The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-31
THERE IS PEACE IN OIL.
SOME OF THE ARTICLE POURED ON
THE WATERS OF DISCORD.'

\ Truce Patched Up Between the
Standard Oil Company and the
state in the Matter of the Test That
Is TO BE Applied and the Grade
That Is to Be Required-An Agree
ment, satisfactory to All Parties,
Has Been Reached-New Method of
Inspecting Fertilizers Is to he
Practiced This Yenr-POor Crops in
Middle Georgia, says the Commits
sioner.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. E.
Stevens spent a day in Sayan-
nah recently in the effort 20 re-
concile the existing differences between
the Standard Oil Company and the local
inspector of oil and the state authorities,
relative to the grade that shan be sold by
the company 10 dealers and consumers. 1t
is said that The matter was arranged to
the complete satisfaction Of all parties.
Just what the basis OF the settlement
was Is not definitely known, as the agent
of the STANDARD oil Company, the commits
soner and Inspector Screven have all
been strongly av5rse TO discussing the sub
ject However. It is known that Commits
s.oner Stevens stated TO a friend that the
troubles had ali been settled and that
there would be no others in the future in
case the company kept to the letter and
spirit of the agreement that had been
made, which it will doubtless 60.
1t is thought that this agreement con-
tanned stipulation that the company
should submit its oils to the new test that
is to be required by the state and to aban-
don the fight against it, which it had been
freely sad it intended TO make. The new
test is The one REQUIRED in New York and
Is somewhat more stringent in its nature
than that which has formerly been prac-
ticod in this state. The two tanks of oil
that were seized and locked by Inspector
Screyen, had already been released by him
to permit the Standard Oil people to bring
their contents UP to the standard, and il
Is asserted that this is one of the sIpu-
lations contained in The agreement that
The company undertakes to carry out
The visit OF the commissioner to Savan-
nah il is believed VIII put an end 10 the
unpleasant relations that have existed be-
tween the state inspectors OF oils and the
agents of the company throughout the
state, as this is the companys chief dis
tribuGng point and rs the differences have
d.sapp mere, they viii in like manner
disappear elsewhere in Georgia. The oil
business has been somewhat mixed up
since this agitation has started and il viii
be matter of satisfaction to the dealers
and consumers 10 know that it has ended,
that an agree mcnt has leen reached by
The parties at interest ard the test that is
to he employed is understood with clear
ness ana certainty.
While in Savannah Commissioner Ste
vens announced that a new pan for the
inspection of fertilizers would be put in OPP
GRAFTON with the commencement of the
next planting season, in October or NoVem
Der. ThenCeforward, the fertilizers will be
inspected when they are in the hands of
the farmers, so that il can be accurately
and definitely ascertained whether or not
the shipments that are made come up to
the standard required by law and the anal
ysis that the manufacturers submit to the
inspectors.
Under the old system of inspection at
the works this accuracy was not attaina-
BILE. as il was quite possible that the par
ticular sample inspected might be all right
and of high grade and yet that large
shipments of what purported to be The
same brand would not produce results
nearly so satisfactory. Under the new
system if the farmers care 10 aid the in
spectors they can be perfectly sure that
they are getting what they buy and pay
for and that the fertilizers that they put
on their lands comes up to the analysis
and the claims of the manufacturers. 1t
is regarded by the commissioner. the in
spector and the farmers TO whom il has
been mentioned as a great Improvement
over the system that has been in vogue,
and that is now to be, in part at least, dis
carded.
Commissioner Stevens said that the PAM
phiet containing the analysis of the fertn-
izers sold in the state, that is got out an
nuaIly by his department will appear dur
ing tho month of August. This pamphlet
has in the past proved of large assistance
to the farmers and a valuable guide in
determining what fertilizers they will pur-
chase and use. number of copies of
the pamphlet viii be sent to Mr. j. Robert
Creamer by whom il will be distributed TO
any of the farmers in this section who
care to apply for It.. 1t is thought that
the first edition of the pamphlet viii be
out and in the hands of those who are
interested in its contents early in the
month.
Commissioner Stevens reports that the
crops OF corn and cotton in Middle Geor-
gia are in bad condition and that upon
the farms there are many that are com
plete failures. In Spalding and Monroe
this Is particularly the case, the long
drought having Slapped the vitality of the
plants. In some sections the cotton is not
more than q foot and half or two feet
high and shows no indication of ever
amounting TO great deal even under the
most favorable conditions that can be pres
ont during the rest of the season. With
out immediate and heavy rains it viii
amount 20 nothing.
WILL BE SUPPLIED.