Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-04-16
FrcHT FOR on Tariff
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Tell every congressman and of the senators repre-
septng your state you want them to exert every pos
sible pressure the immediate passage OF an on
tariff the schedules Of which least high 81 per
bare on crude oil and so per ad vaOrem on all re-
Fmnbssze IN your letters the following pertinent points
in the argument in favor oil tariff schedules that
The opposition to an oil tariff is and subsidized
by three Of biggest oil importing companies intending
tie STANDARD Of New Jersey controlled by the multblon-
air.; Roekefer family the Gulf Production foreign subsi
diaries in Venezuela and Colombia controlled by the enor-
ousy wealthy Mellon interests Of Pittsburgh Pa and the
Royal Dutch She'll which is controlled by the BRUSH Ea
pre operating foreign lands starvation peon and cooh
Under the United States Supreme courts rule Of reas
onng in the Standard Oil dissolution suit IN 1910 the Sner
man antitrust act was practically nullihed
The Oil Trust hourshed the green bay under
that piece of legal sophisy The Standard up into
SO little Of which today much bigger than the
original old Mother Snake was And each Standard company
has numerous subsidiaries
The World Oil Trust has used its imported tarfffree
crude refined products the United States build
ing up SURPRISES that form the basis for the Trust cry OF
lover production which used pretext Tor cuttlng
the prices of oils of all GRANTEES IN the United STATES
and also cutting the prices Of all refined products
The sole purpose Of the World Oil Trustthe combina
ton between the Standard Gulf and foregnowned Shell
lis crush Independent branch OF the American oil
industry so as to secure absolute monopoly
The Trust defiance of federal and state antitrust
laws has been squeezing death the Independent oil
dueers and refiners and marketers of America.
The laws apparently, construed to catch and hold
all Of the little fish let the whales swOrdtsh sharks
and other commercial monsters get away every time
The subsidized metropolitan dailes OF most clles ana
the larger national periodicals. let out peep about
the World Oil Trusts high crimes and misdemeanors Keep
tab on their advertising The indirect bribery Of this s
tenn SO obvious and rank that it smells to high heaven
And they pirate of free press
The political takers of both Of the old parties rant and
rave about helping lift the business depresson they hand
over cool TWO BILLION DOLLARS out Of the U
Treasury to thaw the frozen assets of the MONEY RUSE
headed by gang Of International Bankers and Wall Street
stock brokers who ked the pockets of the American people
for THIRTY SIX BILLION DOLLARS IN THE STOCK
MARKET DEBACLE starting in November, 1929 including
five billion of dollars absolutely worthless German seeur
bonds issued by bunch Of other governmental
tramps of Europe and half dozen governments IN South
America that have been toppled by revolutions
These political faker at the same time, sat supmey by
and calmly watch the World Oil Trust swamp the ndepena
net AMERICAN oil producers with OF FOSElGN O
There 100000 souls in America directly dependent
upon prosperity of the American Independent OH proouc
oproducing of the West and the Southwest
especially, vitality affected by this issue.
The manufacturing Of the East and North de-
pendent upon the prosperity Of the oproducing states be-
these 100000 buyers form huge market for manu-
featured prOductsl
Congress further falls negects and refuses place
protective tariff crude oil and refined oil products you
should work and vote for complete tariff law that will
place all products of the nonoproducng states the FREE
LIST, just fast NEW CONGRESS be elected and
THIRD PARTY that viii represent the Common People and
not the Trusts, placed in absolute power in all branches
Of the Government, federal and state