, 1881-02-22

!Hnt fhGcttng mt IN nllrr tf2hlr f;tff* THO re-
nbo,it win! to the, aysraH, x"In:n tHc o,t 1t
Virtually Riyu tho stnn'larl It's rnw tnn.rrn
i, The s.no way that tho l:.'srf nnrs do. Thcy
tI,cs. l,n.l bee Killed t,f. eu,inl ru.es with lilo
sfnndartt unl,sa tDy did M ftjunL tsnrs*. Tl,n
s!'n ly s'' tsir 't' t,' "s! h. s et IT,, 'ke ke
shoro churg., nDuila ly AJ cents i lnrr"l airi 10
!unt 10 Chiu,Hn. It IN Tho business fs,r t,,n
Standard ut ID cents farrl nnd q cents II hull
Ii aooms Incredible thnt Americans es.tu,l,
have lHe,i willing tu do "nt thu StaJulWt,l tIy
menus q thos,. sp.clat privileges tra, sile raIi.
New York hn'i of.c'i tn liz klo while
THE oil. WAS lltJSSiNG uS TIti: ul:urSn At
TILE WELLS,
because thoy ebi'l mt Hc. transportation. Tho
gnvo H. .Iatlo TIL, stnnlar tho nlatrr OF tie rx-
IT, Of u! from thu l.r',1elnH districts. prnn.
ay sf te, S ~ tn9 III yG s.
fot1y- -nlne.tfteths aud tho worltI. There wns
aplrcilttr NJ trick tt,o Standard wt,ultl MI uny,
they Md ordered tue ltgh.prlcct articles an HI
which nlnIie tl,cy rtn,I'l Manufacturing TIN tMcy
Received @ s s tnsuS c,' e"rsr eG III ttn t. ". III.
!llhutn1 oil fur transportation through thu
!!nltcd PING iI,.s, hut. wien he soil ittoa
camhlnneon refused to DELIVER It, ut tho sung
t!Ile sllEr.ng nll to :.,o or ,tc '!tcrs cn.nnnt-
pipes by which stiomu Mr. CMitlmEio,, a.,j uil
ether producers csutd Ent to MARKET. Whrn tho
!t,w from his wells hid iIlcd his ttanks. nnl 10
Standards United Plrc f.ii,c. str,I,l,!tn rarrier.
WIS es t,y refusal e! r,nyn his oil ,,,llcss b., Hnl
tl.c stc,o4rnnhIc rcTnst tells tho story n'ainly
Vncs.-Cpon wnat cuudttions would they run
Ans.-Upon con.lltiun It WIS sn!d TO certain
nnrtcs,I;I. a. l,oatw'cls & Co. neu,hcrs Of tho
Qncs;-At whit price compared with tho ,nar-
Ans.-iictuw tho market price.
Qurs.-AlwMys t1elnw tlIu EINrkct price?
4thA..tlwnys below It. NO..
J.; l.. ,Iayl;,r \ g., g rctToiu had wells pro,
tho wells wcre full. Tt,oy ew1,e.l ether tanks,
70 which they gould got thelr oil only t!!rngn
tho pipes which tho stnut,ard s,wncd Ml,d nnrr.
Mfth nsN Gunlun11 rnrfer. Tllty applied to It
fur transportation. un0 Wcru refused. TliDwrlls
could not be shut t1wn fur fclr nr wnlcr, nnd
~ thousands Of barrcls of oil rn,' Into tho
THE STANDARD C.A1.1iED IT'S POINT,
for nfter Tint tho firm sold MI lhcir nIl to II,
always =! to p cents lmrrus bctnw tho Tnrkct
hut i!hw!ng wells AM! ctnnty turks. which tho
atnntltrh refused 10 cUnnrut. and who ilMt tu
s : Il 5on% 5nsssf Inc t'sx xssx ,,srkc. as Fl rs To-
awnur oi sx Inherent eonpsnes "l q whIs!i
nn1 forced to sell to i ut lta price. lie snil,
"wu ~ down to tho utllcn n,ld stund 1T line.
roctes tn, In nlf y; neSe n s rsas4
uy, md tfcy te xrasi"i,siy viii like ~ This was
swindc.r sumscti,ncs the Standard, nfer
buynK yy!I tue ul this wny' q w9 taku away ~
se s st al' I'll L e Was u a aSpps psass o,s " Y 'ea
A. IN i,n'ncdinte result of tlcso 1lnnip.
Saions q Nc rrlsa of o !'exana = M Mssn.!y 'cs!I.,o
Increased dc,ua1i1 unc,ualeti IN thu history Of
tho trade. lii 18th oil went tnwn 10 Isl cunts
walls wSru aj,05j bnrrrls lily, iIo !nr4est usor
tlln TIL thut time. All this ls ono or tito l,tr9
CT producers testltict, WITS heeaasp "we tMkc
nu right nf nppcal,'
nrSDlsEny AND THOUSANDS ut' MEN HAVE
lsEl:S lu'lSED
by these nets Of tho staltlar und tho rn!lron!s;
whulu communities hhtu l,ctn rc,tt1reh drsper-
ute, ailtt tho pcnuo Of Pennsylvania lnpurllul
moro thn1 nnco. Tho thntlsands ui tnen thrown
anl l57T wcre actora IN the Eittt.,rg trrKcly OF
Juy. 1877? 1ho oil producers, II their t,ltnltlral
carcd ts tic HtnnlMrt niltl tho r,lirtul ralIa-
,'ncs irlyo 10 thu people, whose crcaitrt,s tnoy
arc. hut two remedies, ~. nppeAl for protcctinn
lnd iair corrcarantIent OF tito Now Yurk 2an,
the representative or nnulker Yruut Npw York
daily, wrote rrpniS Tlt,sy!lIr. m, Nnv: !. ls,s;
s nrfo% fSt T. ssss sS ss fte # a ar @ s HI 5
would haro rctllIrc nil lts resources to c.'t,iroi
and check, nsll tho danger Ii ,snt over ,yut-
would hAvc tiern III outbreak tIat contemplated
The sclzur' Of tho rai!rtmds md rtnntnE tAoni,
Lines tho stamt,,lrt 81 property, ad III ali lrnl,-
Sta,i;iart! q! c.,,,aly u ihe reRioi': Tho men
lnUOferB tr trl1li1ty. They ilr} nun win bgGv(s