Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-20
WILL Be CRo!sExkM|VEo TO-DAY
Head Of Great Corporation S;Icnceo
by Defense After Relating Details
Of First Twenty Years Of Com
PAWS life-Promise Made That
Archbold Will Tell Rest,


of years of the industrial Grr' ~
m"nt m the Standard Oil Company,
tht. +. :: imonv OF John II. RoCIef"ll"r,
president of the OIL combine. on III
rect examination in the Federal SUIT
- dissolve the standard Company,
was brought to al u."Xrrrtca clos"
his afternoon
TIL" h, I'D CT the StaDtia.d ;nll :"
dav of the p:O">S' IS :ad causes q!
TIE crmpany's growth MP 10 th'' II"
agreement of 1882 and after IDENTIFY
ing he parties 20 that agree m"n'.
counsel for ~" defense annOn:c"f
that Mr.. Rockefeller had conc udea
his direct testimony and requested
an adjournment until tomorrow.
Friday will find Mr. Rockefeller on
the witness stand u der III" sharp
fire of the cross examination OF Frank
Il. Kellogg. special assistarc attorney
general prosecuting the cas-" for tn"
government.
Limited As to Period.
The cross eXanlnatiO@' by the gov
eminent will te generally confined to
The period from 1856" to 1882, except
where tho testimony has direct bear
ing on developments In the company v
affairs in its later period.
Counsef for the StaEdard let II be-
known today that the history Of tae
company from the trust agreement OF
1882 would bn tod OF the wF'nesH
stand by John D. Archboll. vice-presf-
dent OF the company. who is convers-
ant with the combines development.
s,,,n tnGnN
had to do principally with the acqu'-
sition OF other refining ccmpanios. to
gether with transportation concerts
and pipe lines which he declared wer.
necess'tated by the natural growth OF
the Standard business.
Upon resuming the stand today Mr..
Rockefeller said that the oil business
was made q hazardous proNosiHon
because Of the apprehension that the
supply of crude oil would become ex-
hauSted.
Producer Union Organized.
He then recalled the. organization
of producers union IN the eos.
about the time Of the esimtiOn Of the
South Improvement Company. This
led. he said. to an association Of Oil
refners who were DESTROYS Of having
a supply of crude oil. which was mo-
controlled ty interests antacouistic
TO them.
H.. said that I'm December. Is.-. the
Producers Union ard the Rcfners'
Association entered into in asrecmen'
to secure As high price for cruie
oil as possible.
The agreement did not last Ions.
II, said. because the producers siolat-
ed it By selling crude oil under the
fixed price Mr.. RocSe:ri:er SAID his
affection frs: was directed TO Mbri-
eating oil aboat 1876. About 1878 the
Standard Oil Company purchased The
American LubricatinC Oil Company.
of Cleveland. and the Mica Axle
Grease Company. with the idea "f
.ur;hHr divcrgFfying the business and
10 secure a .Iubr;cating trade.
Roads Cut Rates.
Mr.. Rockefeller r+far.rc 70 ~" I'm
pirc Transport alton Company. which
owned cars. Transported oil and other
products over IN" Pennsylvania Rail
road and engaged in ;he riff tnE q.
oil. II vas understood that th'' COM
pany VS. controlled ny tn" Pennsyi-
vania and IN" 9th rec a.. which
fearing ,nrt \ loss e tI-;r oil trade
world foTow. b"San crit :: rates
heavily.
Our interests STOPPED our ship
In..nts over the Pennsylvania and
used other lin: s. h" SD. We Oh
jrctcd TO tn" PENNSYLVANIA Eailroaf
angzei-S in The refining business.
They were sbipIine their "sn oil over
iteir own Ines and Discriminating
AGAIN.: US. Other railroads agreed Il"
stand bT VS.. but Their r7s much hit
iernoss brtwcc- tho railroad. AGer-
ward We purchased the Empirr Tr- -
ror,ation Comrsny arJ is pipc
lines
He denied tina, th" rates. oldsin"n
H. HIN during III" rs.riOf II the sand
ard OF Comuanv's war With the Penn
syiysnia Railroad wcrr tn crush 20
Grippe The Empisr Transportation
ronpspy 10 TINT tho S'anjsrd OH
Company might acquire is property.
Rats war Settled.
Mr.. Rockefeller said that when The
rsnnsy ivania Rairoai sopyed rf:fin'
Ing. tho raiIroad usr stoIgrd. snd an