The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-12

plumUlURt AIuWluk he"ul quo w uutVl tho
Su,rlments OF the victims" Such a
record ought to be a warning to all per-
sons to look well to the character Of
the plumbing done in their houses,
The standard oil Company aA u Gigantic
MOnOpOIy.
The lSrELLldEScER is not welded to
any mans political or personal fortunes
in the pending Senatorial contest. Like
aIlOlhers, We have preference among
the candidates presented by the Democ.
ncy We assume that one OF their can.
diiles Is bound TO be elected, That re.
suit ia at least morally certain, The cleo.
ton Of a Senator Is not wholly, however,
aqueston Of politics, There arc ques.
tons that affect the whole body Of the
people alike, be they saints or sinners,
Republicans or Democrats. We are all
Republicans and Democrats In matters
thalaAect our every day interests. Under
the economy OF Providence there are
lines that can not be drawn In politics to
the dermOnt Of one part Of the com.
munity and the advantage Of tho other.
We must all share and share alike In tho
consequences.
We have taken occasion heretofore to
say that the lSTELLIGENCER has no per.
sonal antipathy to Mr.. Camden. His
weakness as q candidate land perhaps also
hisstreuglh in EomU respeCts), Is his con-
necion with the leading monopoly Of this
Countrywide most gigantic and despotiC
monopoly in this country at this time-in
which monopoly Mr., Camden Is not only
ltOckholder but vice president, Asshow.
nGihe character lhilmonopoly-itstrue
inwatdness, 30 to speAk-we may be per.
miiltd to refer to certain facts that were
disclosed in suit at Cleveland, Ohio, in
the month Of December last. We are in.
debtcd to the Chicago Tribune for the
main points that came 10 light In the
progress Of that suit.
Tile parties 10 ii were the Standard Oil
Company on one side, and on the other,
MeSts ChOAeld, SChurmer and Teagle,
itlners Of oil, The matter In dlspute
wasa contract to monopollze the refining
OIoilin Cuyahoga county, In which Glove.
land issituaed This contract was one Of
many which tho Standard Oil Company
has forced on the rehners Of oil In differ.
ens par'sof this country, and by which 1t
has obtained monopoly Of what is now
the light Of America, and Is fast becoming,
as Is shown by our exports Of kerosene to
China, Japan and India, the light oi
Asia. Much Of the mystery that has
been preserved with regard to the methodE
by which the Standard Oil Company ha.
built itself up has been scattered by The
revelations made in this litigation
Some Of the ablest lawyers OF Ohio
among them the Hon. Stanley Matthew
and Judge j. W. Tyler, argued the case
against the monopoly, Hitherto tht
Standard has taken infinite pains to wotl
in the dark, or at least In no light stronger
than its own kerosene. That It shoult
venture to Rsk the assistance Of court o
equity to enforce a contract 10 limit thI
production and raise tho price oian artiCl,
oiso universal Use as kerosene oil show
that the Standard Oil Company believed
itself to have reached hight Of powe
and wealth that made II safe 10 defy pub
lie opinion. Judge BARRIERS refusal 10 en-
force the contract Is worth no less to tht
people than the decisions Of those JudgeI
who first taught the railroad corporationl
oil the Western States that they were
ahennbe to the laws.
by The contract In question the STANDARD
Oh Company bound Messts. schofeld
Schnrmer and Tesple to refine no more
Than 5000 barrels Of oil a year, although
they had capacity for refining 1SO,0Ot
nsFFels. The Standard fixed absolutely
Tue pfice at which they phould buy theft
crude oil, and that which they should re
celVe lof the refined oil. II dictated The
's''foAd rOutes by which the fsHnetiel
should ship their product. It had the
PowsFto stop OF start the refinery at ID
own discretion. 1t iorbads them 10 en-
large or contract their works without tht
consent Oi the Standard, or 10 engage Ii
the business Of refining petroleum OF an,
Ills products In any part Of the world
except in connection with the Standard
LASTLY the stahdatd not only controlled
Tue price Of sale, but the fact Of sale, Il
Sid where the sale should DO made, or, /
pleased 1t better, that the sale shoult
not be made at all.
These powers the Standard by lie con
n.'s Waa to exercise for ten years. Fo
yea years the Standard was to tic MP tn
business OF this refinery, as II has lied ut
%, 0, destroyed that Of scores Of others Ii
00'0' Psnhsylvania, New York, and wes