The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-16
SANE, Old TRUST,
NEW. NAME, He SAYS
Combine Still Grips Ohio OIL
Business, Declares Prosecutor
David
EVIDENCE OF REBATES
BARRED OUT BY JUDGE
Inability to Prove that Standard
Authorized Premiums Ends
Sf Trial. =, ign,

Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 16.-Both the
state and the defense have rested their
cases in the trial. here against the
Standard Oil company of Ohio for al
legged conspiracy against trade at III
O'Clock today. ~
Reviewing the documentary evidence
to the Jury, Prosecutor David said it
was not disputed by anyone that the
Standard Oil trust actually existed in
1882. The: state now contends that
this same trust, only. under another
name, still exists He mentioned the
various local companies now doing busl-
ness in the state, saying they were
members of the original trust.
I" The people, in this case, SAID M;
David, "claim that the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey now owns the
stock Of these subsidiary companies,
each one dependent upon the other, and
right now doing business among us.
We have shown that these same gen.
Rockefeller, Flagler, Archbold, Rogers
are, today the heads Of these compa-
MES. These men were Of the nine orig
Anal trustees in the trust
p. Standard Pays Fees.
W. L. Finley. state inspector of oil,
was the first witness today. -
Mr.. Finley described the location and
number of his deputies and methods of
inspection. The fees for inspection at
Cleveland, he said. were paid by the
Standard Oil company of Ohio. At
Lima the Solar Refining company has a
41o
fees for inspection at Lima are also
paid by the Standard Oil company, the
Solar paving onlys1 per cent Of the
fees at Lima. ,r;:. T.. =. - Z
From reports in his office, Mr.. Fin
ley said one half the oil refined in Ohio
was refined at Lima. NJ This oil is
shipped in the cars of the Union Tnak
Line company ,v y e. - T. 49,
Try to Block Questions. .=.
These questions and answers were all
put in over the. protests of the attor-
news for the defense. - -" 81 =. y.
The Standard of Ohio, he said, had
from $50 to 200 tank stations for the
distribution, and sale rof' refined oil,
while the Solar had no such stations.
Mr.. Finley. was not cross-eXanlined. 81
NJ 6. 'Shaffer, deputy local oil In
speetor at sFindlsy, who testified last
week was readable said the Stand
ard was selling oil at retail1in Hancock
county, and no other company sold oil
here except theF National Refining com:
pany. With this evidence, the state
rested it's case. r - -.
Mr.. Kline for the defense then put
in the first evidence for the defense
He first filed as evidence certified
copy of the journal entry, the judg,
ment of the court in the!Ecase Of the
state of Ohio against the Standard Oil
company, known as the contempt pro
eeedings. -:
Mr.. Ellis Objects.
Attorney General Ellis made objec
ton to this evidence, saying the state
in this case had put in the responses
of Mr.. Rockefeller to the interrogatories
in that case which represented the
Standard s case. The state, had also
filed the issues and replies. Mr.. Kline
held that to make that record complete
IL was necessary to put in the conclu
sion of the court which, he said, dis
missed the case at the expense of the
state.
~ Think said Mr.. Kline, cit comes
with mighty poor grace for an Officer
of this state to object to the introduc
ton of the journal entry of the supreme
court of the state.' r.,".
Mr.. Ellis replied by saying that this
entry had nothing to do with Thu
case. .-... 49, e,~s :.
The court admitted the evidence. Mr.
Kline read this record and then an
nounced defendant rests. y 80
g., Take Immunity Baths. -
An agreement has; been reached be
tween Prosecutor David and the attor
neys for the Standard Oil compan,
whereby the case against John D
Rockefeller will not be set for tria
until after the present case has beel
finally disposed Of. - 80 - :.E
John O'Brien, superintendent of tn
Buckeye Pipe Line company, and E. r
Curtain superintendent of the Manhat
tan Oil company, both took the i'm
munity BATH before testifying. Wit.
the exception of the last witness, tn
evidence put in by the state was fror
officers Of the alleged constituent com
panies Of the Standard, including tn
Buckeye pipe line, the Manhattan Oh
company, the Ohio Oil company, an
the Solar Refining company.
It was admitted by officers of tn
Buckeye pipe line and Ohio Oil, con
pany that the Standard Oil compan
of New Jersey owned practically all 9
the stock, Of these companies g 49,, +.
81. .t Grocer Got Rebate? ~
Willis R.. Ulsh, local grocer, tol
the jury that when he first went int
business several years ago he purchase
oil from the National Refining compan
local independent concern, but. thu
two or three years ago he was yisite
by an agent of the Standard, SIM
which time he had bought oil from tt
Standard =. ~ ~
Attorney Phelps stated that
wished to show that this agent had 0
fered and paid secret rebate to tt
witness since his visit and that the wi
ness had bought all his oil o. the Stan
ard since that time. He said the sta
could not prove that the Standard hi
given the agent authority to offer II
rebate, and the evidence was theref
cut short. 2ts" ~ u
II was understood to have been II
intention of the prosecution to place b
fore the6ju considerable testimony
the same nature.