Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-02
sHlFTY SCHEME OF STANDARD
OIL TRUST BROUGHT OUT
IN TRIAL.
MORE INTERESTING TESTIMONY
ADDucED IN FEDERAL FIGHT
AGAINST ocTuPUs.
CHARGE OF VIOLATING TEXAS
CUSTER LAW SURSTANTI-
ATED BY WITNESSES.

New York, Sept. 26.-Some inter
esting evidence that lay almost hid
den III voIuminous schedules of Oil
tariffs submitted to the interstate
commerce comJ'lission by the Stand,
ard Oil company was unfolded yes
terday at the hearing of the federal
suit against the trust, when Calvin
M. Payne, vice president of the Ma
tonal Transit company, took the stand
to tell about various pipe lines of the
oil combine over which he has super
vision. The scneduie shows that the
tariffs for transportation of crude oil
by the Standards pipe lines are fixed
at UnionVille. which is the state line
between New \ ork and New Jersey,
and at Center BRUCE, located on the
New Jersey-FennsyiVania state line.
1t was shown that Knoxville sprang
INTO eXlstehce III 1906, when the Hep
burn Dill. which provides that com.
mon carriers must publish tariff
schedules, became law. Also. that
as the lines OF various pipe line COM
panies ended at Unionville and Cen
ter bridge, the tariff schedules are
liked for those points. Kellogg sought
to show that no Independent could
send OIL TO the seaboard over those
INES, because the rates could not be
obtained from those points to the
seaboard. kellogg said that the
Standard would not publish the rates
on its line through New Jersey and
as consequence independents We're
shut off from tidewater.
Federal Claim Substantiated.
The control of the Corsicana Re
timing company of Texas, which the
government in its bill OF complaint
alleges is really owned by the stand
ard, was inquired into yesterday and
the government couasel believes
mat he obtained from Henry 0. Fol.
ger, Jr.. and calvin M. Payne, two
witnesses, testimony in support of
IGe governments contention.
Both witnes testified that thew
held ohcial positions with the Stand
ard and that from 1898, when the re.
nnery was built, to 1906, they held
stock OF the company Tor the National
transit company and in 1906 they
purchased Corsicana stock by verbal
agreement with John d. Archbold to
pay for 1t in 10 years. Folger testi-
fed that the management of the Cor.
sicana company was continued along
the same lines then as before the
sale by the National Transit company.
a subsidiary of the Standard Oil.
26 Broadway Head Office.
Mr.. Folger said he was connected
with the Standard Oil company in
New York. a director of the Union
Tank Line company and general man.
ager OF the Long Island Refinery of
the Standard.
DO you confer with others in re-
gard to refining oil?"
Yes, ! have conferred with gen.
eral managers of other companies.
said Mr.. Folger, who said that many
conferences were held at &c Broad.
way. Mr.. Folger said he kept the re-
cords of results of the refining of oil
which were sent to him at various
periods from the various subsidiary
companies of the Standard. These
statements showed the manufacturing
cost and yield, and the facts were
tabulated and kept in his office. The
witness said he made suggestions to
the officials of subsidiary companies
to improve the results of the opera
tons of their refineries.