The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-20
INTERESTING
STORY Of THE
OIL MAGNATE
Iohn D. Rockefeller Gives De-
tails of Operation of the
Standard Company.
HOW THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD WAS ROUTED
BEGINNING OF RELATE SYSTEM
BUILDING OF PIPE LINES
AND TANKS FOR STORAGE.


;. New York. Nov. 19.-With the :.
;. story OF the first score OF years OF :.
:. Industrial development of the :.
:. standard OIL company, the testi- :.
:: rqonv Of John d. Rockefeller. pres ::
!, ldent OF the oil combine. on direct ::
Z: examination in the federal suit to :.
:. dissolve the Standard Oil company, :.
:. was brought to an unexpected close ::
!. this afternoon. The head OF the :.
:. standard Oil company told today ::
!. Of the processes ana causes of the :.
:. company's growth up TO the trust :.
:: agreement. Of 1882, and, after iden- =
:: tifving the parties to the agree =
q meDt counsel for the defense an ::
:. uounced that Mr.. Rockefeller had =
:; concluded his direct testimony and ::
:, requested an adjournment until to- =
:. morrow. =
:: Friday Will find Mr. Rockefeller :.
!, on the witness stand under the =
:. sharp fire of crOss-examination by =
:. Frank b. Kellogg, special assistant =
:. attorney general, prosecuting the -
:. case for the government This viii =
:: be generally confined to the period =
:. from 1852 TO 1882, except when the =
:. testimony has direct bearing on de- :.
:. veiopments in the cOmpany's af- =
:. fairs in its later period. =
- Counsel for the Standard let 1t be :.
:. known today that the history, of :.
:. the company from tie trust agree :.
= ment Of 1882 would be told on the -
:. witness stand by John d. Arch =
:. bold. vice president, who is con- =
:. versant with the combines devel- =
:: Opments. =
= Mr.. ROckefeller's testimony to- =
= l. a. "a. IN. So. II. =.
= acquisitions of other refining COM :.
= panies, together with the transpOr- =
:: tatiOn concerns and pipe line sys- =
:? tens. which he declared were ne =
&: eessitated by the natural growth :.
I; Of the Standards business. =
NeH York. Nov l9--John d. Racke-
feller Wsnt on the witness stand when
the Standard OIL hearing was resumed
this morning. His counsel said that Mir.
Rockefeller would probably be on the
stand all day
II was announced that after Mr..
Roekefelier's eross-examination by gov
eminent counsel. John d. ArchboId, vice
president Of the Standard Oil company.
viii fake the itness stand.
The hearing was transferred today 10
a larger room in order TO accommodate
numerous counsel and reporters. Po-
hcemen were stationed in The corridors.
and only those having friends connected
with the proceedings were permitted
air. Rockefeller was smiling as he
tock the witness stand and resumed his
testimony
Uncertainties of Oil Business.
Mr.. Rockefeller's counsel again called
MS attention to the uncertainties of the
on business in the early '7Os. and asked
nun Nhat bearing the supply OF raw
material had thereon
= mad an important bearing. and
I'iNst Always nave such Importance. as
we never know when the SUNNY noa,,
s'le out rendering the properties for
tHe iennlng OF oil comparatively 1-al,,o-
less, replied Mr. RoekefalIer ~ a-isoz
mat in the early oil davs the s,1nnI,~ 49, ~
crude oil was limited TO a small 90,
.o'nlns principally from Venango conn
'y, pennsylvania
Mr. Rockefeller said thar oil busi-
- was made hazardous pronosition
auae or the apprehension thar the
s1pply OF crude oil would be exhausted
'o ~. OF wells were very short lived
N'' Rco kefeller's counsel then asked
- 'i We recalled that a Producers
lion .,on Is formed at the time of the
"SItaelon OF the South Improvement
, IeS, replied Mr.. Rockefeller. it was
-Vill'ed little later and was COMPOSED
iaTse proportion OF the oil pro-
4, .,..'N led 20 an association of oil re-
s,,-,-,,,. no We're DESTROYS of having a
,roI,..SS u Srnoe oil which was not con-
toHeu by interests ANTAGONISTS 70
men, and the refilers als,, u-arte4 -
material. '''ei' I'd"
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