The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-05
Sincerely No,irs,
"FRANCIS j. HENEY.
San Francisco FEBRUARY 81 ,eC

Dear Sir: hand you herewith a file
oil shipped by the Associated Oil Com
panN over o,Ir line from January L. 1906,
up to and including November ID. 1906.
We agreed with the Associated Oil
Co.'S negotiations with Mr.. Ripley. Mr.
Wells and myself, that in consideration
OF their making us special price on oil
contract, and the further consideration
that we would take a certain quantity.
they would in. turn ship from Bakersfield
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 it is not bay
veniently by water We have 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
10 the Associated Oil Company down to
the basis of % cents per barrel from Ba
kerslield whore 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
! have stated is that the Associated Oil
Company have their own boats and carry
oil from fields controlled by themselves
along the coast near San Luis Obispo to
San Francisco at much lower cost than
the special rate we have made them and
in competition with the Union Oil Com
pany and the standard OIL Company. it
San Francisco Bay points on the basis
of the cost of water transportation from
the coast fields. They figured they could
only afford to pay us the % cents per
company certain amount of fuel oil
otherwise the business covered by the
attached papers would have come In by
boat from the coast fields.
am writing this up completely so
that there may be in the papers a history
of the reasons why this arrangement was
made. | 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 conference between MIR.
Ripley, Mr.. Wells, Mr. Porter. and my
self.
yours truly
''EDWARD Oh AMBERS."
Shipments Associated Oil Company,
Mr.. G. y. Davidson,
auditor, Los Angeles"
The attacks by these great corporations
on the administration actions have been
given wide circulation throughout the
wise, by those writer's and speakers who.
consciously or unconsciously. act as the
representatives of predatory wealthot
the wealth accumulated on giant scale
the oppression of wageworkers to unfair
and unwholesome methods of crushing
public by stock iobbing and the manipu-
lation of securities Certain wealthy men
of this stamp. whose conduct should be
abhorrent 10 every man of ordinarily de-
cent conscience, and who commit the
hideouS wrong of teaching our young
mon 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 tn work for a reaction Their en-
deavor is TO overthrow and discredit all
N .,In tl tn ~.
vent any additional legislation which
would check and restrain them. and 10
secure if possible freedom from all re-
straint which will permit every unscru-
pulous Wronsdoer to do what he wishes
unchecked provided he has enough mon
ey. The only way to counteract 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.