The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-12
DON'T BUCK
THE STANDARD
MayAttan Co. Goes A.
- ter independents.
PROSECUTION AT FNDLEY
President Of Corporation Tells Of
Its Methods.
Doe. Not Interfere With spots Where
Rockefeller Controls All, But Goes
Out After Little Ones
PROSECUTION AT FNDLEY

Findlay. Ohio. Oct. 11-Evdence
was brought out by the State today in
the trial Of the Standard Oil Company
of Ohio, for conspiracy against trade.
showing the ownership of the Man
haitian Oil Company of Ohio to be in
the General Industrial Development
Company Limited. of London, Eng.
Also that the Manhattan. which
buys and pipes crude oil, does not
compete with the Standard, but does
compete with independent companies.
These facts were brought ont in the
testimony of r. T. Cuthbert. President
Of the Mani attain. A similar crimi-
nal suit 20 that on trial is pending
against his company, and he testified
renders him immune from future
criminal prosecution. This course was
taken at the suggestion of the prose-
cution. upon the appeal OF Mr.. Cuth-
bert to tie court for protection.
The witness had been summoned
and ordered to bring the books OF his
company showing the record of stock
produced The record Of the last an
nual melting showed that Mr.. Cuthbert
had been elected president by voting
under power of attorney, 1.495 shares
Of stock owned by the English hold
ing company with the exception OF
five shares of which one each 10 held
by the president and four directors OF
the company, who are residents OF
Lima Ohio, the home OF the company.
Mr.. Cuthbert said he had been pres
ident since 1903. and that he held the
same power OF attorney since that
time He knew nothing about the
English company. had never seen any
one connected with 1t. but had corre-
spondec with J. W. Francis, Its sec
rotary, and w w. Johnston, its man
eging director, whose addresses were
in London.
Mr.. Cuthbert said he had been con-
nected with the company about eight
years, and prior to his election as
RI esident had been it's controller. Pre-
vious to this he had been an expert
accountant for the National Transit
Company, a pipe line ompany
| Explaining the nature of tho bus
mess done by the Manhattan. MT.
Cuthberi said that before he became
It's president. the company did gen
eral oil business. that 1t owned pro-
ducing properties. pipe lines and re-
fnery at Galatea, Ohio.
1t had disposed of all but It's pipe
line to the Ohio Oil Company but ne
did not know who was now operating
the refinery at Galatea. The Manhat-
tan Company now does exclusively
In doing this. 1t buys the oil OF the
producer, transports 1t to storage sta
lions and sells 1t to s. p. Trainor.
purchasing agent for the Standard OIL
Company. who also buys oil from Jo-
seph Seep, Treasurer Of the Buckeye
Pipe Line Company.
In what Is known az the South Lima
field, where the Manhattan and Buck
eye pipe lines both buy oil. the price
paid to the producer is cents bar
rel less than in the North Lima field,
where what are regarded as the in
dependent companies make their pur-
chases.
Asked to explain why this was Mr..
Cuthbert said: ITO protect our pipe
lines from the encroacnment OF COM
petitors," who, he said. were the Ma
tional Refining Company Of Findlay
and the Paragon Oil Company of To-
lcdo.
DO you pay cents a barrel more
for oil in the North Lima field than
purchasing agencyT
Yes"
Mr.. Cuthbert then admitted that the
profits of his company in the North
Lima field were very small II any.
Prosecutor David asked the witness
about the purchases in tho Indian
Territory covered by the pipe lines Of
the company He said the Sun Pipe
Line Company and the Indiana Pipe
Line Company were competitors in
that field but the price there was the
regular market price