The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-29
Last But Not Least

To make the Uncle Sam Oil Com
pany ten times greater than any con-
Germ in the West-while securing the
p 900 acres of oil and gas leases
another great lease of 439 900 acres
was lawfully secured from the Osages.
A bill is pending before congress to
validate this lease. Several con-
gressmen and senators from Oklano-
ma, Missouri and Kansas have Sc
cretly aided the Oil Trust-together
with subsidized news writer's who are
tryirg to l5windle this independent
ompany owned by 1900 american
stockholders out OF this great lease.
BUT when the public knows the facts,
there will be few more Foraker
and Joe Bailey statesmen out OF g
Job. A part OF the memorial filed
aefore congress will give you an idea
Of the magnitude OF The Uncle Sam
Oil Company's fight for right The
following, taken from the printed re-
port Of the hearing of the committee
on Indian affairs of the last congress,
pages AZ, AZ and a., are as follows:
"Thc Oil And Gas Trust"
The STANDARD Oil Company and the
United Gas and Improvement Com
Dany belong to the same group OF
finanoiers and constitute what is
known as the Oil and Gas Trust.
Some years ago the United Gas and
Improvement Company organized
subsidiary company, known as the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, and in
the name of this company constructed
a pipe line for the transportation OF
natural gas. which pipe line extends
from Oklahoma through the eastern
portion OF Kansas and western por-
tion OF Missouri, and has been supply
ing natural gas for fuel and llghts TO
Kansas City, st. JcGeph and Joplin IN
the state of missouri. and Kansas
Citv. Atchison, Leavenworth, Topeka,
lawrence. Ottawa Garnet, lEdeyend-
ence, Wichita. Hutchinson, Columbus,
Oswego, Fort Scott, Olathe, Pitts
burg and many other cities in the
state Of Kansas. In most or the cities
il organized a separate subsidiary
CORPORATION in whose name 1t con-
structed distributing system in the
city and obtained a franchise from
the city running for long period or
time, which gave il practically the ex-
elusive right to supply natural gas
to the city and its inhabitants Tor tuel
and lights. and in said franchise con-
tracts it agreed to supply said nat
ural cas- for a fixed price per thou
sand cubic feet: that t has supplied
natural gas for fuel and lights in
said manner for several years ana
has received a. very large income
therefrom. which has almost, II not
fullv. amounted to the cost OF the
original investment. For some time
past. United Gas and Improvement
Company and its officers and sub
sidiary companies have formed
criminal conspiracy to relieve said
sub sidiary companies from the obliga-
tions OF their franchise contracts and
TO increase the price to be paid by
the cities and their inhabitants for
natural gas for fuel and lights IN
violation OIL sI.u EOulIdttS, thal &c
Gently. ana in pursuance of said con-
sp.racy. they have secured the ap-
pointment OF friendly receivers for the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, said
appointment being made by Judge
Iohn c. Pollock of the United States
district court for the district Of Kan
sas; that said judge appointed as re-
eeivers for said company. Eugene
Nackie president OF the ccnipanyl and
George r. Sharriit and Conwas F.
Holmes: tnat said receivers we're the
se!estion OF said company to carry
out its suggcstions with view to ac-
complishing said conspiracy to vio-
late said franchise contracts and ar
Mtrarily increase the price 20 be paid
by the peotle for said natural gas;
that the contract rrice between said
cities and said subsidiary corpora
tons who obtained franchizes requ!r-
ell the gas 10 he furnished to the in
habitants at from % cents to 30 cents
per thousand cubic feet: that said
price Is a reasonable price, sufficient