New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-13
q the transfer Of your socc trust certificates into

"a We ,anster OF your 2i9c" trust certificates into
. ..TheTe -, must ST. be such ci :, record"
The secretary Of the 1uidnting trustees"
is rs there record Of the conversion OF these
hquidatng certificates into the stock of the Stand
ard r on Company Ct ohio?'
Where are these"
The secretary of the Standard oil Company OF
A ". McGroeor. q director OF the defendant com,
rsny ana ask Is there record OF transfer o.
Gates or into liquidaing trustees certificates"
MeGregors certificates into the certificates Of legal
who has tho records"
The respective secretaries"
UNION TANK LINE COMPANY.
Calling your attention TO another branch Of the
case will you state what arc tho respective con-
traciual relations. II any. tctween the Union Tank
Line Company of OHIO and the Standard on Com
pany Of Ohlo?'
There are to my knowledge"
Docs the Standard Oh Company Of Ohio deal
with the Union Tank Line Company as one Of It's
uansporiers Of its PRODUCT
Il suppose the Standard oil Company OF Ohio
uses these cars 10 snip i;s oil in"
Here there argument ny counsel. after
which Mir. Rockefeller desired change his last
answer to: 1T employs this company to shi? IT'S
the undeTstanding Tat both answers should go on
record with note made tSat the change was &C.
Continuing Mr. Monet asked Does the Union
TANK ne C9%Pany snip loT ANYBODY Csc
At This Mr. Kline jumped mp and said veheineh,t'E
TINS any reason nat We smoTa b' line Cora
pany that is to he blamed" 49,.
An attempt was made to prove that the Inon
Tank Line Company not a common carrier as
IT only carried oil for the Standard Oh company.
to admit this he answered 4 do not know whether
hey do or not Tan pIn STATE tate connanv still ship
the on Of the defendant company in Ohio to us
Mr. Rockefeller had the question repeated five or
more times and studied very gravely over II Tor
many minutes. Finally he answered. Il cannot
state Of my own knowledge"
"Are you stockhodeT In the Buckeye Pipe Line
81 now ask II any Of the directors OF the stand
Union Tank Line Company, the Buckeye Pipe Line
and the Ohio OIL Company, and who are they
THREATENED WITH A CONTEMPT.
Then before Mr. Rockefeller had chance TO an
swer Mr.. Monet said '1f Mr.. Rockefeller refuses
TO this question. Mr.. Commissioner. re-
quest that the attention Of the Supreme Court of
Ohio be called TO 1t. Mr.. Rockefeller may be
taken before that court on a charge OF contempt .
After a little thought on the matter MI Rookie
feers counsel advised him not to answer and he
said: Il decline 10 answer"
Mr. Monet then put the following question; u
ask you II you llquldatng trustee keep an
account with the Union Tank Line Company and
II so where are those accounts kept?'
Has the Standard OIL Company OF Ohio had
transportation department since the Union Tank
Line Company formed and the Standard oil
Company of Ohio transferred its rolling stock 10
such company"
Mr. Rockefeller was at last evidently becoming
weary. He answered: NO not to my knowledge
Does the defendant company come into compet-
tion with any OF the original constituent companies
In the State Of Ohio since 1922
1T sells its goods wherever IL Wills
To another question which might have the ef-
closely allied with the trust Mr.. Rockefeller
said: Each company has it's own separate indi-
vidualitv. They report only to their own share
holders"
An attempt then made 10 get Mr.. Rockefeller
20 admit that the companies In question reported
the Offices Of the trust. at No 25 Broadway. this
city In his Mr. Monet failed. He then asked l.:
Does the standard OIL Company Of Ohio have a
limited terriory"'
at has not its field is the whole world"
Have you not added to the trust or tho orig
inal constituent companies the Standard oil Com
pany ~ Kansas since March q. 1922
"Not to my knowledge"
DO they send in any OF their dividends toward
paying trust certificates?
There some sparring between counsel as 10
Finally he said that If Ii made the last ques-
ton he would answer 1t. This finally agreed
to- and Mr.. Rockefeller answered: mo. not to my
knowledge"
Then at p n. adjournment was taken 20 II
o'clock this morning.
George Rice. president OF the Ohio OIL Company.
said 10 be opponent Of the trust. at the
hearing Yesterday. and will testify In the course OF
the investigation