New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
an ODD TRADE PAGEANT. Y.
Curious Carts That Garry Amcrican
Oil an Foreign Lands.

If it were possible to bring together in a sin
gle procession examples OF all the various
of transportation used in the foreign distribution
Of Standard oil the result would be as inter-
esting parade Earnums circus ever turned
out The foreign trade which these vehicles
would represent Uoud furnish answer TO the
following question which was widely asked 4
few weeks ago, when the newspapers announced
that the Standard oil Company of New Jersey
would enlarge its tidcwater plant at Bayonne
10 many times its present size. What 5ecome3
Of all the oil. now that electricity and gas are
so generally ueed?"
Tho sale Of Kerosene in the United States has
undoubtedly fallen off because Of the use OF
electricity, but the cnterprisins statesmen of
the Standard Oil Company have hurried across
the seas, preaching their gospel Of Let there be
light" to the uttermost ends Of the earth. This
ever growing foreign trade in which the Rus
SLAMS and all other competitors have been left
far behind. is largely responsible for the en-
largenent Of the big refining and shipping sta
ton near New York.
Not long ago some one asked a woman who
had spent several months in Egypt what was
the most remarkable thing she had seen in the
land of the Pyramids. The way the women
of the Nile have discarded their priceless old
earthenware water jugs for empty Standard
Oil cans" she replied without a moments hesi-
tation. Mr. RockefeIlcr's company has built
up a large Egyptian trade. Its tank cars are
as familiar the main Egyptian railways -
they are on many Of our own roads. The
Egyptian tank cars. however. a-o different in
appearance from those seen in America. owing
to the stringent government regulations
garding the transportation Of petroleum. The
Egyptians stiu fearful Of the inhammahle stuff
when conveyed in bulk. insist that the cars have
hoods of corrugated iron TO keep the direct rays
OF the sun from the tanks.
To the Standard oil pageant Cairo could send
a two wheeled oil cart drawn ley a stuntei EEYp-
tan horse having two attendants in loose robes
Of striped material Perched upon the from; II
the cart. almost upon the horses tail. would
probably Dee a little. black-eyed child tn son
or daughter of the oil pcdlcr Port Said, of the
narrow dirty streets. would contribute to he
procession oil draG-a primitive cont-ivanre
OF three pieces Of timber placed 20 hold
firmly a barrel Of oil. and drawn ty two mon
oC the mixed races found in that port of sail
Of all nations
The Chec- Foo donkey trade exhibit from
Northern China could not fail to attrac, atten-
tiou \ hug" thiuanan. in a tent shaped reed hat.
would lead djwinutiye hurro. on the pack sad
d.. Of which would De strapped three two-can
cases Of brilliant" thr oil for that particular
trade is known Manual labor is SO cheap in
China that in many parts Of the empire carts
dispensed with and the coolies staged
through the streets with heavy loads Of oil sus,
pended from their shoulders.
Japans contribution to the pageant would -
an interesting cooIie-drlwn tank cart which
follows regular route each day to supply the
retail merchants who in turn deal out the oil
In thimhlcfuls to their customers
India could send a number of interesting "X-
hibits. for the oil trade has penetrated that
country to its innernost and cutermost rrinci-
paIities \ white suited coolie in sandals would
drag heavy wooden cart built to hold a barrel
Of oil. and another swarthy. turbaned individual
would drive a cart drawn by one Of tn hump
back shorthorned sacred" cattle. The oil re-
cep,ahles in both instances would bear the brand
elephant OIL for the Standard is always care