[47]. Mr. Rogers is mistaken here. The production in 1874 was 10,926,945 barrels, the shipments 8,821,500, the stocks at the end of the year 3,705,639. In 1875, the year in which he is speaking, more oil was consumed than produced.
[48]. See Appendix, Number 26. George R. Blanchard’s testimony on the breaking up of the Pipe Pool of 1874.
[49]. Condensed from Mr. Tack’s testimony.
[50]. Condensed from Mr. Harkness’s testimony.
[51]. J. T. Henry, in his “Early and Later History of Petroleum,” gives twenty-two; E. G. Patterson, in a list presented in court in 1880, gives the number at the beginning of this combination as thirty.
[52]. Condensed from testimony of Mr. Morehouse before the special committee on railroads, New York Assembly, 1879.
[53]. Proceedings in Relation to Trusts, House of Representatives, 1888. Report Number 3112.
[54]. Report of the Special Committee on Railroads, New York Assembly, 1879.
[55]. The Standard Oil Company were extensive oil transporters at that time, as has been shown.
[56]. See Appendix, Number 27. Mr. Flagler’s explanation of the commission of ten per cent. allowed the Standard Oil Company in 1877.