The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-03

grafters and can afford to dig up to post
office spies inspectors and somehow
ney's office. The indicted secretary had
| this enterprise nearly completed; we
were driving it ahead with vim known
second to none when we were arrested
and our hands practically tied. The Uncle
Sam company has been storing valuable
by-productS since its beginning, expecting
as soon as possible to build two paraffine
plants and a lubricatfng works and Sc
cure all the profits of the oil thus far
manufactured. But all of this work can
not be done in a day or a year. We had
our distributing stations Reariy all com
pleted, had just completed the third re-
finery at Tulsa We had but one small
note yet to pay, out of a quarter million
had our contractor, Alfred R. Hughes,
Warren City, Ohio, waiting for us to sign
contracts for both paraffine plants and
necessary large storage tanks the same
day this Indictment was railroaded
through against u.s. after we were noti-
fled it coming and after we refused
stealing of the stockholders interest.
Think of it, the indictment against the
pages; everything including the spots on
the moon is laid onto this dangerous
army of postoffice spies were there also
and the grand jury met and organized and
write nor read hardly in days time was
railroaded through with feverish haste in
less than four hours and an indictment re-
turned and the United States marshal
rushed away on an afternoon train to
make the arrest Guess they were afraid
we would get another antitrust distrib-
barrel of oil IN competition with the trust.
Now matter of fact we have commit
up great enterprise to where it would
soon be a credit to the state and profit
paraffine plants must be built, and the
distributing stations completed and the
Tulsa rTnery rnr i bia
have banded themselves together from all
over the Union and the large majority
have voted confidence in the management
at a stockholders meeting regularly call
ed after all these facts were placed before
them. and passed strong resolutions COM
Intending the officers including the indict-
ed secretary and want them left alone to
complete the work. Has it come to a
pendent company is. no matter how many
friends it has or how hard and faith
false accusations raised by band of con
spirators and traitorous stockholders,
probably on the pay roll of the trust, that hat
Uncle Sam company's success must be
kicked aside, their property stolen from
them and they then disgraced and inpris-
oned and the thousands of loyal stock
holders who have trusted them see their
investment go into the hands of strangers
whom thev have no moral claim on and
who could not have secured the capital
from these investors as against the pres
ent management had the investors known
the unfair methods that would be resort
ed to to down the management they had
faith in and Still nave 1alJn IN NO one
but the oil trust gang would have such
brazen effrontery as this. If you think
this is right then don't give us your as
stsance.
How would you like to have a stranger
and probably an enemy to your cause
poked in at the head of your institution
after you had built it and persuaded
thousands to invest with you and who
are looking to you to make final success
of the enterprise? Suppose you had
father son or brother who had worked
with might and main and accomplished
great results and then have a bunch of
knockers to not only try and place the
company he might have built up on the
road to receivership and disorganiza ton
but at the same time to attempt to deny
him anv rights to his properties whatso-
ever and at the same time try to disgrace
and imprison him. There is not oil
trust hireling or Il purchased newspaper
in this rart of the United States who is
not raising a crv AGAINST the indicted
secretary. When did all these grafters be-
come guardians for. the thousands of
stockholders who are looking to us and
not to them for success? There is one
railroad sheet in Topeka. Kan, that has
used about half its space for the past
wear in denouncino Tucker. Go to Tope-
ka and see where this paper derives its
support and Won will find out that it is
backed by vicious. set of men who are
lying around like mack of hungry wolves,
ready to bounce upon anv legitimate en-
terprise that unfortunately might come
within their reach If you want
to see the Uncle Sam company