Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-25

over the United States, notably III the
states of Missouri and Kansas, where
the Investigations which have been in
progress have shown up the rotten
while all this talk about tainted
money is being INDUCED in and
John D. is compelled to hide his So
gold pieces in potatoes in order to
give them away to preachers; while
Lawson, by pen and tongue, is scor-
ing Standard Oil and its beastly in
iquitous system, says the Fort Smith
News Record.
While all this is going on, gentle
reader, Fort Smith herself is getting
dose of the Standard Oil methods of
crushing competition. 1t is a dose
of which she has had on several
previous occasiOnS-and thereby
hangs tale.
About month ago, r. A. Lester
made a contract with a Muskogee oil
soon as the Waters-Pierce Oil compa-
ny heard of this it proceeded to re-
sort to the old scheme to put Mr.
Lester out Of busness-that of low
ering the price of oil until the compe-
tition should have been disposed Of
and then TO put the prices up again.
% ortn taJr he .tn
here. He said yesterday to the writer:
after I had made the contract
with the MuskOgee company and our
oil was brought to Fort Smith, the
price was fixed at fifteen cents per
gallon fer the first grade and twelve
cents for the second quality. It was
only few days until the Standard
oil, handled through the Waters
Pierce agency, was reduced 10 four
teen cents per gallon for the Eupion,
or their best quality Of oil and to
eleven cents per gallon for the sec
ond grade. We do not mind this as
we sell on quality, and as We start
ed in charging the same as the Stand
ard, we will not cut penny, no mat
ter if they give the oil away. Of
course this is their old scheme TO
throttle competition.
when I decided 10 take charge Of
the independent oil depot at Fort
Smith | made up my mind that no n
tempt woud be made TO cut prices, fol
the Standard would then come at No
with rush and could afford to eHt
the price TO nothing, and finally give
oil away Just 10 freeze me out The
Standard could keep the cut up for
years without ever feeling IT, Will
we could not afford TO make much Of
a reduction. and TO sell the oil at a
loss would mean disaster TO us.
What | depend upon for the trade
Of the citizens of Fort Smith is the
quality Of the oil. This MukOeee oil
is about the finest 10 be found in the
United States, and the second grade
of this coal oil from the MuskOgee re-
fnerv is of better quality than the
first grade of the Standard oil From
this you can readily see that the first
grade is far superior to any oil
hapdled by the Standard agencies.
A representative of the News Rec
ord interviewed s. z. Harhack the
well known iebber Mr.. Hanback,
is at present conducting a LARGE
wholesale grocery business hnt nn 10
two wears ago conducted chain of
retail groceries through the city H
was inducing verv freely in cnt
rate prices at the tine, and one of the
articles which he handled largely was
coal oil One day he advertised Gu
rates on coal oil and proceeded 10
keep it up II was not lone bofore
the Waters-Pierce Oil company sent
man 10 him and instructed him t"
ston soline coal ol at a cnt rate NJ
Farback refused to do This. savino
that he paid for his oil and could sell
il at any nrieo he chose.
''Nerv Wi fhen. sa.a fhe Matters
Pierce man. we VII shpt yoo on
frsm hnvfn9 any II cur OIL"
That does rot scare M a hi" saia
Mr. Hanback, Just try me and see f5
your bluff goes
Sure onooeh Mr.. Harbaok kont mn
his cnt rate tactics. with The roe7lt
tfat the Waters-Pierce Oil comnanv
finally refused 10 allow him 10 buy
oil
Then he made a contract with an
independent concern With heaaouar-
ters at Springfield. Mo. ard broroht
ir a car load of oil As soon as com
petition appeared in the fold he
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