Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-20
MAY INVOKE AID Of CONGRESS,
Missouri Legislature May Also b,
Asked to Take Up Fight Against
The Monopoly.
WISCONSIN WILL TAKE UP MATTER
Two Measures viii be introduced Ia
Legislature--0klahoma Is Also
Interested.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. co. Kansas may
make an independent investigation Of
the Standard OH company's operations
IN this state. The legislature may also
make demands OF Congress regarding
Indian Territory oil leases.
Senator L, Dumont Smith has pre-.
pared a resolution providing FOR the APP
pontment by the legislature OF a COM
mittee to Investigate the charges fled
with The commissioner OF corporations
at Washington by the representatives
Of the Kansas OH association.
The leaders in the legislature have
planned also, d is said, to demand of
the Kansas delegation IN Congress that
the Foster lease on the Usage reser-
walton In Indian Territory be annulled,
on the ground that 1t is the intention
Of the Standard to discriminate against
the Kansas field by securing all the
oil II needs from this territory.
Another measure directed against the
trusts, namely, the anti dscrimina-
ton bill, which was passed by the
senate last week, and made a special
oNder IN the house for this afternoon,
probably will be the last of the anti
trust measures to be considered by this
session Of the legislature. This bill Is
intended 10 strengthen the other anti
trust measures, the state Refinery bill,
the maximum freight rate bill the bill
| making oil pipe lines common carriers
and tho measure prohibiting the use OF
| pumps An forcing gas through pipe
| lines, an Of which were passed last
| week.
The INSTRUMENTATION hin Is de-
signed 10 prevent the Standard OIL
company from undersclling the state
I'm any one locality unless the rate
there should be the rate throughout the
state and its friends asserted thar IL
would undoubtedly be passed and be-
come a law
The INSTRUMENTATION bill, which
was set for a hearing I'm the house Mt
10 o'clock today, has been carried over
until Friday for a further hearing.
The fact that the judiciary commit
tee Of the house was not ready 20 re-
port is one reason why the bill went
over and another Is that the house
desires to find out what action the sem
ate will take on its railroad bill. There
is growing a feeling between the two
branches that may result In trouble
MAY APPEAL TO MISSOURI.
Kansas city, Feb. 2O.-The Missouri
legislature may be asked to take up
the Kansas fight against the Standard
Oh company, Representative Leslie ].
Lyons Of Kansas city, has, Il is said,
agreed TO introduce In the house at
NNa-NaN
rate bin and the bill making oil pipe
lines common carriers. AS soon as
copies OF the bills passed by the Kan
sas legislature are received, a number
Of Kansas City men interested In the
Kansas field Will II Is stated, go to the
Missouri capital In the interest OF these
measures.
OKLAHOMA INTERESTED.
Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 20.--A bill provid-
ing for a territorial oil refinery has been
prepared by Representative Mcbride
and will be presented IN the house. The
measure win also, II is said, compel
any corporation operating In the ter
ritory to sell its product at an equal
price throughout the territory Cover
nor Ferguson is said TO favor a measure
similar 10 that recently passed by the
Kansas legislature.
WISCONSIN TO TAKE MATTER UP.
Madison, wis, Feb. 20..-FollowinK
the example OF the Kansas legislature,
the Wisconsin legislature win soon take
up the subject OF the Standard on COM
pany TWO measures VIII be presented,
one a Joint resolution for an inyestlga-
ton of the methods OF that corporation
IN Wisconsin and the other a bill re-
modelled as a substitute for the meas
ure Senator McGullyray has intro
duced, affecting antitrust legislation.