The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-30
Stung!

mercy. In an appeal. to-, the. American
people the Standard Oil company makes.
the statement that the attacks upon it's:
methods in this country have been
| translated abroad as attacks upon its
oil, and that it: is in danger of losing:
it's export trade; while the "largely in.t
creased stock Of petroleum in this
| country emphasizes the necessity of ex-.
tending rather than curtailing this:
output.'' 49, : az ~,
| Here is a cunning bit of literary
work, a syllogism which is calculatedt
to frighten the American producer Of
oil. There is too much oil in the coun-. ::
try to be disposed of at home; it must.
be disposed Of abroad. Conclusion.
conditions must be. kept such that it:
can be disposed of abroad. Second, at
tacks upon the home methods of the
company are construed abroad into at
-'tacks upon the product itselfllan for
eigners refuse to take the American oil.
Therefore ATTACKS upon the methods Of
the Standard Oil company at home must:
cease. This is the wall Of an infant
industry rather than the roar Of an in.
ternational freebooter, which has ridden
roughshod over the backs Of the PEG:
pie, crushing home competition by, brib-
berry, fraud, violence and anarchy, whic CHI
has raised the price of the refined prod
uct, while it reduced the price Of the
crude petroleum at the we'll, which has
not competed - with anybody abroad,
but. has divided the ok world into zones
of which it is the suzerain Of one, while
the Russian oil monopoly owns another
and the Straits oil companies are strug
Cling to maintain their footing in a
third. H.. =, -. =, s,,g.
4 4 If there is. too much. oil in this coun-
d try, why does not The standard Oil COM
Z pany reduce the price and thereby en-
courage consurnp tion to the point where
the surplus will be reducedY Did it
ever occur to the Standard Oil COM
pany that it can never get the Ameri-
can people to join in sympathetic
movement to aid in extending it's ex-
port trade until it comes before them
with clean hands? Let it: obey the laws
Of the land. Let it permit open compe-
. tition in the, production and refining Of
oil. : Let it submit it's claims to the
market, not upon it's secret agreements
with railroads affording it preferential
: rates; but upon the merits of it's prod
uct carried in the open at the same
rates as it's competitors. Then it may
have some standing before the Amer
lean. public. #..5;'I5sss;. Us,
1t is not the faultsofssthe american
people that foreigners misconstrue the
nature of the American attack upon the
: Standard~Oil. They have made it as
clear as laws, indictments, PROSECUTIONS,
convictions, fines and .#threa tene d. inn
q prispnments can make them that it is
not; the oil but the organization which
is under the ban. The pitiful fplea, for
sympathy made by the Standard will
not go so long as the American people
know to their. sorrow. that. the, Rookie,
Teller concern is a giant anarchist with
an allcconsuming money appetite and a
conscience which would be lost in the
vast areas ora shriveled, dried pea, :
The most cheering thing about the
Standard Oil appeal is that it has been
made. If it has no other virtue, it has
this Of notifying the American people
that their indignation toward this com
, |mercial.- political educational-reigio
. monstrosity has borne fruit. The mon.
, ster has been touched to the quick and
he has roared. Make him roar again.
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