The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-01


mouts dissolution suit against tue
standard OH company of New Jersey
scycu of its officers and seventy sub
sidary concerns. has been u the
courts since No, De-. 1906. when the
complaint was filed BOO The Circuit
Court of tb, United States for the
eastern division OF the eastern judi.
cal district OF Missouri az ST. Louis
Dc has been heard by the four judges
of the eighth judicial circuit who have
sat ,u bauc as thc United States CIR.
Uut Cour. of Appeals thus allowing a
direct appeal from this decision 90 the
supreme court of the United States
This was the circuit in which the
Northern Securities case was heard
and 90 was selected for the Standard
oil ease because Of its location, and
because many Of the government -
witnesses were residents of adjoining
states
The governments allegations. which
we're nlcd by David p. Dyer. then
ru,tcd States district attorney were
rrcd largely upon an investigation OF
the OH business conducted by James
Il Garfield commissioner Of the pu.
roau of corporations. at the bchcst OF
President Roosevelt This iuvcsuga-
tiou consumed a year. and because V.
it. various grand iuries returned IN
dictmouts containing Sl93 counts, ac-
cording 10 Commissioner Garfcld's an
uual report of December 9. 1906
I'm pctitioniug for the dissolution of
the New Jersey corporation and its
subsidiaries. the government complain
ed that the defendants had couspircd
ITO restrain the trade anH commerce
iu petroleum. commonly called crude
OIL In refined oil and in the other
products of petroleum among the sr,.
cral states and territories of the Unit.
ed states and the District of Columbia
and with foreign nations and to mon
opolizc the said commerce"
John u. Rockefeller William uocne.
fcllcr and Henry VI Flaglcr were
named as the originators of the allcg
ed conspiracy The bill claimed that
between 1870 and 1852 Henry II. Rog
gers. John ID. ArChibold. Oliver H.
Payne. and Charles NJ. Pratt Joined
the conspiracy which eliminated with
the organization of the New Jersey
corporation in 1899.
Three periods of development are
alleged in the complaint. 1nc nrst.
that preceding 1882, was marked. it is
asserted by the activities Of the in.
dividual defendants in connection with
the Standard oil company of Ohio. in
acquiring interest, m. or entering
agreements with. various competing
firms. corporations and inyiduals en-.
gagged I'm the oil business
From 1852 and 1889 the complaint
rrcitcd. the affairs of the various con
Germs and individuals were under the
management of nine trustees by a
trust agreement alleged 10 be lin
restraint of trade and commerce and
In violation of law"
Since 1899, it was alleged the de
PENDANTS have acted thru the stand
ard oil company of New Jersey as
holding corporation. which company
acquired the majority of stock in va,
rious corporations and managed them
in violation of law"
1t was claimed also that i'm their al
legged efforts 10 mOuopolzc tue uri
hl siucss. the defendants had solicited
: aud received rebates ON shipments uu,
only Of their own products .but ar-u
ON those of competitors and later ac.
guircd control of various pipe lines
,, which were merged into the National
, Transit company,
From the inception of th" case
, Frank h. kellogg, ST Paul. and Chas
u Morrison Chicago have appeared
ON behalf of the government as special
'istauts 10 the attorney general OF
. r' United States John G. Mllburu
Ncw York Morit2 Roscnthal, Chicago
and John C. Johnson. Philadelphia
, have headed the defendants long list
of attorneys
The Judges who have considered the
case are Walter n Sauboru. 81 Paul.
Elmer n Adams ST. Louis Willis \
NauDoNautcr Cheyenne. Wyoming and