Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-10-18
STANDARD loses
POINT IN court
EVIDENCE SHOWING RELATIONS
OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
TO PRESENT CONCERN.
Documents Certified by Secretary of
State Of New Jersey Permitted to
Go to Jury Despite Protest Of At
torney for Defendant.

Findlay, o., Oct. 12.-The Standard
Oil company had another bad day Of
1t before the United States district
court here Thursday. First Of all, the
court admitted evidence showing that
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey was the link that bound to-
gether a number of producing compa-
MES, and, secondly, the presid ent of
the Manhattan Oil company, under
assurance Of immunity from prosecu-
ton, admitted that it only sold oil to
The Standard company, that in one
field it paid five cents more a barrel
for crude oil than in other fields and
that the purpose of this was to meet"
competition.
Owned by English Concern.
President F. T. Cuthbert, the man
given immunity by the court, said
that the Manhattan OIL company of
Ohio was owned by the General In
dustrlal Development company, limit
ed, of London, England, and that the
company, which buys and pipes crude
OIL does not compete with the Stand
ard but does compete with independ-
ent companies.
Mr.. Cuthbert said he had been pres
ident since 1903. He knew nothing
about the English company; had
never seen anyone connected with it.
but had corresponded with ]. w. F.
Rancis, its secretary, and w. w.
Johnston, it's managing director,
whose addresses were London He re-.
mits money to them.
Sold to Ohio Company.
Explaining the nature of business
done by the Manhattan in answer to
questions, Mr. Cuthbert said that be-
fore he became it's president the COM
pany did a general oil business, that
1t owned producing properties, pipe
lines and a refinery at Galatea, O.. 1t
had disposed of all but it's pipe line
to the Ohio Oil company, but he did
not know who was now operating the
refinery at Galatea. The Manhattan
company now does exclusively pipe
line business. In doing it it buys the
oil of the producer, transports it to
storage stations and sells it to S. P
Trainor, purchasing agent for the
Standard, who also buys oil from JOS
eph Seep, tt easurer of the Buckeye
Pine Line company.
IA what is known as the South Lii
ma field, where the Manhattan and
Buckeye pipe lines both buy oil, the
price paid to the producer is five
cents barrel less than in the North
Lima field, where what are regarded
as the independent companies make
their purchases.
Standard Loses Fight.
The day began with an extended ar
gument by counsel as to the admissi-
bility as evid ence of documents certi-
fed to by the secretary of state of
New Jersey showing the corporate
powers of the Standard Oil of that
state and the seven annual reports
since those powers were increased.
The court ruled the evidence in.
Just before Mr.. Cuthbert was put
on the stand the state had Frank C.
Shank, deputy county auditor of Han.
cock county, sworn. He identified sew.
eral tax certificates on file in the au-
d1tors Office showing that Theodore
M. Tolles of 26 Broadway, New York,
was tax agent for the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, the Buckeye Pipe
Line and the Ohio Oil company.