The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
OUTSIDE COMPANY
AIDS STANDARD.

FINDLAY, o., Oct. 1I-Evfdcnce was
brought ont by the state today In the
trial of the Standard OIL Company OF
Ohio for conspiracy against trade,
showing the ownership of the Manhat-
tan OIL Company of Ohio to be In the
General Industrial Development COM
pnny, Limited, of London, England, also
that the Manhattan, which buys ana
ships crude oil, does not compete with
the standard, but does compete WITH
independent companies.
These facts were brought out In the
testimony of F. T. Cuthbert, president
or the Manhattan. A similar criminal
suit to that on trial is pending against
his company, and he testified under the
order of the court, which renders him
immune from future criminal prose-
cution. This course was taken at the
suggestion of the prosecution, upon the
appeal of Mr.. Cuthbert to the court Tor
protection.
PRODUCES BOOKS.
The witness had been summoned and
ordered to bring the books of his COM
pany showing the record of stockhold-
ers' meetings. The books were pro-
duced. The record of the last annual
meeting showed that Mr. Cuthbert had
been elected president by voting under
power of attorney 1895 shares of stock
owned by the English holding COM
pany; that this comprised the entire
stock OF the company with the excep-
tion of twelve shares, Of which one
each Is held by the president and di-
rectors of the company, who are all
residents of Lima, Ohio, the home Of
the company
Mr.. Cuthbert said he had been presi-
dent since 1908 and he had held the
same power of attorney since that time
He RENTS money to the English Of
ficials
Explaining the nature OF the busf
ness done by the Manhattan, Mr.. Cuth-
bert said that before he became its
president the company did general
oil business, that it owned producing
properties, pipe lines and refinery at
Galatea, Ohio. It had disposed of all
but Its pipe line to the Ohio Oil Com
pany, but he did not know who was
now operating the refinery at Galatea.
The Manhattan Company now does ex-
clusively a pipe line business. In doing
1T, it buys the oil of the producer,
transports It to storage station and
sells 1t to S. P. Trainor, purchasing
agent for the Standard. who buys oil
from Joseph Seep, treasurer Of the
Buckeye Pipe Line Company. In what
is known as the South Lima field,
where the Manhattan and Buckeye
pipe lines both buy oil, the price paid
to the producer is cents barrel less
than in the North Lima field, where
what are regarded as the Independent
companies make their purchases.
AFTER INDEPENDENTS
Mr.. Cuthbert admitted that the pro-
fits of his company in the North Lima
field were very small. IL any.
Prosecutor David asked the witness
about the purchases in the Indiana ter
ritory 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 regu-
lar market price.
The witness said his company
bought oil for transportation at the
wells of the Ohio Company and in do
ing so did the business with F. s.
Bates. it's secretary, at Oil City, Pa.
Asked If Mr.. Bates did not use the
telegraph wire of the Buckeye Pipe
Line Company in doing business with
the Manhattan, Mr.. Cuthbert said he
did not know; that the kilograms from
Mr.. Bates were on the blanks of the
Buckeye Company.
In the preliminary skirmish regard
ing the Interpretation of The immunity
clause of the Dever law, the court
ruled that the witness would have to
make specific objection to some ques-
tion which he held would tend to in
criminate him if he answered. The
question to which the witness objected
was: Where does your company keep
its books showing the record of pro-
ceedings of the last stockholders
meeting?"