The History of the Standard Oil Company

by Ida M. Tarbell

[126]. Report on Investigation Relative to Trusts, New York Senate, 1888, pages 9–10.

[127]. Affidavit of Henry M. Flagler in the case of the Standard Oil Company vs. William C. Scofield et al., in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1880.

[128]. Proceedings in Relation to Trusts, House of Representatives, 1888. Report Number 3,112, page 770.

[129]. The full style of the case was: The State of Ohio on the Relation of David K. Watson, Attorney-general, Plaintiff, against the Standard Oil Company, Defendant.

[130]. See annual report of the attorney-general to the governor of the state of Ohio, 1899.

[131]. History of Standard Oil Case in the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1897–1898. Part I, pages 27–28. Original opinion of the court.

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

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

[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.

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