The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-13

had worked up a niee business. with
Chanuts as headquarters
The freight rate co crude oil 90
Kansas City was 10 cents Tor 81
Eallona Knapp had a lucrative
business running away up into Ne
hraaka and Iowa and even llltnota
After the Standard got busy. the
rate on crude oil went up u per
cent Knapp made a big kick and
asked the railroads why rates on re-
nnsA oil had not changed.
Before Ne got an answer the ratio
On crude had gone up again aud
vas then double shat II had been.
Rates on refined were unchanged.
Knapp 20 this day can't see What
caused the changes. but hlH business
vas ruined Heavy Investments IN
leading racks. tank cars. etc. we're
vaiusless.
Then somebody gave Knapp a tip
aud nov he turns over his oil 10 the
STANDARD and buys the ao-eallsd
gas OIL % which his business waA
devoted from the Standard Freight
rates dun't bother him any more
The standard allows him 10 stay In
business In confederation Of his Civ
ina them all the profit they can
make on the kerosene. Eaaolins.
wares and lubricants Ia every gal
Ten 90 oil his wells yield. lie can
have what he makes on tic residue
the gas oil"
Down AZ Emporia m independent
refinsr named Webster IL fighting
At hopeless odds with the Standard.
The oil business belongs 10 ua. =
Rockefeller u quoted az saying. nnd
Webster IL finding II out,
KEROSENE IL SOLD by THE
STANDARD AT EMPORIA AT ,
CENTS A GALLON. OR BELOW
COST AT CHANUTE. 100 MILES
AWAY. 1T COSTS ABOUT q
CENTS. II Is a sample OF the n or
oilsss warfare the Standard wages.
Kansas poople think they have a
remedy for evils OF this Kind In
their Own hands and they propose
70 find out. A legislative commit
tee Of five. according 20 a resolution
now pending. f. TO investigate the
feasibility Of n state refinery.
Figuring the profit on a barrel Of
oil nj g.. the consumption In Kan
sas at 900 barrels a day. and al
lowing for the employment % con
Wet labor. they think the state
can build a pipe line 70 Lansing and
a refinery and have II pay for Itself
ia three years. besides giving the
producer a decent rate for crude oil
aud selling refined oils cheaper than
the monopoly does. Lansing ia sug-
Reated as the alte for tho refinery
because Il f. within a few miles Of
Kansas City. which n a Missouri
river baslng point for freight rates.
Another legislative Idea Is en-
bodied In a bill by Senator Porter
for the construction Of a state re-
nn~ry IN the heart Of the oil field.
lie believes g2O0. 900 would cover the
whole expense.
State Senator Ballle WaEKener
has another plan which IL Of i'm
menae possible importance He IA
vors a law declaring a pipe line a
common carrier. In other words.
the Standard must transport at "A
reasonable rate" all oil offered u.
Put into execution. this plan would
probably mean scores Of little indie
pendent refineries.
Another proposition Of import
ance ~ the proposed establishment
OF an independent pipe line to Port
Arthur. Tex. on the gulf Steamers
from all the world touch Port Ar
thur and crude oil. II IL figured.
could be offered European reflnera
nj rates which would open their
eyes Besides there are three i'm
mense Independent refineries at
Port Arthur.
Another measure which has many