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

NJ. Camden and tins OII InIeFeaIs-H ia
RelAii0na to the standard abnOPBIy.
PAzKERsBuRo, W. Va, January 10.
EditO1 Initial iSssSsr
Since the year 1875 the production Of
oIlin Pennsylvania has been chiefly from
the Bradford district, which ls about one
hundred and fifty miles east Of both oleve-
land and Parkersburg, and therefore
much nearer the ssaboRrd than the old
territory. This fact and the layingof the
tide. water pipe line took the entire bust.
ness Of refining oil for export 10 New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, max.
ing IL impractiCable to refine
for export either at Cleveland,
Pittsburgh or Parkersburg. With 9 full
knowledge Of these facts Mr., Camden
publishes his letter in which he charges
the West Virginia Legislature with having
killed, slain and mangled this "dead dog"
He knew that the dog had been, long
since, choked to death by avery. large bone
marked bradford Oil District, tide water
pipe line;" but because Col, Dan johnson
and his intsr.meddling associates, In
January, 1879, mutilated the corpse,
Parkersburg must do pensnCe for all com.
ing time.
During the last six months Cleveland
has refined for the home trade an average
OF $4,000 barrels Of crude per month.
On this she has made an average profit OF
81 per barrel, or $4,000 0 per month, buy
Ing crude at 2! cents per gallon and SELL
Ing refined At an average VI Is cents per
gallon for oil grades, During these same
six months four ilths Of Mr.. Camden's
refneries have been lying idle, When
asked why he does not run them, his In
variable reply 10, 1t has not paid; II does
not pay II will not pay TO run q ParkeTs.
burg refinery. Everyone knowsthat this
10 not true. The West Virginia Legisla.
tuTe certainly cannot be responsible for
this, unless we are being punished for the
ofense committed against the corpse as
RtoEesaid.
The Little Kanawha district is one OF the
finest stave.timbered regions in the GOun-
try. The Standard Company, through Mr..
camden, has Q rigid monopoly OF the stave
business In that district, The result 10
that the staves are sold at starvation priCes
and sent out OF the State to be- made into
barrels, and re6Hers outside Of the Stand
ard have 10 go TO Pittsburgh for barrels.
BY no possibility car the sturdy sons OF
West Virginia who labor In her matches
forests, ar the skilled artisans who would
gladly fill her ahops and factories with the
busy hum Of industry, by no means must
they be allowed to diminish Cleveland's
illegittmate profit OF a half million per
month.
l publicly charge Mr.. Camden with hav.
Ing deliberately violated his contract; with
having made statements concerning the
profits OF refining at Parkersburg which he
knew to be false; with having made con.
tracts which were unlawful, aud with hay
Ing formed ConspiraCies with both Corpor.
ate companies and individuals; all for the
purpose OF ruinirg his honest competitors
in business, and lraudulenily taking from
the publiCthe money which honest Compe.
tition would have enabled the public to
retain. Before committing these acts,
which contain tho essential elements Of a
crime, In his eaRernesS 10 attain that 81.
pfeme end which he calls getting q little
ahead" he would have done wellto recall
that pertinent experience OF Macbeth
the timeg have been that when the
brains were out, the nan would die, and
there an end; but now, they rise again
with twenty mortal murders on their
crowns, and push US from our Stools"
+. W. MINsHALL, Rehner.