The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-20
ILLEGAL CORPORATION,
SAY LEARNED JURISTS
FaT-ReaehIng Decision Thai
May Smash GIganiic
Combination

(By Associated PreSSJ
ST. PAUL. MIMI, NOV. 20-lN
AN OPINION WRITTEN BY CIR.
CUT JUDGE w. H. sAN6oRN, OF
ST. PAUL, FILED IN ST. LOUIS
AM ST PAUL TODAY. THE UNIT
ED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR
THE DISTRICT or MISSOURI HELD
THAT THE STANDARD OIL COM
PANY or NEW JERSEY WAS AN
ILLEGAL CORPORATION AND Or
DERED THAT 1T BE DISSOLVED.
The case was heard In the United
States circuit court In ST. Louis last
April by Judges Sanborn, Van Deyent.
er, Hook and Adams All judges con-
CURED in the opinion.
The suit was brought TO enjoin John
d. Rockefeller, william Rockefeller
Henry M. Flager, H. II. Rogers, John
d. Archbold, the Standard Oil com
pany OF New Jersey, Oliver II. Payne
and Charles NJ Pratt from maintain
ing combination OF conspiracy IN
restraint of trade. Today's decree en-
Joins the seven individual defendants
and the STANDARD oil company and
subsidiary corporations from continlt
ing or carrying into effect Illegal com
blnations they have lormed, and from
entering into any like combination orl
conspiracy; and they are forbidden
from engaging or continuing IN inter
state commerce until they discontinue
their Illegal combination
The decree takes effect thirty days
from date unless suspended by appeal
10 the supreme court
The Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey is the parent or holding con
cern for all other companies bearing
the charter name OF Standard OIL
and also for such subsidiary compans,
les as may have been organized q,
comply with the laws of the various
states and interstate commerce reg
ulations Through II the great Off
cials who office at mo 2e, Broadway,
New York City United States OF
America, and London, England Lnl
ited Berlin, Limited; and the stand
ard company OF Russian, Aria direct
the affairs of the greatest corporate
body the commercial world has
ever known.
Originally the Standard oil com
pany vas an Ohio corporation, all Of
the officials being from that state
and Pennsylvania When the great
power of the corporation became so
complete that Il grew oppressive, and
one after another OF the lesser con
Germs in the production, Transports
tion and sale OF oil and by-psoducts
gave way to the sway Of u, there was
i growing opposition. finally culmlnat-
Ing In the concern making New ler
sey the parental home. with the stand
ard oil company OF Ohio; the Stand
ard oil company OF Pennsylvania,
Standard Oil company Of West Vir-
ginia: Standard Oil company Of New
York. Connecticut and Massachusetts,
Standard Oil company OF Indiana;
Standard Oil company OF Kentucky
standard Oil company Of illinois;
Standard Oil company Of Alaska;
Standard oil company OF Wyoming;
STANDARD Oil company Of California,
and. possibly. three other concerns In
the New World bearing Standard
names. In addition the WatersP Pierce
OH company, the Republic OIL com
pany: the Ohio Oil company: the sun
OH company, aud The American Pipe
line company. were all added to the
powerful children" OF the Standard
OH company of New Jersey.
With the fight In Ohio to take from
nf tie tho
parent concern withdrew more and
more authority from the lesser con
Germs. That withdrawal was aug
mented when the Texas Legislature
made Il felony 10 do business with
STANDARD Oil, losing its main power
for failing 10 cause specification which
Standard oil company was meant.
Later the state of Illinois prohib-
tied the concern from operating. fore
ing the Kentucky corporation 10 as
sumo charge Of business In that state.
at great loss TO the independent
producer pyho had their selling price
reduced sixty per cent In Ten DAYS
time.
Later came the fines which caased
the parent company 70 abandon Hin
OILS. Missouri. Kansas and Texas and
deprived the management Of privl-
lege of pipelines in five states Fol
lowing this Frank Rockefeller. broth
cr To John d. and William Rockefei
Ter. lost suit wherein he had at
tempted to control the refining pat
ents for himself as the inventor, and
STANDARD oil. BY that decision. be
came the only real refiner OF oil u
the world
The s2g.Ooo.0o0 fine assessed for vio
Iatlsn OF freight rate orders Of the N
fersfate eeHsllie.ess .es..ii.s.s.a, -
Judge Eennesaw Lands. Of Logans
porf. Indiana. the subsequent arbi
ffaTy ruling Of Judge Peter 6rosscuI
of Ashland. Ohio. on the appellate