Show STAKES REPUTATION UPON SUIT BEGUN 1 J Is Proud of Achievement and Confident Steps Taken to Dissolve Dis- Dis I R V VW solve Oil Tru Trust t Will Be Crowned W With Success I I CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS MAY FOLLOW LATER EATER i Credit Shared With James R R. R Garfield Whose II Investigations Into Doings of Standard Oil Form Basis of Present Action ate i ft f. f Washington Nov 0 1 15 15 General Moody has staked his reputation l i I tion as law Ia officer M it the government k 1 upon the suit which was WitS be begun un today In the United States Circuit court at nt St. St Louis against the Stand Standard rd Oil trust t. t Armed with an exhaustive e arra array of or 4 damaging evidence collected by the trained experts of the bureau of or corporations cor cor- and fortified by the opinions of eminent counsel he sits in serene contentment of or his work He is proud of ot his achievement and Is firm in the belief belle that the steps he has tal taken en to dissolve c the oil trust will prove piove suc sue lIl Today's action practically marks the parting of the ways for him for shortly short short- I ly after the thc convening con of ot congress ho he expects the senate to confirm his appointment ap ap- ap- ap as associate Justice of or the II Supreme court The question of or criminal prosecution prosecution tion o against ln t the officers of or the Stand Standard ard Ol on company compan will be bc taken up later But It Is understood that on his Charles J J. J Bonaparte no now no secretary of the navy na will be bc placed the burden of ot the decision It Is Js J known that while Mr Moody I believes the evidence sufficiently strong to warrant arrant criminal prosecution he does not deem It advisable to press I two actions at the same sarno time In Inthis Inthis Inthis this ho reflects the tho well known j I opinions l of Pr President Roosevelt Jt whose hoso aim Is to remove present obnoxious lJ J zid t lt C Much of or the credit Ul o of tho the suit sult I against th the oil trust Is shared b by James R It Garfield of or Ohio commissioner commis commis- of ot corporations It was hl his investigations into the opinions of the Stan Standard ard Oil that formed the thc greater part o of the basis for the tho present pro prosecution prose prose- e- e cuti cution on Mr Ir Garfield had Inserted his probe PIo e the bl out of ot the oil nU conflagration allon In Kansas Kansa In the early catly part pait of ot last year Public indignation over the operations o of the trust In the Kansas an and adjoining folds fields found an echo In congress q and in February of oC 1905 1906 a resolution offered by Representative Representative Campbell directed that the bureau of ot corporations Inv Investigate ate conditions In that state tat But nut with the belief belle that hat a report leport of any special field would be he of ot necessity unfair because of purely local conditions Commissioner Commis Commis- Garfield set about on a a. general and exten extensive lve investigation Into the subject of oil production and prices pipe lines refining organization competitive com corn methods transportation and foreign 11 trade It was the results of this inquiry that stirred the President to demand legal action Realizing the I determination of the government 11 to eradicate the oil monopoly John D I DI Rockefeller and John D D. Archbold called ailed upon the President at the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse I House a year ear ago What took place between tho the President and his callers may nm never be known It was thought that the trust magnates pointed out oui I th the thu dire financial consequences that tha would follow what the they held would v bo be persecution of ot an Industry the prosperity of which meant so 50 much mud to the entire United States states- Counsel Selected It was some om time lime later luter that the at attorney attorney at- at torney torne general upon tho the direction o othe of the President selected special counse counsel to act with him In determining whether there was sufficient cause ant and law to dissolve the oil corn com com I blue bine Today's Today action tells the whole story In announcing toda today the filing of the tho suit in equity lice DIP I attorney general Is Issued issued is- is sued u il statement explaining in brief brie the causes which le led to the determination nation of the department of ot Justice to topIe pIe press the prosecution Statement Moody Joll In June last by direction of oC th the President Kellogg and Morn Morrl son were appointed b by mo me special assistant as as- attorneys general to act with withA General Genera Assistant A to tho the Attorney th the Pond Purdy to make an Investigation of relations of tho Standard Oil c company compan of or New Now Jersey to the s of or refining refining re- re fining transporting dl distributing and telling selling oil throughout the United States Slates to ascertain all III tho the facts and andreport andreport whether or not in their theil opinion I report Slier Sher Sherman there has haM been a violation of or the Tn man In trust anti t law b by tho the Standard ard 6 Oil company y of New J Jersey of the we por- por corporations ll associated with or 01 Sons bons or 01 por-I por managing It it The Tho counsel have com coin completed of or and the report that dut duty Investigation luu lots received careful care care- their and ami ful lot consideration b by the President his hlll cabinet ed Competition available to the information The the to chow that department the limited part part- corporation various under the control In the stated of oC the tho manner Jersey Jer of Ke New Oil company any Standard transported and nd I l' l sey c produce domestic use or States State United in the proportion ot of the name and about the United fion refined cd oil exported of oC the tho business share this States that of procured procure b by a COUlSO o has been boen has hag In 1870 which b action direction or of the under the continued down clown to main In the same ame per ont ons time that theo pel the John D D. noW are alO Henry II Jor William Rockefeller FlaKier J John hn D. D M. M henrY no I and Charles LI Payne PUno Arch old Oliver i 1 M. M Pratt that the design throughout hout of tl the persons I on having having- control of oC tho the enterprise has been to suppress competition competition com corn petition in the production transportation tation and ale j-ale le of ot refined oil and to obtain as far fm as po possible a monopoly therein that between 1870 and I 88 the tho design was fI affected ted th through rough agreements agreements agree agree- ments made between man many persons and corporations engaged In this his bush busU ness that in 1882 the tho result aimed at nt was made more certain by Investing e in nine ohio trustees including Including- live five of the above named persons sufficient stock In the tho 39 corporations concerned to toI enable the trustees to control their operations In such a wa way that competition competition com corn I petition between them was suppressed j I that this plan was ivas acted upon until It was wa declared unlawful h by the su supreme su- su I preme Plome court of ot Ohio In an action against the Stan Standard ard Oil company of I Ohio one of or said corporations In 1892 that during the seven years cars tollo log Ins the same me Individual defendI defendants defend defend- ants as a majority of oC tho the liquidating I trustees were pretending to liquidate the the tr trust sL but as a 0 matter malter of fact tact were managing mana all of ot the corpora- corpora allons In the same wa way and exercising the same control over o them that the Individual defendants In 1 Increased ed the stock of tho the Standard Oil compan company com coin pany pan of 01 New cw Jersey from to I 1 that said company was then a 11 producing and selling corp corporation cor cor- p and they added to It its corporate cor cor- powers the power of purchasing Jug ing stock tock In other othel companies and practically all au of th the the- powers exercised bytho unlawful by hl die u rul UI T n t if Standard Oil company of ot N Now w Jc Jer Jersey Jei- Jei sC soy sey then taking tho the place of ot the trustees trustees trustees trus trus- tees acquired all aU of or the stock of or the corporations neld and con- con controlled trolled trolle by hy the trustees paying c- c for or h by the thc issue o of Its Us own shares In exchange that the president of ot the board of trustees become the president of ot the Standard Oil company o of New Jersey ersey and the same persons the in- in defendants who had directed direct direct- ed etl the business s then assumed umed the dl- dl of or the thc bu business of oC the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard and Oil company compan of ot N Nsw w Jerse Jersey and andover over o since continued 1 lf it that the thc purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose and effect of ot the use of the Standard Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard OH Oil company or of New cw Jersey as a holding company was as precisely the theme same me as the purpose and effect of the I appointment of the thc trustees herein before before be bt fore referred to to namely to suppress I competition between the corporations and ind limited partnerships who whose e stock was as first hold by V the trustees and then by the Standard Oil company o of New Ne Jer Jersey er that b by the foregoing methods aided by the establishment of or railroad rat rates g for transportation which discriminated mated In Iii favor or a of the tho corporations whose stock was ivan held by hr th the holding company that flint company compan has been c- c en enabled to obtain In Jo large larbe sections of IC the country a monopoly for tot th the sale ak of 1 refined oil oil with tho the result that tha prices to the tho consumer within the tho territory tir- tir 0 where the monopoly mOl prevails are arc CI very much higher than within the th territory where here competition lo to sonic borne extent still exists Facts Justify J Action It is that these facts to together together to- to gether with others otherN contained In iii the re re- re 1 of o tho the special couns counsel l justify ju and require action fiction h by the tile United States In III the courts Accordingly I a petition In equity the provisions of the Sherman act has this da day been flied against t t the Standard OH Oil company compan o or of New Now Jersey and 70 iO other corporations corporation and limited partnerships and the seven individual defendants before in the Eighth Judicial circuit at St. St 1 Louis Loul Mo 1 to have the sal said combination adjudged and decreed d to tobe tob tobe b be unlawful and antI that the holding am anti control h by the Standard ard Oil compan company of Now Jersey of the stocks stoel s of or tho the 70 corporations bo be declared unlawful and the said I corporations be he prohibited from declaring or paying any to tu he the Standard OH Oil compan company of or orew Now New ew Jersey and anti be he from fron entering into or performing any contract contract contract con con- tract or oi combination to restrain trade trad find and commerce or to monopolize trade trad in the future tut The Thc question luc whether an any action of o n different nature be taken is re reserved ret re- re served t for future futuro consideration The Tho Th controversy is now pending in th the lie courts and further comment by hy th thi department or 01 b by an any ono one connected w with Iti It would obviously be bo Improper and unfair I Forces Admissions lolI St. St Louis Mo Me Nov J 1 u.-J u. In n hearing h arl of ouster proceedings I by tho the state slate o of Missouri a against the oil trust Charles Charlesp P 1 Ackert general g of or the Waters Pierce OH Oil co company admitted I on oil cro cross crosa that the Waters Waters- I Pierce company compan purchased oil at a 11 aprice price pilco fixed by y the distributor with the tho costs of ot freight and margin of or profit added At the previous hearing 1 be he admitted that all of ot the tho Waters Waters- Pierce oil was wall from tho thu Standard Attorney General Hadley wormed tho the testimony out of or the witness only after a struggle truS He put the tho question six times and live or 01 finally complained complain complain- ed to Commissioner Anthony when Ackert looked questioningly ut at Attorney ne lie ney Johnson before he answered t was questioned regarding regarding- h his hiM knowledge that the tho Standard owned stock In Waters the He Ho said this knowledge so was wall as gained oni only in lit a general s wn way Asked If It he had learned I Continued on Page Two Iwo L GENERAL ATTORNEY STAKES REPUTATION UPON SUIT BEGUN i a. a t t Continued From Pot Paso Pao e One I 1 i 9 that II CIa Clay Pierce owned stock from t. t tho the same channel he replied that f 4 I Pierce had bad told toM him himself Witness testIfied that Pierce spent most of oC his time in New ew York mal making occa occasional lonal trips to Lo St. St Louis that he was chairman of tho Iho advisory board boar l f r. and ha had l been since 1900 r L Ackert was a asked ked how he accounted for tor the increased Increase l price in oil dt during th the past few years cars despite tho the Increase Ini In- In i crease in production He lie could not nol c I say Sorn to by hr Dy Dyer Cr St. St Louis Mo Nov Noy 15 Fred Fred B. B Kellogg of St. St Paul special assistant r. r to Attorney General William II r Moody brought tho the petition n against t r the the Stan Standard Oil company compan to St. St 1 Louis The Thc petition was flied filed with tho the clerk of oC the United l States Slates Circuit 1 court in the tho Federal hull building ln at 1030 r l' a. a m. m h by District Attorney Dyer and Attorney I The rIe petition was vas sworn t 19 h by Colonel Dyer An order has been applied for before beCore Ju Judges Sanborn and Adams of tho the United 1 States Stales CIrcuit Court of Appeals to bring non resident non ent defendants ants Into tho the jurl jurisdiction of ot the District court at St St. Louis to serve them with sub sub- r It IL Is probable that a a. t special commissioner commissioner com coni- missioner will be appointed to take lb tb evidence In the case and that he will certify tho the record to the United l Stales Circuit Court of Appeals as ns was done clone in the Northern Securities I case L Petition u IL Lon Long Lous One 4 The governments government's contains contain t J f pages of ot printed l matter matler or 01 about i- i 4 words S and additional el eighty eighty- four pages of exhibits consisting ol 11 by laws and minutes of Standard Oil f rf meetings and organizations org and a n map mip showing the retail prices of ot ol oil In ever every state and territory in tho ho Union P. P Prices are aro lowest in Ohio and PennsylvanIa Pennsylvania Penn Penn- VI r sylvania according to this map and highest In tho Western states stales In InI I Ohio nn and Pennsylvania the tho retail price 7 j is as low as 9 cents and In Nevada a as JI v high as 16 cents II r I I The government will prosecute the thc case along the lines followed In the the iT S Northern Securities case Tho The J mon mony will be taken here and first t presented presented pre pre- to lo tho the District court and J If It appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed go to the United States Circuit Court Coult of oC Appeals WHAT THE TilE BILL ALLEGES i Si r how v Io Ho anti and h Aw r Y Formed TheliN Theil Conspiracy l' l I i J II It Is alleged that John D D. Rockefeller ler her an and his associates formed a conspiracy con con- the to lo monopolize commerce J J J'S S 'S In iii petroleum an and its Us pro products about the year 18 1870 and 1870 and O-and and that the same Individuals Individuals in individuals In- In have controlled the combination tion all the these e years ears The form which such conspiracy has Ims assumed and the tho devices employed em- em 2 |