Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-29
ROCKEFELLER RAKED.
SOME LIVELY COMMENTS ON THE STAND.
ARD OIL TRUST.
The Testimony Brought Out BY As hvs;t-
CATION Tie Topic IN New York Business
Grc!ss-A General Opinion that
Tie Trusts hua 60.

o Nk" ioRk, February S.-Ths testi.
mony brought out BY the investigation Of
e the Standard Oil Trust was the toric Of
/. discussion In business circles today.
The newspapers also comment on n IN 4
: very interesting manner. Speaking Of the
examination Of John d. Roctfsller, Pr.si.
dent of the Ohio Standard Oil Company.
blythe Senate Trust Investigating Commit.
tee, the World says:
The investigation was Q love fsast
The Chairman Of the COMMITTEES Va :.
subdued - one Of the new shsdes ofsn. IN,
costumes Colonel Bliss, The usn.IlS
efferrescent counsel, had no NOR, sna,Lis
IN him than can be found In a bottls or
, champagne uneorked tho day b-fbr. ye..
terday. President Rockefeller. Of Ohio
was as candid as o oonideuos man h.So,s .
police court. Was the Stanpsrd octonns .
monopoly? Oh. BY no means. Nh I,
close refneriesp Certainly mot MA 4,
limit the production Of oilS Decidedly
no. or force corporations into the trusip
Not at all. Its relations with outside re-
hneries are genial and pleasant, and il
makes no effort to fix price. It's objects
are wholly philanthropic, and Il has never
sought nor received any special fsrors
from railroad corporations.
This, while the grasp Of the terrible
monopoly Is felt on our courts, in our elec.
lions and In our State Legislatures. Tbis
While seats in the Senate OF the limited
States are filled by the power Of the graf
corporation: This, while the court records
are crowded with complaints Of the law
less ana criminal acts Of the agents of thu
trust In crushing those who dare 10 hold
out against in authority. Thh, while the
standard OIL monster looms up a. the bold.
est and most unscrupulous OF all oopspira.
ei's OF capital against fair competition and
honest labor. What . farce Ia an ipyesti.
CATION which puts on kid gloves vhiIe
handling the millionaire Of the Standard
oil iniqity, and allows the testimony Of
one OF Its great barons 10 alp ~ amoothly
along NJ II gliding through one Of his own
oil pipes, and to 70 ont 10 the world A the
unthinl story OF the great MONOPOLY"
Inc Herald says: John d. Rockefeller.
The head OF the concern and the chief wit.
ness OF the day, was evidently more anI.
ous to withhold than to give the informs-
lion which u is the purpose of the iuye,tI.
lion to obtain. This fact and its impot.
'nce were recognized by General Pryor
when he insisted, and very properlv. We
hink. on the Production OF the Trn,,
,coks-a demand which his colleague. Col
'liss, cav ct openly 70 Oppose Tbs..
looks will not delay, refuse. eyad, or
make dom remember answers Ths.
WI tell Jn'f what the people want 10
nov. and have right 10 know. Let the
'mmittee call for their prod uction."
An important end was attained yes.
.rday by the succosful demand for tho
rust agreement, which has hitherto baen
'reinlly kept In secrecy. Like the Trust
sell, u s novelty in law. II disclosss
combine which takes 20 stsslf ysst.r
'wers, and seeks TO evsde legal restrsints
10 responsibilities 70 greater extsnt
IAN Is allowed 70 any combination or or.
,n'Aaiion OF men, other than thens
fusts, known TO the law. A corpon.
ID, whether transportation, mann.
ring or financial is ehartsrsd nv
Government and is under GSy.
nment control. A Joint stock
mpany il Bubject 10 we'll Unknown I.gsI
notion and Limitations. A partpsnhip
covered by established rules of Law. An
iinary Trust is controlled by prescibsd
al rules and principles But the grcst
lbine, OF which the Standard OIL Tru,t
he original and most conspicuous speci.
a., looms up a. q legal posdescript.
ich wields mightisr powers than Rreat.
railroad corporation and claims sremp-
from every wholesome regulation and
OK imposed by the lay either upon a
pofation, joint stock concern. n mart
ship or an ordinary Trust.
What Ia the remodyp The first stem n
unearth the evil That :. the end Of
pending Investigation. The NEXT sttp
6e the enforcement Of existing laws
the enactment Of new ONES. Tust'
fations which amount 10 n conspiracy
criminal. Trust agreements and
'ngs which are Axainst public policy on,
and cannot be enforced. 'Trust, oom-
'tiops which are not technically Grim
or unlawful should be Brought under
I legal control and supervision, just A.
,oratiobs, joint stock companies. psrt-
hips and legitimate trusts are. !"