The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-08

ever. out OF one hundred and twelve dele
gates to the constitutional convention
there are over one hundred n five mem-
bers absolutely pledged to a Square Deal
and the convention, after being in session
for several weeks. Is formulating a con-
stitution which will make forever impos-
sible in that state the criminal aggression
which has cursed and ruined other oil
fields. Under such conditions as these.
the big Tulsa refinery Uncle Sam No. 8.
Is worth ten times az much to the stock
holders Of this company as 1t would have
been under other conditions. 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 tho organization OF the
hour. In the arena at the right time.
with a path before 1t which is plain and
a success which Is certain.
just n Question OF Timc.
II you doubt that this company is not
pushing ahead every mute. hour and
gay. 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. Besides this there are other
firms working on tank wagons. others
'ShnliS hhetdt NtTTelS, OlleTy making
merchants tanks. while every day peo-
pie are coming from adjoining states
ana looking over the Uncle Sam fuel oil
burners and going through the fuel oil
department at 604 North Sixth Street.
Kansas City. Kas.. leaving orders for pc
troieum stoves and heaters. II will be
but a question of Just a few months until
the independent oil men Will nave the
central West covered and the trust whip
ped to a standstill In the states above
mentioned pnHn1a Hnv'f yr,npt ~. A-,,.x
made goods and the trust hirelings know
It.. But 1t takes time to complete dis
tr1buting stations and get to where the
people can be supplied. Less than two
the state of Kansas In darkness II they
passed the protective oil laws. At tha,
time there was hardly an independent of
wagon In the state. In less than sixty
days now Independent oil wagons will be
patrolling every county in the state where
there is a trust wagon as fast as these
distributing stations can be completed
Reports are coming IN daily from ali
Uncle sam distributing stations that the
trust is having a hard time to keep its
men TO do Its dirty work. In several Kan
sas points where these hot-air blowhards
ior the trust who are paid so much pei
70 Talk on the street corners. and put ur
their spells on the trains a year ago
made their brags how they would do ur
the independents. the trust has made as
many as from three to five changes in
the past year. and a great many of their
old standbys are quitting them every
month. Kansans may have their diferen-
ces and fuss around among themselves but
there Is one proposition where all Kan
sans practically stand together and tina,
is where the interests OF one part OF Kan
sas are placed In jeopardy by a foreign
thieving combine. The Kansas oil fields
practically reach from Kansas City on the
north clear through to the Indian Terri
tory line. There are good indications o.
oil and gas right In Kansas City. Severa
light wells have been found.
There are good oil pools already devel.
oned in Miami county and from there or
zigzagping In n distance of from twenty
five miles to fifty miles wide clear through
to the southern borders of the state
Kansas pluck and determination and Kan.
sas' hard earned money developed these
oil fields under the bait held out by the
trust of s1.3S oil. Scores of close Kansas
CORPORATIONS were organized In this state
and developed good properties only tt
build up their production to where theil
investment was a good one and to receive
the blightinp touch Of the criminal trust
as 1t showed it's teeth when 1t boycotted
the entire Kccsas oil fields after hammer.
ing down the price to a horse-thief sched-
,Ile OF less than thirty cents per barrel
There are a few imported trust hirelings
temporarilv at the head of two or three
newsnauers who rave tried to cover ,r
the facts and whitewash the trusts cor
rrnt methods In dealing with one of tbs