[145]. See Chapter IV.
[146]. See Chapter V.
[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.
[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.
[149]. See Chapter VII.
[150]. Report of the Special Committee on Railroads, New York Assembly, 1879. Volume IV, page 3680.
[151]. Plaintiff’s Exhibit, Number 51, in the case of James Corrigan vs. John D. Rockefeller in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1897.
[152]. It costs the Cleveland refiner .64 of a cent a gallon to bring oil in bulk from the Oil Regions to his refinery, and 1.44 cents per gallon to send it refined in bulk to New York.
[153]. Trustworthy and regular quotations are not to be obtained earlier than 1881.
[154]. Report of the Industrial Commission, 1900. Volume 1, page 365.