The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-21
 BIG HOLDINGS Standard Oil Hearing
 Continues. TELFORD STILL ON STAND University of Chicago is Owner of
 Many Shares. Accountants of Government in Their Report VIII Show Enormous
 Profits Since the Great
 Oil Combine.

ANCW 1Oih, oCpts SVs--LSctOlu OA hhC stockholders of the Standard oil Com pany of New Jersey. laid bare today at the hearing of the Governments suit for the dissolution of the alleged ois combine. disclosed the fact that John D. Rockefeller owns 247,692 shares. or nearly five times as much stock as any other individual shareholder and that he and his associates who signed the trust agreement in 1882 still control a majority of the Standard Oil stock. Msasured by the present market price of $40 a share, the holdings of Mfr. Rockefeller in the Standard oil Com pany have a value of $109, ,000,0 ,000, The stockholders record of August 1T, 1907, shows that the University of Chicago Is the owner of 5000 shares of Stand ard ou stock.
 The depreciation in the price of Standard oil stock within ten years, or since the agitation against the com pany began, has been more than $400 share. This represents 8 loss of over $10o,000,o00 in the holdings of John D. Rockefeller. The shortage also affects the University of Chicago to the extent of about $2,000, 900. The respective holdings of the largest stockholders are as follows:
 J. D. Rockefeller. 247,692 shares: Charles H. Pratt estate, 52.5a2 shares 1: D. M. Hardness estate. 2OO0 shares: O. H. Payne. 4.o00 shares; H. M. Flag Ter, 30.500 shares: J. A. Bostwick, 15,OO0 shares; Wm. Rockefeller. II, ,7G0 shares; c. M. Brewster. 10000 shares; Charles Lockhart estate. Pittsburg. $500 shares; 1; l.. c. Ledyard and Payne Whitney. 5000 shares; William c. Whitney es. tate. 800 shares; W. H. Tilford, 5000 shares; John D. Archbold. 5000 shares: W. c. Walden estate, 5,55S shares; Uni- versity of Chicago. 5,00O shares; o. M Pratt. 5000 shares; Daniel D'Day. 2,6s5 shares.
 Valuable Evidence.
 Through Wesley Tilford, Treasurer of the Standard oil Company, the SoYernment's attorney. Frank B. KeI- loss, was able to obtain evidence of an understanding between the stand ard and Independent refineries near Cleveland and Pittsburg. This agree ment, which was entered into fin the latter part of 1902, provided that the companies should sell their entire out put of oil refined for export. to the Standards export department, in re- turn for which the Standard was to sell the companies a certain amount of crude oil each day. Mir. Tilford said that previous to the agreement the supply of crude oil had been re- duced. MT. Kellogg then developed from the witness the fact that the ex- port business was principally handled by the Standard oil Company of New York, and that In buying oil for ex- port. 1t paid the market price to the Independent rehneries. Mir. Tilford admitted that the Standard oil deter mined the market price.
 Independent Rehneries.
 This ia tha Iist of Iudanapdapf ra- fineries that entered into the verbal agreement with the Standard oil Company:
 Pittsburg oil Refining Company of Corapolis. Pa; A. D. Miller and Sons of Pittsburg; Seneca oil Works of Warren. Pa; Cornplanter Refining Company of Warren. Pe.; Conewangoi Refining Company of Emleton. Pa; Levi Smith of Clarendon, Pa. Lake Carriers Refining Company of Neville Island, Pa; Emleton Refining Company of Emleton, Pa.; Superior oil Company of Warren Pa; Beaver Refining Com. pany of Oak Grove, Pa; Island Petro- leum Company of Neville Island, Pa; Garfield Oil Company of Coraropolis, Pa.; Sterling oil Works of Marietta. O.. and Tirona oil Company.
 Interesting facts concerning the con duct of the marketing of the Stand
  Tilford said that committee con- trolled the domestic trade. He stated that the United States was apportioned into districts. and that the selling com panies assigned to those districts. con fined their operations to specified ter ritory.
 The accountants for the Government now at work preparing data will be ready to report next week.
 Their report. it is declared. will en- able the Government to develop that since the completion of the Standard oil Company trust in 1882, the total profits of the oil combine have been between $500. 100000 and oO.00O, 900.
 The hearing was adjourned until Monday.
 List of Stockholders.
 Mir. Kellogg showed Mir. Tilford a list of stockholders of the Standard oil Company of New York. who voted at the annual meeting of the company on January 6. 1896. together with the number of shares represented. The list follows:
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