The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-28

was KANSAS c0fporhthns and under
that franchise AT once built iis main
line from Kansas down abou, one
miles into Indian Territory
now the stale OF Oklahoma. ana be-
gun and still continues operation
Right was also Included to lay Lateral
lines 10 assemble oil from wells into
the main line three snch lafterals be.
ing laid TO the nearby cluster OF
wcis now in question thas statehood
found this foreign corporation with
its vested rights under the interior
department grant. embracing an In
terstate property
AR. President can we ignore your
grant and tear up THAI line 'nnder
state authority You know we can't.
VIII a domestic corporation some in
ncw with that Interstate line existing
ard parallel il TO the same wells?
Certainly not. no more than new
s-ate railrcad would build parallel
with an existing interstate road to
carry an amount Of grain production
not ampe for both.
Who wants an additional lateral line
in this instance?
The owners or that cluster of wells
WIZ ~ INANA' tAfh VII tiAf AAtHoA Aiitti NJ
II or 90 into bankruptcy
The land owners who want their
royalties
The laborers who want employ
nent
The local merchants whose trade
depends on productica, aud sale of oil
by numerous small producers.
The three lateral lines carry twenty
Two thousand barrels daily. but those
wells now produce about sixty thcu-
sand barrels, What shall become of
This excess oil without means of trans
por.ation, 1t is now as worthless as
farmers surplus wheat hundreds Of
miles from q railroad.
The Prairie company don't care for
delay. II can wait It Says we have
franchise. and will furnish the oil
oNRers transportation ii the STATE
does uot not stop us. What should
the state do? Certainly not bankrupt
its own pesple. These are the conIi.
tions as we found them. and so we
must deal with them.
We would all Ike to see this com
pany take out domestic charter.
our attorney general brought suit TO
prevent its laying he additional LAT.
/ lteral line until 81 81 Md lOnesticatc.
The oil pipe line company said ''Ail
right. stop ms Mr. Attorney General
| if You wish, we can wait. bHt our
interested citizens above mentioned.
appealed to me IN their distress
saw that our own people were fhe
only sufferers. ami that we ee.hd not
compel the oil pipe line 10 domesti-
cate. ana ! stopped the case
For this, Mr.. President you say !
have ben corrupted To aid The oil
pipe company
Now. MIR President, where d es
yonr own record place yon2 When
Senator Depew came to ynu In 1904,
shortly before the election wherein
you werr a candilaiel yon knew the
senatr was the greatest corporations
STANDARD OIL agent in the senate
You knew Indian Territory would
soon be state. and that Its people
would be benefited by having corpora
lions domestic instead Of foreign
With one stroke CT your pen IA
the franchise you granted. ycu
could have required that oil pipe
line company 10 incorporate in the
territory as condition of that grant
i4.a. would nave been easy for you.
Your interior department had our ter
titory in its complete cfRtrol and
granted franchises arbitrarily 70 suit
yourselves.
New, Mr.. President, you are so
ready to accuse me for not changing
conditions that you created. tel! me
/ please, did they corrupt You 70 obtain
those condtionsi
Remember n-w, it was almost cleo
tion time in 1904, and campaign funds
We're an object with YOU, so much 50
that about this time You sent for Mr.
Hartmann made your histcric ap-
peal TO him Tor campaign funds, as a
result of which he raised yen Two
hundred and sixty thousand dollars
from himself and the Standard OIL
crowd
But whether you answer this or not,
> Gre elk arhs j can Acp sce Who
is the quibbler,
Respectfully.
C. n. HASKELL.