The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-12
Arguments BEGUN
N TRUST CASES
SUIT AGAINST STANDARD OIL
AoAnacT fia CORPORATIONS
AND SEVEN INDIVIDUALS.
MORE THAN F0UR-F|FTHS
Of Gil Marketed in United States, o.
Exported; Same Per Cent Of isap-
tha Produced, Controlled by
Big Corporation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.--In the III. 8S
supreme court today arguments wers
begun In the suit under the SiierniaE
antitrust law 10 dissolve the Stans
ara Oil organization. The proceed.
ings were begun by the department
Of Justice I'LL the name Of the IJnitea
States against ia corporations ant
seven Individuals.
TIE principal corporation was the
STANDARD OH Company of New Ter
sey. From 1882 to the present tine
this eonlpqny Is said to have operated
retlneries Itself, but In 1899 Its stock
was Increased To 500 100000 50 AIS
10 enable Il 70 acquire the stock ol
nneteea piher oil companies, which
n turn owned large number of com
paries. concerned In the ell bus ness.
The STANDARD OIL Company Of New
Jersey was designated as a holding
company, and Is similar to the Ameri-
can Tobacco conpany, the organizes
tion of wls 4 Was considered by the
copft during the last few days.
The seven individuals named In the
suit as defea ants were John u.
Rockefeliar William Rockefeller,
Ienry III. FIleicr, Henry NJ Rogers,
io1n D. Arehiiald, Oliver H. Payne
qnJ Charl3s NJ, Pratt. The part there
nan are said 10 have played III the
alleged violation OF the Sherman an
thrust law has been summarized by
the government AS follows:
About 1870 the Rockefellers and
FlagIer conceived the purpose Of con-
trolling The petroleum trade, both DO,
lmestic and eSpesz- -aad. +abtaiaing .
monopoly thereof. They entered into
conspiracy ID accomplish this pur.
nose. which from time 70 time took
The form OF various combinations.
Shortly after 1870 the Rockefellers
md Flagler were polned Ii the com
spiraoy BY Rogers Archibald Payne
| and Pratt.
The form wnic hthe alleged con
spiracy took ii described BY toe gov
ernment as being from 1870 to 1882
q combination between large num-
ber If manufacturers, who acted in
| Aarmcny and whose stock interests
we're pooled In The hands Of three
trustees In 1879 From 1882 to 1929
he form of the alleged combination
vas that Of d trust agreement, where
lby the stock Of large number oi
orroeaiions was placed in the hands
If Trustees. who managed the proper,
ty From 1889 TO the present time,
the combinations ID al's ged 10 nave IA
"a The forR Of boldiug company
| ne Standard Oh Company Of New
Jersey
| Tho four Judges Id 'e oircnit ecfsr
otul that The Standard ON was AZ
legal combination in restraint of in
| torstato commerce and was also mon
opolizine the oil trade A decree wai
| entered eniolning tle holding com
| pany from exercising any contro
over the subsidiary companies, ant
| enjoiniug the subsidiary companie
from paying any dividends to IN
holding company, All we're enjoine'
from engaging In interstate con
menre until the illegal combination
wa4 discontinued.
The court also found tnat the Stan,
lrd Oil;
Produta more than lilo Of III
crude oil obtained III THIS cohntry.
Owned and operatel more than y
Of all the tank cars used TO distribute
= its products.
Manufactured more than "a OF al
TIE crude oil yeiincd In the Unite
states.
Trausplantei more than As Of th'
petroleum derived from the Pennsyl
4 gani1 ana Indiana oil fields.
MARKETED more than AS Of all tn
Illuminating oil sold in the Unite
states.
4 Exported more than i-5 Of All TN
nrgninatl7a oh sent forth from IN
United States.
solA more than As Of all the napth
' sold III the United States.
Sold more than $40 Of all the lur
ricating oil sold to the railroad con
porfes IN the limited States