The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-15
State Refinery Bill Is Under
Consideration.
Maximum Rate Measure Is Rush
ed Through.
OTHER HITS A SNAG.
Anti Discrimination Bill Goes to
Committee.
Made a Special Order for Next
Monday.
STUBBS' TELEGRAMS.
They Are Read i'm the House
This Morning.
Refinery Bill Is Taken Up at
? O'clock.
STUBBS' TELEGRAMS.
They Are Read in the House
This Morning.
Refinery Bill Is Taken Up at
? O'clock.


This is oil day in the house of rep
resentatives. The hall is crowded
with oil men from southern Kansas
and more are arriving on every train
The following was the special order
in the house for the day:
10 a. m.-Senator Fitzpatrick's bill
establishing maximum rates for the
transportation of oil which has been
passed by the senate.
IL a. m.-Senator Smiths bill to
prohibit discrimination in railroad
rates, which has been passed by the
senate.
p .m.-Senator Porter's bill estab-
fishing a state oil refinery. which has
been passed by the senate
The house committee on railroads
this morning reported back to the
house the Fitzpatrick and Smith bills
with the recommendation that they
be considered in committee OF the
whole
The Fitzpatrick bill was the first to
be taken up in committee of the whole.
B. F. Brown of Sherman was called to
the chair.
When the bill was read, A. r. Clark
of Rice wanted to know what the bill
meant. He said he couldn't under
stand, it and wanted the bill to go to d
committee to be considered.
Speaker Stubs said; This sched-
ule of maximum rates. I have been
told. is Il copy of the Texas law which
has been tested in the supreme court
and found satisfactory Without such
legislation the state refinery is help
less"
p c. Young of Wilson said: ''If we
had had this rate bill a year ago there
would have been no talk about a state
refinery A man has to pay $50 to
ship a carload of oil to Kansas City,
and only $25 for a carload Of stock"
g. O. Nelson of Neosho said that
under the proposed schedule of the
bill it would cost $3.50 to ship car
load of oil from Chanute- instead of
from S95 to S100 as at present.
J. w. Bergman, one of the leaders
in the fight for the railroad bill. said
he thought the railroad bill would do
all that the proposed Fitzpatrick bill
would do.
Senator Fitzpatrick was in the hail.
and was granted unanimous permis-
sion to explain the provisions of his
bill. Senator Fitzpatrick stated that
the rates fixed in the bill are those in
use in Texas. and are found to work
we'll in that state. He said:
We can ship a car load at this
rate and get something for our oil
The difference to US is about 26 cents
on every barrel of oil The present
rate is 81 cents per barrel, and the
proposed rate is about 25 cents"
J. T. White of Ottawa moved that
when the committee rise, it recon-
mend that the bill be referred to the
railroad committee for more Informal
tion on the subject.
This motion was greeted with a
roar of disapproval.
Mr.. White urged that the bill should
provide different rates for small
quantities of refined oils.
W. p Hackney amended the mo-
tion to recommend the bill for pas
sage. He said if the bill would do
its duty in regard to rates no oil re-
finery would be needed.
Hackney's amendment carried
unanimously at 10.45 this morning.
standard Ou'' Gets Busy.
When the house came to order at Q
O'Clock, there was a smell of battle in
the air The first move was a big
bunch of STANDARD or kilograms
which Speaker Stubbs had received
urging him to fight the state refinery
BY consent of the house these tela-
grams we're read. A telegram to
Speaker Stubbs from Congressman
Phil Campbell asking for information
about the present status of the
read.
J. T. Tredway of Allen county pre-
sented a petition signed by 500 residents
Of that county asking for the passage
of the oil refinery bill. Those who
have signed are all good solid men. and
N4AC RIAANAOA II d strung one. SdlQ MT.
Tredway. There viii be fifty people
here today from Allen county to stand
for this legislation
The following is one of the Stubbs
kilograms which was read:
Speaker Stubbs.
AT a meeting of the oil producers
and operators of Miami county oil field
held at Paola, February IA. the follow
ing resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, That after careful consid-
Grafton Of the bill now before vour
honorable body called the state oil re-
finery bill, we consider it unwise leeis-
Iation for the following reasons. frst
that it will not obtain for the producer
what is intended. a better price for
crude oil; second. that the capacitv of
the refinery will be too small to ma
terially help the producer: third that
1t will not encourage or protect inda-
pendent refineries wanting to build ip
the state; fourth. that the present lecis-
iature has the power and ability to pass
Euch laws as win control corDoraticns
protect the producer and consumer and
be just and equitable to all concerned.
ID H Ault. w. F. Elliott. w E
Serthwait. F. T.. Ohrens J. ]. Boving-
pon. G. E. Williams. J. W. Williams,