The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
a saving to Kansas Taxpayers Of Over
100 Per Cent.

a Saving to Kansas Taxpayers OF Over
100 Per Cent
When the criminal oil trust had every
thing its own way in Kansas the prices
on good kerosene to the consumer in Kan
sas ranged from Is cents to q cents per
gallon over the state Every penny over
~ cents to 8 cents per gallon that you OF
any Kansan was ever forced to pay by the
trusts unlawful advantage on the con
sumption Of oil in Kansas was just a lit
tie bit better than Dalton bank robbery
deal It's up to you now whether you will
further support this gang Of New York
millionaire anarchists or stand by a home
kansas company which has built up in the
face Of one Of the bitterest contests ever
waged in the commercial world, but Kan
sans generally come out on top, and you
who have paid from 100 to 125 per cent
more for light and heat in Kansas can
Judge by the prices mentioned herein
whether or not the Uncle Sam Oil Co. has
kept its promise of a square deal to the
consumer The time has now come in Kan
sas when not a single consumer in the
SunfloHer state need bow his head and
bend his knee to the robber prices and un-
just Determinations on a LIES necessity
By the well known brigands of commerce
or be further compelled to read his Bible
The Uncle Sam Oil co. is now prepared
t. furnish burners and heaters for the
homes Of this state by the use of which
your fuel bill will be reduced to 8 mini
mum, and the supply OF fuel being prac-
tically ineIhaustible, you wiz never need
fear shortage or famine. There is no fuel
81 the world so satisfactory as oiAWheth-
er in the heater or the burner 1t IS saIe,
and 1T affords the maximum OF heat Tor
the minimum or expense Ihrough the use
of thase heaters and burners the fuel bills
VIII be cut in half Tests have been made
and they demonstrate that Tor the heaters
the cost need not be more than $50 per
month. while $50 per month is a good
age price is less than $40, that being the
dgure allotted to large cook stoves, which
are used frequently. In the smaller burn
srs the cost need not be over 80 cents per
month BY the exercise of ordinary ecOno-
my. ANY farmer, laboring man, merchant
Uncle Sam kerosene from any Of our dis
tributing stations at prices named below.
completed III your county Wf4te 70 the
nearest Uncle Sam distributing station and
the oil will be shipped to you in barrels
We would advise farmers TO CLUB together
and have one party take his lumber Wag-
on or hayrack. and even If you have to
drive Is OF 70 miles, go direct TO an Uncle
Wagouload of barreled oil With good
roads any good team can haul six to nine
50-gailon barrels of either kerosene or fuel
Gil The Uncle Sam Co. viii furnish any
customer in Kansas 60-gallOn steel tank
best way to do is to secure one of these
steel tanks at the same time YOU secure
your list barrel of Uncle Sam kerosene. Have
the Uncle Sam representative show you
how to take the oil out OF the barrel and
place it into this steel tank when you get
home The Uncle Sam Co. will have good
barrels at every distributing station and
viii give you full measure These barrels
to carry kerosene are worth $50 each
When you secure your barrel or barrels
of oil you can deposit the 81 80 with the
Uncle sam representative, and on return
of the barrel in good condition you will
be given your money back for the barrel.
The fuel oil barrels you viii be required
TO deposit SIS for. and on return of same
you viii get your money back fer the
barrel. 1t is no trouble to haul the oil in
barrels, and the Uncle Sam representa-
tiVes viii barrel oil so that it win not leak
while you are hauling 1t to your homes.
ANY barrel VIII leak after il has set a
long while. but by procuring one OF these
50-ganon tanks, which do not come high.
you can empty. the kerosene out of the
wooden barrel into the tank and never
waist a single pint through leakage. There
IS very little need of buying more than
enc barrel of Uncle Sam kerosene at a
time, SO that one 60-gallon steel tank viii
be sufficient storage to keep an everIast-
ing supply of fuel in the dry and ready
for use all the time When your tank gets
down to g months supply you can call