The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20
COMBINE BUILT UP THROUGH
DEPRESSING COMPETITORS,
SAYS ST. PAUL MAN,
in STANDARD OIL CASE
Ayers That Great Monopoly Is Threat
enina cioud.-Brings Forward
Mystery of Where Profits
Have Gone.

Washington. D. C. - Painting tha
Standard Oil organization as made
mighty through depressing competi-
tors and hanging today as a threaten
ing cloud over the country, Frank B.
kellogg, special assistant to the at
torney general of the United States,
pleaded with the supreme court of the
United States to dissolve the STAN
dard Oil company of New Jersey,
as V~iolative Of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Mt. Kellogg went over the early
years of the Standards business, lead
ing up to the central point Of the pres
controversy, the reorganization of
the Statdard OH company, of New
Jersey in 1899. He characterized this
reorganization Of one Illegal form of
holding together the oil companies for
Smother Illegal form. The first was
the trust of 1882. with its several
trustees. N the second. the Stan
dard of New Jersey
When Mr.. Kellogg reached in MS
argument the trust agreement of 1882,
whereby the stock of the owners of
various oil companies was put into
the hands of trustees. he was inter
THpted by Justice Holmes.
THAT sort Of agreement was quite
common in New England" the ~justice
remarked.
Il have no doubt of that, replied
Mr.. Kellogg. The trust agreement
was copied by the Sugar trust which
was declared Illegal in New York; BY
b Whisky trust which was declared
Illegal in Illinois; by the Lead trust
which was declared Illegal in Missouri.
The plan has been condemned as in
restraint OF trade in every state of
the union. And when the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey succeeded
the trustees. the properties simply
were turned over from one 10 the
other. A perpetual. corporate form
hat should hold their common wealth
was substituted for the trustees whose
lives might be cut short by death. Is
n n more Illegal than the other?"
Touching on a point of the defense
Mr.. Kellogg said that if the companies
b stock was procured by the
hAO III 1000 SIC " NSAAACIAAS.
Z il was because they were held together
in Illegal trust, that of 1879 and that
OF 1882.
Take away the fear of prosecution
by the government and the Standard
Oil would put every Independent III
this country u of business in five
years" Mr.. Kellogg continued. The
independents can exist only under the
protection of the law
In connection with this point. Chief
Justice White asked if the complaints
against the Standard Oil company
were based upon it's methods n if
objection was made 10 the methods
because Illegal.
That, and SIZE" responded Mr.
kellogg, Great wealth enables them
To use methods, some unfair, which
would be Illegal OF re~prehensible in
the hands OF the corner groceryman."
kr Kellogg dwelt upon the n
nous profits Of the company as further
evidence of monopoly.
The record did not show where all
the profits went. he said. For instance
y "a ASAAA-A+c ~ GLAoN a. Aal~
pened to S23, 900. 600 of the earnings
of one small pipe line"
Mr.. Kellogg said tina it was paid
10 P. S. Trainer.
Who is this man Trainer" in
CURED Justice Lurton.
"Oh, he's a purchasing agent in
New Jersey" said Mr.. Kellogg. 4
tried in every way TO learn where that
little sum went. The Standard told me
that they could not find out. MIR.
MlIburn once said he would not crafty
my curiosity by telling me-"
Large profits at home were argued
as not justified to Offset small profits
IN foreign trade.
Build up the foreign trade if yoU
can said Mr.. kellogg, but / deny
the right TO do SO at the expense o.
American men and women"