Show NECK OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY PUT IN PILLORy BY MR KELLOGG a r Startling Revelations Brought to Light by ty the Government in Yesterdays Yesterday's Investigation Into Methods Adopted 1 I by hy the Gigantic Octopus IN PROFITS IN hilT EIGHT I. I T YEARS 4 V Officers of the Company ny Display Great Lack of Mentality Regarding Regarding Re- Re 1 garding Their Knowledge of the Company's Subsidiary Subsidiary Subsidiary Sub Sub- Holdings in Different States 1 L nv 11 1 V ow York tork Sept 17 Profit of or 1 In hJ yearn lS to InI In- In I eyo ivero admitted d by Standard Oil OU ki officials on til witness stand thin art aft afternoon 0 k at thc beginning g of or the gov govern govern- rn- rn suit to mAh insh h th the oil trust j iL- iL In both hoth fl figures thIB constitutes on A R tax 1 of ot more mOTt SC SG upon every cry man i r woman and arul child In the United Statts c I J j ThIH stupendous profit how however eor was waR vo 4 J but an on n Incidental to tho the till full fruits of ot I 3 Trust Kellog H rant firm days day's I It t delving Into the affairs of the trust cru It t h hb 8 he ben been n all 1111 along that th the Standard wa levying Jo enormous tribute rib trib ute utI upon the lit people of the tho United r States StateR What ha been sought Rought i Is the fir F moans mons of oC banking u un up lh the piratical 1 traffic and anI Mr Ir Kellogg believes s 's that he lie constructed th the framework worl toda today of ofa a n case tUO to bring Iring about this result b by I providing pro the Standard OH Oil company om com v t pany or of X ew w Jr Jersey c I Is III nn an Illegal al Combination Com om- In restraint of or trade under tinder tho the terms term of or the thC Sherman act net And nd nil Iw hi made mulo enough progress A ulon along this line to j linw how out mit o of tho mouths of or dodging hostile witnesses wit wit- halting nesses n that nineteen concerns In lit theP the P United States embracing all of the oil fields dds u us UR well fl as tho Iho majority ma tim- o of the tho manufactories and anti t IeR are held In profitable leash b by bytho the tho h. h Standard Oil company of DC New w Jer Jer- fot hood 1 of or UK nit 1 I He e showed b by Indirection at zt t least Jat 7 that th the be Standard I OH Oil company of Xe New Jersey Iw It but a counterfeit of or the old olL Standard OH Oil company compan that was ww Jahe la labeled Ja- Ja he lcd J b by time the courts twenty yo aim ugo and ordered dissolved Ito o Jet Itt a 1 flood of ot light it In Jn upon the Ice inc mOlco o ot ottin r tin Ic CUll i cor and iid tile lie ny voy tot to root proof tho ha t tilt Ilia In J of or the h nu nation tron K no inn more re I o Jun t h i U Jf b pl t l I ot rk I iI n n t wn f r l 11 n In its i t to bo be thrown a across ss the 11 t h of lIC the toh Investigator ln and anU that the th- can teach tIn h Metropolitan tan official tricks worth wurth l Learning inthe In Inthe Inthe the mutter mailer t of or conc concealing alln books 8 from the of ot th the or of time the court courts For the Standard realizes realize ut I last laRt that It l I fee f to fai fame n. n o with a i rt fight ht rot for e. e Kellogg la lii armed with witha I Ia I a 8 formidable of oC facts And amid he ho I announces a purpose to drive the th Standard io to the th walL Brought under tinder the thc Sherman antitrust antitrust anti anti- trust law this hh Investigation having Im its Inception in Missouri has taken a nationwide na na- na wide Ion compas omIS unit Half n a dozen doz u state the outcome of the are interested In Lv and 1 hove have their Investigation l representatives represent c. c here hell to watch the the progress of i the fight right Judge Franklin D. D Ferris of t the he ht Mis- Mis a ft grizzled old veteran BOurl bar has hns been heen sent nt e.-nt here nere to act acta a as referee In the time taking of ot testimony as 09 to the connection of ot the Standard Oil nil company of or Now Nev Jersey with th the k subsidiary conc throughout the thc nation Ph Ie t t It ii tin tilt IJ 11 Ie If does not get gt what h he further The Then wants her o ho will vill go n fight ht Is to tho the death leath The problem Is Isto Isto to prove pro that the Standard Oil compan company com corn pan pany of or New W cw Jersey has combined tho the companies of the different states state tat In a combination In restraint of oC trade tracIe That proven th the bends that hold hola th these the nineteen nine nine- teen concerns concern to the New ew Jersey e corporation corporation cor cor- oration will be hI snapped and andI will vIll then roll fall to the I I time till oil eli trust ground this investigation was bogun begun The In In room morning before Judge F building Mr Ur court Federal t 13 43 of or the government represented the tho Buffalo of nod and John G. G formerly Into falo and E. E M. M looked after alter the thc Interests of or the trust Three witnesses wit wit- examined today as nil a u sOi sort t w were re n nesses siles m of clearing ot or tho lImo desks Q 11 These Thele wit wit- hireling In mO measure a nea nese e Wl and of little little- account Awaiting the time William Inquisitor arc of the pleasure brother of or John D D. his hiI son William WilHam C G. G Rockefeller and a u host I I or of other big fellows Id identified with the oil trust Any uy of ot those these tho c may moy be bo called calle tomorrow At the tho offset this morning Kellogg put nut H. H C. C Benedict the tilt honker hanker and friend of or Grover GIO Cleveland on the stand Mr Benedict cheerfully admit admit- od that In 1898 hp he sold Mid to the Standrd Stand Stand- Kod rd Oil company Rn of New ew Jersey thi control of or ih the Manhattan Oil compan an Ohio His Ills eyes yes beamed 11 satisfaction when he ho announced that he hI secured scented 8 for or his iii hi property II Ii admitted frankly that the n concern was an opponent of or time Standard Stand Stand- ard ora Oil and after some brief f questionIng question question- Ing wa vas excused d without oros lIm nm fl s Si A COli t-III t hide One of ot the interesting revelations rc of or Mr Ir J Kennedy was that Anthony Anthon Brady flab Q of traction knights of oC S New W Y- Y York rk arns his partner r In the mica leal Mr ct was succeeded d on the th stand b by Iy Charles N. N Pm Pratt t t secretary r of tho Standard Oh Oil company compan of ot New Jers Jersey and probably the time most moat absentminded absent absent- minded ml man In itt New OW ew York What Mr rr Pratt couldn't remember would make a sensational history of thin the Standard Oil trust The wonder I Is that lint a n man lOan with such Rueh a treacherous memory should be entrusted with such Buch vast interests I a. a as ns come conic under his bis charge For Jor In Instance In- In fl stance though one of the old trustees of mit tho the Standard Oil trust out of or th the he present concern was wan formed Mr Pratt could not recall one ono detail of ur Interest concerning concerning- thin the gigantic traits traits- action iven l Me laughed I After explaining explaining- lila his ditties l us its ur lury tary of time flu Standard Oil company of ot New if Jerney Mr tIr W was u H ilm rough h over or a field of ot qU lint flint With Uh h rY shining front from runa on O 1 Ie r r to toof in IR n t. t Ic hh P i J U III orri r. r n l I h ij cu il Ir on I n Li ri c-ri Tl nn of or which 1 be lie was waR see see- he lj didn't remember rem anything about the thA purchase of the Manhattan concern h be he didn't know thin the existence of or R J ll list t showing th the various corporations corpo rations in It which hl his own company owns own stock h he hall had never heard beard of or tho the General Industrial I 1111 investment In compan company com corn pany pan limited of London or 01 of or the London Commercial company 1 to o Admit I Directorship During a n breathing spelt spell ho hp- admitted admit admit- tel ted that h he was a director in tho the Standard Stand ard urd Oil company compan of New ew Jersey the Standard l Oil companies of or New w York Kentucky and of ot Indiana and also of the Vacuum OH Oil company of N New w Jersey Jer e of ot Melbourne and of Italy Ital- Ito I I am urn al also o ho he said an nn officer atthe of ot the tho Southern Oil company compan of or Ken Ken- tucky Hut he would not know lenow the Manhattan Manhat Manhat- tan Oil company if ht hr saw It and did not know of ot an any Standard official who would Kellogg questioned him about a n II peculiar institution known as the C. C A. A Pratt Investment nt company which showed profits of ot OOOO In 1004 1904 and ond by b a magnificent mas burst bunt of ot recollection lection Pratt recalled that this was a corporation that hold hoM in trust for tor or tho Standard the tho stock of the time Waters Waters- Pierce company of or Texas and Joe Bailey Dalley Dalla But ut he tie only onh knew v In a n vague wa way vay that this concern hn had been heeD driven out of the state of Missouri for UlC 1 practices Pratts Pratt's memory served ser him a moan trick when Kellogg him If It th the Standard or any of ot its It subsidiary com corn panics pantos ever er conducted business h through h committees committe 1 No 0 sir air he replied d promptly Sure Siire demanded Kellogg point point- edly whereat Mr lr Pratt flustered and nn finally lh admitted that in tho carl early days dOII such a n committee might have hav existed and perhaps he hl served r o on Home of or them thorn Im I'm I I Madly homily lint Swi Switching suddenly Kellogg asked aske ll Pratt concerning the records of th the liquidating trustees one of ot whom Pratt was converting all an stock of ot tho the Stand tand n ant rei Oil trust of Ohio declared d tile Hie gal gaJ by the th Ohio courts in 1898 Just Jus what had become of ot the thC records which wide would hare hn laid Zak bare the whole scheme schema of the organization of ot the present trust Pratt did not know ow lie lIc did no not note e even n cn know whether the auditor or comptroller of ot the company would have e t hem lU As AI a n of or record Kellogg drew rails Pratts attention to tIme the fact that th the liquidating tru trustees Issued shares hore which were exchanged at nt par or the Standards Standard's New V e Jor Jersey l stock Pratt believed el that was waK true but bo hum was Wr 1 ts not sure nor could coula he recall what tad become of the lie stock of forty orty corporations cor cor- which had hud been controlled by bythe he the Standard Oil on trust of Ohio and amid had been bern turn d over o to the New Jersey corporation The climax to PrAtts PrAtt's forgetfulness ninE came wh when n Kellogg asked the next John D. D among the liquidating trustees I think he ho was wa said Pratt You think reptA repeated d Kellogg ear sar aJI tI ca It 1 Yes YeL L And O. O II U. Payne William noCk teller feller J. J H. H Charles M. M Pratt Denjamin ro and John D. D Archbald Arch- Arch bald baiar r They Thy were I 1 believe I iii hurl tin l cm I I iii iiii i l Kellogg stood him aside probably probably I- I in th the hops hope lint hi his hh memory would Improve Improve Im ira- prove und arid called d C. C J. J I id Fay a assistant 4 comptroller of the Standard Oil il of or I- I New v Jersey J The net result of or Pratts Pratt's C. C D on Page Se Seven n. n NECK OF COMPANY PUT IN PILLORY Continued from front Page c On One testimony which is not not- finished was to show that nineteen concerns embracing embracing em- em bracing the thc nil business R of oC if the tho nation wore wre in rg-ed rg 1 Into tho the Standard OH Oil of XI Now New W Jersey when the courts compelled 1 the old Standard 1 Oil on tru trust t to the tho ho affairs of th the original trust organ organ- Izod In Ohio At that time ns as lCd Kel- lo logg proposes to show tho the stock of or ortho the tho tin old concern portioned 5 OU Mi r. r l mong- mong the original st stockholders stockholders' ht rs pro pro- Isely as an under th the old Pt l Imily ti r fr front rn Ohio JI to o Now New W Jersey y nn anti and 1 resumed their old business ss under a new name It II was n from Fa Fay however how that th the tho most Important tr testimony was secured Pay hail had a rahl fairly s JUlI giua memory aCt r ho he got sot through thinking hut but hr hI pondered red each ench question long Ions enough to counsel to exchange c jokes while the witness framed another question quest Fa Fay Foy disclosed th the tho Interesting fact in o opening that the job of r in the tho office of the this Standard Oil company com corn party pany of New ew Jerl Jersey In is a n nV st unhealthy unhealthy unhealthy un un- un- un healthy undertaking Ills his chief chlo the present comptroller O. O II 11 1 In out of town Lown for his health Just now and antI no one knows where he is or when whon he will come back Strangely L. L D. D Clark tho the former comptroller I Is also ill Both oth could have havo given s very Important tP testimony for Cor or the thC govern govern- mont ment AN S H fl n rn It was this witness who prepared for tor Kellogg on demand front from the go gov- the figures ures from the th books of or the tho Standard Stardard which show tho the enormous enormous enor enor- mans profits that tho the trust has been realizing In InasU asU vastly increasing amounts for Cor the tho past eight years Before he ho read thorn Into the record Kellogg forced from counsel for far the trust a n consent to their accuracy Fey Fay declared de do- dared the list correct Here it is the complete completo roster for the tho first I time into printed of ot all the constituent parts of or the Standard Oil trust showing how complete completo Is the tho grasp of the tho concern on ern WI the tho oil industry of ot tho the country Anglo American Oil company compan Atlantic Atlan tic Refining Helming company compan Buckeye PIpeLine Pipe PipeLine Line Lino company Eureka Pipe Line compan com corn pan pany Forest Oil company Indiana Pipe 1111 Line Lino company National Notional Transit company company com corn pany Now ow York Transit company Northern Pipe Line company compan Northwestern Northwestern North orth western Ohio National Gas company compan Ohio Oil on company Solar Refining company com coat pany Southern Pipe Line company compan South Pennsylvania Oil company compan I. I Standard OH Oil company of ot Indiana Standard OH Oil company of ot Kentucky Kentuck Standard Oil company of New Jersey Jersey Jer Jet sey soy United Tank Line company Fay Pay admitted that the records showed that shares of ot the tho liquidating I certificates stock tock stock in tho the New Jersey concern given s-Iven in exchange for stock ii In tho the outlawed company shows company shows some fractional balances now How does doeR that come about 1 asked t Kellogg After much urging Fay Pay said l Kellogg ello Pin Trump Card of the tho New Jersey Jerao Well ono one share 0 Standard OH on common was Vas exchanged at a a. ratio rotto of SOO 97 the 97 OO being the denominator of the fraction traction And want wasn't that because of the tho 19 subsidiary corporations that the Standard Stand Stand- ard d OH Oil company of ot Now ow J Jersey rey took on at that time from the liquidating trustees Fay Pay presumed that this was vas th the case cose admitting in his reply that the tru trust t was thereby formed Then Kellogg played hi his trump card for tor the da day Reading from 0 a statement state state- ment meat which had hod been furnished to him and und which Pay ray was Vas forced to admit was taken laken front from the tho books of the tho compan company com corn pan pany he ho showed ved that the profits of ot th the tho Standard Oil on com company compau pan v for tho the past pal cl eight bt years or froin UH to Lo 1906 1006 In In- In elusive wore were In round numbers number During that time the witness declared In a running Ore lire between I himself and Kellogg the company had declared rad dividends dividend of about Serially the |