The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
STANDARD OIL
LAWYERS PLEA
linn D. MiIburn Makes the e.
fort of His Life in De-
tense of Trust.
COMPARED TO HUMAN BODY
INA TARBELL SAID TO HAVE PAT
EMIT ON DISCOVERY.

S.. runfs April M SIS Ida Tarbeil
. entitled to "a patent on the alleged
-..--.rI OH conspiracy Of 1879, de-
..a--r Lawyer John 6. Mnburn, the
--.rFarG OH compsuv's chief OF coun-
I'd today. during his argument before
... United States circuit court in the
comments case to dissolve the
Standard as ViOlator of the sherman
.t.f- me added turning toward
Federal Attorney Frank 3. Kellogg
rho government here IS trying to de-
.rrs her of il.
Nh NH1urn compared the Standard
- -.r human body with its many
limitations. corresponding to the
blood. and it pipe lines 10 the veins
To dtsmanue this corporation he
said would be To strike il dead. It
. ike the organism OF the human
.a-rr. Every part of L is so related
-. The other that to separate them
rar.a Doe to dismember and destroy
BIazed the Trail.
Instead of being ii menace TO the in
dependent rehneis. Nj. Milburn de
.-l-r3 the Standard had always led
..a-G and that the independents had
Int O. follow as they had always done.
u is Mr.. MHburu's contention that
--. standard has been greatly ma
Tened corporation. whereas, as a mat
Pr ar fact if had been the nations
Greatest developer of net only local but
foreign commerce
Having told yesterday Of John D.
r.ekefcUer's introduction into the oil
business through the acquisition of q
--5rrrv I'm Cleveland in 1860 today the
Now York attorney continued his re-
.frar lie told first of the establish
-alt of refineries throughout the coun-
-rv. both prior and subsequent TO 1870
Mr. NHbun said that these invest
-rts had been very prosperous do
inst. but later as "a result of over con
-.ruetou there had followed decl ms
profits
Trust Agreement Necessary.
The rise and general development Of
the Standard prior To the trust agree
m-ut of 1882 was next taken up. and
it's acquisition Of properties. Including
pipe lines down 60 1875. explained as
necessary To the development of the
corporations growing business
Mr. NHburu next explained the or
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marketing business after 1875. The lu-
lricating field was then invaded. aC-
eording To- MI Nilburn. a feature
which the lawyers explained with
-reat care. especially as the acquisi-
zion of o. per cent of the cOuntry's lu-
IRRIGATION by a Standard subsidiary
.uuauv the Galeua Signal on COM
rarv. through the alleged weight of
Rockefeller money i'm the railway di-
---torates. had been one % the govern
-uts principal charges against the
dafendauts as showing a tendency to-
ward mouopolizatiou. Tho defendant s
chief counsel told of the establishment
NJ the marketing stations for the lu-
h-fcation business. and its causes and
effects.
Acquisition of Property
5I- Nuburn discussed the facts
rounding the Standards acquisition
nf various miscellaneous property
which, ne said. were only incidental 10
rho corporations general expansion.
and then took up the properties prior
ra the trust agreement. uarrating just
now and under what conditions each
concern was purchased or founded by
Standard oil money.
This is one of. if not the most inn
r.-tau- features Of the defendant
.a-a. as it viii insist that the proper
".~ coming into the trust agreement
WON. u uo sense competing companies
ruw tine start were companies
possessing diStiuCtivelN a. separate