Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-24
JOHN D. N Light
Of PR[YAR|CAIOR
Prosecutor Kelloggshows Rock
eteller Makes Too Fine a
Distinction
AFFlDAvlTs AND FACTS DIFFER
Kellogg Proves Oil Officials Were In
tsrested in Railroads and Pipe Lines,
/ While Rockefeller Previously swore
! Standard Was Not-small compan.
les Paid to curtail Business.

New York, Nov. 24.-John D. Rookie
Teller testified in the governments suit
against the Standard Oil company to-
day that at the time Of the organization
of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, In 1899, he owned 256,s54 shares
Of It's stock out of a total stock issue
OF 9S3,sSs shares.
Rockefeller was asked If he entered
Q contract with Schofeld, Schurmer &
Teagle in 1876 whereby the firm agreed
to limit the business Of its refinery ir,
consideration Of certain payments by
the Standard. Rockefeller replied that
such contract had been entered into.
but he did not recall its provisions. A
similar contract was made with the
Pioneer Oil company and he had made
affidavit in connection with this con-
tract to the effect that the Standard
had not owned any stock Of any rail-
roads or pipe line.
''You we're trying to give the i'm
preston at that time that the large
number of companies you had acquired
Nm interest in were not controlled by
the Standard?"
81 tried to give the status at that
time"
Kellogg asked witness II he made it
known to any one at that time that
he mad an interest in the companies in
and IL It was not fact, that this
4 Ia 11o
was combining the companies"
'I cannot say, but I think it must
have been known to a number Of peo-
I pie outside Of thoss who sigrea it, J" re-
piled Rockefeller.
He was asked II he had not made
affidavit that the Standard had made
contracts with railroads whereby the
Standard had obtained rebates for guar
anteeing a certain volume of oil. He
did not recall.
Didn't officers and agents Of the
Standard at that time control a ma
jority Of the stocks of the subsidiary
companies with the idea of concealing
their real ownership"
'It may have been that the proper
ties were owned by individuals who
were stockholders in the Standard"
Rockefeller Finishes Evidence.
Cross examination of Rockefeller
concluded shortly after the opening Of
the afternoon session. His redirect exc
animation lasted but a few minutes.
John d. Archbold, vice president of
the Standard, then took the witness
stand.
Has Stocks in Several Roads.
Rockefeller said he could not at tho
moment recall that he was a director
In any railroad, but he may hold stock
in some road over which the Standard
makes Oil shipments. He admitted he
owned bonds in Wisconsin roads in
which certain directors of the Standard
are also directors, and at times had
been interested in bonds of the Penn
sylvania read.
"I presume" he said, 81 may have
stocks in six or eight railroad corpora
tions. My holdings are principally in
bonds"
"Can you name the railroads."
'T would prefer not to mention the
railroads. These goodly gentlemen at
the stock exchange over there would
not think II very wise. I personally
should not care to parade my interests
unless it is necessary to further the
cause Of Justice"
Kellogg told Rockefeller he could
prepare the list for submission in writ
ing.