The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-23

lftoh1i shstn,rln. VI oho. WHO ttalr sd Will
|tle very sfnatYf Who wolild i ot''
Isnett8 toRbe re-electetl To of1iee aftAr MS
)isuccessfuia night aga inst lie inot1opolys.s
4 Mysterious G Corporation. iSS
The Standard Tie IT'D ost sste e
|otall lions re at stna ,in THIS Il
.cntntryss,r THOUGH 3 tB b kfhirs ha We been I
Sprobed into 90 often BY legl sa lures n g
congresses ana courts very little, III fhct,
hAs t,eAn gnllc lted concerning the it1f1 mn
Workings Sof what nom liza Y son ca ls a ne
',systet11 ~ fts CAPITAL lzAtiorl Is $1,0fooo
ooo Tire stock Is hot listed II, The
ork Stock exchange ing, mere 1
fore, Impossible l,iox y! te ~ loH y
much ot hls stiff i tff gible
property, and no " t1,ue1ils yyatef hat
,the Is. ailed N,swater' ID valuable Is proven
~ the fact 6that athc$divldtn v),icl, the
company has paid HIS pevcr fallen af 4,
SlowgS5 ipercent,&s tsts Quart err idyl.
Edend fbr 1905. declared slnst wee 4 va "a
atBtfe rate Of so per cent. per an ~ I'M
John y. Rock fellerE b vyi1s fort per,
cent. bfs thc stock Of the Standard oil
cor1pa n.y. 81 NewfJ erscv. ils'i come from
Ms holdings THIS Will amount to .thr
great sum Of s3aQo0 oto.
sociated With D. roo a. u
directors OF the STANDARD 81 Company
are his brother ~ llihn Rock fell ~
\ Fl. osers, said TO be 7 he brains o q TIE
trust Henry M gler, John y D.Arcn7
Sold, NV. III Fl Tiltord, Il ri f,arstoyv 4, C ~
N. pratt. p, d. n Bedford. Wal tier Jenntslks,S
h. A.N Moffett, 10. w, Hardness John A.
SRockcfeiler, J1!; and oliver; PEI. Payne e
gToi11 Ia Wsofif asserts that he stan.dara
Is iirectly8lnt erested the control g g
man other industries sbesld OLE
this has i 81 been proven i, court prob,
jsblv. butsallsthe men named az directors
IL tf,e company have enormous tndiy!d;-si
.ual interests Ii banks, ral roads, IL ur.-
iancc companies, gas. elect MN = e.
steel and fother great cor porAte g n ll
apriscs. There can be 10y don BIT That
carry with them n way he Y fu l
and tho power Of the grea 81 andard OLE
AM Nor8 does the Standard oil Company Of
New Jersey represoi1 I the sole comp !,
which forms The great trust. 'T'te re- rs a
large ,1un1bel' of y cort1pailies N sea ttered
Throughout the country Of iich3 the the
stania I'd Oil Compahy he parent corr
Sporatto,l. These are divided into group 81
r. i companies directly interested n the
5oIi iSbusilcs s eitfera Is 3Sproduce or 9 9 /
SbuyersS and sellers, and other ndlvidual3
concerns Interested 5n the manu- facture
or products Indirectly connected With pen-53
4troleum. The conlpan les dir rect
ested lnE the oil business are 81 1orouIiuc-
Ing companies owning and lea sing wells,
Pipe limo 5compan les FOR ira importing OIL
refining companies III for manufacturing
aud selling oil, companies dealing in nat
31u1rral gas a 4 teanish ) company eng aged
in 85trnnsportng& OIL 3to,s foreign mark Isl
aud a number OF corporations n5;yaro1Iuis 3
countries for the purpose Of ma rke ting
the oil, The great $Chesebor Rll Cons
3pany, which Is engaged In the manu'fac 4
turc II svaseltne from petroleum; is q a.
example Of & the companies controlled by
tie Standard, but mot directly interested
lii. characterization Of oi5 The total CAPT
.tallzation Of all these corporation g y
PARTS OF the Standard is not known q!
more thar a dozen men, t is SO id,. 5S
Movement Strong
The standardssD con1panyls but about. boz,
u has Grown 3to an .imnlensityF OF power that
5dizzies one il TO- contemplate 4 n an e fort
ito comprehend John D. Rocket cllors$thet
head Of e.grents trMst,sis far richer than
any other man Iii tho world. and the
Gar himself is hardly more powerful L.
HHlssnlillions command service where 5pa Al
5triotism, love Or the highest duty could
not. Ills domination OF the Congress Of
the United II states has been asserted 4
often; SIS he$ s has undoubtedly controlled
many IA State Leg stature where y q stood
between hin, and }Asplan fortturnlng more
millions Into his Golfers but o S the;
credit of the judiciary q America att
should sbe said that so far as known 1t
has never been charged that he erminea
OF the bench has been besmirche ed with
Standard OIL, .5 q O. s s. z. X "
There is no doubt of the strength Of
the movement for the Invest igation Of the
Standard OIL, and Of the Intensity Of the
desire f2those behind 1T to do something
to curbtits power. The imnledia to. cause
81 the adoption Of the resolution for in
svesttgation- conditions which the
n,onopollsttc methods pursued by the
trust towards the oil produces Of Kan
sas--cxist In other oil producing States,
and some OF them are proposing to fol-
low the example OF the s State OF Kansas,
and go Into he Oh producing business in IN
order Is defeat the trust. Representa-
lives Of the III neas Legislature are now
snt the Missouri ca pital for the purpose
OF inducing the Legislature OF Missouri
Ia &toin hands with that OF * ansas tor
tho circu,mvention OF the trust. The
Legislature or Colorado has already taken
gaastep looking towards the erection by
the state OF an oil refinery. MS Kansas
has decided to do. r. One or more OF the
States o tho Northwest is discussing TAX
ing similar action. 55
4 gentleman from New York, whom I
meti7nf the committee room OF q well
known sena tor4ntithe Capitol to-day. was
discussing The action Of the Kansas Lcgls-
5laturo In voting to appropriate 500 900 for
the establishment 81 an oil refinery TO
handle the product OF the wells OF citizens
Of the State. for which the Standard had
offered u price 50 low ms not y 9 cover
tho cost Of production, in an effort TO
compel the owners OF wells to \ sell Or
lease to the trust. VA ss a & sr
"lt Is not a !. step towards socialism,
he said &; ut Is socialism. pure and sim
PIE s III X 4: z a N y IN XII
1t is socialism,. Who or what is re-
sponsible? t5. XII n I'd 45a III ia Ss
T. p. AIS T o-night. n
The Travellers Protective Association viii
hold a Slneflng Tonight at 3 80 at he clul,
lehouse corner Third and Main Streets Tho
meeting Is an important one. and all men,bcrA
are urged to bt present. Fiji st fgs; u