Part I, pages 27–28. Original opinion of the court.

Footnote 132:

Proceedings of meeting dissolving trust. History of Standard Oil Case in the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1897–1898. Part 1, pages 80–81.

Footnote 133:

See Appendix, Number 53. List of constituent companies of the Standard Oil Trust, with assets and capitalisation in 1892.

Footnote 134:

See Appendix, Number 54. Forms of Mr. Rockefeller’s certificate of holdings in the Standard Oil Trust, with assignment of legal title which took its place in 1892.

Footnote 135:

Report on Investigation Relative to Trusts, New York Senate, 1888, page 445.

Footnote 136:

See Appendix, Number 55. Agreement of 1887 between the Standard Oil Company and producers.

Footnote 137:

Report on Investigation Relative to Trusts, New York Senate, 1888, page 449.

Footnote 138:

See Chapter IX.

Footnote 139:

Plaintiff’s Exhibit Number 52 in the case of James Corrigan _vs._ John D. Rockefeller in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1897.

Footnote 140:

The following table shows the variation from 1890 to 1897 in price of crude oil per barrel of 42 gallons, and the price of refined oil per gallon in barrels in New York:

Crude Refined 1890 Jan 1.05⅛ 7½ Dec 67½ 7¼

1891 Jan 74⅛ 7.42 Dec 59¼ 6.44

1892 Jan 62½ 6.45 Dec 53¼ 5.45

1893 Jan 53½ 5.33 Dec 78⅜ 5.15

1894 Jan 80 5.15 Dec 91⅜ 5.61

1895 Jan 98⅝ 5.87 Dec 1.43⅝ 7.77

1896 Jan 1.45¾ 7.85 Dec 97⅞ 6.35

1897 Jan 88⅛ 6.13 Dec 65 5.40

Footnote 141:

See Appendix, Number 56. John D. Archbold’s statement to the Industrial Commission concerning the Standard’s opposition to the building of the United States Pipe Line.

Footnote 142:

Adapted from chart printed in Volume I of Report of Industrial Commission, and brought up to date.

Footnote 143:

See Appendix, Number 57. Tables of yearly average prices of crude and refined.

Footnote 144:

Figures used in computing this profit are from the Oil City Derrick of the period, and from practical oil refiners of that day.

Footnote 145:

See Chapter IV.

Footnote 146:

See Chapter V.

Footnote 147:

In 1871 there was something over 132,000,000 gallons of illuminating oil exported. In 1872 it fell to about 118,000,000 gallons.

Footnote 148:

According to the statement of the Standard Oil Company, made in a suit for taxes brought by the state of Pennsylvania in 1881, it declared dividends as follows: In 1873, year ending the first Monday in November, $347,610; in 1874, $358,605; in 1875 (the capital stock was raised from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000 in 1875), $514,230; in 1876, $501,285; in 1877, $3,248,650.01; in 1878, $875,000; in 1879, $3,150,000; in 1880, $1,050,000.

Footnote 149:

See Chapter VII.

Footnote 150:

Report of the Special Committee on Railroads, New York Assembly, 1879.