Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20
Text of Courts Decree
Against Oil CORPORATION

81. PAU l., Mimi, November D-The
1 courts decree ordering the Standard Oil
| corporation dissolved, in part. follows:
After elaboration it u ordered. ad-
| judged and decreed:
Section 1. That I'm and prior to the
| year 1899 there were twenty corporations
| respectively under the laws Of various
| states engaged in commerce In petroleum
\ and its products. either among the states
or in the territories, or with foreign ma.
| tions, and these corporations held a ma
! jority of the stock and controlled the
| business and operations of many other
| corporations engaged III that commerce
| that one of these corporations was the
| Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
hereafter called the Standard company
which had capital stock OF $1,000 OO,;
| that since the year 1890 the defendants In
section of this decree have entered into
and are carrying out combna ton con-
| spiracy in pursuance whereof about the
( year 1899 they caused the capital stock OF
the Standard company to be increa sed
to s1OO,O0WO. caused majority of the
stock Of the nineteen companies and the
power to control them, and to manage
their trade, and the power to control the
corporations which they controlled and
to manage their trade, to be vested In and
held by the Standard company in ex-
change for it's stock. which was issued to
the former holders of the stock of the
nineteen companies, and caused the
Standard company ever since to control
all these corporations, hereafter called
the subsidiary corporations. and to man
age their trade without competition
among themselves as the trade and busi-
ness of a single person; that this combi-
nation or conspiracy is combination or
conspiracy in restraint of trade and COM
merce in petroleum and its products
among the several states. in the terrific
ries and with foreign nations, such as an
70 Stat. 200 C647 It. S. Comp Stat.
1901. page 5000, entitled An act to
protect trade and commerce against UNI
lawful restraints and monopolies." de-
clares to be illegal.
The Individual Defendants.
Section =. That the defendants, John
d. Rockefeller. William Rockefeller,
Henry II. Rogers, Henry NJ. Ffagler,
John ID. Archibald. Oliver H. Payne and
Charles NJ. Pratt. hereaf tier called the
seven individual defendants, united with
the Standard Company and other defend
ants 10 form and effectuate this COM
binatiOn, and since its formation have
been. and still are, engaged in carrying
it into effect and continuing it; that the
defendants Anglo-American OIL Company
U-imited, Atlantic Refining Company,
Buckeye Pipe Line Company. Borne.
scrymser Company. Chesebrough Manu-
featuring Company, Consolidated. Cum
berland Pipe Line Company, Colonial Oil
Company, Continental Oil Company,
Crescent Pipe Line Company. Henry c.
Folger, jr., and Calvin n. Payne, CO.
partnership doing business under the firm
name and style of Cors:cana Refining
Company, Eureka Pipe Line Com
pany, Galena Signal Oil Company.
Oil Company. National Transit Company
New York Transit Company. Northern
Pipe Line Company, Ohio Oil Company,
Prairie Oil and Gas Company, Security
Oil Company, Solar Refining Company
Southern Pipe Line Company. South
Pennsylvania Oil Company Southwest
Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company. Stand
ard OIL Company of California Standard
Oil Company of Indiana. Standard Oil
Company Of Iowa. Standard Oil Company
lucky. Standard Oil Company of Ne
braska Standard Oil Company of New
York. Standard Oil Company of Ohio,
Swan & Pinch Company, Union Tank
Line Company. Vacuum Oil Company,
Washington Oil Company. Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, have entered into and be-
come parties to this combination. and
are either actively operating or aiding i'm
the operation of 1t; that by means of this
combination the defendants named i'm this
section have combined and conspired to
monopOlize. have monopolized and are
continuing to monopoliZe substantial
part OF the commerce among the states,
In the territories and with foreign ma
lions. In violation OF section = OF the
antitrust act.
Companies "Not Proved Guilty"
Section 3. That the defendants. Ar
sand Refining Company, American i.ul,Ti-
eating Oil Company. Acme Oil Com
pany. Baltimore United Oil Company
Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Company
Bush Denslow Manufacturing COM
pany. Camden Consolidated Oil Com
tal Nofu