Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-21
STANDARDS DEALS REVEALED
BY WITNESS
TREASURER TlLFoRD ANSWERS
QUESTIONS
Story of How the Octopus Absorbed d
Smaller Companies Related-Hold-
ings of John D. and William
Rockefeller and Rogers
fcontinued from Page one.)

petitor of the Standard company because
1t manufactured lower grade OF oil. be
fore the Pacific Coast company was ac'
otiired, the witness testified, the STANDARD
distributed refined oil In California
through the Standard OIL company OF
Iowa and Indiana In Utah, California
Montana and New Mexico the STANDARD
distributed it's products through the Con-
tinental Oil company, which obtained Oh
from the Indiana company.
Mr. Tilford said that the Waters-Pierce
OIL company sold oil in the southern part
OF Missouri, Arkansas and Texas The
Waters-Pieree company obtains its oil
from the Standard Oil company of Indi-
ana, which has charge of the marketing
of oil in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Hi
nois, Indiana. Missouri and Kansas. The
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
markets its products in the vicinity of its
refineries, said Mr.. Tilford. Oil is shipped
from the refineries to the distributing sta
tions in tank cars owned by the Union
Tank line, subsidiary company of the
Standard Oil company.
Questions Tilford
Kellogg asked Mr.. Tilford If he remem-
bered the war between the Continental
and Florence oil companies.
at was not the Florence Oil company,
but some other company whose name
don't remember, said Mr.. Tilford.
"And the Continental put the other
companies out of business?"
mo, sir, the company put itself out
of business" replied Mr. Tilford, who
stated that during the war the price of
oil dropped on-half, but rose again when
the trouble was over Mr.. Tilford said
the oil firm of Schofed, Schumer &c
Teagle of Cleveland, which refined and
IL Ill fn
Republic OIL company. which he said be-
longed to the Standard Oil company. The
oil works of the Schofield company were
dismantled and the marketing was taken
in charge by the Republic company. Mr..
TiIford was asked If the Standard Oil
company had purchased the Hazelwood
OIL company and the Gilbert Parker
company of Pennsylvania, but he said he
could not recall "They appear to own
400 shares of the Gilbert & Parker COM
painy," said Mr.. Kellogg, reading from
a list.
do you own that stock?"
"Oh, I may but I don't recall" replied
Mr.. Tilford.
Companies Transferred
Mr. Kellogg showed Mr.. Tilford list
of companies which they transferred from
the National Transit company to the
December 8. 1905. The list was as follows:
Carter Oil company, Crescent Pipe Line
company, Clarksburg Light and Heat
company, Lawrence Natural Gas COM
pany, Mahoning Gas Fuel company,
Marion Oil company, Mountain State Gas
company, Peoples Natural Gas company,
Reserve Gas company, River Gas COM
pany, Southwestern Pennsylvania Pipe
Line company, Taylortown Natural Gas
company, washington Oil company.
Mr.. Kellogg asked when the transfer
was made. Mr.. Tilford said he could
not say. Mr.. Kellogg asked If the trans
fer was not made to separate the business
of the National Transit, which was a
pipe line company from the main COM
panies. Mr.. Tilford thought that it might
be the reason. Mr.. Kellogg then cross
examined Mr.. Tilford and Mr.. Milburn
asked leave to cross examine him on
Monday. The hearing then adjuorned un-
til Monday morning.