Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03

vention, after being in session for several
weeks, Is formulating a constitution which
will make forever impossible in that state
the criminal aggression which has cursed
and ruined other oil fields. Under such
conditions as these, the big Tulsa refinery
much to the stockholders OF this company
as 1t would have been under other condi-
lions. Investors must admit the strong
points of such conditions as they exist in
the Central West and must admit that the
Uncle Sam company Is the organization Of
the hour In the arena at the right time,
with a path before II which is plain and a
success which Is certain.
Just a Question of Time.
II you doubt that this company is not
pushing ahead every minute, hour and
day, come to Kansas City and we can
take you to two of the largest iron works
in the Missouri valley which have their
buildings full, their yards covered and ex-
ira gangs OF workmen hammering out I'm
Gle Sam storage tanks to beat the band.
Besides these carload after carload has
been shipped during the past month into
the various states above named. Besides
this, there are other firms working on
tank wagons others making metal barrels
others making merchants tanks, while
every day people are coming from adjoin-
ing states and looking over the Uncle Sam
fuel oil burners and going through the fuel
oil department at GOA North Sixth street,
Kansas City, Kan, leaving orders for
petroleum stoves and heaters. 1t will be
but a question of Just a few months until
the independent oil men will have the
Central West covered and the trust whip
ped to a standstill in the states above
mentioned. People don't want the trust
made goods and the trust hirelings know
It. But II takes time to complete distrib-
can be supplied. Less than two years ago
the trust threatened to leave the state of
Kansas in darkness If they passed the pro
hardly an independent oil wagon in the
state. In less than sixty days now indie
pendent Oil wagons will be patroliing every
wagon as fast as these distributing sta
lions can be completed. Reports are COM
ing in daily from all Uncle Sam distribut-
Ing stations that the trust is having a hard
time to keep it's men to do its dirty work.
In several Kansas points where these hot
air blowhards for the trust who are paid
so much per TO talk on the street corners,
and put up their spells on the trains a
year ago made their brags how they would
do up the independents, the trust has made
as many as from three to five changes in
the past year, and great many of their
oid stanapyS are qS Sn sbe, mem eHefs
and fuss around among themselves but
there is one proposition where all Kansas
! practically stand together and that is
are placed in jeopardy by foreign THEW
ing combine. The Kansas oil fields prac-
north clear through to the Indian Terri
tory line. There are good indications Of oil
and gas right in Kansas City. Several
light wells have been found.
| There are good oil pools already devel-
oped in Miami county and from there on
zigzagging in a distance Of from twenty
five miles to fifty miles wide clear through
! TO the southern borders OF the state. Kan
sas pluck and determination and Kansas
hard earned money developed these oil
fields under the bait held out. by the trust
of s1.3S oil. Scores of close Kansas corpo.
rations were organized in this state and
developed good properties only to build up
their prediction to where their Investment
was good one and to receive the blighting
Ftouch of the criminal trust as It showed
its teeth when It boycotted the entire Kan
sas oil fields after hammering down the
price to horse-thief schedule of less than
thirty cents per barrel. There are a saw
imported trust hirelings temporarily at the
head OF two or three newspapers who have
tried to cover up the facts and white
wash the trusts corrupt methods In deal
ing with one OF the largest industries
in Kansas and one which affects every
farmer and every laborer and profes;;
belt reaching as above stated. This whole