Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14

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Use. Tins would mt once induce capital
TO build American ships. furnish ipar.
Ret Tor materials of all kinds entering
INTO snip building, and the employment
oi thousands of wage earners.
The United States canpot become a
great naval power unless il has great
merchant marine. No nation has ever
been great on the sea which has not
had at tine same time merchant ma
rine."
During the debate on oil, which came
up unexpectedly on the 9th, Senator
Scott said in answering attacks made on
the proposition to take care OF the oil
men:
Mr.. President, want to say that l
am very sorry at times to see feeling of
hatreu, may say, or spirit Of ven.
geance manifested against corporations
doing business in large way. The
Standard Oil company appears to be the
bogy man at which every body takes n
kick. In my state since we refused to
puta duty ON oil the other day oil has
been reduced 10 cents n barrel. We have
20 900 people In the state who are in
terested III the independent production
of oil.
am very sorry that the feeling is
30 intense against the Standard Oil
company that apparently the senate is
not willing to do justice to the indie
pendent operators. The state of Kan
sas has driven the Standard Oil com.
pany out OF that state, and they have
established independent refineries as
well AS independent producers. They
are laying pipe lines and the work of
competition is going o3. But the action
N fA h..G .ls..
OF the tariff bill without putting a duty
on oil to protect the independent opera.
tors against this monopoly senators are
SO terribly incensed against / think
would be II great blow mt my people and
the people of many other states.
We have IN West Virginia discard
ed the little log cabin for u beautiful
little frame cottage. And the children :,
from the benefits of the production OF
OIL are being sent to school. The rising
generation III West Virginia is being
very much benefited by the production
OF oil in West Virginia and the people
are building nice beautiful homes: and
they are rearing their children in the
way they should be raised"
Senator Bacon thereupon made n
statement attacking the proposed coun-
tervailing duty and held that independ-
ent operators should be punished if the
Standard Oil company did wrong. In
reply Senator Scott said:
- wish to ask the senator before he
sits down to suppose, for Instance, that
one great concern controlled I'm
measure the entire cotton production of
tins country and yet the senator in his
state had some independent cotton pro.
ducers, would he not think it hard il
there was not some way by which his in.
dependent cotton growers could be pro.
tected?"
Mr.. Bacon found this proposition a
hard one to answer and lodged il by
saying that it would be inconceivable to
make a comparison.
The Fourth of July in Washington
was celebrated in what was called
- "a safe and sane way" No cannon
crackers, cannons or revolvers or fire.
works of any kind, were permitted to
be PIT off by individuals. The day was
given over to speech making in various
portions OF the city where bands and
orators were provided. In the afternoon
n floral automobile parade was held
which attracted great crowds. The
automobiles were decorated in flowers
and bunting and the procession strung
out nearly a mile. Among the judges
was Mrs. Scott, the wife of Senator
Scott. She was the only lady chosen and
added grace to the decision.
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