Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-04
ELEVENTH DAY, TUESDAY, FEH.'s
The Council.


member except Mr.. Andrews, Rev. w
A. Cooper led in prayer After the
reading of the minutes, memorial
was presented by Mr.. Fall from the
Mesilla chamber of commerce for the
repeal of the coal oil inspection law.
Council joint memorial No. 3, petit
tioning for the right and authority to
refund legally the bonded Indebtedness
of $42,400 and the floating indebted
ness of $1,000 of Taos county. 1t is
proposed to reduce the interest on the
bonded Indebtedness from to per
cent 1t was introduced by Mr.. Mar
tinez.
Council bill No. 22, by Mr.. Martinez,
an act to amend sections 1924 and 1925
of the compiled laws Of 1897, in rela-
tion to the time for selecting justices
of the peace. The bill fixes the cleo
sun the sailc ac tat Na coarty oszcers
in November of every second year be-
ginning in 1904.
Council bill No. 23, to amend section
2 of chapter 80 of the session laws of
territorial bonds that have become op-
tionally due. introduced by Mr.. Amado
Chaves upon request of the territorial
treasurer and referred to committee
on finance.
Council bill No. "a, by Mr.. Amado
Chayes, an act to amend chapter AZ of
the acts of the Thirty-third legislative
assembly, relative to the asylum for
the deaf and dumb. The bill carries an
appropriation of $4,000 to complete the
interior of the new asylum at Santa Fe
and provides that until a territorial
asylum for the blind is ready to take
pupils, blind children be admitted to
the deaf and dumb asylum. The bill
was referred to the committee on pub
lie institutions.
Council bill No. %. by Mr.. hughes,
an act in relation to the coal oil law.
The bill provides for flash test of 16O
degrees. An attempt was made to pass
the bill on the third reading, but it was
vigorously opposed by Mr.. Spiess, who
said that he would introduce in COM
mittee substitute for all coal oil legis-
lation on the statutes that would pre-
vent New Mexico being made the
dumping ground of the Standard Oil
He said that although Ari-
zona has no inspection of coal oil, yet
coal oil sold in Arizona at from 35 to
40 cents a gallon, showing that it is
not the inspection of oil that raises the
price. At Las Vegas oil sold at 40
cents a gallon before the coal oil in
speetion went into effect. He attacked
the Standard Oil monopoly. He plead
ed for intelligent legislation on the sub
ject as there were not many persons in
New Mexico who had any intelligent
of the provisions and full
bearing of the legislation on coal oil on
the statutes of New Mexico.
Mr.. Fall replied that the present in
spection law does not inspect, that the
inspection consisted of the Standard
Oil company agents stamping with a
stencil John s. Clark's name on coal
oil tanks. He reviewed the history OF
coal oil inspection legislation in New
Mexico, attempting to show that the
Standard Oil company has been in
back of all this legislation. At El
Paso coal oil sells at 16 cents gallon,
and at Las Cruces, forty-eight miles
away, at 30 cents gallon. He cited
he case of man at Alamogordo who
)rlngs ten gallon cans of coal oil from
81 Paso The Standard OIL agent, find
ng that threats would not avail, told
lim they would sell the oil to him at
Alamogordo at 16 cents a gallon, but
lie should tell no one about it. A mer-
hant at Three Rivers had bought a
'arrel OF oil at El Paso at 13 cents a
'allon and sold it at Three Rivers at
% cents a gallon until the Standard
)il company agents threatened him
Nth criminal prosecution. He said the
standard OIL company could not afford
o sell inferior oil to the people of New