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


ever. out Of one hundred and twelve dele
gates 70 the constitutional convention
there are over one hundred and Eve menu
Ders absolutely pledged 20 "A SQUARE Deal
ana the convention. after being IN session
TOT several weeks IS formulating "A con-
sutuuon which will make forever limos
sloie IN that state tile criminal aRgression
which has cursed and ruined other oil
nelos Under such conditions as these
tne mig Tulsa refinery Uncle sam No. 3.
IS worth ten times as much % the stock
holders Of this company AS il would have
Deen under other conditions Investors
must admit the strong points OF such
conditions as they exist i'm tho Central
West and must admit that the Uncle
sam company Is tho organization OF the
n9uf IN the arena AZ the right time
with a path before IL which is plain ana
success " 1tch is certain.
Just Question Of Time.
nj, III you doubt that this company is not
5usNihS ahead every mute. hour and
Gay. come 20 Kansas CITY ana Ne l..
- YOU % Two OF the largest fror
works In the Missouri valley which have
oIe,r DuHdiugs fun. their yards covered
ana extra gangs OF workmen hanroerirs-
o4t n'ie sam storage tanks ~ be.t
eile osnd- Besides these carload after
carload has been shipped during tbo -,..+
month into the various stafes -
named Besides this there a~e otbe-
- -, ~ ~oIkiHg on tank wagons. Others
r,, ,.--lis .'e.4i barrels. others making
Ii"r chants tanks. while every da,- 49,,
PIE are coming from adjoining states
S.u Iooklng over the Uncle sam fuel al
burners burners and going through the fuel eli
~ p'ai tuitnt at bn4 North sixth Sf~oat
Kansas CITY. Kas. leaving orders TO- ~,
troleuTn stoves and heaters. n WI, bo
ull question OF just few r0o0the r,.+fr
tne INDEPENDENT OF mon win 49,, 80
tntIdI West covered and the trust vyhin-
pea 70 standstiU I'm the states 49,.
- loned People don't want the friist
..lau- goods and the trust hireifrgs know
IL but - takes time 10 corrnle+e 6ts
trhuting stations and get to v-pe-o a.
People can be supplied. Less than Two
Years ago The trust threatened ~ lesva
rasseS - on Kansas In darkness II they
asSeo the protective of laws AT tbat
time there was hardly an indeDendeDt o1
s.epu IN me state. IN less than sixtv
~. .eW independent of wagons viii be
s.itroHlng every county in tho state v-bo~,
mere is a trust wagon as fos+ ne 49,
-l7trlontinE stations can ha co-,r,fet.5
-IT'I are coming IN daily from, ar
Hoie sam distributing srafions fbs. e.,
trust IS having 2 hard tfr,t - -. ~
men 70 do It's dirty work In en,-a-.1 -,
- points Where these hot-alr hlovvr a -lle
=. ou- uust VINO are paid so much Der
&, Yak on the street corners and M. Inv,
lNflF spells on the trains a ,-aa~ ~
.-due Ihei~ hrass how they would 30 IN
Ine independents. the trust has made as
many as from three 20 five changes in
we past year. and great many ~ their
'-n standhys are quitting then, a,.a~,.
month. kansans may have their dfferar,
cos and fuss around among tra-,seI,.o.- 80.
there Is ono proposition vvbo~o III -.
sans practically stand together and thar
is where the Interests ~ one part 81 kan
saS are placed IN Jeopardy by q forafe-,
tnieFing combine The Kansas IN eelds
practically reach from Kansas city on the
north clear through 20 the Indian Terri
t Pry me There arc good Indications -
OF and gas right IN Kansas CITY. Seve-a1
lEnt wells have been found
There aro good of pools already devel-
ored in Miami county and from there on
zigzagring In distance ~ from twenty
hNe miles O. fifty miles wide clear through
- the southern borders ~ the state
kansas niuck and determination and kan
SOS hard earned money developed these
OF fields under the halt held out NV the
trust - SlfS oil. Scores % close Kansas
corporations wore organized ~ this state
and developed good properties onlv 70
build up their production 70 whore their
investment was "a good ono and % receive
ne hliEhting touch ~ tho criminal trust
as u showed IFS teeth when II bov~ottod
TIE e0tiro Kc-s7s oil fields after hammer
Ing down tho price 20 a horse thief sched-
nle ~ less than thirty cents ner barrel
Thore are n few imD0rted trust hireiings
Temporal iv az tho head 90 two or three
newcomers who have tried u cover M
tho facts and whitewash tho trusts cor
-1fDt methods IN dealing with one of tho