rockefeller named sev severn ern of them who he said did not hold holdstock stock in tho Standard Replying to further questions Mr Rockefeller that he thought there was an increase in tho stock ot tho Standard Oil company of Ohio from to in In making the Increase did you noc submit a paper on which appeared the names oC all the stockholders of tin South Improvement asked Mr Tho paper would be replied Mr Mr then from the paper and said it was possible several of thosa mentioned might have been stockholders ers of the Standard if they had the money to purchase stool How many railroad mon did you take into tho I could not say Was W H a er 1 cant say definitely he might havo been a stockholder for a trifling amount Did you not sign a paper on March 10 requesting an increase of cap i iHal Hal stock as follows W 11 Vander bill by J D Rockefeller his attorney That may be the would bi bitho tho best evidence TAKEN INTO COMPANY Mr Kellogg brought fact that Amasa Stone then president of the Luke Shore Michigan Southern rail railway way W Witt a director ot the Luke Shore and Bis Four rail railroads roads anil J P Handy also a director tor oC the Big Four road were taken Into tho Standard OH company in the early days Mi Rockefeller that II Wat Watson son seemed to havo access to W H and the witness thought li Afterwards became president ot the Erie railway And h was president while he wan wana a stockholder in your company asked Mr Kellogg If so he was not a stockholder for any length of time The witness said he did not that any officials of the Pennsylvania connected with Standard Oil company |
