The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21
STANDARD OIL GIVEN
BODY BLOW BY DECREE
Of The FEDERAL COURT
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company, Henry c. Folger, Jr., and CAL
vim N. Payne, a co-jartnership doing bus
mess under the firm name and style Of
Corsicana Refining company, Eureka
Pipe Line company. Galena Signal OIL
company, Indiana Pipe Line company,
Manhattan Oil company, National Transit
company, New York Transit company.
Northern Pipe Line company, Ohio Oil
company, Prairie OIL and Gas company,
Security Oil company Soler Fefining
company, Southern Pipe Line, South
Pennsylvania Oil company, Southwest
Pennsylvania Pipe Line company, Stan
dard Oil company of California, Stan
dard Oil company of Indiana, Standard
Oil company of Iowa. Standard Oil COM
pany of Kansas, Standard Oil company
of Kentucky, Standard Oil company Of
Nebraska. Standard Oil company of New
York, Standard Oil company Of Ohio,
Swan & Pinch Co., Union Tank Line
company, Vacuum Oil company, Wash
ington Oh company. Yaters-Pierce Oil
company, have entered into and became
parties to this combination and are eth
er actively operating or aiding in the op-
Grafton Of 1t; that my means of this COM
bination, the defendants named in this
section have combined and conspired to
monopolize, have monopolized, and are
continuing to monopoIxs a substantial
part of the commerce among the states,
in the territories and with foreign nations
In violation Of section 3 Of the antitrust
act
Defendants Dismissed.
SEQ. 4 That the defendants. Aragan Re-
fning company, American Lubricating
OIL company, Acme Ooil company, Bal
timors United OIL company, Buffalo Nat
ural Gas Fuel company, BUSH & Den
slow Manufacturing Co. Camden CoRsol-
dated Oil company, Commercial Natural
Gas company, Eastern Ohio On and Gas
company, Eclipse Lubrioating on COM
pany, Florence Oil company. Franklin
Pipe Line company, limited, Lawrence
Natural Gas company, Mahonfng Gas
Fuel company company, Mountain State
Gas company, National Fuel Gas COM
pany. Northerwestern Ohio Natural Gas
company. Oh City Fuel Supply company,
Oswego Manufacturing company, Penn
sylvania Gas company, Pennsylvania OH
company, Peoples Natural Gas company,
Pittsburg Natural Gas company, Plat &
Washburn Refining Co., Republic OIL COM
pany, Salamanca Gas company, Stand
ard Oil company Of Minnesota. Taylor
town Natural Gas company, Tidewater Oil
company, Tidewater Pipe company lin
tied, United Natural Gas company United
OH company, have not been proved to
be engaged in the operation or carrying
out of the combination and the bill is
dismissed as against each of them.
Control of Stock.
Sec. That in the formation and ex-
ecution Of the combination and conspir-
acy, the Standard company has issued its
stock to the amount Of more than sec, 000,-
900 in exchange for the stock Of other cor
porations which 1t holds and it now owns
and controls all Of the capital stock of
many corporations, majority of the
stock or controlling interests in some cor
porations and stock in other corporations.
The degree here gives list of COM
panies, their total capital stock and the
amount held by the Standard Oil COM
pany In each, and then recites the amount
of stock controlled by the National Tran
sit company. Continuing the decree says
That the Standard company has also
acquired the control by the ownership
of its stock or otherwise of the Security
OH company, 4 corporation created un-
der the laws Of Texas which owns a re-
finery in Beaumont, in that state, and
the Manhattan OIL company. a corpora
ton, which owns a pipe line situated in
Indiana and Ohio; that the Standard COM
pany and the corporations and partner
ship named In section are engaged In
the various branches of the business Of
producing, purchasing and transporting
petroleum In the principal oil-producing