The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-10-14
MoNOPLY.

West Virginia oil rtgi0h, and to hear
his story so veil and truly told about
The workings of the Internal torpedo
monopoly, ?re~,ded over by that evil
genius Roesrts Of Pennsylvania. We
propose If our readers will bear with
Us, to pay bur resPec,s:o ;his monopoly,
and We propose 10 make Our talk plain,
ana unr,istahable, ard 10 hope that it
Will be received il Christian spirit BY
the dear Doctor, who has been ad.
n!:ais;e-ing his lard oil phrS;c IN one
hundred dollar doses % ii 81 tren.--
We believe this man Roberts claims
that he has a Pa;eht Tot 4 torpedo, that
when, SIZED with MIRO lyceritie and
exploded in az oil well. will Increase
the production. We gran; all this, but
did il ever occurio ole Torpedo, that
a can Shed with lard oil would not eS-
blode in well. and consequently wCu,d
hot incrsaS: lie production. We spoke
last week ab5,.t CTR Oh men hr!,:g call
ea upon to settle Up for infringing up.
m Roberts patent, aud We no" propose
70 give to the public plain statement
Of cases, ana 70 villa: Trouble Old
Glycerine is putting re oil operators
or West Virginia. About one year
ago the torpedo trade Was brisk, about
twelve or fourteen Il week ncl"g eR-
ploded By Roberts agent Ut this place;
the results were not satisfactory, hard :
~ a single torpedo .l6ing The execution
shat il should. One 0! omr large cp-
orators, Mr.. u, began to susPcc: hat
al wSs not right, he !ai,i 4 plan 20 Ind
out what Kind of glycerineh ne Sas pay
ing for; and @e *il! nom give the pu6-
Tic the result. Mr.. Humphrey, the
torpedo agent, was employed TO ex-
p,ode one OF Roberts torpedos in wei!
Tor Mr.. g.; and while Mr. Humphrey
tas .lling the Ghe!! with siycesine,
Mr. 6. secured about \ pint to ex-
fer;in=nt with; thc torpedo was eH-
5ioded n the we'll. snG ttert n with
report ike i Chinssc fire cracker,
and the aget:: received rs siss and
left. this was IN farm wsa,.lcr.) Mr..
G. then pu; his sample in in can,
md fired rife bali af;cr rife bal! through
the s.ycrrins ~ without exploding i.
He then Elaie ire result oi his expert
tnent known, ar! ;ac operators vino
Rad iocg before began to think that a.!
vas 20, right, we're satisfied OF it; and
from that time Until the present ROB-
erts torpesFos have not been in great
demIad And nIw mark the con.
sequences; Mr.. Roberts, 20 punish the
producer because nc could not afford
20 purctia-c worthless ,ofped5es, sends
: dgicct;yc here from Pennsylvania, 10
i.hich he could force the producer to
pa" tribute 20 him. ani what is the re-
sult' 4 arss Class West Virginia
!awyC= i; engaged, 10 81 a;aed By one
from Pennsylvania; aud letters are
written and thrown broadcast over the
OH Regions summoning the oil men
10 go to Par&erse,rg and pay SIT there
aard earned money to settle with Rob.
e-ts; a.d ~nal have they 20 settle for:
Simply this; that IS there las been none
Of Roberts torpedoes used he thinks
That the+ f3:,sst bc ;!iing some OF there
own Manufacture; mark you, he does
=at kno;v II, Ire only thinks it, and be-
cause he tSfrks il. lie issues his man.
da>cs, and will put the producer on the
ctand, ask him the question, have you
ever infringed on my patent? (and i
must be pretty well informed man that
can answer that question, because
Roberts claims patent on all the ele
inents God has so freely given ts,) he
Answers No; and then he stands aside,
he is aquited. he however loses his
time, hi, expenses, and his attorneys
fees; all this he loses bScause Torso 9th,
!his Pennsylvania sharl: links that
>ccauSe he DOES hot use torpedoes
manufactured from non explosive ma
:"ria!, that nc must be infringing. The
producers have one thing to be thank
fui for. and that is, that the Roberts
Torpedo Monopoly does not own the
tn'e,: Sizes Courts IL West Virginia
We know that this cussed nohoP.y fIas
S.ken thousands Of dollars out Of West
Virginia for which they have given no
equiya.cn,, and that Notwithstanding,
tlrat this company has made all this
money here, MFR. Roberts has never
visited West Virginia but :wice, once
Wien for some cause or other things
became to warm for him in Pennsyl-
saaia hat the same court to which he
now 50 eloa:en.ly sppeals for Iris fights.
NJ was afraid would sire them TO hin