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The leader., 1905-10-28

cles similar in design and construction,
that to the loyal, patriotic women Of
the land belongs the credit Of saving
from ruin and obliteration the fine old
home Of the Father Of his country.
The leader., 1905-10-28
]. Fl. SHANNON.

That the land is the source of all
real wealth, has been said by phfloso-
pliers time out of mind, and now with
the urban districts draining from the
country much of the flower of it's man
hood the cry is going up from the lips
of legions of wise men, 'Back to the
Land!" All manner of colonization
projects are being devised and tried
for the purpose of diverting foreign
immigration from the cities to fields
and to relieve the pressure of conges-
ton in the over-grown centers. One
The leader., 1905-10-28
Vast Plan of CONSTRUCTION.

"There is enough labor today needed
on the public highways to employ all
the idle or surplus labor for century.
The improvement of the roads, the
dredging streams, and especially of
the Mississippi, where annually mill
ions of damage is done by the over
flow, the irrigation of arid lands, the
preservation of forests and the drain
age of the swamps are the great pub
lie problems that should be occupying
the public mind. Municipal, state and
national laws should be enacted now
for the building of roads, so that
when the industrial storm comes it
will not be too late to breast it."
The leader., 1905-10-28

J. d. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG
feature of the ominous flow of people
to the cities is the phenomenal develop
ment of manufactures. There may
come a time when manufactures will
so overbalance agriculture that there
will not be enough basic wealth pro-
duced to afford a profitable market
for THE factory-made goods. When
the Industrial situation shall become
so unbalanced, commercial crash of
stupendous magnitude must ensue.
As Helpless Babes.
Then the city-trained men who
know not how to make bread out of
the soil will clamor for work, curse
the economic condition of the period,
denounce the state, threaten the re-
public with all sorts of fantastic theo-
ries, and there will be acute friction
between the few rich and the multi
tude of poor. Gradually men will
drift back to the land and learn to
make their living with the plow and
reaper and a satisfactory equilibrium
between agriculture and manufactures
will once more be reached. Before
this result is attained, there will
be intense suffering. Families that
are in comfortable circumstances will
know the meaning of misery, and
families now aff1uent will fall into
beggary All this is not a dream
Men of clearest vision see it coming.
RockefelIer's Prophecy of Panic.
1t is what Mr.. John D. Rockefeller
sees when he predicts, as he did in a
recent interview IAN industrial crisis
of worldwide extent and unprece-
dented severity"
Mr.. Rockefeller says the crisis will
be brought on by overproduction in
all lines. The Standard Oil magnate
The leader., 1905-10-28
Day of Distress Near.

The richest man in America is posi-
tive, however, that the crash will come
about 1907-year after next-and SO
sure is he that the trouble is on it's
way, that he is already weaving a
plan to provide work for those who
will be thrown out of employment,
and thus ameliorate the panic. He is
certain that the number of men who
will need help will be about 1000, 900,
and when is added to those men the
number of dependents, the total is ap-
palling. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks this
vast army of unemployed should be
set to work by the government on in
ternal improvements, the building of
new roads, improvement of old ones,
dredging of streams, irrigating land,
etc. He says;
The leader., 1905-10-28

impends will be precipitated by over
production of manufactured goods.
He says Consumption must have it's
bounds, and SO with the consumption
Of manufactured articles. When "a
man has filed all his requirements in
clothes and furniture mere lowering
of prices, which is all that mechanical
improvements generally mean nova
days, can no longer attract him.
Therefore, when the output is not re
strained the market necessarily be-
comes choked."
Mr.. Rockefeller is specific as to the
time when the crash is to occur. 1t is
likely that he errs in this, because pre-
dictions as to periods of depression
and readjustment are seldom fulfilled
as to dates. Crises as a rule come un-
expected and the immediate reason is
most apt to be due to over-expansion
of credit, and overproduction of secur-
tiles than to actual overproduction of
goods; but when to the cause of over
expanded credits is added oveyproduc-
ton of manufactures and a lop-sided
industrial system, recovering from the
crash is more difficult.
The leader., 1905-10-28
HOME OF WASHINGTON.
HOW WOMEN PAVED THE WAY
FORRESTORATTONO OFMT. VERNON
Historic Place is Now Exactly as it
Looked During the Lifetime of
Great StateSman-GeneraI : Thous.
ands Visit it Annually.

The bell is tolling, the band playing
'Nearer My God to Thee" and the
passengers know, even before they
raise their eyes to the fair sweep of
Virginia's shore line, that the steamer
is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty
custom-the tolling of the bell and the
playing of the fine old hymn A hush
falls on the crowded decks, and one
The leader., 1905-10-28

non, accompanied by only a few serv-
ants. Miss Cunningham, the regent,
was prohibited from crossing the mill
tary lines and could not join her. For
four long years Miss Tracy remained at
the lonely home, managing the estate
and guarding the buildings.
The plan of the rehabilitation of
Mount Vernon, by returning to its
rooms the original furnishings, or arti-
The leader., 1905-10-28
over the revision OF the tariff. He de-
clared that it would be an easy job.

over the revision OF the tariff. He de-
clared that it would be an easy job,
As Simple as Can Be.
"What would you do with the
tariff?'' he was asked.
why" he replied, ''it's as simple as
can be. All you have to do is to lower
the tariff on WOOlen goods and to make
big reduction in the shoe schedules.
Practically that would satisfy every
one, and If you did no more the eoun-
try would be pleased"
The Illinois representative was in-
formed that he had been preceded by
a member from Massachusetts, who
thought that all that would be neces-
Sary would he to put coal, hides and
wool on the free list.
"Hides on the free listv' exclaimed
the Illinois speaker. mot while l
have the strength to stay here to fight
it."
"Now you see what an easy thing it
is to revise the tariff" said the
speaker.
''If / was Cod" again remarked the
speaker in his quaint style, II would
make some changes in the tariff. l
would put them into effect before any
Douy knew WHAT Lney were 10 De mdde.
Then there would be no unsettling of
business and at least some people
would be happy"
Question an Absorbing One.
What alarms so many prominent
protectionists is what they claim is
the danger of unsettling the business
conditions of the country. The the
oretical adjustment of the tariff ac-
cording to the principles of protection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
THE STANDARDS DEEP LAID PLOT.
Fair Warming Every Producer in the Oil
Fields and to Every Man Who Has Interests in Pro-
ductiOn OF Oil and Every Consumer of OIL

duction are not Standard Oil spies do
ing business in disguise. Remember,
too. that down at Cherryvalle there is
bunch of Kansans that have been
in the game from the start in good
faith. Remember that they glory in
fight for justice and that they will
in less than thirty days have one-half
the oil properties in the southern fields
under their control and that this re-
ffnery they are pushing is only TWEEN
ty-six miles from the state refinery
and that they will work hand in hand
with the state. Remember they are
Kansans. They don't want to see the
state licked in the oil fight when the
world is watching her. Remember
that there are over six hundred loyal
Kansans now back of this Uncle Sam
Cherryvale refinery and that more are
joining every day. Remember that
this refinery win lay pipe lines to any
part of the field and build uD to
where they can handle a larger output
and take care of the field Just as
quick as it is practicable.
Let every man be Waterman
whose heart throbs for a square deal,
and who is for his state against one
of the most undetermined trusts ever
known. Remember that this trust
would take supreme delight in send
ing its henchmen to Topeka to inter
view the men who have done so much
to assist the good work accomplished.
And while they are plying their con-
servative words to Governor Hoch, will
turn right around and corner up
and then blame Mr.. Hoch and try to
defeat him for a second nomination
and election, because the oil refinery
of the state might not prove to be such
winner. On the other hand, if the
men who control the production will
guard property that is valuable they
can stop any move of this KIND. and
you will find that in nine months or a /
year the Standard viii be whipped to /
a standstill and that every state sur
rounding Kansas will be doing Just
what Kansas has done. Let every
man be careful and if you have some |
money to invest back the Uncle Sam
refinery at Cherryvale, and this COM /
pany alone can furnish half enough oil /
for the state plant. and will do it if t
necessary. Remember that the Uncle |
Sam refinery is working hand in hand /
with the state and that the managers
of this company are oil men and prac- |
teal business men who have drilled
more wells than any concern in the oil
fields. TheS are on the grounds and
they are Kansans, and are working
for common cause with every other
loyal man in the state. Their homes
are in the oil fields and they are there
to stay. This company wants to raise
at least sixty thousand dollars in the
next two weeks. and if every man
who reads this will do his duty wei
will raise it and then some. and there
will be one part of Kansas where the
Standard Oil company. so far as the
oil producers are concerned. can pick
up her doll rags and walk. lou can
buy ten thousand shares in the Uncle
Sam company now for $500 Get
busy quick and show what side you
are on. Either send check at once or
write for full particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

deavor to develop our property. The
facts are also apparent and plain that
in the ruling to take only $50 barrels
from the Cherryvale field, had it been
made by the Standard oppressor in good
faith they would have honestly proper
toned the taking of oil in proportion to
the amount each producer was deliver
ing. Why should the Standard thieves
cut down the delivery of our oil, which
can be proven is the highest grade in
the Cherryvale field, to $50 barrels once
every seven days and take all the oil
that other producers are securing? Why
should they do this, when it can be
proven by a dozen reputable witnesses
that time and time again they encOur-
aged our rapid development and now,
without a minutes warning, they turn
down nine-tenthS of our production?
They know that the production they Of
fer to take is equal to an entire black
list. OF the six producers that have been
delivering oil to the Standard in the
Cherryvale field three have delivered
less than twenty-five barrels a day, two
less than forty barrels and one not over
hfty-five barrels a day, while our COM
pany has over 200 barrels daily of high
grade oil and 1870 of low grade 1t is
easy to see that We hold the only big
property really worth stealing in the
Cherryvale oil field, 50 the blow must
fall on us. Why should our valuable
property, worth nearly one million and
a half dollars, be tied up2 Why should
this thieving, grasping monopoly take
their spite out on US AFTER we were en-
couraged to spend thousands and have
our property developed? We conclude
that they are prompted as any other
band of thieves, simply because the pro-
perty is worth stealing. Now, there
fore, we each and every one of US, many
of whom helped to defend the flag we
now claim as our protector, many of US
who toiled in Kansas long before Stan
dard Oil's greedy clutch was ever ex-
tended towards the Sunfower state;
many of US who know no place except
Kansas as home and who would rather
plant the last dollar we have on earth
than submit to broad daylight robbery
under guise of. laws by these well
known swindlers; many of us who feel
that in Kansas the fight for the op-
pressed, a state that has yet to bite
the dust in contemplate surrender to
tyranny and oppression, and all of US
the rights of an American citi-
zen and with faith in our ability to
win in this fight that has been pushed
upon US, and after patience to the ex-
IRENE of forbearances until we honestly
and sincerely believe there is no way
out but to fight for our rights with vim
and energy and with a determination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

There are empty tank cars enough on
the side tracks right now in southern
Kansas to ship every barrel of oil in
the state to a fuel market. and these
cars should be pressed into service
Why allow this grasDing band of
thieves to override the wishes of the
state and the rights of her citizens? The
slick, oily-tongued Attorney Eddy at
Topeka last week seemed very anxious
about the receivership for the Prairie
company. what these rascals don't
want is what the people and Justice de-
mand and are entitled to. Why let bar
rels of Kansas oil go to waste just be-
cause this overbearing. grasping, social
istic monopoly. through spite against
the Kansas people, because they APP
proved and helped to pass some good
laws in favor of the people, now sulk
and cause distress and loss of valuable
property in the oil fields Put TINS cor
rupt Standard Oil Prairie company into
the hands of a receiver who will do the
square thing and teach these Wall
street plunderers that they cannot rob
one-half of the Kansas taxpayers and
make love to the rest. kansans are
true to one anOther's interests. They
always have been and always will;
they are their brothers keepers and re-
alize that a company that would rob
one Kansan would rob any of US If they
could. Do what you can to put the
Prairie company in the hands Of a re-
ceiver and you can help relieve the oil
fields. as they viii leave their cars
stand idle for Il year rather than lend
"a helping hand to the producers that
they are now trying to force out of bus
mess by criminal discrimination and
then buy their valuable properties for
song.
There are thirty empty tank cars on
sidetraclls- at Cherryvale alone. and all
over the oil district the same way since
the Standard commenced its boycott on
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

Now, therefore, after being assured
times without number by the agents of
brigand Standard Oil that they would
buy all the crude oil that could possibly
be produced, and especially that they
would pay a fancy price for the high
grade oil that we were securing off the
Barker and Kincaid lands, which we
were developing in good faith, and after
certain assurances from time to time
that they would like more of the OIL
and after being repeatedly encouraged
to crowd ahead and more thoroughly
develop the said lands, and now, after
nearly one year of .crowding develop
ment at a great expense, sometimes
running as many as four drills, until
now we have completed forty-eight (48)
producing wells and have two fifty we'll
pumping plants running, have over four
thousand barrels of tankage, have miles
of pipe lines, shackle rods, three lease
houses, two pump houses, one boiler
mouse, one tank house, and after our
oil field has been developed almost to
the, pink of perfection. and now with
one of the greatest productions in Kan
sas, without one minutes warning, we
are notified at 8 o'clock at night ON
Saturday, March 25 even after the
agent of this Standard brigand monopo-
" had on the morning of Saturday no
titled us to prepare and steam four
tanks or oil ready to run early Monday
morning. after all this we were notified
that only $50 barrels could be received
a day from the entire Cherryvale field.
Now there are seven producers in the
field and so only one producer can run
oil each day, thereby giving us, the UNI
designed, practically an outlet only
once in every seven days for just $50
barrels. while the daily production from
our field will average las can be proved
by truthful witnesSeS) over 210 barrels
of high grade oil, testing better than 80
gravity, and some running as high as
SO, besides a 200 barrel daily production
of heavy oil. Facts win further bear US
out in the statement that we have one
of the. most valuable oil fields in the
state and that we furnish twO-thirds of
the production going over the Cherry
vale Standard line, and that by the ar
ruling made Saturday night it
cuts out nine-tenths of our production,
and in fact, is about as bad as if they
We're taking none at all.
1t is also a fact that we, the follow
ing named Kansans, own this property
today and that we developed it in good
faith, believing in the integrity of the
Standard Oil. believing they would ac-
cord US justice and a square deal, as
they promised when they encouraged US
to go ahead and spend thousands upon
thousands of dollars in an honest en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

paid just as much for their stock az
they are asking you. The officers
and directors have successfully pro-
NOTED one company IN the oil fields.
and know that success is ahead for
this one. They want men. however.
and are not going to remain idle and
be satisfied with the present iegisla-
ton. but will work for more and try
and educate every state in the big
four adjoining states. The company
is on solid and practical basis. They
write their own ads. They do not
steal any ad forms. They are not rum
ming any stock jobbing proposition
and are not in cahoots with the STAN
dard, but have a double grievance
against the Standard and will fight
this brigand Standard company to the
end. If you join us you win line up
with nearly 1000 Kansans working
for a square deal, and what is more,
we are going to get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

The managers of the Uncle Sam
company are in good faith. They
are going to build the refinery. They
have over fifty thousand dollars ESQ.,
O00) paid in and subscribed up to
date. 1t controls 1000 acres Of val
liable oil lands. It is in the geograph-
icaI center of the oil fields. It is IN
der the management of practical and
no jim crow banbers or professional
promoters connected with it. They
are not faraway statesmen without a
job They are common, every day
Kansans with ordinary means and
there are nearly 1000 men behind
the company right now that have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

not to lay down or desert to the enemy
we accept the conflict
Now, therefore, we ask and know we
will secure s.the loyal support of every
man In the central west who faVors a
square deal and after giving the matter
thorough and conservative considera-
ton can see but one way out, and that
is to assist to grand success The Great
Uncle Sam refinery now under construc-
ton at CherryVale. We ask every man
to work, talk and materially assist this
refinery. We also know that it is the
only refinery in Kansas that is not I'M
der the Standard brigand'S control. We
also wish to warn every man to look
out for the Standard brigand's move
ments, which, in the last fOrty-eight
hours, have commenced a fight on the
only hope we have. Beware of the
schemes to tie up the production against
the Uncle Sam refinery; beware of the
refinery that is promoted by Standard
Oil men. Remember that the lines are
now drawn and that in supporting the
Uncle Sam refinery you assist 576 Kan
sans to protect their property, worth
over a million dollars, from confSca-
ton by the Standard Oil thieves. We
ask every man in the central west to
work for the Uncle Sam refinery We
ask our neighbors, our relatives and
our friends to back the Uncle Sam re-
finery, for in backing this refinery you
back the interests OF every man whose
name follows. They own the greatest
producing oil property in the Cherry
vale field and don't propose to have it
taken away from them by force, confls-
cation, criminal, discrimination or Sto-
len otherwise. Every one of us is in
the game to the finish. We are stay
ers from Stayersville; we know we can
win and solicit your earnest assistance
and as Kansans, being interested in the
upbuilding of the state, holding COM
mon cause with every other Kansan, We
hereby lay claim to your help, knowing
we are entitled to it and feeling that
we will secure it. We, whose names
follow hereafter, hereby declare our in
dependence from the Standard Oil
thieving anarchists hord and with the
assistance we know we will secure will
work and depend on the Uncle Sam re-
fnery, one that we know viii treat US
honorably and at the same time treat
every consumer of oil in the state fair
" We know that our cause is just
and that our efforts are sincere and
that our appeal is not being made IN
vain and that it will not fall upon deaf
ears and we also sincerely believe that
in standing with US you will increase
your wealth and ask you to support US
with every honorable means
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
BIacIkIisted Publishers OIL VIII Be
Taken at Once by The Uncle Sam
Refinery.

Before this paper reaches its read
ers a gang of workmen will be string
ing pipe from the Publishers oil fields
to the Uncle Sam refinery. The STAN
dard Oil company made it's brags sew
eral weeks ago that it would be a
year before the Independent refinery
could offer relief to the oil field. How
ever, like a whole lot of Standard lies,
it will be proven so at once. The
Standard company has millions of
barrels of oil in storage. Any big re-
finery company could well afford to
rush storage tanks and hold the oil
until the refinery is completed. That
is what the Uncle Sam refinery is do
ing. The state of Kansas could com
mence the buying of oil in thirty days
by pushing up the storage tanks. and
any refinery should have enough oil
or a year. Even six months produc-
ton ahead would relieve the entire
Kansas field if proper storage was
offered right now. as the Uncle Sam
refinery is doing at Cherryvale. The
managers of the Publishers company
expected dirty work from the Stand
ard thieves before this time and were
prepared, and the Publishers field
will never shut down an hour. The
Uncle Sam company is doing things.
Line up with them today and you viii
be a winner in the oil fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

As before stated things will be crowd
ed with vim at the Uncle Sam REIN
cry. The first big storage tank viii be
on the grounds in less than thirty days
The Warren people who are doing our
work already have a crew Of men
working just across the line in Okla
ho7na, and can be gotten to Cherryvale
very handy. The Uncle Sam refinery
is not only going to take care of the
Publishers company, which SO loyalty
supported the Uncle Sam refinery. but
will take care of all the production OF
the Cherryvale AeId in a few months.