Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
Text of Courts Decree
Against Oil Corporation

81. PAUL, Mimi, November @.-The
courts decree ordering the Standard OIL
corporation dissolved follows:
After elaboration it is ordered, ad-
judged and decreed:
Section l. That in 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 in 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 $1O.OOO.O0O;
that since the year 1890 the defendants in
section of this decree have entered into
and are carrying out combination or
conspiracy In pursuance whereof about
the year 1899 they caused the capital
stock Of the Standard company to be In
creased to OO.OOO.OO0, caused a majority
of the stock Of the nineteen companies
and the power to control them. and to
manage their trade. and the power to con-
trolled and to manage their trade. to be
vested in and held by the Standard COM
pany in exchange for its stock. which was
issued to the former holders of the stock
of the nineteen companies. and caused
the Standard company ever since to con-
troll all these corporations. hereafter
called the subsidiary corporations, and to
manage their trade without competition
among themselves as the trade and busi-
ness of single person: that this combi-
nation or conspiracy is a 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
Nf Of T,plV
&c Stat, 300 C647 CO. S. Comp. Stat,
1901. page 5000. entitled An act to pro-
tect trade and commerce against unlaw
full restraints and monopolies,' declares
to be illegal.
The Individual Defendants.
Section .. That the defendants. John
D. Rockefeller. William Rockefeller.
Henry Fl. Rogers, Henry NJ. Flagler.
John D. Archibald, Oliver Fl. Payne and
Charles NJ Pratt, hereafter called the
seven individual defendants, united with
the Standard company and other defend
ants to form and effectuate this combi-
nation, and since it's formation have
been. and still are. engaged in carrying
it into effect and continuing It, that the
defendants. Anglo-American Oh Com
pany Qimited). Atlantic Refining Com
pany. Buckeye Pipe Line Company,
Borne, Scrymser Company, Chesebrough
Manufacturing Company. Cog psolidated.
Cumberland Pipe Line Company. Colo
nial Oil Company, Continental OIL Com
pany. Crescent Pipe Line Company. Hen
ry C. Folger. jr., and Calvin N. Payne,
copartnership doing business under
the firm name and style of Corsicana
Refining Company, Eureka Pipe Line
Company. Galena Signal Oil Company.
Indiana Pipe Line Company. Manhattan
IT.
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 Line Company. Stand
ard Oil Company of California, Standard
Oil Company of Indiana. Standard Oil
Company of Iowa. Standard Oil Company
of kansas. Standard Oil Company Of
Kentucky. Standard on Company of Ne
braska, Standard OIL Company of New
York. Standard Oil Company of Ohio,
Swan and Pinch Company. Union Tank
Line Company; Vacuum OH Company.
Oil Company. have entered into and be-
come parties to this combination, and
are either actively operating or aiding
in the operation Of It; that by means of
this combination the defendants named
in this section have combined and con-
spired to monopolize. have monopolized
and are continuing to monopolize a sub
stantial part Of the commerce among
the states. In the territories and with
foreign nations, in violation of section
of the antitrust act.
Companies "Not Proved Guilty"
Section 3. That the defendants. Ar
gand Refining Company, American Lubri-
eating Oil Company. Acme Oil Company,
Baltimore United OIL Company. Buffalo
Natural Gas Fuel Company, Bush & Dem
slow Manufacturing Company. Camden
Consolidated Oil Company, Commercial
Natural Gas Company. Connecting Gas
Company, Eastern Ohio Oil and Gas Com
pany, Eclipse Lubricating Pipe Company,
Florence Oil and Refining Company,
Franklin Pipe Company Uimited), Law
renee Natural Gas Company, Mahoning
Gas Fuel Company. Mountain State Gas
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