Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-21

On Monday last was made the first
open movement of the great combina-
ton which, under the style OF the South
Improvement Company, seeks to con-
troll the petroleum Vade Of the country.
A general and enormous advance was
made in the freight charges on oil to
the shipping ports The following will
show the old and new charges per bar
rel of forty-tve gallons on refined oil in
barrels and in bulk:
Oil in Barrels Oil in Bulk
Old New Old New
Tariff Tariff. Tariff. Tariff.
I TO Boston. $50 S2.99 Si,46 1888
! TO New York 1.G5 2Si l.3l 2.4S
The charges 70 Philadelphia were
and are Is cents barrel lower than
New York The building of certain
1 projected competing lines will of course
/ solve tine problem, and should be en-
/ couraged. But meantime the trade is
at the mercy Of the improvement
company. 1t should nevertheless be
I fully understood by the community.
what this combination means, how it
works, and what are likely to be the
consequences of it. The South I'm
provement Company is union Of this
/ interests OF the transporting railroads
aud of the refiners of Cleveland and
| Pittsburg. These two cities are in an
advantageous position for supply
ing the Western market,
but not contented with this
/ they have laid their plans for supply
ing the east and the export trade. But
lying further west than the oil regions,
they were compelled TO transport crude
oil to their retineries, and thence east
ward over a longer route than the re-
fineric5 at the oil-producing regions.
They would thus be placed ordinarily
at disadvantage. I'his was overcome,
however, by discriminating tariff.
/ While the tariff from Titusville TO Bos
tom was $50 per barrel, the charge
from Cleveland, much greater dis
lance, was only Sl35. Either of these
charges would yield the railroad com
panies fair profit. Cleveland was en-
abled to make good terms by having u
choice Of routes, while Titusville was
/ dependent upon one road. The com
plants from the OIL regions We're few,
! notwithstanding the unfair position in
which the district was placed. Its
great natural advantages led to large
increase IN the refining business there.
I his new combination was therefore
rasortea "a in ordar n crrsb ont the
refining interest III the producing re.
gion. The plan adopted has been
explained, Refined oil from Titusyille
tn,,, tyy, and q, LoIf ca,ts q oalIn,, ~.
n I7foSl Ia - horrol ,,nre tbson haforo
M rcfrn1.. of ClngsIonJ and p;+ts.
b,,,.r ,rot , drawback - n,nro +bon
dnll,r bo,,,o, No opn
knows ovactlv how ,nuob mo
r,;1rn,l cn,,t,,,ins rot ~, avoo,Ion+
,rnst ~ mo III sont oost,ya.l fror, tI,a
rat,norioo of tl,n ,iro NM tba, roo,;x,,
ovtnrtinnate rotas on olI tba III raGna5
IN Titns>illa and its ,irin;t,, mo
r,ng rnfinerias r,r,lote tbo snnrlv and
H. ,,,,eo ond receive d ,rotit ,rh;oI, 10
,,easnroj only Inv thn rarac;tv +Lar
n,oy obnosa ~ disnlov The frS+ irl3
nat;an of tha,r Jisnnsitinn IA that IL
rsc,ion il nnt ono to ;nsnira ,.er,
EyeI,, confidence in tbair ganarosi+,,
Tho odvarce IN feirhts was made in q
mention norfnntl,, r,C,orIIoss - ~
,;obts opi irtorasto ~ INV oro ,,ot :,
tEe ring Deoiers in Tho East had con ~
tr ctad r. doIiyer q ra,.tain ANIME NAM -
ali NJ o;vnr moo Tnt;matIons
that an advance was innenI-
ior 1oI tbero ~ nato nnrs,,al
atfnrts ~ nrocnro tho ;ra"s,ortat;"n IS
tha Ill nnrrhasaI ~ AZ ,rn1nn;nn,
noints Tnrars wore fnrtbcdn,inc,. iii
wer, sont ~ rIoveIand TLnr n;t H.
an tl,o'n,t;ea ~ ~ - -, 49,,
o;yan tbe rates yynra ajyarna1 ,,orn
fban IN NOV com, mi tLn cn,,t,aot Nv -
dnliyar ri wbich 49,, ra;Irno,i aan,,,,n
los wo,,lI NOT forn.,r3 o.,,, NJ, ~, flIll