The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
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ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.

SYRIAN. Burma. 1910.
SYRIAN promises to become the real
light of Asia. The Burmans are Eud-
dhists. and they worship the prophet
whom Edwin Arnold has called the
light of the continent. In this awalS-
ening OF Asia in the twentieth century
they want a material rather than a
spiritual light, and for that they are
looking to SYRIAN. The place lies on
the Irawadi, between Rangoon and the
sea, and it is the site Of the refneries
Of the Burma OIL Company.
AT present the oil trusts of the world
are lighting for Asia. Our Standard
Oil Company has practically monopo-
lied Japan, Korea and a large part OF
China. 1t has its stations on every
river and it's agents in every large city.
The Russian petroleum companies are
furnishing the Illumination for Siberia
and the lands east and south of the
Caspian Sea. while the Dutch East In
dies, Siam and 8 large part of China
are supplied by the oil fields of Suma-
ira and Borneo Down here in Burma
the people are using oil from the wells
along the Irawadi River They have
monopolized Burma and are pushing
their trade among the millions of India.
The Standard Crowded Out.
These people have crowded the
standard oil Company out of their
market. 1t tried TO come in, and asked
the governments permission TO build
its own tanks at the mouth OF the
river. This was refused, and as re-
suit our oil must be shipped hero in
tin cases. This makes 1t too costly in
competition with the native product,
and it cannot inaugurate the machine
cry of distribution such as 1t has IN
other parts OF the Far East. All
along the west coast of the Pacihc !
the storage ranks of the Standard Oil
Company are 10 beHseen
They are among the big features oil
every large port, and connected with
them are great factories where TIN
cans are made and the petroleum y
put UP for shipment over the country,
The oil is pumped into tank steamers
at San Francisco and pumped OUT
into tanks which hold tens of thou
sands of barrels at Shanghai Iiehtsin
and even at Hankow on the Yangtse
Kiang. the latter port being SUI mics
IN the interior of China.
Here on the Irawadi there are sim
liar tanks, but they belong 10 the
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Burma Oil, Company. 1 can see at
least two score or SO from where !
am writing Each tank will hold j.
100000 gallons of oil, and altogether
they contain supply which could
furnish one gallon to every man, wo-
man and child in the United States
and leave some to spare.
Burmn's OIL Fleet.
The Burma Oil Company has its own
fleet of tank steamers. These have a
capacity OF 100000 gallons each. and
are intended for shipping petroleum
to other parts of the world Il has
also oil harges of 100000 gallons
each for bringing the crude netroleun,
down the lrawadi from the native oil
fields up country, These arc situated
about 20 miles in the interior, and
pipe lines are now being laid from
them TO SYRIAN. The pipes are ALREADY
as far as Rangoon, and within a. few
months they Will be running into The
refneries here. At first the pipes were
laid on tho surface of the ground
but they We're affected by the change,
OF temperature. and are now being
buried
An East Indian Monopoly.
Rurna has tho third largest Oh
e,rust of The world. The STANDARD