The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-20
GOVERNMENT
Wins ITS SUIT
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and other powers through the COM
bination. The other defendant com-
panies are enjoined from declaring
or paying any dividends to the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey on
account OF stock acquired by 1t
through combination or permitting
the combination to vote said stock.
The suit of the government to dis
solve the Standard Oil company was
filed in the United States circuit court
for the eighth judicial circuit in st
Louis. November Is, 1905, at the di-
rection of the attorney general The
action was one in equity brought un-
der the provisions of the sherman
antitrust laws. The control through
the Standard OIL company of New Jer-
sey OF more than 100 corporations
If oil was characterized and marketing
OF Ill was characterized as con-
spiracy In restraint of trade.
The government asked for per-
manent Injunction, restraining the
holding company from continuing
control of its subsidiary corporations
and from reorganizng in such a man
ner that the alleged conspiracy would
be perpetuated.
The governments complaint against
the alleged trust Is a printed docu-
ment Of 100 pages. I, recIted in de-
tail the steps taken and the methods
used by John ID. Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller and Henry NJ. Flagler and
others in building up the oil corpora
ton.
Through their alleged ability to
secure preferential rates from rail-
roads and alleged unrair trade meth
ods, they were enabled, according to
the government to drive to the wall
and absorb most of the independent
concerns. The trust as II exists to-
day. was not effected, according to
the complaint, until 1899, when the
Standard Oil company was formed.
To facilitate the hearings of the
cases, Judge Franklin Ferries, OF st.
Louis was appointed special examiner
to hear the evidence. He was APP
pointed June 25. 1907, and completed
his work i'm February, 1909. Hearings
were held in most of the principal
cites of the East, the most noted be-
ing that in New York, where John ID.
Rockefeller, Henry II. Rogers, John
ID. Archbold and oth-r officers of the
company We're called and were put
through gruclling examination by
the government attorneys.
There are twenty-one volumos ri
evidence, more than $4,000 pages I'm
all. In addition. there are 1,500 ex-
hibits. mostly contracts.
The case was argued beginning
April 3 before the full circuit bench
here. Judges Walter Srmburn, Willis
Vandeventer. William g. Hook and
Elmer b. Adams.
Frank b. Kellogg. of ST. Paul. and
Charles Il. Morrison, of Chicago,
presented the argument for the gov
eminent. The attornews for the
Standard we're headed by Moritz Ros'
enthal, of Chicago. the one thousand
dollar day attorney Others rep.
resenting the compny in the final ar.
gument were John G. Milburn, w.
#. Taylor, j. j, Johnson, II. C.. Fol-
ger. Frank l.. Crawford and Douglass
Campbell.
The arguments by the defense were
made by Rosenthal, johnson and Mil
burn.
For two, days, Attorney Kellogg re-
viewed the facts alleged by the gov
ernment. which he declared were
borne out by the evidence before the
court
The defense of the corporation was
tha the present organization was the
natural result ofsthe growth of great