The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
OIL KING SHRINKS;;
HADLEY IS FIRM
Archbold Suggests the Missouri
Mountain Go to Timid
MIR. Rockefeller.


New York, March 26.-JOhn D. Arch
bold, vice, president of the Standard
Oil company, testifying today at the
hearing in the custer proceedings
brought against the Standard Oil com:
pany, by the state of Missouri, said that
John D. Rockefeller has no desire to
evade any questions. He said that Mr..
Rockefeller knows nothing about the
matters concerned in this suit.
He dislikcs very much the notoriety
and cartooning,' said Mr.. Archbold:
!. eff Attorney General II p iey wants to
go to Lakewood and que. n him, am
sure he will find him willing to answer
i any questions
witnesses here,} the attorney dS general general
interrupted, "only one way"
Objected to Artists.
Before answering questions, Mr..
Archbold objected to being sketched by
several artists. who were in the room.
~ must protest against the sketch
ARTISTS said Mr.. Archbold, pointing to
9 one or two .1 rThey have acted SO in
and the public.''
United States Commissioner Frede-
rick D. Sanborn, before whom the hear
| u
Mr.. Archbold said he is a vice presi
dent Of the Standard Oil compasey OF
| New Jersey and owns stock III botf
| that company and the Standard Oh
company Of Indiana. He said that N
| M. Van Buren, is his son-in-law and is
now IN New York. Soon after he stated
this process-server, who was present
left the room.
| John D. in Poor Health
| Mr.. Archbold said John D. RoekefeI
Ter is president of the Standard Oil com
panY, but has taken no active interest
owing to i'll health. He has an office
at 26 Broadway, but is seldom there.
''Who is the active head of the Stand
ard Oil company" asked ATTORNEY
General Hadley. p
"There is no master mind in tn,
Standard Oil,' replied Mr.. Archbold
raising his voice. sit is made up Of
an aggregation of individuals.
''The business is controlled by men
experts IN their respective depart
ments,' he said, 'tand the term com
/ is a misnomer.'' 80
H. M. 1Tilford, Mr.. -Archbo1d thought
is the principal individual in the do
nestle trades board and has been con
nected with the Standard Oil compan,
since 1875.
! Asked concerning the stock of tn
| Waters-Pierce Oil company now in tn
name Of Mr.. Van Buren,, Mr.. Archbol,
said it was the 1850 shares formerly
held in the names of the Standard Oh
trustees.
Wee, Small Trust.
care you familiar with the produc
Of oil in this country?' asked Attorne,
General Hadley.
IT am
"What is it?''
"The daily production Of crude OF
in the United States is about 35O,OOt
gallons and the Standard Oil produces
about one-seventh.'
"And about the refined product7'
1.-THE Standard Oil probably sells ant
want to add,' continued Mr.. Archbold
"that wherever there is Standard Oh
refinery in the United States, there II
a competition refinery in that section
There is a great deal Of competition
in the oil business. The competition
of course, is greatest in the big oil re
gion of Pennsylvania.
The witness told of the Standard Oh
interests in the new fields of Kansas
and said that the Standard Oil com
pany did not control the oil situation
there. There were number of indie
pendent producers and refineries there
Attorney General Hadley asked MI
Archbold concerning the men who com
posed the various boards Of director
of the Standard Oil companies, includ
ing Francis D. Carley, Colonel William
I. Thompson, Horace D. Hutchins, D
S.. Cowles and H. M. Tilford.
These men had all been at one tim
or another connected with the STANDARD
Oh company, principally, however
about 1878.