Chapter XXIII: Conclusion

CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS BEGUN AGAINST THE STANDARD IN OHIO
IN 1897 FOR NOT OBEYING THE COURT’S ORDER OF 1892 TO
DISSOLVE THE TRUST—SUITS BEGUN TO OUST FOUR OF THE
STANDARD’S CONSTITUENT COMPANIES FOR VIOLATION OF
OHIO ANTI-TRUST LAWS—ALL SUITS DROPPED BECAUSE OF
EXPIRATION OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL MONNETT’S
TERM—STANDARD PERSUADED THAT ITS ONLY CORPORATE
REFUGE IS NEW JERSEY—CAPITAL OF THE STANDARD OIL
COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY INCREASED, AND ALL STANDARD OIL
BUSINESS TAKEN INTO NEW ORGANISATION—RESTRICTION OF
NEW JERSEY LAW SMALL—PROFITS ARE GREAT AND STANDARD’S
CONTROL OF OIL BUSINESS IS ALMOST ABSOLUTE—STANDARD
OIL COMPANY ESSENTIALLY A REALISATION OF THE SOUTH
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY’S PLANS—THE CRUCIAL QUESTION NOW,
AS ALWAYS, IS A TRANSPORTATION QUESTION—THE TRUST
QUESTION WILL GO UNSOLVED SO LONG AS THE
TRANSPORTATION QUESTION GOES UNSOLVED—THE ETHICAL
QUESTIONS INVOLVED Pages 2256–2292