The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-10
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STANDARD OIL PROFITS

STANDARD OIL PROFITS
STANDARD Oil profits are trifle
larger than those made by lhe aver
age business man, although whene,cf
the Democratic nominee for President
becomes the least Bit dangerous
STANDARD oil attaches and dilactos
begin frantic appeals TO the bust
ness men who must come forward
and save ourselves from panics"
For instance, the Prairie Oil and
Gas company, sworn subsidiary on
pipe line OF the Standard but few
asss ago purchased llo,Ooo barrels of
o.l from al oklahoma producing COM.
paIiy The price Of that g-afe Of on
IN ile tank field is 50 cents per bar
rel, hence the purchase price was
approximately sSs,so0
y II estimated that it will cost / ,
cents per barrel 10 put that oil ia
either the Waiting or Wood River re-
finery--S22 900.
Il costs, according to sworn Stand
ard records, $3.50 per barrel to le-
tine the oil and put it in command
q the department Of sales of refined
oil and the by-products-s s275 .Oo0.
The sales department put the cost
OF handling al the ordinary figule
of So per original pipeline-crude bar
rel s3s0,00O.
The total therefore, OF the expense
accrued in getting the crude from the
well to the tank car ready to go to
consumer, is s6C5,700.0o.
The gross proceeds of a refined baf
rel of oil on board cars for the con.
sumer at Whiting. with ali by-pro
ducts ready for the shipment. is
S21.6O per barre-on 10000 barrels
S2.376 10000
lnese fgules seem wild and there
may be some discrepancy in the ex
act amounts, but they are as likely
to state less OF the profits than the,
are TO state more. One has but tC
study the list and understand why the
average man is embittered against
STANDARD Oil and it's co-workers il
the oil fields. One can understand
why repeated efforts to dislodge
Standards friends al Washington
nave failed. One glance at the per
centage of profit shows how great
cospor4tion. with it's most gigantic
Interests in Indiana, with Ohio and
pennsylvania having hundreds of mil
IONS OF dollars worth OF its properly
could locate ifs main offices hnndre
oi miles away aud erect million dol
lar huil3lftse f.,t. In
tlcn Of few directors.
Within few years the Standard
Oil company viii have one refiners
n Louisiana that is said to b,
Tlaiined on exactly the same STYLE AZ
ne QUE commenced al the mouth OF
Wood river hallway between Ahon
and East ST Louis, Ills. al cost
of sJ,00o,ee0.
That means there 4ill be seven
great reftnerics, any one of whicl
cost TO exceed $4,000. 600. and pne
supposed TO be worth to build moi los.
ihsu 100000, 900.
n all the independent and semi
independent fefineries IN The world
were made into one-Dew. latest i'm
proved institution, it woulJ not com
pure Win tlal al Whiting.
Every citizen Of the United States
pay toll 10 Standard oil. ei,her Ia
Inc producing or refined-salc depart
neBi Every consumer OF ordina i
necessities gives his tlhe.
Ihe hudson Bay company WAS al
Que iime supposed to control the mi
business of Tie void aud tbo old
India concern once Threatened .bs
eisnenboflucnt and ruin OF tilo
i"i''se empire. Neither Of thuso his
ioiic concerns ever made as muc,.
money N one year as Standard Oh
makes every thirty days Neither OF
those British concerns had control
oi many necessities, save they sail
50 the fidest ships that traversed
the seas, and became masteis Of the
Transporting world In that ,way-but
the seas were free To smaller boats
and there was competition
STANDARD Oil controls the lighting
system Of all enlightened nations Il
has more paid employees than are
employed 10 carry out the enact
mcnis Of q majority OF the world
i'ow wers u Is pre-eminentIy the
greatest and most effective CONNER.
clal proposition the world hath known
Y has representatives everywhere and
( y offers neither mercy o. fairness.
save chat il is the conceded pnrpose
+ q itsi directorate TO undersell com
petition and oyerpay what weak com.
petitors might offer for the raw pro.
ducts
i Is the curse Of present day civ
ilization. The most inhumane crea-
ton OF humankind cruel in its
efforts to make profits than were the
inqulsitors of Spain in the greatest
period Of that empires history. To
crush IL will require all Of the energy
intellect and wealth Of great ma
t.o., AID l.al IL mus be eufsailed