, 1880-11-30
Their Absolute Power to Crush
All Manner of Probable
Competition.
The Variation in tho Quality. Of the
Same Brands of Oil a Mystery
to Everybody.
Enormous Richos Of John D. Rookie.
feller-His Uso of His
Fortune.
Demolition of Palace to Secure Play
ground for the Young
Rocke!ellcra.

CLEvEEASft, u. NOV. "!i"-l fnct IhclnpcF0A
tho Standard OIL Company yesterday. oi1 Ills re-
,ur1 frnln ChIcnp0. where bu bud hccn eihtcaf'
iprlnx to mike sune Arrangement Il, rcHhr.l to
ottulnnx transportation for tho, vnst froiHhls
which they dear1 IL send tinty to Thu Western
Metropolis. lie sufl tllat tho grCRt luck of
fruIyht curs Ind hcrn n scrlaas lrrwlInck TO
thc,n III their iustnces: that they desired 10
tctl On IN nvgrauc. twenty cnr-lunslsH[ 0il per
t1ny to Chlcngu and TINT they hatf rcsuEtt to u'-
must everything within tnelr rawrr III t'rnc,iro
tho rcquisit tnes,ns of transportation. The Conn
rnny Ia fcntlii,B gTcnt Cnl 0f oil III bulk III
tnnk cnrs wh!cl, they Dwu,
Presently took occasion to drift tho conver~
gatlon upon tho Standard III It's present capacity,
ana ns tiut institution Ia iess understood, per"
hnl,s, than nlInDst my nthor Uf itB azS III tho
co.,,try tho result Of tho conversation Is given
to the public.
"Are you not afrnl.1 OF tho new companies TINT
are Faid 10 l,u alout to spring np In Cleveland
and elsewhere during the present boom In o!l!'
"Na, Rir, l Mn nat."
"Why, thoy nro safd to 10 III dead earnest this
time. Ex-Muyor Hose and Ju,Ru Mcsloth, Ut
Cleveland, nro snid to bG about tO enter Il cor
poratiOn."
~ don't fear It, simply because l know It
won't amount to nnyt1llnY. There haru hpcn
many s1,ch ruH,nr5 In tho pnst. but they don't
pan u,,t we'll. Tho truth Uf fho hlnttcr Is. ITO
urr who knnws unyihfng about tic bnsfncss will
nu,, try to cun,pctewlth tho EtanlnrI, antl thoso
who urc ignorant Of tho business can to nothing
TINT stioilhl cn,sc nt,y nllrln to n corporation
l!ko ours. There Hrc nlnny rcasofls why
ANYTHING LIKE srcCEssruL COApKTlTION 1s
.IMpORsinLE.
In rim frst Miner tho S,nt,tlurJ Co.1unny bns yust
reaources. huH millJons uf cnpltul invested I'm
apparatus anil tank lines, and 1t would be tho
megcst p!ay for tl.elt tu crush cut nay new Or
Faniznton tflAt nay coMo Into tho mnrket to
struggle 1ur tho teailc."
..inn yo, trll mn why II ia tnat tboro Ia almost
nothfnr sn1,1 NJ Into In tho napers about tbo
crushing md or,st,!,lz naturc of tho stundarl2
7{nv II rnforn,ud tn nt,,- nrtFculnr2'
:. va nra not nrcpurc,t to sny lint II hei nnv.
th1rp +, rerorn, rho tnl,. ,vos vrrv Iar.rr1, lin
,,nns, twnd5tr nrr nv ,,o mcnns IN III" ,,,,hiio
futcrost. Thu rrcut thing. however. which was
hrr,.,j ,,nnu ,yos tin rotmtca thnt ,rrrc olIepnt
~ havn hccn ytvcn ,v Tho raifrco1s in o1r com
nnnr. The Co,nnnny ,lc.I,Ie,l IN mt A sian n
thts tu,k hy tim cx,undturp Of n few millions NJ
,u,,,ov In = rim. Inn r,n,j, ,,rnctJ,, trn,n ,ho
iii r.,;ona n fhn rolip..rs In Cfnrclnn,I tThcso
nrn tho ,vrrn,cat f,rnr,vc,nrot itruvtnn,,Ic snv.
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iosscs That ort, tnourroll r,v ,hc h,irnInr m n
trni,,-,nn,l nr oil ovcry fcw months. tho nct,,oI
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rc can nn,y n,n, oil rreht from tba MI
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