| Show OIL lOll KING SAYS RAILROADS fiA VE HIM Ji j REBATES But That Was Long Ago Before It Was Prohibited Prohibited I By Laws of Nation I I CALLS THEM DRAWBACK RA W ACK I I Gets Sad as He Says Standard Oil Did Not Enter Pipe Line Business Soon Enough FAMOUS TRUST AGREEMENT I I Head of Standard Continues His r Testimony Before Special Examiner New v York Nov 19 John John I D. D Rockefeller branded himself himself him him- self sef a today when he I continued his sworn testimony testimony i mony on the birth and I growth of Standard Oil the I original trust and the richI rich rich- richI I I est He did not call the freight repayments which the Standard Oil r received I j from the Pennsylvania and I the other roads by the tainted tainted tainted taint taint- I ed word rebate He used a longer and less notorious I word word clra drawback t. t I It was vas with a smile that i Mr Rockefeller told of the trust trust agreement of 1872 I I He said it was 1 ts to regulate reg po p.o. I ill I IiI e f t ill U Ol put H He knew of f course cours J that in 1872 there were vez no I statutes punishing punishing- restraint I of trade J These startling admissions conic como out during hi his til testimony Special Examiner Ex Fr Franklin Ferris at nt the hearing In Ia the 1 How hew custom house at ot Howling Bo Greta Gre n In lit the federal 1 suit suli suito to Lo o dissolve the Stun Standard arll Oil company of or New Nen Jersey the th parent corporation Oil In tho courso course of his testimony ho be the the names of or John D D. Archbold gini It Ii H. H Rogers to the list of or Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard Iud Oil chIeftains which ho he started d on Wednesday with Brother William und and Hen loamy i-loamy M M. M L Flagler let The richest man III In the world worl came caine Into Info the curt court r room orn this morning whistling a n low tow but melodious tune H He lie first nest told of or the formation of or tho the Empire Em Em- pire lItre Transportation n company b by th the tho Pennsylvania anla railroad Interests He lie charged c that tho tIm railroad went Into the thi business of oil on It Its own account anti and favored Its own shipment on over r the Rockefeller fener and other shippers This meant war anti and nd war Var there was Mr Ir Rockefeller and his associates cut oft off all shipments from the P Pennsylvania and had an agreement nt with other othel roads s which t enabled thorn thom to compute compote with lh th Pennsylvania oil all crowd despite the existence of th Empire lIn line Mr came to the question of shipping shipping- cru crude o oil all Rockefeller ad admitted ad- ad omitted that the company received rece-Ived a drawback of 22 cen cents ts a barrel on such shipments In the place the Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard anI was waR shipping more oil than thun anyone else elst Then Thou the they were warehouse men ln and and- had special men at nt tho shipping terminals This was was vas vasa a n. special secial ser ice tee he lie declared The Tho oil Ill lad had to b b. b handled by experts and wo so were ex ox- ox pens This 22 2 cents on crude crudo oil was wag predicated predicated pred pred- on the keeping of tho the covenant asked Mr 11 Milburn I 1 think you aru aro rl right In that Interpretation Inter Inter- Pl laUon returned tho lie oil king Icing Tn TIme The so called tl trust a agreement of at 1872 furnished an Inter Interesting topic Mr 11 Rockefeller Rocke flocko- Mr 11 drew from front feller reller b by man many questions The purpose of ot the agreement was to lo secure an as high a pi price Ice as possible for crude oil The effort cHort y was to In Introduce In In- traduce an clement of or greater regularity regu reg larRy larity and stability Into tho business than thai had halt been beau subjected heretofore Wo 0 refiners could coull not take moro more crude oil 1 than the I people would tak rc from UK us There was wn a 0 limit to to what wo we could sell Wo Ye rt were Ver desirous of or having those who produced I the oil know lenow that we were not o- o to them We 0 had a n. common Interest Interest In- In terest and desired pleasant relations with producers and to have o them realize wo we were friendly to lo their Intres In- In tres Rockefeller told of tinting finding IL II Ir Rogers Rog no- ers and amid Charles Pratt doing doln- a L hue refining ro- ro fining Tho The Rockefellers took tonic thorn thom Into Standard OIL John D D. Are Are- bold was waa acquired with a llIo re refinery re- re finery finery- Crins Sod There was not n it Ila hash h of hesitation when tho the questions turned turne to pipe Ii lines n es Wo We Yo did not go Into i the pipe pillO line soon enough h ho lie said 80 sadly l Jib iro did ld Continued on 00 lulo Tv o. o S WING OIL SAYS RAILROADS I GAVE CAVE HIM REBATES S S j S. S S Continued Continue Irom One S r not tell The Republican how bow much much richer be he could havo have been had bad pineS pipe pine line lino profits been discovered cred earlier VW W S S pasted passed through an Interesting period said the witness V o 0 built tanks S utter litter year The building of oC tanks va vao as aso o great a piece of or work ork that wo we could not do It all a at t once Step b by stop millions mil mu- j lions after aftel millions of oC t Wt were wre rc established It was a godsend to tho the 1 region that wo we 0 rao mo moved mod d and moved mo d quietly S I Tho The oil trust lawyers lawyer Introduced a aS S document which showed the stockholders ers era In the Stan Standard ard OH on company compan of or S S Ohio In Tho Trio company had hod a capital capi capi- fa tal al 1 of or and here aro some of ot 1 1 tho larger holdings S. S if 1 J. J D D. 5 R. R V. V 0 S Charlo Pratt tt S H H. M. M Flagler 5 S. S O O. II 11 Payne S f J. J A. A k S 2 j r William m Rockefeller 4 f JL IL H. H Ro Ropers Rogers IS t I S 1 T J J. J D D. Archbold J I Charles Charleo Lockhart 1 S S I Milburn l Rosenthal and md Miller I j declared d that this agreement of IS was of or tho the utmost importance In that it Jt showed howe tho the framework of or the tho Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard Oil was wa complete completo as early carly carlys as s that tha 1 year Mi Milburn asked for or a five i ceas and went to an nn room ante wIth will the 1 l the witness Surprise was as expressed S when Mr Milburn returned and an announced tn- tn that ho was waa through with the tho I |
