Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06
Sincerely yours,
"FRANCIS J.. HENEY."


"San Francisco, February q, 1907.
Dear Sir: ] hand you herewith a file
of papers covering the movement of fuel
oil shipped by the Associated Oil Com
pany over our line from January ], 1906,
up to and including November Is, 1906.
1--WE agreed with the Associated Oil
Co.'S negotiations with Mr.. Ripley, Mr..
Wells and myself, that in consideration
of their making us a special price on oil
for company use, which is covered by a
contract, and the further consideration
that we would take a certain quantity,
they would in turn ship from Bakersfield
over our line to San Francisco Bay
points a certain minimum number of bar
rels of fuel oil at rate of % cents per
barrel from Bakersfield, exclusive of the
switching charge.
These statements cover the movement
except that they have included Stockton,
| which is not correct, as 1t Is not a bay
point and could not be reached as con-
veniently by water. We nave paid them
on account of this movement 1929 which
should be deducted from the total of
movement shown in the attached papers.
II wish you would arrange to make up
a statement, check the same, and refund
to the Associated Oil Company down to
the basis of % cents per barrel from Ba-
kersfield where they are the shippers, re-
CARELESS of who is consignee, as all their
fuel oil is sold delivered. The reason
for making this deal in addition to what
I have stated is that the Associated Oil
Company JloNt blV W pp civ NoliS
oil from fields controlled by themselves
along the coast near San Luis Obispo to
San Francisco at a much lower cost than
the special rate we have made them and
pany and the Standard Oil Company, it
was necessary for them to sell at the
San Francisco Bay points on the basis
of the cost of water transportation from
only afford to pay us the. 25 cents per
barrel If by doing this they sold our
company a certain amount of fuel oil,
otherwise the business covered by the
attached papers would have come in by
boat from the coast fields.
II am writing this up completely so
that there may be in the papers a history
of the reasons why this arrangement was
made. I wish you would go ahead and
make the adjustment as soon as possible,
as the Associated Oil Company are very
anxious to have the matter closed up.
The arrangement was Cancelled on No
vember 18th at a conference between Mr..
Ripley, Mr.. Wells, Mr. "%Jrter, and my
self.
"Yours lr lily,
"EDWARD CHAMBERS"
"Shipments-A ssociated Oh Company,
Mr.. G.. A.. Davidson
Auditor, Los Angeles"
The attacks by these great corporations
on the Administrations actions have been
given a wide circulation throughout the
country, in the newspapers and other
wise, by those writers and speakers who,
consciously or unconScl0uSly, act as the
representatives of predatory wealth-of
the wealth accumulated on a giant scale
by all forms of ~iniquity, ranging from
the oppression of w~ageworkers to unfair
and unwholesome methods of crushing
out competition, and to d~efrauding the
public by stock jobbing and the manipu-
iation of securities. Certain wealthy men
of this stamp, whose conduct SHOULD be
abhorrent to every man Of ordinarily de-
cent conscience, and who commit the
hideous wrong of teaching our young
men that phenomenal business success
must ordinarily be based on dishonesty,
have during the last few months made
it apparent that they have banded to-
gether to work for a reaction. Their en-
deavor is to overthrow and discredit all
who honestly administer the law, to pre-
vent any additional legislation which
would check and restrain them, and to
secure IL possible a 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 are en-
gagged is 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.