[37]. See Appendix, Number 19. Testimony of W. T. Scheide.

[38]. See Appendix, Number 20. Statements of amounts paid for overcharges and rebates on oil during the year 1873 by the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad.

[39]. See Appendix, Number 21. Agreement of 1874 between the Erie Railroad system and the Standard Oil Company.

[40]. See Appendix, Number 22. Agreement of 1874 between the railroads and pipe-lines.

[41]. See Appendix, Number 23. The Rutter circular.

[42]. These figures are from Henry’s “Early and Later History of Petroleum,” published in 1873.

[43]. The barrels of the Standard Oil Company are painted blue.

[44]. This account of the meeting at Saratoga was given to the writer by Charles Lockhart, of Pittsburg.

[45]. See Appendix, Number 24. Standard Oil Company’s application for increase of capital stock to $3,500,000 in 1875.

[46]. See Appendix, Number 25. Henry M. Flagler’s testimony on the union of the Standard Oil Company with outside refiners in 1874.