The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
Kellogg Shows How Inde-
pendent Companies We're
Forced Into Agreement.
COULDN'T GET ANY OIL
Treasurer Of Standard Company
SmilingIy Tells of How Price.
Cutting Drove Colorado CO.
Out of Business--Digging
for Records.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-The adjourn
ment until Monday of the hearing here
in the governments suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil Company will give the
governments expert accountants an
other day in which to obtain figures
from the books containing the records
of the Standard Oil Company in the
period from 1882 to 1892. These figures
will probably lead to an interesting line
of questioning next week by Frank B.
Kellogg, the governments chief coun-
sci.
1t is likely that when the hearing is
resumed next week Wesley Fl Tilford,
treasurer of the Standard Oil Company,
will again take the stand. John G.
Milburn, of counsel for the corporation,
wishes to question him upon several
points which have been touched upon
by Mr.. Kellogg.
William G. Rockefeller, it Is under
STOOD will then be called to the stand
and asked by Mr.. Kellogg to produce
several books relating to the assistant
treasurer's office.
w. e. Bemis, one of the leading men
in the export department here of the
Standard Oil, is wanted by the govern
ment as a witness, but Mr. kellogg
learned from Mr.. Tilford that Mr..
Bemis is in the Far East and will not
return for ten months or more.
Mr.. Tilford testified yesterday after
noon that the Standard OIL Company of
New York handled practically all the
expert business of the parent company,
and that the so-called expert committee
were merely employ ees engaged in that
branch of the business. Mr.. Kellogg
brought out that in 1903 contract or
agreement had been entered into with
the Pittsburg Oil Refining Company
and some other Independent concerns.
The independents had been so
squeezed that they couldn't get oil to
refine. Finally the standard agreed to
furnish them 100000 barrels day and
in return the refined oil was to be fur
nished to the Standard for export. The
Standard Oil Company fixed the exp 1rt
price, told the brokers what 1t was,
and it became the market price for the
day. This contract was never signed,
but existed as an agreement. the
Standard figured in it as IS" and the
refineries as IA" The contract was
abrogated when the Bureau OF Corpo-
rations began it's Investigations
"There was a rate war out in Colo
RADIO with the Continental Company,
wasn't there-a cutting of rates?"
querled Mr.. Kellogg.
Mr.. Tiford smiled as at some pleas
ant recollection, and said there was.
land they went up?'
Eyes" said the witness, who forgot
his caution. "You see, Mr.. Kellogg,
when the prices were cut they lost
money, while we didn't. We could
handle the business cheaper.
"And after you bought out the con-
cern the prices went up, didn't sney
"Well, our supplying company raised
our rates." began Mr.. Tilford, his race
suddenly grave, land so we nad 10
raise, you see.'
PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 21.-A. d. Mil
ler. jr.. of A. d. Miller s. Sons, inde-
pendent oil refiners, with headquarters
in this city, admitted last night there
was "some kind of an agreement" be-
tween the Independent dealers and the
Standard Oil Company. He declined,
however, to discuss the agreement in
detail.
when il was called to his attention
that treasurer VI NAtO e@Ne~--N---N
Oil Company, testifying at New York
in the suit of the government for dis
solution of the alleged oil combine in
New Jersey, admitted yesterday that
in 1902 an agreement was entered into
by which the independent dealers were
to sell their entire output OF OIL renneo
for export to the Standard, which, IN
RETURN was to sell to the independents
a certain amount of crude oil efch day.
Mr.. Miller replied:
eTilford ought to know
Mr.. Miller denied one story brought
o,,t in the hearing The governments
attorneys had heard that A. D. Miller
e sons on one occasion had complained
70 w. B. Wall, head of the Petroleum
Association of Cleveland, that the
standard Oil Company had objected to
the Pittsburg corporation selling re-
Aned oil to any other exporting firm
1--WE never made any such COM
nlaint." said Mr.. Miller.