The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-23

were MOTTO he trifled with and who would listen
to no c'mpromise. They told the legislator.
and IN ials that unless the South Improve.
ment 'oltra ts were cancelled. the standard OIL
Company would se,ure control Of the petroleum
trade Of the world; that il would drive ou, o.
the trade every outside refining interest: that il
would have the exclusive management 81 on
article whose yearly business amounted % over
a hundred millions and was tho thirl article Of
American EXPORT; that therefore. as the only
buyer u Grade oil twuald have the entire oil
producing interest at its mercy and tina, 1t
would absorb. on a comparatively limited cap
ital. millions Of profit that should De more
widely and e1nably distributed. Tley made
good these points by unanswerab,e pro,L AMI
the contracts were cane lied.
These predictions have after all. some true;
for after their hrst victory the prolu .ers slum-
bered and the President II the standard OIL
Company by other but not less certain metho l..
has. they charge. accomplished in the si1 years
interval exactly what he at nrst proposed to a,-
oomplls through the South Improvement Com
pany contra,ts Said the Prodl 'ers' Com mmittee
to Gov. Hartranit The reAneriee on the lines
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad have been demol-
ishcd and the business trAnierred 10 Cleveland
and 10 the New YORK branches - the Cleveland
monopoly while the rcfneries rem aiming in
iehnsylyania have passed under the control Of
taiion from wells BY means oi pipe lines 10 the
oil cars.
H. IN the SUITE now pending the railroads are
enloinei from discriminating the PRODUCERS
say they Will De entirely satisfied; for. they
add. refining is 30 profitable that capital
will come 20 u 0s soon ae the Standards aheo-
lutte control over IL is ended. That will bring
an open market and competition. which VIII
result in healthy trade.
Iii a FAC, tha; the standard Company makes
no attempt q conceal the evidence oi It's sue
cess. Its on 'srs admit thnt they control the
| petroleum trade ~ tho world. flnt while tn ey
were worth thousands in 1872. they are now
/ triple AMI Quadruple miliionairee. How, every
one Asks. was thls recovery. after what seemed
a decisive defeat ia 1872. Accomplished II
must have been the result - untring patience
| cunning properly united. II IL. however, COM
pArativey easy. following the record Of Mr.. Rock
sfeileTs work from the present time baTk to 1872
20 understand now all this was done. and the
| control Of the refining Interest OF the country
oo,ailpped. The south Improvement. contracts
stroke Defeated there Mr.. Rockefeller seems
| quietly TO have resolved that the same result
| could De obtained. but In a different. way.
There is no doubt, 10 those who have looked
| into the matter that his plan was 10 DC carried
out by two helPs-one the complete mastery q
| the science Of refining, 50 that the Standard
| could produce refined oil. legitimately. cheaper
than any rival. and the other by the exelusiv,
railway rebates this time 70 be secretly and
directly accorded to the Standard itself, and no
through the South Improvement scheme. as
before. Having thus first got control Of all out.
side refining interests. he saw that he would
have swept away the great barrier that pre-
vented al ats llQte G LtrNl OF Tue lEAle.
Pre.Idsai Rockefeller. Fir.t step Forward
After the South Improvement hght Mr.
Rockefeller appeared 10 take his defeat com
placcntly enough. AMI the producers believe,
the reports that we're circulated through the oi
regions that the Standard would make no fur
ther EFFORT 70 control the business. They nov
claim to have discovered that these same r.
ports were spread for the express purpose o
hoodwinking them. by men os,ensilly thei
friends. but secretly in the employ u the stand
ard. They made no effort 70 keep up thei
Producers Union. and got along swimming
with the standard. They pumped their oil an
sold II for fair prices. and. ostrieh-lke ieare'
no danger because they saw none; and vhei
they suddenly awoke to the fact that the
had been again entrapped. they saw tha
the men who had been their strongest allie
in 1872 were now sailing under the standar'
flag For instance. there was Capt. Wander
grit an Ola Pltts tursher who had been brough
" IN oh. ana. 81 an outside refner in ls12 ha'
: put IN some telling blows against the South I'm
, / proyemeui contracts. Now. the Standard ha
not only got him cut g IT, way ly buying hi
. refinery. hut had t.kca gaal eare % him D
making him d.rec;or 2 tAe standard. Their
/ was Archtold. Prs .d,lt.' : tAa 4 Ame EeAnin
. g.. a c."nl-h. .adei m.H. w.. -e c9mlany la
There wer- Pratt ANA u.y.s y N.w York an
Camden ut Parkr r-hure- -er- We're hundr"
small r-hlerS. a. ur i-rtle standard yokt now
Il was r. k.ieu-gs J. Icy g irng all %
brains be- could into tie standard and 20 th
strongest % tl..tl,-i.i- r-nuer- Were made uc
| tive member, 90 the u poly. Then tler w~r
/ UtAcr meL-slarl tu-il - irt.-W-. hui l.rhAp
j M quite strong "a u.h i3r tive help. 5
these men anywhere 70 a. - N0p g $1,000
var. simply 10 krep 90, %. tae refining bus
When the cleare-t headed ot the producer
| saw AL this iArs We're Erehi s. WirFlul' iul y.
majority oi a. il alter iig ifsi ~ u. irAt ~
in. r-lapsed into the ola, easy ways Some
, them even Ir!l9777! oIyn3 70 ~ y lDAas a
. they dll n3i cry out because teey had L-i bt
A. SON after the south Improvsmeut fight iiwa
Z given out that tho standard was making Yer
( close study a refining oil. Il had employe
= tho hest scientific skill In the country TO soly
Z the problem oi how T. get the most and be:
refined Oil out of the crude s~sluct. Expert
, Gents Of q costly nair.e .cr cheapenlpE "a
! "ns II wa. uuierstSSi that the standard va
j getting more refined oil out = hundred bal
, been able 10 get But Mr.. Rockefeller had a
u idea that there could BE- great saving 10 -9n
) % the collateral branches Of refining ana whe
Z be found that he could manu- lhiLte barIe
. for fraction less than be could ou
. them he put up immense cooper shol
Z emuioying several thousand m-n. He n
4 ferad Win lumber merchants mud I
went into tho woods and bought mNllons
feet Of lumber. be even made ms own ne
. RS dunn at refining. aud, as result insi'a
OF this proyinga waste. he got coloflng ma
. ter which Is now made up in the blue paint IN
coats al their barrels H. found u genius WI
r | could make school girls chewing gum iro
" another part q the res dunn. and to-day eyer
4 cake - thls wax sold came originally .r3
standard refining stills. He found money
. ! parafiiue. in l4bri -atin- oil. ari indeed 7u
' c.eded M getting every penny out OF the oll
e be had from IL. IL the legitimate profits Qt }
: business there wer" handsome dividends 4
his stockholders. but with this he WAS not "a
ish-d. He meant . make millions Tor hlmss
g and them-not thousands. But meanwhile
B. | devoted apparently every energy 70 the detal
81 his business. Every man a the c9mphi
70 worked ike a galley slave. The skiliu. aI
~ practical Andrews. the mechanic who first su
, gested the standard enterprise. watched al
worked from daylight 10 midnight often. thoul
= TODAY counting his wealth by millions. heea
j. ing those days he said recently 70 the write
b The fact is air. hardly had time then ~ =
> acquainted with my family"
a suspieions Again Aroused.
Producers did not mind these EFFORT. tn
5 were not nteriered with. But outside rehnri
l. on the contrary. watched them with great an
;. iety. They were forced 70 admitthat in spite
j. all they could DO. the Standard could rem
-. ,sI4 lar