Show t V I i If r t I h. h If It 1 T J. J f 1 tr tra 1 STAND a m AT t r C iT-i iT t t i 1 I 6 I l b ju 1 A 1 I ir f. f It r. r IN f u STARTS S' S ST T. T AR ARIS IS' IS I I F I r T TALE OF UIS LIFt LIFE r I 1 t r. r Jr l V. V V- V t jC J c Submits t to Questioning I In St Suit it Begun 83 By V G Government f- f to Dissolve isso ye t the fe r r T H i Kerosene Trust b. b J Sr fOH MO MOHE I F HE HET T n tC f it t 1 11 1 j 1 t s I r Real Beat Ordeal Will When Come Examination Cross Cros CrosE E fion Begins and rid it He He F. F Faces je Kellogg Who llau z Him Un- Un r ij T J I mei and nd ForGe Force Him t to A Answer i. i b. b t New Ne York Por For or the c cause of Standard bi Oil jo John n D. D Rockefeller took tl today and recited with copybook precision his version of his first ten years in the oil business It was in the suit of the United States government to dissolve the the oil trust i For two hours and ancL a quarter Mr rockefeller Mr Ro answered t the theA e A carefully worded questions put to him hun by John J hn G- G Milburn his t g L l Derson rS l pl l attorney He began with his entry into the oil oU busin busil business busi busi- l ness n ll ss S iii n Cleveland in l 1860 or 18 he 2 he 2 he could not remember the with date with with a capital of 1000 and nd rambled through ten f y years rs of preliminaries which le i l up to to the formation of the st and most powerful of trusts Rockefellers Rockefeller's Eo o ers er's testimony today tod ly ended with a denial of any f a ac ac i in in the South Improvement company the of which caused riots all through the oil region Mr Rockefeller Rockefeller has been repeatedly repeated charged by oil oU historians jf with jing b J ing the moving spirit in ii this concern which calculated i an absolute monopoly of oil fron the moment it a am the i f w v 0 intrude ude s state ate until until the h refined product was an in Eastern Esterh io seaboard markets t 1 j C 10 8 re M Mt fi bno up n that n 1 i vJ lull LI l of ne d o oi ot 1 l until un un- til In when ao aJ a hU h attorneys f slate h ho he m to too wealthy to participate p f. In the active aclo management of or the LODIn LODI LODI- in- in lIU When h n U I nl n Jeu lu of n Mr Milburn's last question has b bE cn n asked m Mr Rockefellers Rockefeller's real reali i ordeal will 1 ln Ills IUs attorneys will h hive vc to turn him over to rank Frank B. B J i t I g. g chief ehler for Cor tho thu govern govern- Mr ma may tate tale re- re o. o td iHo o In I dl decline to Rn answer anwer Vr If ho he do doe there lher will vIiI be bo an Immediate petition peti- peti Ii Uon tion to tho the United l. l States courts to n Rockefeller flanked by attorneys l r 1 I t j 11 i d l under a of ponc policemen men from l squad edged his way into i the court rt room On this a afternoon The Tho Theia ia oc t man mau an in in thc the he world d sot got as near r y the thc single H window tho In-tho In 1110 room as u pos pos- r I A reporter pavo o a him a chair chait Into which he hC Hank with ith a n sigh UrA It r t lle w was s up a again ain in a n v- v inmate He lIe made a sweeping bow Low I. I 2 his ohl and tzi said cald Gen 1 ti I J greet you no was aa ready for the oath th s J at ae soon sonn a air Ferris t. half hai tali t en h t f at ot n fl Ita held up his t api na in a a. strong tron voice answered r I I do h when n asked If 11 ho he would woula swear s r 10 lo to tell the truth i It 11 as fhe n first time t. t Sir had lt Jn the oath f Now York in de- de 1 Standard OH Ol U IL was evident of or I that the th Kr of trusts Crusts was In its Ha 1 s I Th of f last laet n ht for tor life ute The Tho presence i John 1 D. D Rockefeller a a 0 witness v it r. r I Your full tun name T sl fit d Mr 11 Mu- Mu Mui i t l when ium u the oath hl taken John John D. D came the answer r. r T with sith itha pause pauso between l L J e Where h ere d do you live f o My I i residence i is h. t in New k f York ork No So 4 I West fourth Fifty i H. H ir Mr fr went vent directly to tho the be- be ff it t thc they'll un business l and Mr r admitted el that he hC had hoa been In that s el sinN net ISCO or 1862 Then ho he told 1 of nf the I Ove partners rh i r. r refining busl- busl into the ull oil T t. t tl i who entered l ness Bra and 1 of tho the formation of the first I Ho lie traced trace 1 J OH Oil company III la In partnership the various changes saidI said salli In 1866 ho c. c HIM next few v years yeA irot brother her I William wit 1 tarn Rockefeller MY ly My entered the combination William title his name under tinIer the tho oJ 4 which look took his k 1 of r William imam feller company I L Rocke Rockefeller of organization a the tho came cume Then 1 n with of and s1 fell feller r company compan in New ew York warehouses Al M MI d entry of Honry 1 J Ho lIo told of the 7 andr rind and in 1 the oil on game amo Flakier ler In I Ila 1 of the Jinn firm of Hocke the formation r JT J the lie said f feller Andrews then known knowli for or his hlo was that Flagler S to add willingness his business ability 4 possibility substantial capital nn and l the 1116 York He of lof floating loan Inn lo nl In New Now formation l d to tell of ot the was Unal of or Ohio of the Standard Oil un company capital of ot 1870 with a In testimony In hl his Mr 11 Rockefeller budness nullity null null- superior that It wa was held heM faith in the futuro fu future futuro fu- fu it Ity and his 1118 hl own great reat that enabled turo ture of the oil bu business JI to bu bis buy u ji A. A on jOre a r fine los Je J I J 7 j 1 Mr Ms Mt n J m rJ S J why hy the Standard Stan Oil Ott company y pot got alon along c so Wilt Vell ll when other rennin refining concerns con con- Ill eel went to the wall In iii lh the troublesome trouble trouble- son some times Limos Mr r Rockefeller had the reasons or some ome of or th ini m at 01 his nn finger cr tips Then they the owned their own I lighters to carry the oil on to i I find and from the various terminals The rho t Standard rd Oil founder really elo do- qu quent en t here Her Is is the Iho story In b brief The d f Oil hr or the Rockefellers ft was paying a LI barrel harr l to individual coopers They often Rot got green m barrels which leaked Sometimes they could not got Kot ot enough They got ot tired tI red of or this If I First t they purchased ed timber lands j The They cut their own staves v s and dried them thoroughly hl In the tho woods wools or inthe in 11 j I the kilns which they built They erected a 11 cooperage shop and they I turned out barrels galore for y C CH tt H a n Tho rho rho Independents he continued and nd his smile smite deepened hind had to pay PM 2 rind nUll 26 for tor their barrels Tills This alone made m a aery very ery was his final comment comment Un a nice profit Who had faith in the thc oil business si In the early n asked ked Mr Milburn Mil Mil- 1111 1 burn urn again Well VeIl I did answered Mr Rockefeller Rocke Recite feller reller Everybody didn't share sharo in it Oh no no up the oil king There was a 1 difference of or opinIon opinion ion tori as to tho the permanence of or the oil trado It W was S considered a business of unusual risks rIske It was always 9 HO cc 0 with the tho Improvements of 01 the last fifty years years What did you have o to do C with willi tho Southern Improvement company Mr lr Rockefeller said they Hie had ha taken takena a a few shares of or stocks because they the did dill not Ish to offend Thomas A. A Scott who was an orrl officer er In the vania Railroad company Did you or or your our initiate the Southern Improvements company naked asked Mr lr Milburn Shaken Shake llin III l We lid dill not and ant Mr l Rockefeller shook his head I savagely cl a Ho Ito was as naked aked why the Sou Southern thorn Improvement Tm Im provement failed It did not take our friends who vho purchased th the oil cry very longto long lone to amuse themselves th es he lie returned Did you OU ever cr hear of the tho Producers Producers' Union Mr II Milburn I 1 did answered Mr lr Rockefeller with a n sly glance at nt the clock cheek Examiner Ferris then adjourned court until tomorrow morning Mr 11 Rockefeller probably will he unpaged In direct examination tho time better part of ot t two wu sessions tomorrow felt fell bettor In iii said I 1 never nt l' l m my life lire Mr Rockefeller as aa he was leaving the court room It la Is a pleasure to tell the true truo story of ot Standard Oil but dont don't ask me mu to give I c out tiling thing for forthe forthe forthe the press Dont Don't you ou get enough from Crom fromme me mo on tho the witness stand 1 I COUNT AFfIRMS ESS DENIES M y m IY I It t l. 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