New-York tribune., 1907-09-25
DEMANDS TRUST BOOKS.
ORDER ON STANDARD.
,4nthony n. Brady Testfes an Su't
against Corporation.


he governments attorneys believe will prove
-t.ar The control Of the Standard Oil Com0anY
as remained practically unchanged since us
organization in 1882 was made yesterday AFTER
-,aon nv Frank B kellogg. II was addressed 10
Tohr G Mflburn chief counsel for the Standard
n the governments suit dissolve that cor
7,--stion The request came after an example
mad been given by Wade Hampton of the gen
crack lack of information about the Standard 5
books that NAV be possessed hy the general
auditor Of the big corporation
NJ Hampton went on the stand only because
9 \. Payne and H. G Folger jr.. who control
the Corsicana Refining Company. of Corsicana,
Tex for the Standard Oil Company. could not
PCT svav from business. Mr.. Milburn SAID, 10
testify Mr. Kellogg was very much nettied
over the absence of Messrs- Foger and PAYNE
uhose attendance ar the hearing he has been
irving to obtain for several days. 1hey are
both under subpoena.
Mr Hampton is far from being general
auditor 50 far as Tire auditing Of all the suo-
sidisrv CORPORA tions of the STANDARD goes MuC q
after the manner Of the Standard ornolais v 10
has n-ecedea him on the stand Nj Hampton
showed a lack Of memory In one 1nsIaiiOe "
recalled writing q letter - the vice-Presloeii'
-. the Waters Pierce Oil Company on February
6 1901 IN which he advised that official II lahe
,,,e- ser7norarily one of the witnesss suH'I
5;,a+es into the Waters Pierce employ Tor Tea-
sons YOU viii appreciate but could not r.
member the reasons
Ny Hampton added little 70 the Information
that MI Kellogg had already extracted IN re-
card 70 the whereabouts Of the missing DOCKS
Re used to make quarterly audit OF the S'o'h
-eeister for the louidatng trustees, and then
turn this over to Henry NJ. Flagler. their secre
.s-x. When he declared he hadn't these records
them for seven or eight years Mr.. Kellogg ao-
-,,-tlv demanded where they We're If1l1leoiaIe-
Il Nj RosenthaI first and then Mr.. Mllpurh H.
,e-vened. the latter asserting that he hao 'old
NJ Kellogg before that he had tried to ma
them.
.syyil you produce the books asked ny he'-
logg.
Won know how get them. II you want
them" was the retort Of the Standard counsel
Then Nj Kellogg made q formal requeS' 70
-. co,,nanx,s chief counsel. which was entered
on the records for the production OF tne '00N9
z-hicb would show the management Of the az
fairs Of the liouidating trust by the trustees
Mr KeIloss's move gives confirmation 10 lhe
--s-s1 r-a,ie- that ~ Il can possibly be avoided
the government will not 60 10 the roots OF al
information in Standard Oil history, and VIII
zi1hho15 the service Of subponas on John u
Rockefeller William Rockefeller. Henry H
Rogers Henry NJ. Flagler. John d Areh-
hid and Oliver H Payne II MI Rel
1osS knows how 70 get the books tproVlo-
ing they are IN existencel, as Nj MllDufh
sverred he did not give the secret away ASKED
directly Yesterday afternoon whether he would
serve these men with subpenas, Nj Kellogg sald
\. could rot say yet Mr.. Milburn gave no intl-
nation as to what he would do in endeaVorinE
20 accede to the request which the government :
lawyer had made TO him
Anthony X. Brady. who was partner Of E 9
Benedict in the Manhattan Oil Company. which
rss sold 10 q Foreign company in 1898. was
On the stand yesterday morning He added
.or7e details 10 the story Of The transaction By
which the Manhattan Oil came into the control
IF the Standard. but Mr.. Brady never knew. no
more than his partner. SO he said. that the
e.sndsrd was tn. ''nigger In the woodPile, the
stack Of lumber in this being the Cen
e-sl Industrial Development Syndicate. Limited
Of London England John II. Cuthbert, Who
until his death IN 1909 represented the Stand
ard interest in the Tidewater OIL Company,
called TO talk over the matter OF sale before it
was made and when the contract which was 2
very favorable one the Benedict & Brady Gas
Company was signed. Wesley II. Tilford's name
appeared on il as president of the Standard Oil
Company Of Indiana Mr.. Bray pleaded entire
ignorance of the St5ndar rd's connection in the
matter. So long the contract for oil sup
ply was d good that was all that seemed
~ interest him and his partner. The Manhattan
company formed. according TO Mr.. Brady
lust 70 insure the gas company Of proper sup
lilv of oil He could not explain why the for
egn COMPANY which wanted TO buy going
business sold the cars of the Manhattan to a
subsidiary company Of the Standard nmedi-
afely after the ssle had been effected. nor why
The Manhattan plants had been dismantled
oil Company. preceded Mr Brady on the stand
lie frankly admitted that the Standard fixed
the price Of oil and the other companies which
were dominated by II accepted the prices. There
vas nothing else 20 DO Mr Benson said, we
can't sell for more. and 10 not care 10 sell for
lessf
Josiah Lombard a director in the Tidewater
Oh Company. followed MI Brady OF the stand
and fell into the hands Of Mr.. Morrison for in
hy the railroads against competing cor1panfes
% the Standard in the early days Of the indus
Try. The New York Central. the Pennsvlva MIA
and she Erie the chief oil carrying rail
roads in those days. In 1878 he began TO have
1-oTb!c in getting from the Pennsylvania
aad was told ny Thomas A. Scott at that time
prEsident, and J. CAsssrt third vice-presi-
dem. that the Empire Transportation Company.
which controlled the shipping Of oil the
Pennsylvania lines hs6 been sold TO the Stand
az OIL Company. His firm advised TO con-