The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-20

IN about twenty OF these plants an'
~ couldn't say. We undoubtedly die
close some There was an excess %
renn:ng capacity In Cleveland at thai
time"
Then why did you buy go mnny?"
/ We were utilizing the best of thes,
and hrranging for, economies of manu-
I featuring utilities"
Was there single independent con.
cern left IN Cleveland in 1852"
| "Oh. yes. I presume co.
Gan you name one?'
No. Mr.. Kellogg"
! Mr., Rockefeller explained that after
the buying in period OF lS7l-Ti some re-
rncries were connected up with pipes
some closed and other things made for
Did YOU not purchase twenty rehn-
cries in 1912"
Il do not recall"
Mr.. Rockefeller's memory was still
recall what happened to the plants he
bought Finally, MIR, kellogg iumped
over 10 the matter of the South i'm
proVement Company. It was this COM
pany into which Rockefeller had said
president Scott. OF the Pennsylvania,
dragged him by the nose.
He first told about his unwilling part
nership with Scott on Wednesday soon
own behalf Except that he went in
because he didn't want TO antagonize
the powerful railroad interests. Mr.,
Rockefeller couldn't recall great deal
about the south Improvement Company.
The Standard on interests were in a
minority In the South Improvement
Company, said Mr.. Rockefeller. Il had
littie confidence in the plan and so
stated frankly at the time
was there not great excitement in
the oil regions about this time?"
Were not public indignation meetings
held IN the OIL country to protest against
the course Of the South Improvement
Company"
Il believe So
Didn't Congress itself undertake an
investigation?
Il think So"
Don't you know the cause OF this
popular excitement 80
POSSIBLY" He Knew Then.
Il do not know"
..Poa.,b,yy op N A10y the cause then"
=. WASH the excitement due to the be-
lief THAI outside shippers were 10 be
iharsed an exorbitant rate?"
-r. ~; rasg have been due to a misap-
hey were 10 be improperly treated
But 1t was merely a MISREPRESENTATION.
,n a,d n%t regard the matter as being Of
charge my memory with the details"
vital Part OF the Agreement.
Well, ishn't II true that as a vital
part of the agreement of the Pennsyl-
Sania road with the South Improve
nent Company outside shippers suf-
,ered from discrimination and UNI
fair rebating?"
"As to that | cannot say. I do not
recall what the railroads may have
DONE
Mr.. Kellogg quoted from the record
to show that while the rate per barrel
under the original agreement was as
high as $40 from the oil country TO
New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
all Pennsylvania terminals the
got rebate Of sl.O6 a barrel
, Even this disclosure didn't seem 10
llumine the dark places In Mr.. Rookie
Iellers suddenly-failing memory.
Just behind the press table sat an old
man with snowy beard-Dr. c. r.
formerly OF Cleveland, a p!O-
lIeer oil refner who was ruined by
standard Oil thirty-odd years ago He
had been called as a witness for the
Government, and he followed every
word OF this testimony closely as it per
lained directly to the time when he and
the other Western independents were
cling wiped OFF the map.
The old gentleman showed signs of a
growing excitement as he listened to