The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-30
: THE OIL PRODUCERS
Determined to Relieve Them
selves from Burdens
OF THE STANDARD OCTOPUS.
What tho Protective Association
Hopes to Acc0mpllsh-..Pcnnsyl.
Vanians In Earnest.
Trick In TiOnn District.

OF the unfair and unbusinesslike bur
dens put OH II by tho Standard Oil Com
pany under Its various alasce. Tn,
Commercial Gd:Ctie SAYS:
The ProducerL' Protective Association
when it becomes fully and thoroughly
recognized, will probably aek the incom
ing Legislature 10 enact some very radi
cal measures affecting The oil business
Wha. may be the nature or extent OF tn,
legislationt to be sought by the Producers
Protective Association is, OF course, moi
known, but whnt the produce rs general,
are Just now seriously discussing amonl
themselves Ia no secret. They hay,
scarcely to formulate their views i'll very
definite shape, but they arc emphatic il
their declarations that the Legislature
should and must be asked to pass Ger.
tain laws for their relief. Among the
measures proposed and on one which
affirmative sentiment seemB to be crys.
talizing, is ono compelling all pipe lines
which are Incorporated rs common CIR.
rlers, when they issue certificates for oil
received by them, to specify on the faCe
OF such certificates the particular kind OF
oil each represents and then to deliver
that oil, or it's equivalent in the same
quality foil, 10 the owner or purchaser
at any convenient and accessible point
at which it may be wanted along the
lines OF transportation.
The necessity for such legislation,
they say, is 60 obvious rs to make cx-
planation unnecessary. They claim that
the National Transit pipe lines, ior in.
stance, are not conducted nor regarded
rs common carriers by their owners, but
are simply private snap Tor the Stand.
ard Oil Company. When Gil yets into
the line once it must be sold to the
Standard, for it never can be delivered
TO anybody else by the owner. The
Standard don't do business in that way.
The proposal now is 10 compel pipe
lines to become in fact what they are
nomiually and in theory-common car.
riers-receiviug freight from the owner
thereof and delivering it in good order
10 his coHsiguce, provided, OF course, the
point OF delivery Is on the line at the
terminal CT transportation, exactly as
railroad companies are compelled to 10
by both State aud National laws.
BuYEEs CAN'T GET WHAT THEY uuY,
: The absence OF snch a compelling
force is one OF the reasons Why the ex-
porters turn to the producers for their
When they buy good oil they
want such oil, and not a mixture OF
Lima. Bradford and Southwestern pro-
ducts. Hence the necessity for clause
to compel a specification of the exact
kind OF oil, or OF the locality OF it's pro-
duction upon the certificate OF it's receip.
by the lines.
The producers, 10 make their idea
clear, illustrate it by saying that ii one OF
them runs l,0O0 barrels Of oil into the
lines and takes a certificate therefor, he
is now at perfect liberty to sell it to
whomsoever ne p|easee. He sells it to a
Philadelphia tefner. That refner goes
to the National Transit office and dc.
mands the delivery OF that par,cua!
kind OF South western oil at his refinery
at Philadel phia. Under present circum-
stances, the producers argue, it don't
make any difference what kind oil oil he
bought, for he wouldn't get any. He
would be simply told that the Standard
don't carry any oil for anybody but it.
self, especially for refining purposes. But,
suppcsing he could ge. it, he would lust
as likely get the product uf some totally
different and probably inferior stui; not
what he, bought at all.
These are only some Of the points
urged, and 10 hear the producers talk
one is led to believe TINT they intend to
ps very much in earnest and very i'm
Fortunate in their demands upon the
Legislature 10 grant their demands upon
the Legislature to grant their prayer
OF course they know that u legislative
enactment can operate only within the
State, bu: ii they succeed with the Leg.
!slatnre, or whether they succeed there
or not, it is the intention to carry their
grievances up 10 The Interstate Com
mcrce Commission.
INDEPENDENT DEALERS FAY 81 l5.
l. has been known for some time that
the Standard Oil Company has been pay.
ing over dollar a barrel for oil in the
Tona district, in Warren county. 4
good many papers have published that
II ucb, but gave 10 explanation OF the
cause OF srch liberality. Yesterday the
Commercial Gazette discovered the real
reason. Some time ago n part OF the pro-
ducets OF that region, OF which Tiona ia
the center, made arrangement with some
exporters Of crude oil by which the lat.
ter were TO produce their oil and pay Is
cents above the regular market price for
it. The exporters claimed that when
they dealt with the Standard that com.
pany charged them IS cents q barrel for
simply loading the oil; that is, transfer.
ring it from the company's tanks to the
exporters vessels. This, With the other
excesses charged by the Standard, which
made their cargoes cost much more than
il they purchased directly from the pro.
ducers, even with railroad freight added,
caused them to seek another source OF
supply.
They accordingly sought the Warren
county producers and made contract
with the representatives or owners OF
about thirds OF the production OF the
Tiona field, by which the former were
to take all OF that part Of the production
at Il price IS cents above the market
price on the date OF removal OF the oil.
Whether this IS cents is above the price
with the y Cents premium added the
reporters informant could not say, but
it is believed not.
S335O.000 ADVANCED TO PRODUCERS.
In order to hurry up matters go that
both parties to the contract could profit
by il rs soon as possible the exporters
advanced the producers $3.50, 900, With
which to provide pipe lines, receiving
tanks. loading racks, otc. The lines have
been laid, the tanks and racks built, and
the oil is now being carried to New
York or Philadelphia in tank cars over
the Philadelphia & Erie road, e part OF
the Pennsylvania system. The produc.
ton OF the Tiona field and contiguous
territory covered by this arrangement is
about 5000 barrels daily, Of which 1000
barrels are subject to this contract. The
remainder the Standard gets, and, as a
good deal OF it is owned by the new
Midland Oil Company, acquired from
the Mckinley Bros, it vii! probably