Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-29

- T;sn~v;lla Uorld. June 23d.

From Titusviue Torld, June 23d.
In the great food and fire Of two years
ego q vast amount Of property was destroy
ed in the Oil Creek Valley, mainly at
TitusviIle and Oil City. 60 great was the
damage done and so full was the cup OF
sorrow in the attendant loss Of life, that
the sympathies Of the whole country were
touched and there was q prompt ana
general response to the appeals for help
What would have been the feeling against
sny man or body of men against whom
that destruction ofproperty, to say moth
ing of the loss of life, could be chargedf
And what would have been thought If It
had been due to ever unsatisfed greed and
the autocratic insolence Of powerf There
ia little need to ask what the feeling Toulo
have been or how quickly that feeling
would have found the ends OF JUS
tice. n
And vet for the past year or more an
effort has been in progress TO wreck lnous.
tries in the oil region which represent
more than did the property whose de-
struction two years ago required tne heiP
of national charity.
Furthermore, this effort at destruction
has been carried on by monopoly ina,
has ruined many Industries before, alu
whose rapacious greed seems onIy 70 DC
sharne1ed by the millions it has piled up.
when the present fight, which the IN
denendent oil man, for themselves ana
for the masses, have been waging Win
the Standard Oil monopoly has been fought
and won. the names of the folloWln
indeuendent refners of the oil region
will stand conspicuously on the roll OF
honor.
AT TITUsvILLB.
Union Refining Company.
International OIL Works.
Rice, Robinson & Foggan-
Titusville Oil works.
Climax Gasolene Company.
TitugviIle Lubricating OIL 70.
American Oil Works.
Oil Creek Oil Works.
Pennsylvania Parafine Co.
AT OIL CITY AND RENO.
German Oil Co.
Continental Refining Co.
Crystal Oil Works.
Penn Refining Co.
Independent Refining Co.
Mutual Oil Works.
Empire Oil works.
AT BRADFORD.
Emery Manufacturing Co.
Kendall Refining Co.
AT WARREN.
Cornplanter Refining Co.
Seneca Oil Works.
Warren Refining Co.
Glade Oil Works.
Levi Smiths Refinery.
Tiona Refining Co.
These independent refining plants with
their equipments and conjunctive inter
ests represent an aggregate capital Of fuiiy
s5, 900, 900. These are the concerns Wnicn
the Standard monopoly, by making refn-
ed oil cheaper than crude at the .seaDoard,
has been endeavoring to crush ana tnus
cripple the independent lines OF Wnicn
they have been the patrons.
Without these Independent refneries
the independent lines would have no
patrons 70 whom or from whom to deliver
oil. and the producers, with the indepen-
dent lines thus crippled would again be at
the mercy Of the Standard Oil Co. III
therefore has been to the interest OF the
Standard TO force these refneries II pos
sible. to shut down-to wreck S5.0OO,u ,uOO
worth Of property, IL you please, and
eventually make the producers or consul
mers. or both, foot the bill incurred by the
monopoly in consumating this ruin.
In this connection ii may be stated tnat
one of the prominent members OF the
Standard Oil Trust, is directly quoted as
having stated in Pittsburg few months
ago that within certain period every In
in nj
would be in the hands of the Sheriff. The
time designated for the completion OF this
work of destruction has already passed but
the threat has been foiled in execution.
The pressure is still on, however, as relent-
lessly as ever.
AT personal sacrifices the independant
refiner-not one OF whom would be run
ming II the present state OF affairs had
been brought about by any Of the natural
laws Of supply and demand-have Kept
their works going and are still standing
faithfully By the independent producer,
the value Of whose product they have been
instrumental in almost doubling without
additional cost to the consumer.
II hardly need be stated that this effort
OF the Standard to wipe ont practically all
Independent competition in this country
by forcing the independent refners tn the
wall, has been an expensive task Tor the
big monopoly. II has cost pile OF money,
but if IL were successful, with the dictation
of prices both for crude and refined again
in absolute control OF the Standard, u
would not take long to replace in the cof-
iers Of that monopoly oil the cost OF its rum
of independent competitors
But this ruin cannot be accomplished
this property Of independent, law abiding
citizens cannot be destroyed. The inde-
pendent producers, refners and pipe line
men, are working together In q common
cause; behind them is the wholesome and
continually widening sentiment Of public
approval, and in the end the cause OF the
independent oil men and Of the masses is
bound TO triumph.
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