The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-16
DAMAGING
ADMISSIONS

Findlay, O., Oct. 12.-Effort on the
part of the prosecution today IN their
attempt to prove violation Of the
Valentine antitrust act by the Stand
ard Oil company, was concentrated to-
ward establishing parental relation
between the Standard and the various
alleged subsidiary companies operat-
ing in Hancock county.
The growth of the Standard, from
the original Ohio trust agreement in
1882 to the present, was traced to date
before adjournment yesterday by doc
umentary evidence. Today witnesses
were called to testify relative TO ex-
isting local conditions. Some of the
admissions were most conclusive. j.
H. Scott. purchasing agent for the
| Trainer purchasing agency, admitted
that his purchases were confined al
most exclusively to the fields where
there was competition; that no oil
was purchased from the Ohio Oil COM
pany, the largest individual producer
in this field; and that oil purchased
by him was run through five diff
ferent pipe lines, all recognized as
Standard auxiliaries.
DAMAGING ADMISSIONS.
| He admitted that these purchases
were made largely by telegraphic COM
munications to the different fields, and
that while to that end he used the pri-
vate wires Of the Buckeye Pipe Line
company, he paid the company nc
tolls for such use. The purchases ag-
gregated from $4,000 to $4,000 barrels
a month and were stored for the
Trainer agency by the different pipe
lines.
M G. Shafer, deputy oil inspector In
this district, testified that all oil
handled from the local distribution
station of the Standard Oil company
plan Of furnishing this oil to local
company of Lima Interesting eyi.
dence is promised later relative to the
plan of furnishing this oil to local
dealers. Admissions forced by the
prosecution today. are considered the
most important direct testimony YET
offered. There have been almost fifty
witnesses in all summoned by the
state for next week. 1t is expected
that the real interesting local evidence
will come Monday and Tuesday.
ROBERTSON TO TESTIFY.
Secretary Robertson, of the Stand.
ard Oil company, of Cleveland, will
be one Of the witnesses. To-Day under
examination by Attorney Phelps, ]. H
Scott said that for the last seven.
teen years he had been employed here
representing the Trainer Oil Purchas.
ing Agency, coming from Allentown
N. Y, where he had represented JOS
eph Seep, of Titusville, Pa.
Scott's Offices here are in connection
with those of the Buckeye Pipe Line
company. His salary is paid by Jos.
eph Seep by drafts upon the Oil City
Trust company. He did not know Mr.
Trainer, had ever met him, or had
any communication with him. He had
been employed by Mr.. Seep as the rep.
resentative of Trainer, and Seep still
continues to pay his salary. Pressed
for an answer as to whether he was in
the Office of the Buckeye Pipe Line
company. or the Buckeye Z Pipe Line
| company was in his Office, he said he
did not know. He had an Office there
he said, connected with the telegraph
rooms of the Buckeye Pipe Line com.
pany
PAID NO TOLLS.
He used the private wires of the
Buckeye Pipe Line company, but paiC
no tolls for messages sent His mes.
sages were sent to several oil fields
and along several pipe lines where he
purchased oil for the Trainer agency
| Attorney Troup, for the defense
sought to secure more definite state
ments of the witnesses knowledge OF
the other purchasing agencies here
in northern Ohio.
docs not the Paragon Oil company
an Independent concern, purchase OF
in this field?" he was asked. Witness
said that he had no direct knowledge
to that effect. He had heard some,
thing Of the Sort Attorney Phelps
! tripped Troup up on the statement
that the Paragon was not an independ
ent company. why do you consider
the Paragon Oil company an independ
ent company more than the Ohio Oh
company" he asked. Instantly TrouI
arose in vigorous objection. Phelps
had made his point with his jury anC
smiled, while Troup argued in ex
PLANTATION. Cocrt then adjourned un
til Monday morning out of respect tc
the late Judpe Rurlxett whosa funara