United States Files Suit to Break Standard Oil Trust
The Department of Justice files in St Louis to dissolve the Standard Oil trust under the Sherman act. The petition seeks injunctions against the holding and allied companies, bans dividends to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and bars contracts that restrain petroleum commerce. Rockefeller and associates named as major defendants. The 194-page petition outlines three historical periods of conspiracy from 1870 onward and details methods used to monopolize oil transport, pricing, and pipelines across the United States.
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Disputed Oil Trust Rates and Rail Influence Documented
A historic petition outlines the Standard Oil trust using published and secret interstate and intrastate rates to discrim inate against rivals. It details railroads where trustees sit on boards to push favorable pricing, listing directors like John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler among others, and claims vast profits from monopoly practices including lubricants distribution and rebates.
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