The Washington herald., 1907-09-21

New York, Sept. 20.-The Standard Oil
Company of New York, acting as the
exporting agent for the parent New Jer-
sey corporation. and all the subsidiary
producing companies in the Standard
system. received, until recently, export
oil from independent refnerles, at a
market price fixed by the Standard COM
pany, under an agreement which was in
force, though never officially executed,
from 1902 down TO the present year.
In return for this service by the
Standard, said ". H. Tnford. al the in
quiry held before Referee Ferris to-day,
the independent refneries received~erude
oil from the Standard wells at fixed
schedule Of so many barrels a day.
The New York subsidiary Of the
Standard oil Company Of New Jersey
exports nearly all the refined oil from
the United States. said Mr.. THford.
Independent Line Comes 10 Time.
He did not know whether all the in
dependent refneries were supplied with
Standard crude oil directly from pipe
lines. or tank lines, belonging 10 the
Standard company. but he believed that
in one instance an independent refinery
came in on the agreement relative 70 the
expectation Of its product after the
STANDARD had cut down its supply Of
crude
/ Aside from his testimony in connection
with the Standards system for selling
/ oil abroad and at home. a subject which
Prosecutor Kellogg kept MI TIlford on
during nearly the whole Of Yesterdays
/ session Of the inquiry. the treasurer. of.
1 the Standard company Of New Jersey
/ gave an extensive review of the present
/ holdings OF John D. Rockefeller. II. II.
/ Rogers, and other large stockholders. Of
the Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey.
/ John D. Rockefeller holds at present
-+LbE shares, William Rockefeller has
/ u,iy5, H. NJ. Flagler has $3.50 under his
| name. J. D. Archbold, e.e09 and II II.
| Rogers holds l6,59 in his own name.
with l-I5 more belonging 10 members
Of his family. Mr. Tilford said that he
owned $500 shares himself
Agreement with the Rehneries.
When Kellogg drew THford's attention
10 the matter Of the exporting done by
the Standard Oil Of New York for inde-
I pendent refineries, he put IN evidence a
document which he called a contract. but
which Tilf0Td said was merely an agree
I meut which had been in force since 1852.
J According 10 this understanding. the Wit
ness said. the Standard company. agreed
10 furnish the specified independent re-
hneries with a maximum amount Of crude
oil day. and in turn the refneries were
10 give TO the Standard Of New York all
the oil they wished TO sell abroad.
TUfOTd said that Il was true that the
Standard OH Company Of New York made
the official quotations on export oil and
bought from the independent refneries at
these figures.
TiIfOrd Denies demonstrating.
Tilford denied that he had once written
a letter Of remonstrance TO A. Y. Miller
& Son, independent refners. who sold
their export product TO the Union
Petroleum Company. instead Of 70 the
Standard of New York. He did not know
whether the Standard bought all the oil
: the Tidewater company exported to Eu-
2 rope. Nor could he remember the names
= Of the refiners from whom the Standard
of New York bought oil He could find
out, though
Turning 10 the selling department OF
the domestic trade. the prosecutor wanted
! 10 know whether there was a domestic
! trade company. Tilford insisted that there
was not. despite the evidence 20 the con-
trary, which J. D. Archbold gave before
. l4l-
and which Kellogg recalled.
selling Men Meet at rs Broadway.
He said that each subsidiary OF the
Standard company had its own depart
ment Of domestic sales, and that most
of the men in charge of this department
in the various companies were assembled
e at the general Offices Of the company. q
- Broadway. They might meet together oc-
z casionaUy. but they did not constitute a
committee
Kellogg then had the witness name the
selling companies under the Standard sys-
: TEN throughout the country and to give
n approximately the territory covered by
, each and the refReries from which they
drew their supplies. In detailing the
= sources of supply in Colorado, Tilford
"a lIlleNlibUtH-NUdL liIeie Udu Dteu a HerCe
d rate war there once between the Stand.
$ ard and some independent companies
:. Result of Bucking the Standard.
e The Florence oil Company and the
United Oil Company gave up early. and
sold to the Standard; but there was a
third company, with refneries in Pueblo,
which tried to put the Standard out o!
i business" as the witness stated il.
What was the result?' queried Kel-
o logg.
e why, they went out of business them
selves" said Tilford. with a short laugh
d They lost money. of course. and We
!. didn't
s But you Immediately raised the price
Of oil I'm that territory after your com
lpettOr was killed.
: NO; the refnerieS raised the price OF
n US. and Of course
" "Oh. that's always a little result Of 2
q rate war" put in Milburn, the head cOun
! sci for the Standard. pleasantly.
Judge j. :. Hook Dead.
Atlanta Sept. 2.-Judge James Schley
Hook. formerly a Georgia Superior Cour
Judge and State school commissioner
2 died here last night at the age N