The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
A DousLE,ENDeD CONSPIRACY.

few days ago the Kansas City Journal solemnly
assured its readers that the Beaumont oil wells had
ceased TO gush and that their owners were making
preparations to pump them Following the Journals
example the birmingham AgeHerald declares that the
gsher no longer gush and that to all ntents pur-
poses the Spindle Top properties have become pump.
ing propositions.
The Journal disclosed motive for thus giving cir
culation to q deliberate misstatement but with the
AgeIIerald 1t was different for that paper geefuly
concluded that "o that is pumped not be sold as
cheapy oil that gushes in great quantities and the
chances are that coal will regain it's equanmity
And TO leave no doubt about the anmus its remarks
on this subject the AgeHerald added "Old King Coal
was much shaken that is plain but he is getting on his
feet again and viii be ready to contest every inch
OF ground"
lit does not take a second reading of such quotations
os these to arrive at clear understanding of what is
being done to retard the development of Texas oil
properties The coal interests the country are re-
covering from the shock the discoveries of large guam
titles of liquid fuel Beaumont gave them and are
getting In shape to contest every inch of ground" re-
CARELESS of conditions and the stories alleged failure
the part of the Spindle Top wells to maintain their
record of production but the first number on the
program outlined fight the consumption of their out
flow.
But the coal interests are not alone in this wild
eating in the Ohio and West Virginia oil regions has
lost much of its attracuveuess since the PROV
/ lib oi ine oplnuie Top nelQ ana the promoters of
the former have walked up to the necessity of doing
something to revive interest in their schemes and re-
cover their hold upon euileess investors with money
20 put INTO them Unlike the coal people these specu
aor5 have not made the mistake asserting that the
Spindle Top wells are going dry. Knowing better than
that they have undertaken to convince world that
the product Of those wells is worthless.
With the assistance of a certain Prof Foster
whose learning a chemist and whose reputation as
% citizen can not we assured, 'be assailed" the
OhioWest Virginia promoters trying to make fuel
consumers believe that the Beaumont oil is made up in
large part Of sulphur which out and DESTROYS fire
Boxes and nues rendering the oil as worthless for fuel
purposes as certain grades of Pennsylvania coal
which carry large percentage of sulphur. And this
in the face of the fact that Beaumont oil has been and
is being freely used throughout the State and else
where without such results.
III this be true mote the III, the Ohio-West Vir
gna promoters suggest the oil of Texas valueless
from commercial standpoint and the dreams of the
irresponsible boomers have turned into vertable
nightmare" Having thus hedged they call upon the
Beaumont correspondent of the New York Sun "a
paper ever ready to cry down Texas enterprises and
boom any old fake with pethoric treasury TO help
them out further in dscredting the Spindle Top prod
uct Ana here is how he responds The oil of Texas
has no market and Il only have an outlet after
countless millions of dollars have been expended in the
building of pipe lines from the oil fields in the noun
tains inland to the seaboard"
From the old fields in the mountains inland to the
seaboard" That's pretty rich. Either the New York
Suns correspondent has seen the Beaumont field
or it makes no difference to him what he writes Just
he writes TO the ends of those by whom his
services have, for purpose, been retained
And the mountains inland" story by no means com
petes this correspondents achievement the interest
Of the ohio-West Virginia crowd in this case. Skip
ping gracefully from imaginary attitudes to statutory
depths, he nonchalany proceeds repeat the stock
SANDERS OF Texas laws current with shady hnanciers
who find 1t impossible to bump suckers" under their