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oRlEF IN opposlTIoM 70
DISSOLUTION SUIT.
CLAIM INALIfNABLf RIGHT
Defendants Contend u 10 Legal q
Hold Their propsrties-Asssrt
They Suit Cooperation with
Energy, skill and Foresight

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ard Oil company filed In the supreme
court of the United States . brief In
opposition to the attempt OF the gov.
eminent 10 dissolve the corporation ~
violating the Sherman antitrust law.
The document - . prelude
to oral argument Monday and Is the
work OF d. r. Watson, John M. Free
man and Ernest c. Irwin. The brief
for the government has not been filed.
The keynote for the defense Is the
so-called preservation Of the rights
Of individual citizens of the United
States"
The issue, according to the paper,
Is the charge made In the petition de-
MED in the answer and re-asserted in
the replication, that the sever individ-
uai defendants. John ID. Rockefeller.
william Rockefeller, John ID. Arch.
bold. Oliver H. Payne. Henry N. Flag.
Ter, Charles NJ. Pratt and Henry II.
Rogers combined and c%onspired and
continued to combine and conspire ut
the time the petition was filed to re-
strain interstate trade in oil and to
gain q monopoly Of the trafic.
The brief asserts that the circuit
court Of the United States for the
Eastern district OF Missouri whose ad-
verse decision the defendants seek to
overturn held that solely because
these Individual joint owners OF q
group OF non-competitive properties
engaged for 10 years in private trade
instead OF continuing to hold through
trustees controlled by these de-
PENDANTS changed in 1899 as the brief
says, 1.-The method Of holding their
properties by conveying them to the
Standard OIL company Of New Jersey
and that such change was q violation
of the Sherman antitrust act.
This decree 10 complained Of a be-
ing unjust to the men who. according
to the brief. were . lawful group,
lawfully doing business" and who. af.
ter what Is described as q mere ION.
veyance and solely by reason thereof
became q group Of lawless conspira-
tors." 1t Ia charged.
The claim that the seven individuals
are engaged in lawful business Is en-
phasized.
The Standard Oil business M It ex-
etaoin etaoinetaoi eta eta eta ct etaOe
listed in 1906 and still exists" says
the brief, was the natural develop
ment and outgrowth OF the business
begun in 1862 and steadily pursued by
the Rockefellers and others. BY un-
firing energy. with infinite skin. with
abundant capital and the steady rein
vestment OF early profits. these men
aud their associates created out OF an
entirely new, unique and unprecedent-
ed production OF crude oil a new, uni
versally used and cheapest illuminant
the world has known.
BY creative skill they created from
refuse oil valuable products. They in
vented the huge reservoirs for storing
oil. the combined pipe line system
which gathers up and carries the nat
ural products, the tank cars, which
carry the refined products. They
created the export trade in oil. trans.
porting 1t in ships Of their own con.
struction and selling it in Asia, India.
China. Japan. Russia and all Europe.
They devised the trading stations. the
tank delivery wagons, and used every
means to cheaper the product and the
quality. From 1862 to 1906 IA years.
the work went on. They took the risk
OF failure OF production. of destruction
by fire and tempest. besides all the
ordinary risks OF trade. They met
all emergencies with competent skill
and sufficient funds.
The unexpected enormous increase
In production greatly increased their
business. added to It's Importance and
profit. Their methods of holding their
joint properties and the management
OF them were dictated by economic
reasons They used the best and
cheapest methods in the holding Oi
titles and In the transportation, pro
duction. refining and sale Of oil and
they sought to and did always produce
the pest and cheapest product.