Show I I STANDARD OIL CONTINUES DEFENSE IN NEW YORK NEW YORK New York Dec 0 rho rhe Tho defense Q of tho the Standard Oil company compan oC or New Jersey Is stIl under way war at the customs customs cus cus- lOJ toms house In the governments government's suit tIc demanding the dissolution of ot the trust The flie first witness to today ay was wasL L L. 1 J. J Drake Drale of ot the Marketing department depart depart- I ment of or the Standard l OH Oil company of or Indiana the tho corporation which was recently fined fine In behalf of ot the Standard Oil on C. C M. M Dr Dredge gc head of or the Jhc department depart depart- mont ment Introduced many tables of ur I earnings Professor Joseph Jozeph French I Johnson was called calle as an economic witness an and also offered tables Cor for the defense i After Alter a long dissertation on the I price of or things Professor Johnson declared de de- de- de dared d that it took In 1907 17 1 to buy the same amount of or I that a single Ing-Ie dollar would have purchased purchased pur pur- chased In Iii 1897 Or put It this way I the advance was 31 per percent cent |