Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-01
To Investors:

L
bargain basis. you will heed the hour
OF opportunity and secure a substan-
tlal amount OF this stock before II is
advanced or Withdrawn. by starting
your remittance at once or by Tues
day. June ;.
one OF two good leases may develop
rich pool and soon pour out millions
OF barrels and soon pay each stock
holder more in dividends than you
need now remit 20 own the stock.
The Uncle sam oil company has
demonstrated its ability to protect it
self under the most unfair opposition.
Il has won its fight. Il can use little
new capital TO big advantage. II Will
raise that capital. The stock will be
advanced 20 per cent on June and
may be doubled in price again by July
: II IS now or never II you get in az
I this price. The company is doing
7 things. a little good luck and our in
I come from oil will reach an enor-
nous sum.
/ Some OF the greatest fortunes ever
made IN the United States have been
made IN oil. OIL IS cash. The rich oil
monopoly manages 10 keep its affil-
I lated concerns out OF the oil business.
I laying first claim 20 all profit direct
/ from this rich national industry.
In the past. so per cent OF the oil
[ business has been controlled by one
concern. That giant trust has grown
more arrogant as its wealth increased
until 10 has become the black slave
power Of the present age in our gov
eminent and nation.
This oil monopoly started its grasp
Ing methods over so years ago I'm
/ Pennsylvania and Ohio. spread out in
90 West Virginia and the southern
coast oil fields. then west into Ilii-
nois and into California and the north
west
when of was discovered In Kan
sas about ten years ago this monopoly
tried the same old trick that had
robbed the independent producers in
other states. i; first paid SI3S per
barrel for the crude oil. and eucour-
aged over 500 different operators and
concerns 20 invest tn the Kansas oil
aeids between fourteen and fifteen
million dollars. Then after the Kan
sas pioneer had developed the field.
this oil monopoly arbitrarily put
down the price % crude oil ln q few
than 80 cents. In a great many cases
q singled out certain Kansas produ-
GERS who had denounced such hnan-
ciai briEaudaEe and shut these pro
duccrs entirely on from a market. The
Kansas people would not bow their
knee and submit 90 pilIage. The cover
nor % the state and the state ieEisla-
ture took a hand IN the game. OF laws
a.
the statute books Then the COVER
nor notified the world that Kansas
would make the oil trust be decent.
The oil trust then raised the black
aag.
During these stirring times The .
rncic sam oil company was organ
ICED 90 build up on the free soil OF
America a great independent. produc- |
inE. refining and marketing concern, !
a. an honest and successful compet- I
itor % the oil and gas monopoly.
From the very start the oil and gas .
trust icveiei libel and persecution At I
The Uncle sam or company. This .
trus; did not look with favor on this .
growing young giant that invaded its
western domain where never a real /
competitor had IN 30 years before
dared 20 set a foot.
This great OF and Gas Trust knew
then the wonderful possibilities Of the
Kansas Oklahoma oil and gas fields.
Il quickly realized that great peo-
pis's company with thousands OF
stockholders located over neighboring
states and hEhtinE for principle as
we'll a. financial gain. would soon
have its distributing stations in every
trade center In the Central West So
the Trust struck back with all its
brute power 81 criminal money.
But the Uncle sam OH Company.
founded on the Rock 81 Right. met this
and criminal money and
the Jungle" met defeat. The Uncle
sam OIL Company won out. In every
court The Uncle sam oil Company was
sxoncrAfed Recently the United States
Supreme Court. the most powerful
court In the world. exempted the pipe
lines % The Uncle sam OH Company
from the common carrier liabilities.
During all these years Of persecu-
lion The Uncle sam oil Company has
Increased iis assets. until now we ,
raiuc our combined properties az four .
million dollars. This does not in
-luds n lease. proven In the Federal
sourt. a. riEhtfuily secured. for about
80. 900 acres IN Usage. Indian Nation. ,
We arc eontending for the vaiida- ,
ion OF this lease nov. ,
This Usage lease. the richest plum
q the on World. can be validated by :
he Secretary % the Interior or by !
Congress.
A bin has been introduced IN the =
at three sessions OF Congress 90 vail I
late this lease
We no~ have about fifteen thousand q
representing every con- v
-rssslouai district In the United States Q
We wiii increase our independent army D
J. least another Eve thousand and by 4
ne tirse the next congress convenes
ill BE- 40 well organized that We =