The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24
RICHEST MAN
 TELLS STORY Rockefeller Still on the
 Stand. SMILES AT HIS OWN SUCCESS Kellogg Takes Him Over Standard
 Oil History. Many Railroad oneaals Were Amons Early stockholders and Gigantic Csmbine Was Conceived by
 FIagier and Dodd. [
} 1t does not pay to complain.
 } One will live longer and better If


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 New York. Nov. 2s.--credit for the creation of the Standard oil Trust. which counsel for the Federal Gov ernment claim stiil exists as the Standard oil of New Jersey. was giv- en by John D. Rockefeller. as wit ness today under cross examination In the Federal suit to dissolve the Stand ard, by two men--Henry M. Fiagler and Samuel c. Todd.
 To these two master architects of the oil combine. MT. Rockefeller gave full credit. saying that he was sure it was not himself. as he did not pos sess the ability for so progressive move
 Mfr. Rockefeller spent an arduous day on the stand under the incessant questioning of Frank B. KellogG, the Government counsel. and when ad- journment was taken until tomorrow he gave every evidence of delight that conclude MT. Rockefeller's cross-x- animation tomorrow when it Is planned to place John D. ArchboId. vice-Pres- ident of the Standard on Company. on the stand.
 Frank B. Kellogg. who with other Government investigators has been en- deavoring for over q year fo locate the missing stock transfer books of the Standard Oil trust. sought today through Mir. Rockefeiler,s to find the missing trail of these books and MT. Rockefeller promised to do what he could to find them.
 Memory Of John ID. Not Clear.
 Mfr Rockefeiler's examination today carried him through the period of the Standard oil Trust and the years of It's subsequent iIquidation, which last ed from 1892 to 1899. Mir. Rockefelier'sd \ memory at times was not clear on the definite details of this trust liquida- tion period and he told counsel that he could not recall many of the incidents and develoDments of that time.
 During the day Mir. Kellogg devel- oped from Mir. Rockefeller that early in the industrial existence of the Stand ard the presidents of two railroad com panies, together with several railroad directors. were stockholders in the oil combination.
 Rockefeller tcsl an inquiring audience of reporters that there were better things in the world than making money. and since 1891 he had been gradually retiring from business He added: There is more good work than making money and there Is much for
 T belong to the Brotherhood of Man.
 MT. Rockefeller was again called to the witness stand when the Standard oil hearing was resumed today.
 John D. Starts With Smile.
 Refreshed by a days rest, MT. Rocke- feller was smiling when Frank B. Kel- logg, special assistant Attorney General, resumed his cross examination.
 MT. Kellogg's first inquiry was whe- ther all the stockholders of the South Improvement Company afterwards be- came holders of stock in the Standard oil Company, of Ohio. but Mir. Rocke- feller said he did not think so and when MT. Kellogg read list of the South I'm. provement Company's stockholders, Mir. Rockefeller named several who did not hold stock in the Standard.
 Mir. Rockefeller said that he thought there was an increase in the stock of the Standard oil Company of Ohio, from S2, 5O0 900 to $s,500, ,O00 in 1875.
 Tn making the increase, did you not submit paper on which appeared the names of all the stockholders of the South Improvement Company"
 "The paper would be the best evid- ence," replied MT. Rockefeller.
 Mr. Kellogg then read several names
 
 said It was possible several of those mentioned might have been stockhold- CTS of the Standard if they had the money to purchase the stock.
 "How many railroad men did you take into the Standard after 1s7O?'
 T could not say"
 was W. H. Vanderbilt stockhold-
 aI can't say definitely. He might have bAen a stockholder for a trifiIng
 "Did you sign a paper on March 10. 1875, requesting an increase of capial stock as follows; w. H.. Vanderbilt by John D. Rockefeller. his attorney.'?" ''That may be; the paper would be the best evidence"
 RaTIroad Men Stockholders. MT. Kellogg brought out the fact that Amasa Stone. then president of the Lake shore and Michigan Southern Rail- -oad. stiliman Witt, a director of the Iake Shore and Big Four. and J. P. Handy, also a director of the-Big Four PaJ1road. were taken into the Standard Or Company in the early days.
 MT. Rock efeller said that P. H. Wat son seemed to have access to w. H. Vanderbilt and the witness thought he afterwards became president of the Erie Railroad.
 "And he was president while he was 4 stockholder in your companyT' asked Mir Kellogg.
 "If SO. he was not stockholder for any length of time"
 The witness said he did not think that any officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad were connected with the Standard oil Company.
 "Then. in the early days you had a president of the New York Central, a president of the Erie. three directors of Of the Lake Shore and all the stock holders of the South Improvement Com many. except three, as stockholders Of the Standard?"
 .'Aiy testimony will show"
 From a list read by Mir. Kellogg. the svitness identified fifteen small com sAanies which Mir Rockefeller said were