New-York tribune., 1908-11-24

standard marked the beginning Of the days
crosse examination
SOUTH IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Mr.. kellogg began by asking Mr.. Fockefeiier
about certain men who had large Independents
interests. later acquired by the Standard, he
DID this with caution. leading the witness grad
ually up TO the climax;
o-Ts 1t not fact that all Of the parties ,s VINO
r,snT 1SonanaDV were subsequently, stockholders in
the Standard Oh Company A. eniIn iItnaokSolaers k
shortly aTer that. did they not? A-Not shortly
oE,so fSst included William Frew w. P, Logan.
John P. Logan. Charles Lockhart and W. u "ai
" oW,Iisrn J1d = n'i FreE was member, he not?
A-Williarn Frew was. He became stockhoIoer
then IN the Standard OIL
Mr. Rockefeller finally admitted that Charles
LockhaTt and w. J. Warden also became STOCK
holders. but he baked at P. II. SYatson, and the
extent OF his concession was that he could not
say that Mr. Watson was not o. H Paine and
J =. Bost1xick became stockholders, the witness
hesitatingly said, also admitting o. F. Waring
70 the list Then Mr. Kellogg came back with;
Q-That makes sill the stockholders, except
three. who were stockholders IN the south I'M
provernent Company afteTward- or al thst time,
stockholders in the Standard on? A--"eA' don't
o,@Wen. this is according to the record. Now.
row many railroad men did you take IN as st1SA 90
nc R11ofs e Xan5erhilf ever stockhoider Al could
not say that he was never stockholdeT Tor some
nwss he not stockholder prior to and in
Guiding the year ISIS? Al could not staie 'na'' 4
oWDid you rot sign the certificate FOR the In In
crease Of the SaPSA+ 10 stISk GS as fooWs: w h
Vanderbilt, by J D. RockeleIeI' his A''0S'
oIYou said Anasa Stone also one Of Of TIT TIT
men you took in SIS captains c IA 1ie think came
;T .ery y early ear t,05s 0syS' g. M N''-'
oNT a. S stone was formerly the president OF tns
ate
the OIL days he had been perhaps the
efn 1873 he was what know as the msn .16b
aging director OF the LaAe aege sHO was managing
director for a period OF time -. che Cleveland
l17bs 5b &c ciennsf. indianapolis Railroad sr2 too
wasn't he? A.-ThHt | don't Know. knoe,c+ion o. mat
likely, he had e do with the 00AS* -''-0-
On ~ he was director s 66 o5 ?he Al PTesams
that he may have besil-
RAILROADS INTEREST ESTABLISH f'h-O'
NJ Kellogg went through the list until he mao
s+abFshed the railroad interests in the SIalaoA'u
oil at the period Of its early great expansion
-rbe rurctase of the independent rehneF1es
,,-- +,,sn taken r,p. Before Mr.. Kellogg nnished
the witness had admitted the buying up oI III
teen companies, and later added ten to this num-
her Mr.. Rockefeller frequently corrected inc
government counsel as 10 the Names Duh never
regarding the circumstances.
There was g ripple Of merrimen1 "heh Ihe
firm. of Kellogg, Goodwille & Co was mentioned
as one OF the acquisitions. MI. RocheIeliel
smiled as he said pointedly that he remembered
2T. GoodwiIe-
The witness said that the best plants were
continued but he could not remember how long
Coming TO the Devoe plant, Mr.. Kellogg asked:
o-Now. as TO the Devoe Manufacturing Com
pany. you bought simply some OF the stock A.
We acquired all the STOCK OF tHe OeEoe MAN.
featuring Company, but l should say not IN the
oLWbo were operating the Detoe Manufactur
inr Company? A--The gentleman whom l recall
as one OF the men was Josiah Macy, jr; =, -.
Q.-Josiah Macy became a stockholder n the
Standard OIL Company immediately, didn't e heT
1oIoer 1t ii in TN the STANDARD oil COMPANY.
Didn't he get stock IN exchanse ior ms sIUek d
in the Devoe Manufacturing Company! Al pre-
o1s n rouT recollection then that you bought
an interest in the stock of the Devoe Manufactur-
ing Cou1parly from josiah Macy jr., and gave
hi5, stock in the STANDARD on in exchange for his
STOCK? .ti Al say that Josiah Macy; jr was the
gentleman knew in connection win "a InaI con- CON,
Usny The details as to ownership there nave
not In my mind. 80 -, -.
C-The men who were connected with the so,Se DeI9e
Manufacturing Company at the time you Dousar s
the interest continued to operate It oo%n 70 5
ss .adv GIG efse must have administered after
passed on Who it do not recall
BUYING UP INDEPENDENTS.
Company after company was marshalled be-
fore Mr. Rockefeller with the intention Of finding
out how, the business was conducted after pur-
chase Stock in the Standard was often ex-
changed for the stock OF the Independents, but
when il came to more Of the details the witness
c,uld not remember. His invariable answer,
finally irritating Mr.. Kellogg, was:
THAT was legal part Of 81 / had nothing
TO do with it."
When he asked whether he had not re-
freshed his memory regarding these matters he
said simply and with his peculiar and invariable
rising infection:
ANY refreshing Of my memory cid not carry
me into the legal detail"
Regarding the changes In management OF pur-
chased companies MI Rockefeller said there
were some by death and the. retirement Of the
people as the years went by. The former own
ers always became stockholders Of the Standard
Mr Kellogg came to the organization Of the
Acme Oil Company.
o-Who organized IT, the Acme OIL Company,
John d Archbold? Al cannot say. 1 think that
the purchases Of Porter, Moreland Co. and Ben
rsnizaton II the Acme company came after ' The
purchases made by the Standard Oil Com
C9.Do you remember Mr. ArchboId testifying in
relation this matter before the Hepburn COM
uittee on october Is, 1873? Al might have known
about IL.
his testimony which appears in the record in this
case: "o--How long has the Acme on Company
Acme oh Company is the Acme OF COMPANY IT
long has it been controlled by affiliated with the
Standard Oil Company? Alt IS an independent
ORGANIZATION: il is not controlled by affiliated
with the Standard OH Company at all Q.-das it
no control with the Standard Oil Company? A
1t has no control with the Standard Oil Company"
Al suppose IL independent organization
under The L Of state of Pennsylvania, with
its own officers, and managed its own affairs. So
far l answer.
O-Is II true. as he said, that it was in
dependent organization and not controlled by or
affiliated with the Stanoare oll company al al!
A-T presume the correct Interpretation Of Mr..
Archbod's testimony in that regard would be that
il VS. an interest held by individuals and not by
ne Standard Dil Company OF ONO