Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-08-24

in expecting better prices. Ourlng
the depression which has existed
for many months the older produc-
ers have learned many valuable
lessons from which they will derive
much profit in their operations.
There is no business on the Ameri-
can continent today which, with
anything like a reasonable show, is
as good as that of producing, trans
porting and refining petroleum.
The immense profits and dividends
of the Standard Oil company show
this to be fact, and as stated above,
the producers have discovered that
with anything like concerted action
thew Gan be and are masters 1t the
situation.
They have also become awakened
to the necessity OF being alert to all
the conditions which should gov
ern the value Of their product and
of late years they have become apt
students of these conditions.
The mere privilege of opening
up and operating oil territory for
the sake of running the production
into the pipe lines IS thing OF the
past with the better posted and
we'll informed producers; and
right here it may be we'll to remark
that there are few men IN the bust
ness today who are not petty we'll
up to date ard know the conditions.
The tender feet have been frozen
out and it might be that the desper-
ate game Of freeze OFT which the
Standard Oil company played to
acquire their holdings has resulted
in more good to those who have
made life business Of producing oil
than would have been the case had
these tender feet been successful
and allowed to remain in the grave.
1t is always the razzIe dazzle
players that plunge recklessly into
the game. Count them mp and see
how many are left out OF the wreck
today. It has, indeed, been hard
for very many of the old.timers to
weather the unjust storm OF de-
preston, but it IS gratifying to
know that they are still counted
among the shining lights OF the in
dustry. 1t IS to their peTslstency
that the trade owe much Of the
present encouraging conditions.
Had they been driven from the bus
mess and the industry left entirely
to the conspiracies Of the monopo-
ly, the producing business would
indeed have been confined to very
narrow and remunerative limits.
The magnates of the Standard
Oil company who are endeavoring
to evade the taxes imposed upon
their palaces and surrounding prop
critics in the courts Of justice, prob
ably give little thought to the hard
ships they have imposed upon those
interested in the oil industry, and
it is from the fruits Of their robber-
les of these interests that their pal
aces have been constructed. The
punishment can scarcely fit the
crime. It makes great difference
whose OK is gored.
Now we have dollar oil with an
encouraging outlook for still better
prices, a reviva, in all kinds of in
dustry which must create an in
creased demand for all products Of
oil, a return to peace and ali its
blessings, let US hope for an era Of
prosperity in the oil region which
the efforts of those interested de-
serve. Surely the greed of a
monopoly with the value of its CAPT
tai stock increased fourfold and its
dividends ever increasing must to
a small degree be satisfied.
Il had a running, itching sore
on my leg. Suffered tortures.
Doan's Ointment took away the