The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-27

W. INA RHitHAHt req Fl KAN
aaa continues ON the offensive in To-
war with the Standard oil Co.
Now laws are heiuE framed aud
now plans are being Matched to
ylinrh the harness that has been
made Tor the octopus III the latter
breaks away. II Will noe hc for the
lack ~ earnest effort on the part of
the legislature
Meantime the Standard u qulrt
very lta meaknesa Is suspicious
There Is NO lobby here. Spies and
informcra undoubtedly abound hut
10 all Toneka THERE rs NOT A
MAN KNOWN TO REPRESENT
THE STANDARD CIR To uE con
NECTEn WITH It DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY.
Auti-StHudard bills go WhuoplnF
through the legislature without any
body to pull the statesmen aside and
coax or threaten them Officers OF
thc Kansas refinery of the standard
who openly declared the boycott
against Kansas oil lee DAYS aEu and
predicted that IL would bring the
people 90 their senses are denying
that they made any such state
mvntE
Down in the oil fields the boycott
has not uuIy been lifted but agents
of the Standard arr running about
among the producers with the state
mcut that the company
WILL TAKE Ali THE OIL
that Us offered The producers are
disposed 20 Try the independent role
usually assumed by Mr. Rorkefnl
lcrs agents They ARE NuT FAtr
LING OVER ONE ANOTHER To
DELIVER THEIR PRODUCT. AND
THEY SAY THEY 10 NOT CARE
PARTICULARLY WHETHER THE
STANDARD TAKES THEIR OIL
A. the Standard has thus started
a campaign If peace and good Will
u would not be surprising 10 there
should be an increase ia the price OF
crude u Is doubtful. though u
anything viii auufbe the khnnnnH
They are made a. ever were the vie
I Tins % a shell same They went
into oil just as Il mau goes into any
I legitimate business Their pride
vas hurt they were Inundated. and
[ they were rcd hot when they SUD
denly discovered the Standard
rated them as ssnme=uuH
The fact that eastern people had
me,kly accepted such treatment did
not ia the least decrease their
wrath
/ The standard has been ho often
sued Investigated and lrEisihtei
against. with such small result that
there iH. uf course. doubt whether
I tho Kansas remedy II EoinE o.
I work work To a large extent IL is
7 experimental Whether O. succeeds
or falls. though the kanans will
I feel that a. least they have main
I taincd their self .rsspeet. and that u
their mouer ia 10 be taken from
I them or DESTROYED they will have
the satisfaction 81 knowing that 30
was not surrendered without a
fight
state Senator v. s. Fitzpatrick
I president pro TEN OF the senate and
one 81 the strongest men Ia the as
scmhly. has been
LEADER N TIE FIGHT
against the Standard He comes
from the oil fields When asked
whether he fegarded the lawr
|. passed aA an effective check 20 the
l trust. he said
Yes. I bsilesF they will relieve
the condition of both the producer
aud consumer. that the latter will
pay less for kerosene.
The greatest danger lies In the
1 Foster otl lease. covering the OsaEs
lands IN Indian Territory. II ths
president permits the Standard "a
control that oil land II will TO a Ger
tain extent be independent % the
producers In this region. hope hs
will remove this. the only obsiaclf
10 our success
Consumers will get complete re-
lief through our state refinery n
will make exorbitaut prices imp0s
abie.
Il hope # will be clearly under.
stood through the country that the
state refinery WILL NOT INTER
| FERE WITH PRIVATE EGTEH
PRISE. The state will not sell re-
fined oil az cost. II viii learn tbs
cost Of producing refined oil and
will sell Il at
MARGIN LARGE ENOUGH
20 enable am ref'ner to make q
fair profit. The STANDARD is vel.
come 10 stay II il WILL DO BUSl
NESS on A DECENT BASIS.
Producers now are Ia the same
condition they we're before the Lex
lsfafrfra forH action The feuunurnrt