Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-11
THE FIGHT
FOR ITS LIFE
Case Against Standard Oil
Trust Is Reached by
Supreme Court
FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE
Synopsis of Famous Litigation
Under Sherman Anti
Trust Law.

Washington. d. c. Jan 1.-The f.
nal fsa o' he Standard Oil Com
pany for .-s very existence under the
present orr ntzaation is expected to
begin late -o.ag before the supreme
court of the aHcd States. At the
conclusion OF .l.. arguments in the
tobacco case. join q. Miburn will
lay before the .r~t the foundation
for the defense o .h4 Standard Oil
against the proposr3 dissolution un-
der the Sherman aAlsHst law.
History OF the Suit.
Washington. Jan. 1l.-Thu suit un-
der the Sherman antitrust law to
dissolve the Standard Oil organiza-
ton was Instituted in 1906 in the Cir
cult Court of the United States for
the Eastern District of Missouri. The
proceedings were begun by the De
partment of Justice in the name Of
the United States against 114 cor.
p0rations and seven individuals
The principal corporation was the
Standard On Company of New Jer-
sey. From 1882 to the present time
this company is said to 4 We opera
ted rodneries itself But in 1899 its
stool vas increased to $100000,00o
so as % enable it to acquire the stock
of ninr'aen other oil companies which
in turn owned a large number of
compani-- concerned in the oil busi-
ness. ] a Standard Oil Company of
New Jers was designated as a
holding con any and is similar to the
American Taacco Company, the or
ganization OF which was considered
by the court ring the las few days
The seven ina.viduals named in the
suit as defendars were John D.
Rockefeller, William Rockefeller
Henry NJ Flagler Henry H. Rogers,
John ID. Archbod Oliver II. Payne,
and Charles NJ Pratt. The parts
/ these man are said to have played in
the alleged violations of the Sher-
man antitrust law has been sum
married. by the government as fol-
/ lu.s:
About 1870 the Rockefeuers and
Flagler conceived the purpose of con-
trolling the petroleum trade, both
domestic and export, and obtaining a
monopoly thereof They entered In
to a conspiracy to accomplish this
purpose, which from time to time
took the form of various combinations.
Shortly after 1870 the Rockefellers
and Flaglers were joined in the con-
spiracy by Rogers. Archbold, Payne,
and Pratt
The form which the alleged con
spiracy took is described by the gov.
ernment as being from 1870 to 1882
"a combination between a large nun
Der Of manufacturers. who acted in
Harmony and whose stock interests
were pooled in the hands of three
trustees in 1873" From 1882 to
1899, the form of the alleged cOmBi
nation vas that of a trust agreement
whereby the stock of a large unmbe1
of corporations was placed in the
hands Of trustees, who managed the
, property. From 1899 to the presen
time. the combination is alleged Il
have taken the form Of a holding com
pany, The Standard Oil Company o
New Jersey.
. The four judges in the circui
court found that the Standard Oil wal
an illegal combination in restrain o
, Interstate Commerce and was alst
| monopolizing the oil trade A decree
= was entered enjoining the holding
? company from exercising any con
troll over the subsidiary companies
and enioining the subsidiary CON
panies from paying any dividends t.
the holding company All were en-
joined from engaging in interstate
commerce until the Illegal combine
ton was discontinued.
The court also found that the Stan
dard Oil:
Produced more than 1-10 of all tn
crude oil obtained in this country
y Owned and operated more than
, of all the tank cars used to distr
butte the oil
Manufactured more than 3,4 of a
the crude oil refined in the Unite
States.
1 Transported more than 40 of th
l. petroleum derived from the Pennsy
vania and Indiana oil fields.
- Marketed more than 4-5 of all th
Illuminating oil sold in the Unite
States.
Exported more than 4-5 of all tn
Illuminating oil sent forth from th
II United States.
= Sold more than 4-5 OF all the Ma
tha sold in the United States.
Sold more than $40 of all the lubl
le eating oil sold to the railroad cor
le panies in the United States.
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