New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-01
AFTER OIL TRUST RECORDS.
n,NuTES OF THE STANDARDS MANA"""'
THAT CANNOT BE OBTAINED.

Suv eHNATE COMMITTEE kH'o -
AFTER DAYS srRUaaLE WITH '''' $40"
rR,EsroNR, OIL CLoTHA>p OLE"
The committee Of State Seh"'e i""Ses
have been sinking Investigation SINUS NV w
-.,,ors trusts without, however, always striK,hg
81, ..s.,rdav finished their labors in this city
- -c,urned 20 Albany to make up their report
=. 49,, legislature and hatch some sort OF Dill
A.. ,,ill make things uncomfortable for trusts
in the future.
They began their labors by another bout with
.ha trust oompared with which all other trusts
are AZ pigmies-the Standard Oil Trust Trustee
John ID. Arohbold small, boyish-looking, clean
shayen and keen-eyed, was put IN the witness
chair and the lawyers of the trust were on hano
nreuared to come to his assistance on the nrsu
Indication that the trust was in danger OF getting
hurt Mr.. Archbold is as sharp as steer .Iaps
or he wouldn't occupy position SO near the lhIono
IN the Standard on concern 9u' ne GSen pbn d.
Rockefeller, whose serenity Is PROOF bealnsv o.,
disturbing elements sarcasms, lnnuendoes anu Gm' S
not; when senator Arnold, tte ,cndng TO- show
at him lot of printed extracts .enunS i 10 com
that the Standard OH Trust en'ereu ny tn
6inations with railroads TO get more lavoIuG,o 80
than were accorded to such OF lts comp 'I NJ
enS va tha temeritv TO remain in the field, ME.
GrchbOld hotly declared that the s,atein;n 70 60
dogmatic untr1ue ani ntimat"d that newspapers
were much addicted to publishing alocks uloi w,
STANDARD Oil Trust because III WAS popui''r 'iins
ONLY THEIR LABOR FOR THEIR PAINS.
Rut the Records-that shifting region OF quick
sands into which so many investigating shafts
are sunk without striking bottOm-formed the lrst
matter taken up IL turned out that the SUD-
committee, consisting Of Senator Arnold ana Sen
stor Linson, which on Tuesday examined the recoru
book Of the meetings of the trustees, the DOCK oa'
the Standard Oil witnesses and lawyers hau so
vigorously objected to producing, hau goS oniy
4. f,r m
sixty pages filled mainly with names, but mace al,
lusions to other reports which were not spreau
upon the minutes. Senator Arnold stated that the
subcommittee had seen the book, had maue
synopss of its contents and unanimously believed
that there was nothing In the book winch "oulo
help the Investigation in the least
unanimous on the question. ~ think the
subj Committee has made mistake he said
read the synopsis and noticed that each rcGoru
meeting were read and approved Now, the MIN
utes referred to do not appear on nc pooh . VIZ
hmined by the committee, and want W Nho"
where those minutes are"
This started lively inquiry. after the minutes
referred to. which was met with bathing answers
from the witness Several members OF the COIL,
mittee and the loungers took u hand In the game
of interrogatorv football. But no satisfactory IN
formation about these minutes wa; ELECTED from
The witness He believed that If there We're any
snch they were destroyed. He said that the Tx
,cntive Committee and the Poard Of Trustees were
one and the same thing: Alter the Wrange nag
lasted hour IL was finailV OeufrHllneu tIldt J.,
he committee on investigation should find that
there was a record Of the work OF the executive
ronmi,-"c other than that examined ny 'he sur
committee on Tuesday, 1t should DO submitted 10
III" After Mr. Hrchbold had again denied that the
Standard OIL Trust had made arrangements WIN
van,ago and repeated some Of the good thr rs Mr.
Rockefeller had stated on the day peVlods con-
corning the benefits which the consumer ana AMIN, 'nc
pnhIc gensrallv Ind reaped through the operations
pf the Standard O Trust he was allowed to depart
THE COMPANIES AND THEIR STOCK
BEFORE he went he gave tho committee tahu-
lated statement of CONDENSED statistics 1t showed
tbe number Of COMPANIES now In the Standard OH
Trust. their capital stock, and to what extent the
Trust controls them. 1t is as follows:
NETWORK STATE
Can. stock Name o,Oompang Bu'fnsss 1ru.t
100000 Acme OIL OIL products En,,rc
200 900 Atlas Refining Co. OH products Entire
$4,000 Am Wick Mfg. Co. Lamp Wlcks Entire
100000 Bush q Dunslow
Mtg Company OIL products 5op.c.
100000 Chesboro'h Mg. Co. Oil products 1904
ooo ooo Central peap,c Co. Oil products
N'''00' GIL p Q.
100000 Devoc Mfg Co Pkrs. OF OILS In''o
100000 Empire Refn'g Co.
Nlmited) OH products eVpho
100000 Oswego Mfg Co. Wood cases Enu i
GOO Iratt Mfg Co. Oil products Entire
100000 Standard oil (N.Y) on products Eh,i i
100000 Some d Fleming Mg Oh prouuote I- a
100000 Thompson Bedrd Oll piouuo'' 80.
eb 900 Vacuum OIL Co. OIL products 'opo
$4,000 ragle on OH products Entire
5000 McKirgan oil oil products Entire
5000 900 STANDARD OIL (NJ) Oh productS En'ro
PENNSYLVANIA
100000 Acme OIL OIL products Ehuro
100000 Atlantic Refining Oil products Entire
$4,000 Eclipse Lubg Oil oil products Entire
10000 Galena OIL Works OIL products
So Ia p G.
100000 Imperial Refining OH products Lnlle
100000 Producers CoDso!-
dated Land and 80.
petroleum Crude oil G5 32-100
OK Atk ooo National Transit Crude OIL s4pc.
zoo 600 STANDARD oil pal on products Entire
100000 signal OIL Works OIL products
OHIO
1000 600 Con. Trunk Line petro prodts b7p.c.
10000 Inland Oil Co. Fetro proofs ool.c
BbOO 600 STANDARD oil Co.(O) OF products Entire
100000 Solar Refining Co. OIL products Ehtiie
KENTUCKY
100000 Standard Oil Co. Petro prodts Entire
MARYLAND.
100000 BAL. United OIL Co. OIL products
5000 6O0o p. c.
WEST VIRGINIA.
100000 Camden Cop. OH OIL products Entire
llg1OO West Va. OIL Co. OIL products
4712 p c.
ILLINOIS.
100000 p. C. landlord oil OIL products 51p.c.
MINNESOTA
100000 Standard Oh Oil product Entire
MISSOURI.
100000 Waters Pierce on OIL product 6Onc.
MASSACHUSETTS.
100000 Beacon Oil OIL product Entire
100000 Maverick OIL OIL product Entire
IOWA.
100000 STANDARD OIL OIL product COpc.
100000 Continental OIL Oh product
90 1-2 p C.
The Sheep and Lamb Butchers Trust next ext
bobbed up in the person Of Richard l. "obln, the
fecrctary He submitted the minutes OF the Ms
tociation but no new information was elected
from him.
SENATOR AND LAWYER FALL OUT.
The Oil Cloth Trust was next Investigated, with
H. w Fowler as the witness This was rendered
Interesting by lively tilt between Senator Lang
bein and Colonel Bliss. Senator Langbein intl-
nated-or Colonel Bliss thought lie did-that his
mode Of inquiry was not Of character calculated
20 get al bottom facts and that the witness had