New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-18
PETROLEUM IN POLITICS.
GRIEVANCES or on PRODUCERS.

bklENANNE0 VI Jill lhODAkEho.
A SMALL BUT DETERMINED PARTY IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA The PIPE LINZ TROUBLES
PRosrRArIos or BUsNEss-THE CAUSES or r.
ovER-PRoDUCTIoN AND MONOPOLY.
iFRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nH TRmUEEi
OH CRY, Penn, June 15.-0ne of the fac
tors and one OF tho least Important factors in the
coming campaign In Pennsylvania, 10 the Oh Section and
lie nteress The special grievance OF this county 10 the
failure Of the last state Legislature 20 enact law
granting the right OF way for nee pipe lines 70 she At
lantio soabOaTd. That failure bitter disapp0int-
mont and the OF producers ere more determined to
carry the subject into politics than they be
fore Thsy represent about 10000 voters and viii act
together whenever they decide which Of the three par
ties 10 vote With Many OF them favor the formation OF
a party Of their own, aud all are determined 10 show
their full strength by united vote In some direction
The origin and nature Of this movement form an letter
es.ng sido Of the present manyzded politics Of Penn
sylvauia.
Al present the producers eaim they entirely at the
mercy Of the standard Oh Company, which has become
the only purchaser Of OIL and Is therefore, able 70 name
its own price II is about years that thls cor
pOrafion has been building itself ND from nnnn begin
nngs 10 gigantic proportions. BY means Of drawback
In frCghts IL has able 70 ship oil and 10 refine u
cheaper than any other company the drawback was
Owen exclusively to it. IL has finally absorbed all other
refining establishments with very few exceptions, and
stOday the only buyer. Originally there were eighteen
on twenty local pipe lines, which were nsed for trans
pong the oil frOni remote wells 20 Iron tanks, owned
by prodnoers and situated on elevated positions along
, the Ps lines Of control H N &c OH RsSns Tue
standard Company purchased one OF these pPs lines
tanned through the railroads eventually absorbed all the
others until al present there y not ppe me me
become not only the only buyer Of oil bat the custodian
OF IT, TIE 6QOO producers VINO own al me tefIis9Iy
owns BE man never 30 fortunate ~ the discoy-
cry Of vel S T sor ~ sy y worth u8ss ths ssDs
ard Company says be may. That corporation az any Time
may say vac pIS s1d ~ me a @s So r a. w.
producer OF oil j. concerned, the laws OF trade are In
yered II Is long time that this war OF interests has
prevaiied With each season the Standard Company
bss increased It's power and the complaints OF te pro
Queer have been louder IN the same proportion. IN
Syang resistance has az last reached the period OF des
peratlOn. Said prominent leader the other DAY " The
men OF tins country have reached that point which their
forefathers reached when they LEFT their poughs and
went forth with their shot guns There have been talk
deeds and we viii 6ght as men hght for their lives"
There Is second side TO this. as to most other ques
business prosrration No rival in business, monop-
oily Of any kind IL more dangerous 70 prosperity tnan
IL was never great during the last ten mouths,
when the highest point reached was IN oct9oe Pr9d9
tlon then being 4O946 barrels per day. In April the
latest month for which returns are at hand, i was
81, 500, aud at time during these zen months quo II
20 below 3S,S00 Two years ago ~ was lo.OOo 9aIreh
less than this Demand % be sure, has INCREASED since
then Is stall 1000 barrels day less than the pro-
dueti0n and 5000 less than the shpinents-
The STATE OF he market another alarming feature OF
ths question. Foreign demand, uhiu within gctls
Increased heavily; 80 has home consumption From 1900
10 1877 Ii Increased 20 per cent, from 1877 70 1871
averaged Increase OF about II per cent But over
ths Oid World, as IN the New. so mush
iris ncTease Tic 81 Gilt leading ports Of Europe had on
hand IN April last 1854 bafres. or an increase over
the previous year OF 100000; and tb In the very lace
OF falling OF exports from this country OF 4S6ozso
GALLONS or IL 292 barrels At the same time the sup
ply Rt the wells continually increasing Ihefe
were on hand In tanks distributed over tue
OIL regions the close Of April last 4O5zs5Z barieh
Of crude oil or an increase OF more than 2OoOO Oar.
rels IN six months And the eud Is not ye since Apt
tie Increase has gone nc the rate OF loOOO btes
day and likely 90 10 go until ehange teAes plaee
IN tie present condition Of Affairs OF which thee aIe As
vet no outward and ysiDle Signs Inc iotal oapaeY o.
All the tanks IL 100000 barrels and 10 TINS IaIe o. m
crease, everything VIII be Eied before 'hS sieF -
MEANWHILE. wells are multiplying on every band.
Win oil at 81 30 or 81 30 per barrel money dhenit 70
get any where IN the reC0ns, the banka hoieng on ~
collateral security and with more money 70 sho ne
well-diggers keep az their WORK. In ApIii ~ NeIss
drilled present 400 arc drilling enc y eoss @
$1,000 20 drill and equip every well ~ mnn W. VI
territory be puts do OF wells along me
line; hs neghbOr 20 secure hiA share OK me Oh tnAt
may lie IN the sands below puts Gown just as MANY more
wells on bis side OF tins line. stop the arll halo
large dealer ana the on men VII AL gu fien;
production 30 600 barrels instead OF OOO gu MOola
70 up "a, Men seem 10 bore tor OF hs " ~ lnslS
money, and they only get H. y aoe,,iL Seein ~
whether a can be sold or not ~ ukp8 WIZ ~
sxty daJs tho OIL hand to-day Wolild Dts SAsVV'VVV
more than 10 wiz a. ihugs are now