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INDEX
  • out liquidation of Standard Oil Trust, 152-154; defends liquidation methods, 259.

  • Downer, Samuel, pioneer oil-refiner, I, 19-20.
  • Drake, Edwin L., strikes oil, I, 9-10.
  • Drawback, I, 61, 196-197, 232-233, 253-254; II, 77-84; see also Rebate.
  • "Dry-Hole," I, 22.
  • Dudley, J. P., II, 102.

E

Emery, Lewis, founds Equitable Petroleum Company, I, 214; testifies to spy system of Standard Oil Company, II, 39; employees corrupted by Standard Oil Company, 57-58; supports Billingsley Bill, 123; charges Standard Oil Company with legislative bribery, 124; in Producers' Protective Association, 164; leads fight for independent pipe-line, 167-169 ; establishes independent foreign markets, 175, 177; in the struggle for independent seaboard pipe-line, 182-187; retires from contest, 188; see also United States Pipeline.
Empire Transportation Company, origin, I, 23-24; in railway pool, 136; organization, 178-179; invades refining field, 183-185; contest with Standard Oil Company, 185-191; sells out to Standard Oil Company, 192-193; formally dissolved, 194; an important factor in competition, II, 202; see also Potts, Joseph D.
Equitable Petroleum Company, I, 214, 222-223.
Erie R. R., I, 33-34, 59, 6l , 62. 91, 93, 132-133, 134-140, 151-152, 185, 186, 187, 195-196; II, 6-7, 168, 169.
Espionage system, II, 38-41, 52-55, 57-58.
Ethics of Standard Oil methods, II, 56-57, 288-291.
Everest, H. B. and C. M., II, 89, 91-110.


F

Fertig, John, II, 174, 176.
Flagler, Henry M., partner in Standard Oil Company of Cleveland, I, 44; denies existence of rebate system, 49; character, 50-51; in South Improvement Company, 55; in the Oil Regions, 105, 107; takes part in organization of Central Association, 146-147; negotiates with Empire Transportation Company, 191, 194; before Ohio investigating committee, 228; indicted for conspiracy in Pennsylvania, 239; extradition demanded by oil producers, 247; testimony on Tidewater Pipe Line contest, II, 15; testimony in the Scofield contest, 71; before Congressional investigating committee, 138-140; director Standard Oil, 266.
Foreign competition, II, 210-211, 213-214, 271-274; see also Russian Oil, Sumatra Oil, Java Oil, Borneo Oil.
Foreign markets, I, 21; II, 244-245.
Frew, William, I, 57, 160, 161, 227.
Frye, Senator, II, 115-116.


G

Gas versus Oil, II, 201.
Girty, G. W., I, 239, 247.
Goldsborough, J. R., II, 165.
Gould, Jay, I, 27, 33, 59, 61, 89, 179-180.
Gowen, F. B., II, 14-15, 16-17, 20.
Guffey Petroleum Company, II, 272.

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