The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-07
"SinCcrely yours,
FRANCIS ]. HENEY. :"
mSnn francisco En


OF papers covering the movement OF fuel
oil shipped by the Associated on Com
pany over our line from January J, 1906.
up To and including November To- 1895.
1--WE agreed with the Associated OH
Co. = negotiations with Mr.. Ripley, Mr.
Wells and myself, that In consideration
Of their making us n special price on oil
for company use. which is covered by Il
contract. and the further consideration
that we would take certain quantity,
they would in turn ship from bakersfield
over our line to San Francisco Bay
points a certain minimum number or bar
res of fuel oil at rate of - cents per
barrel from bakersfield. exclusive OF the
switching charge
These statements cover the movement
except TINT they have included Stockton.
which ls not correct. ns II Is not bay
point and could not be reached ms con-
venicntly by water We have paid them
on account OF this movement 1893 which
should be deducted from the total OF
movement shown In the attached papers
81 wish you would arrange to make up
a statement, check the same and refund
the basis OF % Ccut3 per barrel from Ba
kcryiield where they are the shippers, re-
cardlcss of who is Consigncc, Ms all their
fuei oil is sold delivered. The reason
for making this deal in addition to what
! have stated In that the Associated OIL
Company have their own boats and carry
oil from fields controlled by themselves
along the coast near san Luis Ohisnp to
San Francisco at a much lower cost than
the special rate we have made them and
In competition with the Union oil Com
pRnV and the Standard oil Company. II
was necessary for them to sell Mt the
San Francisco Bay points on the basis
Of the cost of water transportation from
the coast fields. They figured they could
barrel IL by doing this they sold our
company n certain amount Of fuel oil,
otherwise the business covered by the
attached papers would have come TN by
Fs..F ct
II am writing this up completely so
that there may be in the papers a history
Of the reasons why this arrangement was
MAZE ! wish You would 20 ahead and
as the Associated oil Company are very
anxious to haT" the matter closed up
The arrangement WIS Cancelled ON No
vcmhcr 18th At y conference between Mr.
Ripley, MIR Wells, Mr.. Porter and my
"Youra truly,
edward CHAMBERS"
"shipments- Associated on Company,
auditor. Los Angeles
The attacks hy these great corporations
on the administrations notions have been
given wide circulation throughout the
country. I'm the newspapers and other
wign. by those writer's md speakers who,
consciously or unconsrinuSiy. act as the
representatives OF predatory wcalth-uf
tho wealth accumulated on II giant scale
by all forms Of iniquitv, ranging from
tho oppression Of waEuwnrkers to UNFAIR
and inwholesome methods of crushing
out competition. and to defrauding the
public by stock jobbing and the manipu-
intiun of securities. Certain wealthy men
Of this stamp. whose conduct should he
nbhorrcnt to every man of ordinarily de-
cent conscience, and who commit the
hldeous wrong of teaching our young
men that phenomenal business success
must ordinarily be based on dishonesty.
have during the last few months made
IL apparent that they have banded to-
gether To work for n reaction. Their en-
deayor is to overthrow and dlscredit all
who honestly administer the law, to pre-
vent any additional Legislation which
would check and restrain them, and to
secure II possible freedom from all re-
straInt which will permit every unscru-
pulous wrongdoer to do what he wishes
unchecked provided he has enough mon
ey. The only way to counterfeit the
movement In which these men .nre en-
gagged In to make clear TO the public Just
what they have done in the past and just
what they are seeking to accomplish In
the present