The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
LEAVES.
Starts on First Visit to Kansas
Oil Fields.
Will First Visit Prof. HaWOrth
at Lawrence.
TO ATTEND BANQUET.
Accepts Invitation of Kansas
City Club.
HASN'T Made Subdivision Of His
Investigation.
ATTEND BANQUET.

Commissioner Garfield left Topeka
early this morning for Lawrence and
from there he will go to Chanute and
other points in the oil fields. He will
be gone several days. returning later
to Topeka. On Thursday Of next week.
he will attend q dinner of the Knife
and Fork club at Kansas City, at
which he will speak. State Senator c.
W. Clarke came up from Kansas City
Wednesday to extend the invitation Of
the Knife and Fork club to Mr.. Gar
field, and he accepted. The three
agents who are working under Mr..
Garfield are still in Topeka.
At Lawrence today Commissioner
Garfield will see Prof. E. W of
the state geological survey, and from
him secure information land data as
to the geological formation of the
Kansas oil fields. He will also earl
from Prof. Haworth what tests he has
made as to the quality of Kansas oil
in different pools.
At Chanute this evening Congress-
man Phil Campbell will be waiting for
Mr.. Garfield and will introduce him to
the oil producers from whom informa-
ton regarding the oil industry can be
obtained. In the oil field towns the
investigation will get down to brass
tacks." The matter of discrimination
will be looked into, and especially the
question of freight rates and their re-
lation to the completion of the Stand
ards pipe line. It is alleged by the
oil producers that just as soon as the
pipe line to Kansas City was COM
pleted the freight rates on oil, instead
Of being lowered so nat the railroads
could compete with the Standard in
h transportation of oil, were adj
vanced to such a point that shipping
by rail was prohibitive and the pro-
ducers were compelled to sell to the
Standard or not at all.
Mr.. Garfield had a conference with
H o. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, Wednesday afternoon, at
which it is supposed the question of
freight rates on oil was discussed.
The oil producers of the oil towns
have been gathering data in an ac-
curate form SO that it can be pre-
! scented to Mr.. Garfield ithOu DELAY.
j.. NJ. Parker of Independence, secre-
tary of the Kansas Oil Producers as
ISOLATION, was in Topeka Wednesday,,
at the request of Governor Hoch. and
had q talk with Commissioner Garfield
Wednesday afternoon.
As stated in Washington dispatches
at the time, Commissioner Garfield
some time agO sent out a large num-
Der of blanks to retail oil dealers III
Kansas, asking for information con-
| corning the wholesale price paid for
oil last December, before the oil agita-
ton commenced. He has now re-
ceived much of this information, and
1 II Will 1OAllA tit OdElC - 4A1 AlACl II
quiry as to why there are discrfmina-
tons between certain localities.
It has been stated that Mr.. Garfield
has divided his inquiry into a number
of subdivisions under which he has
prepared a list of 81 questions or find
ings of fact. When asked concerning
his matter before he left Topeka Mr..
Garfield said:
'It is true that I have in mind Ger
tain things thai ought to be answered.
but I have given no information to
anyone concerning them. I think his
| statement grows out of the questions
which 1 sent out from washington
/ some time ago to the local dealers.
That has evidently been COMPOUNDED
with this inquiry, as 1 did submit a
list of questions to be answered by the
local Dealers"
These questions, after those con-
corning the dealer personally, we're as
follows;
Estate the price you paid per gallon
for you purchase nearest to Decem-
Der Is, 1904, for each kind of oil and
gasoline which you handle, giving name
or brand of each. Please send purchase
tickets or bills if you have them. If
you get a rebate from the invoice price,
aside from the return of empty barrels,
state the full price and the rebate sep
arately.
Are the above prices delivered at
your door? If not, what additional
freight or drayage do you pay per bar
IF you buy oil and gasoline in bar
rels. how much do you get for the
empty barrels and how do you dispose
Of thetn2
Does the concern from which you
buy have a tank station in your town?
If not, from what tank station or ship
ping point does the oil come?
eff you have accurate knowledge,
state the more important changes in
the prices of the two leading kinds of
oil during the years 1901 to 1904, or as
far back as your records show them.
Indicate rebate, if any, in each case.
Send also you purchase tickets or bills
if you have them.
IF the conditions with regard to de-
livery, barrels, etc, were different in
these earlier purchases from what they
are now, state the conditions.
Please add any further information
regarding the present or past prices of
oil in your town or vicinity, especially
as to the extent and effect of competi-
ton anon manufacturers and jobbers,
employment of %peddlers, difference be-
tween prices in your town and other
towns, etc"
Excursion t Kansas City, Santa Fe.
Sunday, April 10. Round trip s1.25.
Tickets at Rowley & Snow and Santa
Fe depot. Train leaves $50 a. m.