The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-07
THOUSANDS CROWD STREETS
TO SEE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Cries FOR Help Arc Heard IN Court--Clash Between
Court and Attorneys Sta 1dard Pays 40
Per Cent on Hundred Millions

cas-; he also stated that the Tank
line company owned thee cars AMI
that major portion OF the stock Of
the Tank Inc is owned by tho stand
ara OIL Company of New Jersey He
also testified that the ORIGINAL invest
ment ef tho Tank line company was
$3,500.O00 but chat Is now in debt
about s500000a more on top Of that.
Rockefeller Called.
John p. Rockefeller was then calle |
and rs'ng briskly he walked toward
the witness stand
The witness was questioned en-
tirely by Judge Landis. The first
question asked by him was:
Mr. Rockefeller, have you any
official connection with the Standard
Oil Company OF New Jersey?"
4 am the president but the posi-
tion lc pu:ely honorary, and has been
for the last eight or ten years. as |
have not been rendering any service
wha ever"
10 -ou know what the outstanding
eqpital stock of the Standard Oil
Company OF New Jersey is?" -. =,
Here Attorney Miller objected but
was o~erruled, and the witness re-
pied that it was approximately ST.
100000 600. He then told, in gen
eral way of the business of the Stand
ard on Company of New Jersey.
Court and Attorney Clash.
There was a sharp tilt here between
the court and the attorneys for the
company, during which the latter
were given to understand that the
government has nothing to do with
this hearing.
The court declared 1t was seeking
to ascer ain the wealth of the cor
poration holding the stock of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
which was recently convicted of re-
batting. The questioning of Rockefel-
ler was then resumed. Rockefeller
testified that he knew nothing of any
refineries, except trose in New Jer
sey, owned BIZ the Standard OH Com
pany of New Jersey, and that he did
not think that beyond the production
and refinement OF oil the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey was in
any other business. He said the dvi-
dends of the Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey during 1903-4-5 was ap-
proximately 40 per cent OF the out
standing stock. He did not know
what the net earnings of the Stand
ard Oil Company were during these
three years and suggested that some
other witnesses might be able to give
the desired information.
40 Per Cent Average Dividend.
Rockefeller was excused and
Charles NJ. Pratt, secretary of the
Company, was called. He said the
capital stock of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey was $9S,300,0OO
and that he thought 40 per cent was
about the average dividends. He es-
timated the earnings Of 1903 at $751;
100000; in 1904 at SCI 100000. and In
1905 a trlflle over $57,000,000 He said
that the capital stock of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana is largely
held by individuals and SSrporate
of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, and that the
New Jersey Company also controls
the Tank line.
Bailiff Stops Rockefeller.
The testimony of r. M. Stanton,
of the car service was
While Stanton was on
the stand Rockefeller concluded he
would leave the court room, and his
effort to do so brought him into con
fiiet with the bailiff in which he was
worsced. Rockefeller
had pushed the gate opening from the
court room partly open when the
bailiff spied him. and instantly pushed
the gate shut with Rockefeller still on
the inside. The two men gazed at
each other for an instant. but not a
word was spoken. Rockefeller turned
and walked back to his seat and made
no effort to leave II during the re-
mainder of the hearing.
The court asked the attorneys IL
concluded on Eighth Page.)