The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-15
POTTER HALLS OIL.
KING As A SAINT
WILLIAMSON COUNTY SoLoN
SAYS ROCKEFELLER is PUB
Lie BENEFAcToR
TRUST BILL is STIFLED
BY Judiciary Committee Which Picks
Flaws in Jones Measure and
Then Defers Action--Aimed
at All Trusts.

Legislature grappled today with the
Ioil, beef, ice and salt trusts, with the
met result that prominent members OF
the senate combine Of legislation
Istranglers were exposed as champions
lof these extoftionate corporations.
j The set-to took place this aft rnoon
! before the senate judiciary commit.
Itee, which debated Jones bin prohi5,
itlng rate disc: :iminaiis in differ.
ent sections Of The state for thu pur-
pose Of killing competitors after
which prices are raised to the great
Iinjury Of consumers.
| The astonishing feature Of the dis.
cussion was the championship Of John
, p. Rocket Her by Senator W. O. pot
ter a youthful and beardless lawyer
from Marion Williamson county. Mr.
Potter amazed his hearers by a eulogy
of The oil king, whom he held as a
saint and public benefactor
Potter was at once Informed by
friend that he had ended his political
career wheregpon he tried IN vain 10
find cover by declaring that If The bill
were changed he would be for 1t. TN
fortunately for Potter. however it was
q ono shown that the amendment be
desired would leave the oil trust free
to kill competition by operating ped
ding wagons disguised as "indepen-
dent"
Depicts Rockefeller as a Martyr.
4 don't belive In SO much reform.
ation.p exclaimed Potter when Sena-
tor Jones and an Independent renner
had explained the bin. John b.
Rockefeller is all rght and has ha n
much rlalle4eds f4e IL q pffhlic benss
fact,f, ne shown by the fact that oil
Is being sold by the trust cheaper
than it was We would all do the
same as Rockefeller il we had the
chance If any concern can't stand
competition with the Standard Oil |
company then let 1t get ont OF busi- |
ness. John D. Rockefeller hasn't hurt |
Mr.. Potter pulled down. his white
vest and n sumed his seat. leaving the
gasping. His statement
hat Illinois was not hurt by the oil
trust was at once controYerted BY Os.
sian Cameron representing the Great
Western Oil Refining Pipe Line com
nany down state antitrust concern,
which wished 10 build "a s5.000.O .Oo0 re
inery in Crawford. county, where 1872
)o0 barrels Of oil are daily produced
out was driven out along with Other
independent concerns, bd tbs oil
rust.
Illinois oil .Eieldg ?.eettIed Up
illinois Oh ..,,iaeids. (which. .i'ave
.prung. into .1bom,nenGe; al. hroiqcar;:.
within The last tao years.. said. .Mr. /,
cameron, "are bottled up and made
falueless rycept to the ertent iha1
rust chooses. Unless you pass the
except to the extent the
ouilt, for capital viii not dare to take
/ chance when local merchants dare
lot handle the product Millions Of
iollars OF capital await investment nn-
II assured rehners can be protected
n the vel,pment OF the oil fields
Z is Illinois duty to foster its great
'ii fields"
Mr. Cameron's stat meut Of the ox
ent Of the Illinois oil fields was
urprise, as only a bill making pipe
ines common carriers Of oil on the I
sround that there was no oil IN the (
tate
Senator Jones explained that his i
Ill was also aimed at the oppr ssiye
nelhods of other tres-s-beef ice and
alt among others-whlch he said =
Tere copying the tricks Of the Stand Z
III OIL company. Z
The lifs of the nation" he said Z
depends upon wise regulaticna. Laws ,
nacted now will prevent spread Of 4
be eyil, bat if We wait a few years {
oxen men IN Wall street viii con rol
i cap tal through IN -ir immense mer h
e- and the day Of competition will }
ave ended This is not a question s.
{ price eBtier pay a triae more D
nd be free thau see all competition :
liied ty % trusts j
Postpone Action for Week.
Berry and Hamilton saw ~spooks~ G
b the bill. al hough IL Is the same Y
iessure enacted by Iowa and Kansas. g
nd practically the came as the In s.
lana law. They feared the ~ reliant
9Th branch stores could not under. v
sIl his rival An amendment to uro- O
sct such -etailers was a. once &C. q
epted.
Then The cities pro end-d they fear
d combination among the ind &
antents That are fighting the trust g
at McShane retored that II there g
ere saeh a ies iopment ah5fher Gce-
ialure would sir IN two years to q
rapp.e with the evil.
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