The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-05
OPERATION FATAL
TO j. D. ARCHBOID
}< HEAD OF OIL co.
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John D. Archbold was almost as
closely identified with the history of
the Standard Oil as John D. Rookie
Teller himself. I. OF the first nine trus-
tees of the trust formed in 1882 he
alone remained in this capacity until
Its dissolution ia 1911 at the order Of
the United States Supreme Court and
It was he who was named to engineer
the dissolution, after which he be-
came president and director OF the
Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey. He
was the most active and aggressive
fighter In the oil combine, and in
variab1yS Represented the Standard Oil
on the witness stand in the numerous
hearings in connection with the gov
ernment's suit to dissolve it.
This publicity was still further
heightened by the publication Of q
score or more Of letters from Mr..
Archbp1d to Joseph b Foraker; then
Senator from Ohio. Representative
Joseph c. Sibley, Of Pennsylvania and
other statesmen showing that large
sums Of money had been distributed
for the alleged purpose Of influencing
favorable legislation at Washington
Mr. Archbold considered them as at
III liOy. AOOSss LIZ PAOAASos-AOAA ~ SAAS<oO
letters exposed Mr.. sArchbo1d to at
tack from every quarter.
John Dustin Archbold was born at
Leesburg, O., July 26, 1913, and was
wprkirg In a country store at Salem,
OF, when he heard Of the wonderful
oil regions In Western Pennsylvania
where. men were becoming rich over
night 81 In 1864 he went to the oil
~
At Tftnsvi11e. He became the agent
of q new company, the Acme Com
pany, which proved to be an offshoot
of the Rockefeller interests, and from
that time, IN 1875, until his death he
was an associate OF the Rockefe1lers.
sJohnAD. Rockefeller tells in his
Random "Reminiscences Of how he
first met Mr.. Archbold. In stopping
at hotel. Mr.. Rockefeller was struck
by the fact that on the hotel register
was written in large characters this
inscription.
aJOHN d. ARCHBOIlD, - A BBL."
-Four dollars a. barrel was Mr..
Archb old's battle cry. and though he
did not succeed in putting crude oil
mp to the figure named, he did sue
coed in attra citing the attention of Mr..
Rockefeller in a way that led to bust
ness association with the Standards
interests.
Mr.. Arc1abo1d was the first man
among his associates to whom Mr..
Rockefeller pays tribute in his rem
iniscences Among other things, he
sal:
aMr. Archbo1d has always had well
developed sense OF humor, and on one
occasion, when he was on the wit
nees stand, he was asked by the OPP
posing lawyer:
"i.NIr. Archho1d, are you director
OF this company
'"1 am 49,
What is your occupation in this
company
!" To c1amor for dividends"
It has been estimate that his for
tune, made almost entirely in oil and
its by-products was nearly 100000
900.
/ Mr.. Archbo1d was one Of the best
Informed Of men in the details of the
loil business in all its branches, and
he held, according to his own state
ment, that all the practices Of the
Standard OIL Co. were honorable, and,
he believed, In conformity to law.
! II stand unquestionab1y," he said
in defending the trust idea, ''for CO.
operative. evolution. I believe that
/ the large corporations Of the present
day represent more nearly this CO.
operation than any other system yet
undertaken"
Although Mr.. Archbold was not
/ particularly conspicuous as a bene-
factor, he made many large gifts, in
Guiding q sum OF 100000 to SYRIA
cuse University in one lump, besides
annual donations of smaller amounts.
He was also a church member and
liberal contributor to religious work.
He was married in 1870 to Miss Annie
Mills OF Tftusvfl1e, Pa, and main
tanned q beautiful estate at Cedar
Cliff, Tarrytown- Hudson, and a
home at Southampton, Long Island. :.
Captain Frostad Of the American
Melrose, arriving at Bos-
ton. told customs authorities that he
had sighted large submarine in the
vicinity Of Long Island.
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