Show RICHEST MAN IN FACES judg III COURT john D rockefeller swears he knows but little about standard oil company of wh ch he Is the head chicago john D rockefeller pres ident of the standard oil company ot of lew ew jersey occupied tha the witness stand in the united states district court on saturday while judge landis plied him with questions regarding the financial strength and the business methods of the corporation of 0 which he is the head mr rockefeller was a very willing and an equally unsatisfactory witness he was ready to tell all that he knew but he said that he knew practically alIv nothing the net result of bis his exam was that he believed during the year 1903 1904 and 1905 the pe arlod covered by the indictments on which the standard oil company ot of indiana was recently convicted the net profits ot of the standard oil corn com pany of new jersey were 40 per cent of an outstanding capitalization ot of the investigation held by judge landis was instituted by him tor for the express purpose ot of determining whether or not the standard oil corn com pany of indiana which was convicted of violation of the law was really owned by the standard oil company of new jersey whether the union tank line whose cars were used for the shipments made in violation of the law was similarly owned and also to obtain an idea of the financial resources of the convicted corporation in order to inflict a fine proportionate to the offense and the assets of the convicted company |