The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24
A Number of Matters in Con.
nectiOn With His Business.
STANDARDS COUNSEL
Offers to Supply Many Of tn.
Missing Links
In the Testimony of the Head
OF the Trust,


OF Mr.. Rockefeller was concluded short
ly after the openingsof the afternoon
session today. John M MiIburn. coun-
sci for the Standard Oil company. then
began redirect examination of the
witness. Mr.. Rockefeller testified that
at the time of the organization of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
in 1899 he owned 256, 1854 shares of its
stock out of a total stock issue Of $685.
3S3 shares
For the first time since he has been
on the witness stand at this hearing Mr..
Rockefeller was a little late in arriving
today. Frank B. Kellogg, the govern
nents special assistant attorney gen.
eral, resumed his cross examination,
taking up the organization of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey
Where he ended it yesterday. Mr. KEEL
logg read what he said was a list of
stocks obtained by that company in
1899, for which it had exchanged it's
own shares. He said that 442, 1877 out of
the total of 9S3, 1888 shares first issued
were in the name of John D. Rookie
feller. Mr.. Rockefeller said he did not
own so much stock as that but did own
256,854 shares of the Standard Oil COM
pany Of New Jersey at that time and
that he accepted the other stock and
distributed it to the proper stockhold-
ers. He added that frequently holders
Of certificates of the Standard Oil trust
exchanged them for stock in the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey rather
than accept shares of the various sub
sidiary companies.
Il turned over my trust certificates
to the iquidating trustees" said Mr..
Rockefeller, 'and obtained a paper on
which L secured shares in the consti-
tuent companies which 1 turned into
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey"
Mr.. Rockefeller declared that he
never acted as an attorney for any one
in this process of liquidation.
FIagIer's Stock.
Mr. Kellogg stated that Henry NJ.
Flagler at first received $4,000 shares
and later 79,430 shares additional. Mr..
said he thought Mr.. Flag
Ter did not own any such amount of
stock but he could not say whether he
accepted it for purposes of distribution.
Mr.. Rockefeller was asked if he en-
tered into a contract with Schofield,
Schurmer & Teag1e in 1876, whereby the
firm agreed to limit the business of its
refinery in consideration of certain
payments by the Standard. Mr.. Rookie
feller replied that such a contract had
been entered into but he did not recall
its provisions.
"Did the Standard bring a suit in
Ohio, in 1880, against Schofield, Schur-
mer & Teagle to prevent its refining
and to prevent its acquiring an inter
est in a Buffalo refinery?"
There was some litigation about the
refining of oil. L recall nothing about
the Buffalo refinery"
did you not personally make an ap- |
plication for an order restraining them
from exceeding their production limit
and to prevent their building a refine |
ry in Buffalo?"
LAS president of the Standard Oil
it was proper for me to sign |
such an affidavit about the production |
of oil being exceeded by the company"
Don't you recall that in the answer
of Schofield, Schurmer & Teagle they |
set up the claim that the Standard was
trying to obtain a monopoly of the re-
fning business in Ohio and that this
agreement was part of the conspiracy
to such an end?"
''I could not state from my recollec-
ton, but I assume that they probably /
lid not fail to stay everything they
could think off,
Mr.. Rockefeller was told that Virgil |
P. Kline, who afterward had been a
Standard Oil attorney was then coun-
sell for Schofeld, Schumer e. Teagle.
"Well, they had a very capable at
.orney" said Mr.. Rockefeller.
Memory Is Faulty.
The witness said in reply to other
1uestions that a similar contract was
made with the Pioneer Oil company,
1ut he could not remember whether he
stated in the contract that the Stand
lrd operated refineries only in Cleve-
and and Bayonne.
He understood, he said, that he had
made an affidavit in connection with
his contract to the effect that the
standard Oil company of Ohio, had not
,wned any stock of any railroads or
)ipe line.
1'You were trying to give the impress
ion at that time that the large number
If companies you had acquired an in
crest in were not controlled by the
standard Oil company of Ohio?"
st tried to give the status at that
ime.''
Mr.. kellogg asked the witness if he
made it known to any one at that time
hat he had an interest in the COM
,anies included in the trust agreement
If 1879, and if it was not fact that
his agreement was kept secret while
le was combining the companies.
Il can not say, but 1 think it must
,le outside of those who signed it."
.eplied Mr.. Rockefeller.
us it not a fact that Mr.. Archbold,
Mr. F'Iagler and others in 1875 and
nents that the Standard Oil company
If Ohio had no interest in these
companies?
"I could not say anything about the
statements they may have made"
Questioned as to Rebates.
Mr. Rockefeller was asked if he
1ad not made an affidavit that the
Standard had made contracts with
-ailroads whereby the Standard had
obtained rebates for guaranteeing a
certain volume of oil made. He did
lot recall.
Didn't the officers and agents of
he standard Oil company of Ohio at
hat time control a majority of the
Etocks of the subsidiary companies
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