The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-05
ARCHB()L.D SAYS
IT IS ALL B0sH.
Dill Trust Not Favored Ben
eficiary Of Tariff.
DUTY IN OTHER NATIONS.

Declares tho Standard Manages to Do
Business in Russia in Spite of That
Country's Policy Of Protection.
Says the Big Corporation Always
Shapes Its Business in Conformity
With the Laws.
New York, Dec. l.-When the hear
ng in the governments suit to dis
,olve the Standard Oil company was
resumed John D. Archbold, vice pres
dent of the company, testified that
he Standard purchased the Pacific
BOAST Oil company Of California in
900 for $4,000. After that it's cap
talization was increased by success
live stages to $17,0OO,O0O in 1906,
when the name was changed to, the
Standard Oil company of California.
Regarding the Barnsdall loan of ST.
100000 Mr.. Archbold said there was
no contract of the loan in the city,
whereupon Mr.. Rosenthal, counsel for
he Standard, said he would telegraph
The escrow holders in Pittsburg to
mail the contract to the master of the
hearings for inspection.
Mr.. Archbold said that as far as he
knew the Texas Oil company was not
owned or controlled by the Standard.
The Texas company sold some of it's
output, the witness said, to the Stand
ard.
The government counsel then took
up the question of tariffs on oil in the
various countries and Mr.. Archbold
said the duties in Russia we're just
what that country chose to make
them.
IF they will let our oil in free they
can get their oil in free here. There
Is no favoritism among the countries
where crude oil is produced. If France
aas duty against American oil the
same duties apply to other countries"
Mr.. Kellogg asked what were the
Standards advantages with regard to
the tariff and Mr.. Archbold replied:
'All this talk of favoritism to the
Standard by the tariff is bosh."
Sells Some Oil in Russia.
Mr.. Archbold said that in spite of
the Russian policy of protection 1--WE
manage to get little in on them
occasionally"
$50 if Russia keeps you out we
keep them out?" said Mr.. Kellogg.
"What you mean by we is, the Re-
publican party" broke in Mr.. Milburn
and the laugh ended that line of tariff
inquiry.
Mr.. Kellogg interrogated Mr.. Arch
bold regarding the European Petro-
leum union. The latter said he did
not know whether that union divided
the European markets or not, but the
Standard had O. trade agreement with
it. He could not say whether the
Standard and Russian company d.
vided the German market.
The source of the Standards crude
oil production was inquired into in
detail by Mr.. Kellogg.
Suppose the producer don't accept
the price all he can do is to kick?'
asked Mr.. Kellogg.
"Oh, no. He can find other pur-
chasers if he will or he can store his
oil and wait better price. Further,
he could stop production and await
better prices"
Mr.. Archbold said that the Standard
would transport any crude oil for in
dependent producers over all it's pipe
lines which were common carriers in
conformity with the tariffs filed WITH
the interstate commerce commission,
Mr.. Kellogg asserted that no indie"
pendent refineries existed at any OF
the points at which tariffs were made.
Mr.. Archbold said that the pipe
lines should not be classed as com.
mon carriers.
"Is it not a fact that when the
Hepburn law was passed you trans
ferred the pipe lines across Maryland
and New Jersey, which were owned
by your Pennsylvania company, to
prevent them from becoming common
carriers?"
I'VE have at all times shaped our
business in conformity with the laws,
under advice of counsel" replied Mr..
Archbold.