The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-17
here except the National Refining com
paDy.
States Case Rested.

here except the National Refining com
paDy.
States Case Rested
81. With this evidence the State rested
its case
Mr.. Kline, for the defense, then put
IN the first evidence for the defense. He
first fled as evidence a certified copy
or the Journal entry, the Judgment of
the court in the case of the State of
ONO against the Standard Oil company,
known as the contempt proceedings.
Mr. Kline read this record and then
announced defendant rests -
Now let the oratory begin,'' re-
marked Mr.. Phelps.
In fve-rninute recess IL was ar
ranged that FIVE speeches would be
made TO the Jury. three by the State g
attorneys and two by the defense.
Prosecutor David will open for the
state, and arguments will be made by
Attorney General Ellis and Mr.. Phelps
for the prosecution.
Mcssrs. Kline and Troup will present
the defense to the jury. 1t is esti-
mated this argument will consume the
balance Of the day.
Old Trust Still Exists.
Reviewing the documentary evidence
TO the jury, Mr.. David said IL was not
olspnted by anyone that the Standard
81 on trust actually existed in 1882.
The State now contends that this same
trust, only under another name still
exists. He mentioned the various 10.
cal companies now doing business in
the State, saying they were members
Of the original trust
- The people in the case - said Mr..
David. ''claim that the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey owns tho
stock Of the these subsidiary coppan-
les, each one dependent upon the other
and rlght, now doing business among
gentlemen-John =. Rockefeller, Flag
leT, William Rockefeller, Archbold. and
Rogers, are today the heads of these
companies. These men were of the
nine original trustees IN The trust.
The STANDARD Oil trust agreement
of 1899, said Mr.. Phelps Of The pros.
ccution, who followed Nj. David, twas
responsible for every trust in this
cont,nent--it was the original trust.
Claims Evidence Is Plain.
1.-The laws oP Ohio require; he con.
tinued, ''tbat the Standard Oil COM
Vany Of New jersey, the owner of these
subsidiary companies. must come here
and 90 business in its own name. All
that we can require is that il shall
cease TO defy the law Of this State -
The evidence, he said, showed beyond
the shadow of a doubt, that the Val
entine law was being violated.
Mr.. Troup, who followed Mr., Phelps,
presented the case for the defense
Much has been said, lie began,
about the buckeye Pipe Line com.
pany., the Solar Refining company, the
Manhattan OIL company, the Ohio Oil
company and all of these companies
have been alleged to be the property
of the New Jersey corporation. But, -
Mr.. Troup emphasized, "nope Of these
companies IS on trial here, The only
defendant here is the Standard Oil COM
pany of Ohio
Summed UP, he said the charge
against the defendant was this:
"That the defendant is member of
a trust formed in 1882 and has CON
tinucd so down to the present time
Mr.. Troup justified combinations Of
capital, brains, energy and actions as
essential to the progress of the world.
1t was such combinations which had
produced civilization. and these in them
selves were not and could not be unlaw-
t full,