Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-09
Wrecked Another Competitor.

dealer at big price, with the agreement
that the dealer was to buy from him in the
future.
Wrecked Another Competitor.
The witness told how he had run one
competitor out of Urbana. This competitor
had shed for storing oil, built on leased
land. He succeeded in fighting him out
of the business and carted away his shed,
paying him very small price for it. This
man named Donaldson, and the wit
ness promised him work whenever he could
give it to him. He had been promised two
weeks vacation for driving Donaldson out
of the business, but he had never re-
ceived it.
Speaking Of drawing different grades of
oil from the same tank. the witness said
one man wanted oil from Cleveland of
particular kind. In order to serve him
they painted a barrel red, and marked it in
accordance with what the man wanted.
When asked how he came to leave the
| employ of the Standard OIL Company the
witness said that one evening Z. c. Lock-
wood, an inspector from Cleveland, in the
employ of the Standard Oil Company
visited him
| Why He Left.
Mr. Clark-"I came in after working hard
| and was very tired, and he was all dressed
up, and l was not in very good humor. He
| wanted to tell me how to weigh oil, and all
| those things, which l had been doing for
| seven years, and l did not think he could
| tell me anything about It. | didn't know
| who he was. l told him he could not tell
| me anything and he remarked that
| might lose my POSITION All this time |
! didn't know he was boss. / got a lay
| on. ana never went back again"
! The witness read a letter from Mr.. Mat
| thews. the manager saying he did not wish
| him to consider himself DISCHARGED be-
| cause when everything in connection with
! the above incident should be settled up.
| there would be no trouble in having him
| reinstated. He said he was held RESPONSE
| BILE for the mistakes of the men under him
| and his pay was reduced by fines 50 that
| 1t did not amount to very much. and for
that reason he did not care to 80 back
More Tricks.
The witness SAID that as rule the
Standard oil Company sold at prices be-
| low those of the Independent companies,
| although at times the ind .ptudrit COM
| panies coming into competition would sell
| for less than the Standard OH. The people
would buy from the Independent c6npaa-
| les in preference to the Standard. as they
said they HAD no use for the latter. a num-
| Der Of stores would pay Il little NOR for
| their Gil rather Il.an buy X from the stand
| ard. He sail that most CT III, inacpcni-
| eut companies handled P-unsyiy ANA oil
| while the Standard Company got its oil
| from Lima, ard this oil hal .fliphur in il
| to a large extent. lie told G0W he Stand
| ard Oil Company would send Ground agents
| and test their oil and the IAN..S ,-itania OF.
| to show that IN. Pennsylvania OIL had
! more sulphur than :hrir Own ns0.lr+. He
said that their agents ~ cI-yri.E TURNING.
! the Wicks Of lamps bGIn!m" D"ta Lima and
! PcnnsH iv:.nil OF Mela al - produce Il
| stronger saI5n of sulphur 'vG.t inc Penn
| sylVaniiA IL. aHd II t!.aj va. Inc tiI much
! to meet competition. Vie >.li t'lat !. Ger
| man la;ll : invented p"uce~~ .y WG.cu tho
| suiphGr CoH.d BE- brushed t;"9 lA- Lima
| oil. la: = VIZ tNycG.SiN. - ,,,IyiV Tho,