The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-07
TEXT OF GREAT TRUST
BUSTING OIL DECISION
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erce among states the territories and with foreign nations n
violation of section 2 of the antitrust act
COMPANIES MOT PROVED GUILTY."
Section That the defendants Agand Refining Company Amer
can Lubrcatng Oil Company Oil Company Baltimore United
Company Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Company Bush DensowI
Manufacturing Company Camden Consolidated on COMPANY Com
Ohio Oil and Gas Company Eclipse Lubcang Pipe Company Flor
lawrence Natural Gas Company Mahonng Gas Fuel Company
Mountain Company National Fuel Gas Company North
western Ohio Natural Gas Company Oil CITY Fuel Supply Company
Oswego Manufacturing Company Pennsylvania Gas Company Penn
uraI Gas COMPANY Plat Washburn Refining Company Republic
Oil Company Salamanca Company Standard Oil Company of
Minnesota Tayoown Natural Gas Co., Tdewater Oil Company
Tewaer Pipe Line Company med) Natural Company Unit
Company proved be engaged in the operation
carrying of the combination and the bill dismissed against
each of Them
"Secton a. That the formation execution of the combination
and conspiracy that the Standard company has issued its stock to the
$ooOooooo exchange for the stocks of other
corporations which holds and and controls all of the
capital stock of corporations majority Of the stock con
trolling interests corporations and stock other corporations
The decree here gives list of companies their total capital stock
held the Standard Oil Company each and then
recies the of stock controlled by the National Transit Company
MANAGED AS ONE COMPANY.
Continuing says that the Standard and the cor
poraon partnerships named section engaged in the
branches of the business of producing purchasing and
porting petroleum the principal oil producing districts of the United
States in New York. Pennsylvania West Virginia Tennessee Ken
lucky Ohio Illinois, Indiana Kansas Oklahoma, Louisiana Texas
Colorado and California and transporting the oil through pipe lines
owned controlled by these companies that the Standard company
engaged refining petroleum. and manufacturing various
shipping them through the United States and to foreign
nations and that the Standard company controls the subsidiary COM
panes and directs the thereof that of these
panes completes any other company but their trade all
aged as that of single person.
ALL CONCERNED ENJOINED.
Section s. That the Standard company its directors officers
agents. and employees enjoned and prohibited from voting
stock any the subsidiary companies named section
Decree from exercising attempting exercise any
control direction supervision influence the acts of these sub
sdary companies by virtue of its holding Of their stock
these subsidiary >enoned prohiDled
declaring paying any dividends the Standard
of the Of these subsidiary companies held by the
and from permitting the latter
stock ill., or any control said companies
stock by virtue of the such subsidiary
corporation acquired by of the illegal combination But the de-
PENDANTS prohibited by this decree from distributing aab to
shareholders of the principal the shares which they are
equaby of the defendant corporations that
parties the combination.
Section That section of this decree
and enoned continuing carrying further effect the
combination adudged illegal hereby and from entering into
combination conspiracy the effect of which is
petroleum its products the
territories with foreign nations poong the
monopoly of obtained and by
of dudang certificates other written evidences or
potentially competitive parties to the
Illegal combination by causing its stock property be held
equitable similar device (2)
ny making any express implied agreement like that adudged
Illegal relative the control of of of said corpora
the price of purchase the of transportation of petro-
leum its products.
Secon The defendants section of this decree
enoned prohibited the dconnuance of the operation OF
tie Illegal combination from engaging continuing commerce
the in the territories Of the United States
MUST PAY COSTS.
The United States shall its costs herein to be
t. yel by of the and shall have execution therefor
"Seon phs decree shall take effect thirty (3o) days after its
entry appeal taken from it. If appeal taken from
by the defendants by of them and bond in the
conditioned supersedea approved
bv one circuit Judges within thirty (3n) days after the
entry of this decree unless reversed modified shall
thirty o) days after the final decision Of this case by the