Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — TELLS OF EXPANSION [ARTICLE]

TELLS OF EXPANSION

ItOCIIEFELLEB ENDS HIS STORY Fool That BeAt a Threat of Tom Scott —Acquisition of Many Oil Properties. New York, Nov. 20. —John D. Rocke feller continued and concluded his atory of the rise ~¥nd success of the Standard OH company, his narrative bringing the record down to the trust agreement of 1882. The story from that date on will be told by John P. Archbold later. Today Rockefeller is undergoing cross-examination, with SVank B. Kellogg as chief Inquisitor. Rockefeller, continuing his direct testimony. said that the Standard bought the Long Island Refining company and the De Voe Manufacturing company, both located on Long Island; the Imperial Refining Oil company, of Oil City, Pa.; Charles M. Pratt & Co., of Brooklyn, of which H. H. Rogers was a member; Warden, Frew & 00., and the Atlantic Refining Co., of Philadelphia; the Model Oil 00. and refineries at Pittsburg; Porter. Moreland & Co. and Bennett, Warner & Co., Titusville. Pa„ telling of the organization of the erne Oil 00. to buy these last properties; the American Lubricating Oil Co., pf Cleveland, and the Mica Axle Grease Co—all of which companies ■were bought to extend and diversify the Standard’s business, at home and abroad. ‘ < Rockefeller was shown A pooling contract which distributed oil among the railways, fixed rates and provided “drawbacks,” and said it put all shipping points on a parallel, produced steadiness-, and “did away with the wiping out of Cleveland, as Thomas Scott promised to do.” \ This ended Rockefeller’s testimony.