The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-28
STANDARD OIL AND THE FORT
LAND TRIBUNE.


LAND TRIBUNE.
John d. Rockefeller. the oil magnste,
whose fortune. made In oil, oversteps
the sioO,oO0OoO mark. Is getting unmerci-
fully roasted by the London newspapers.
They say that by his dire influence the
Paris horrors are surpassed in England.
He has gained absolute control OF the oil
trade OF Great Britain. and, by forcing
the retailers to sell the refuse oils pro-
hibited in America, he is responsible for
the terrible series o. lamp explosions that
has affiicted England OF late. Men, wom-
en- and children there are roasted alive
IN order TO put money into the pockets
of the American OIL Trust. But Rookie
teIler win sleep just as peacefully. say
mis- prayers as regularly, put s on the
plate every Sunday. and cheat everybody
during the week just as he has done
Evening Portland Tribune.
There is no more despicable and dan
gerous criminal in the Salem peniten-
tiary than the cowarily wretch who
takes advantage Of the license Of the
press TO write and print such stun as
the above He belongs to a class OF dem
agogues and peace-disturbers who would
not be permitted to run at large in any
country on earth but this. He knows
nothing against John D. Rockefeller and
the chances are il he ever came in con-
tract with him it would be to fan Gown
and worship him, like all the other das-
tards and toadies OF his kind. The
''roasts' he speaks Of in the London pa
pers have reference to the ravings Of a
solitary trade journal, perhaps as infa-
nous and which certainly occupies about
the same relative standing, or lack Of
standing, among respectable English pa
pers as his own sheet here in Oregon.
The objection to the introduction Of
Standard oil in England is not based upon
its inferior quality. but because. like so
many other American products. It's ST.
perior excellence is Just now driving the
European article out of the markets.
fact which ought TO cause pride and re-
joicing among all true American citnzenu.
OF course the aim OF this Portland scrib-
bier is 10 pander to what he conceives
a popular prejudice and 10 help cultivate
spirit Of resentment among the poor
and working classes against those who
have the brains and industry to accumu-
late money. Every intelligent person
knows who John D. Rockefeller is, and
respects him. not only because ne Is one
Of the most honorable and foremost self /
made business men, but because he is .
universally esteemed one of the greatest
phllanthropists who ever lived in any age
Of the world 1t is just now the fashion
among the class Of Shiny reptiles TO
which this Portland Tribune fellow be-
longs to rail again trusts, and as Rocke-
feller happens to be at the head Of one
OF the greatest two commercial iRstltu-
tions OF this kind, he picks him up and
makes Use of the alleged uproa- among
the London newspapers as an excuse to
cover him with a load Of filth and venom.
He thinks this will tickle the working @?
people who read his paper, and give him
or some parasite he represents a chance
to run for Office. But really industrious
and sensible laborlng men know better
than to be fooled by gable Of that sort.
They know that the STANDARD Oil Com
pany does not nor can any other u1onop-
oily Of that kind hurt them. There is
no charge against either the Standard
oil trust or the Sugar trust that they
oppress their working men. They do not
They pay good wages, and so tar os we
have been able TO find out, there has
never been a strike Of any kind among
their men. The objection to these gigan-
tic aggregations Of capital are based upon
altogether different grounds, and the pre-
ludice against them, If there is cause for
any ought to be among an entirely DIFF
ferent class than the laboring men. The
only charge against these and other
trusts is that they tend to crush out
competition by other moneyed rnen.
There are few oil rehneries outside the
Standard trust but they cut no figure
compared with their great rival. The
Standard OIL Company has increased the
consumption Of oil, thereby making more
work for the laboring men, and cheap
ened its price to consumers by obtaining
a practical monopoly Of the refining busi-
ness. thus compelling the owners Of oil |