Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-15
~ Gen. Moody Brings Suit
' ,,.inst il Under the Sherman
Antitrust Law.
WANTS. IT DECLARED ILLEGAL.
~. That it be Enioined From
Entering Into Any Contract in
Restraint Of Trade.
If Those in Control OF Conf
psny Has Been to suppress COM
netI,ion In Oil Business.

petition In Oh Dus.
r,,s,lnpton, Nov. l5.-Atty'-Gen'
s'' ,nsay. acting through the resi-
Nv, aVy'' limited states district attorney
I ,nstItuted proceedings against tue
a ,''s oil company Of New Jer-
."S under the sherman antitrust act
-. fling In the United States circuit
" ot 81 Louis, a petition In equity
inst nand its 70 constituent corpora
,Ious and partnerships and seven IN
,,,,,nal defendants, asking that the
'.rbination be declared unlawful ana
n me future enjolned from entering
mo any contract or combination IN
restraint Of trade, etc
The following statement was pre-
o,,sd and made public by Atty-Gen'
Moody today;
MooDY's STATEMENT.
in June last, by direction OF the
ysJdent, Messrs. Kellogg and Morri-
Il we're appointed by me special as
,sant attorneys general to act with
avsant to the attorney general, Pur-
n 10 make an investigation Of the
stations Of the Standard Oil company
a New Jersey, TO the business OF re-
srIag transporting, distributing and
sslDng oil throughout the United
states. 10 ascertain all the facts, and
repcri whether or not In their opinion
there has been violation Of the Sher-
nan antitrust law by the Standard
Oh company of New Jersey OF the per-
sons or corporations associated with
OF managing it. The counsel have
completed that duty and the report OF
iAsir Investigation has received careful
consideration by the president and his
aklel.
The information available to the de"
putnent tends to show that the var
ns separations. the limited partner
Aps under the control, In the manner
ArtniNer stated, of the STANDARD OH
@HEaHy Of New Jersey, produce,
tsngoned and sold In the United
Stats Tor domestic use and about the
sane proportion OF refined oil exported
from the United states, that this share
u he business has been procured By
Course Of action which, beginning In
so has continued under the direction
{ the same persons, IN the main, down
0 the present time, that these persons
ew surviving are John d. Rockefeller,
VILLAIN Rockefeller Henry II. Rogers,
!enry NJ. -agler, John ID. Archbold,
liver X. Payne and Charles NJ. Pratt;
bat the design Throughout of the per-
ons having control OF the enterprise
as been to suppress competition in
he production, transportation and sale
rehned oil and to obtain. as far as
ossible monopoly therein. that be-
Seen 1870 and 1882 the design was at
ected through agreements made be-
6een many persons and corporations
hgaged In this business, that In 1852
ne result aimed at was made more Ger.
am by Investing in nine trustees, lin
luding five OF the above named per-
ohs) sufficient stock In the 80 corpor-
lions concerned to enable the truss
ees 10 control their operations In such
way that competition between them
YES suppressed; that this plan was
c'ed upon until II was declared UNI
lSiul by the supreme court OF Ohio In
. action against the Standard oil
0npany Of Ohio; one Of said corpora
ons' IN 1892, that during the seven
tars following the same individual
pendants, as a majority OF the liqui-
suhg trustees, were pretending to
quIdaie the trust, but as a matter of
aeI were managing all OF the corpor-
uons IN the same way and exercising
Ne same control over them; that the
layldual defendants, In 1899. increased
Y stock Of the Standard oil oompany
new Jersey from sl0,000,06O
NllOO0e,O00; that said company
as men a producing and selling COR
Vlauoh and they added to it's cor
LAY, v'ase powers the power of purchasing
vh IN other companies and prac-
SHaiy all OF the powers exercised BY
~ trustees under the unlawful trust
NJ Of 1882; that the standard
4. .yhpany Of New Jersey, then taxi
N VIC place Of the trustees, acquired
N " INC stock OF the CORPORATIONS
,r ,s held and controlled nv the
sisees paying therefor by the issue
d. s,1 ohh shares In exchange: that
tt.mss'uent OF the board OF trustees
Al ' n,1 me president OF the stand
the vi company OF New Jersey. and
fndsae persons, tthe individual de-
s,s, - J. VINO had directed the busi.
leu assumed the direction OF Tho
II We We OF the Standard OIL company
,p,sE Jersey and ever since CON-
\ ~ " mat the purpose and effect
anv use OF the Standard oil com
any NeW Jersey as a holding com
ma vas precisely tho same 10 lho
I tbo ana effect OF the appointment
O. ne trustees herein before refsrred
r'Nhely to suppress comnsti,,on
artnersbinea corporations and limited
eld h, Ups whose stock was 0rst
hnds,a' we trustees and then nv rho
es; ths, III company OF New Ter
idtd Inv oy the foregoing methods
oad va, 'ne establishment of rail
Rcrimirs, LOT transportation which
I3ns L,a'cd in favor OF tho cornnra
oldin," npse stock was held he ~
cen vpmgany, that command NJ
Ions ~ h ,sd 10 obtain I'm largo enc.
he sail 'ne country a mononol, ~.
ult Tia, ~ refined oil, with the va
iithln ~ we prices 20 tho cons,,,.
opoly n one territory where thn n,oI
han .Is,.levails arc very n,not w mo-
etlion ' ~ The territory where ", cnn,r
1T Is = some extent stIIl " exis, COM
sther WIKI relieved eve that these facts ,ssS RI.
ss o. the special e conn.a in the re-
L cour seton by the United dus Sly. and
luIty ups. Accordingly st1 pS states in
an act he The provisions Of t ny sh IN
he stsp mas mis- day been A. an sa sher.
.rsey. ana d OIL company 'u Of ssa Mas.
Isi Ssa Partnerships a SSSrp ,en and
L EiEb,SS etiendanis before r'e n seven IN
ldsed s isye the said coms,ns al louis
..andsrd Soo1Idlng and control ,'wI hn and md
, d ss stocks Of t5s q % New Jersey
orstionse unlawful and ~, fh"rp po,',
lands pdyins any div,a oIl declar-