Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-08

that state the criminal aggression which
has cursed and ruined other oil fields.
Under such conditions os these, the big
Tulsa refinery Uncle Sam No. is worth
ten times as much TO the stockholders of
this company as it would have been I'M
der other conditions. Investors must adj
NIT 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 be-
fore IL which is plain and success which
is certain.
Just a Question of Time.
If 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
extra gangs of workmen hammering out
Uncle 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. Be
sides this there are other firms working
in tank wagons. others making metal bar
rels, others making merchants tanks,
while every day people are coming from
adjoining states and looking over the
Uncle Sam fuel oil burners and going
through the fuel oil department at Goa
North Sixth street. Kansas City, Kas.,
leaving orders for petroleum stoves and
heaters. Ii will be but a question of just
a few months until the independent oil
men will have the Central West covered
and the trust whipped TO a standstill in
the states above mentioned. People don't
want the trust made goods and the trust
hireings know il. But il takes time to
complete distributing stations and get to
where the people can be supplied. Less
than two years ago the trust threatened
to leave the state Of Kansas in darkness
If they passed the protective oil laws. At
that time there was hardly an independ-
ent oil wagon in the state. InleSs than
naVG fungugwngnf nj
viii be patrslling every county in the
state where there is q trust wagon as
fast as these distributing stations can he
completed. i Reports are coming in daily
from all Uncle Sam distributing stations
that the trust is having a hard time to
keep its 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
mas made as MANY as from three to fve
changes in the past year. and great
many Of their old standbys are quitting
them every month. kansans may have
their differences and fuss around among
themselves but there is one proposition
where all kansans practically stand to-
gether and that is where the interests Of
one part Of Kansas are placed in ieop-
ardy by foreign thieving combine. The
Kansas oil fields practically reach from
Kansas City on the north clear through
TO the Indian Territory 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
i'm a distance Of from twenty
five miles 10 fifty miles wide clear
through TO the southern borders of the
state. Kansas pluck and determination
and Kansas hard earned money developed
these oil fields under the bait held out by
the trust Of Sl.3S oil. Scores OF close
Kansas corporations Were ORGANIZED in
this state and developed good properties
only TO build UP their production TO where
their investment was good one and to
receive the blighting touch Of the crimi-
nal trust as it showed its teeth when il
boycotted the entire Kansas oil fields az
ter hammering down the price to a horse
thief schedule of less than thirty cents
per barrel There are a few imported
trust hirelings temporarily at the head
OF two or three newspapers who have
tried to cover up the facts and whitewash
the trusts corrupt methods in dealing
with one of the largest industries in Kan
sas and one which affects every farmer
and every laborcr and professional man
in the entire kpnsas oil belt reaching as
above stated This whole oil belt. if given
a square deal. a free market and a fair