The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-18
OIL TRUST S FATE
Is. YET UNDECIDED.
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passed. The crowded courtroom be.
Ecame demonstrative and the court
\ collision resulted from telegram read
4 by the attorney general to the effect
1 that the Manhattan Oil company had
4 been sold out to the STANDARD for $2,-
1 OOOO0O s 4t5
: IS This was declared by the defense
i trick to influence the jury. The prose
Icution retorted that the matter would
never have reached the jury had not
Mr.. Kline, who made the charge, mem
toned the incident in open court. Il
The incident closed with a severe adj
monition by the court. The jury was
instructed not to regard the matter.
]. Attorney General Talks.
! Mr.. Ellis contended that the defense
had adduced as their only evidence the
journal entry of the supreme court in
the contempt proceedings.
They seriously contend to you that
the state of Ohio has brought an ac-
tion for the purpose of determining the
identical question that was determined
in 1892. I don't claim to be great
lawyer; but do I look as foolish as
thatY 1t that were true, all they would
have to do in this case would have
been to put in a plea in abatement
that they had already been tried for
. this offense, and could not be put twice
in jeopardy"
The court decree dealing with the
contempt proceedings was then read by
1T don It charge anybody with cor.
J, ruptly disobeying the decree of the.
supreme court of the state,'' he said:
but I do say that the, Standard Oil
company escaped conviction by show
: ing. that it had obeyed the letter, altho
1T had disobeyed the spirit of the de-
c1s1on OF the court ordering it to with
draw from the trust. AS: a matter Of
TACT, this corporation never Withdrew
from the trust at all. It kept UP that
\ same Ubiquitous partnership, only in
another manner.
"The court told the Ohio corporation
to withdraw; that the nine trustees
could not vote or hold the stock of the
company. What was done9 This stock
Z was turned in and then to the owners
OF 1t was given pro rata stock in the
thlrty-nine other companies.
Trust Still Exists.
"Was that abolishing any trusts
Was not the interest identically the
sames There never, was any change
!, in the substance of this trust. It has
n way at the same old stand, 26 Broad
e way. That the letter of the previous
T. court command had been complied with
e Is the sole defense this corporation
IS makes. 1t produces no testimony and
y y not Witness. It simply stands or
:. This, the attorney general main
u tanned, was as ridiculous as would be
y the defense of a man acquitted fol
y; - morse stealing on one occasion to say
II : that he could not be tried for stealing
u another horse. '~, ~ > :
u :" The way to establish trust unde,
-, so the valentine act is to prove that two
T., i. or more persons or corporations hav,
70 combined for the. purpose Of controlling
prices, and theseTacts are admissible al
G. evidence to show whether they hav,
80 done SO. We could, under the law
J nave shown the existence of this trus
~ by its general reputation, as there
~ not child in Hancock county whosdoe
u not know that the STANDARD sOnacom
u pany OF Ohio is member Of the 81
10 trust. : = 80 s,
"a "But we have preferred to put cred
- Idle. witnesses on the stand and thei
III testimony has shown-what9 1ss*t:
IN "Who owns the Manhattan Oil com
~ pany9 An English corporations Is i
competing with any except The indie
pendent company in this territory a.5Nc
"Who owns the Buckeye Pipe Lin
lis cosmpanyq The Standard Oil compan:
nd Broadway, and it's officers and director
nd are officers and directors Of these com
st panies.
NJ "Who owns the Ohio Oil company
er The. same New Jersey company /
lts sends its telegrams over the, lines o
III the Buckeye free Of cost.
p l. FWho OWNS tho Go1or poHrsr. ~,
panys The same New Jersey con
pany. Iii = -..- IL
HWho owns the Standard Oil con
pany of Ohio9 Mr.. Kline says we hav
- not proved who owns that. He woul
r. have you believe that the. Standard O.
u company Of Ohio, in whose Offices wa
born the trust, and from the brain {
whose chief owner the whole abomil
"a able scheme came, that the mother {
an the trust had deserted her shame an
lie. that this company is not now owne
ed by the New Jersey company; that it
m competing with these other corpor;
,ir- lions and is not in the trust.
me ... Cites the Testimony.
en- CHOW, have just. a dozen separat
~ ~ directly to the acts and conduct of tt
ole Standard Oil company of Ohio and pro
seai ing-not beyond reasonable doub
no. .UuC DeyOuu INC pOSSlDll1Cy OIL q. que
n L q tion-that the company is and has bee
.or all the time, as everybody knows,
,etI' member of this aggregation.
~ "First, the Standard Oil company
ng- Ohio was in the original trust.
ron "Second, it was in the trust aft
NJ the custer of 1892, because, as show
re- by the scrip and stock certificates pr
me duced by Mrs. Butts, the stock owne
ter ship. in the various companies was ide
ver, teal. t.' u
''Third, its officers are the same
en- the officers of the several other co
re- porations in the aggregation; its pres
ese dent, F. @. Barstow, has his office
lin, 26 Broadway. #
ons "Fourth, the tax relations to Il
the secretary Of state Of Ohio came fro
ago the same place (this was disputed I
me the. defense and withdrawn by N
on Ellis).
low "Fifth, it buys only from 9th
try members Of the trust in Ohio and
the only member Of the trust that Sc
refined oil in the state.
"Sixth, it does not compete with {
}. only other refinery in the state Of al
size, the Solar at Lima.
Has "Seventh, it pays the inspection fe
Of the Solar Refining company. 7
IT, Eighth, it owns 200 DISTRIBUTE
j. | stations as well as 90 per cent Of t