SEPTEMBER 28, 1905
Nebraska. Independent
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STANDARD OIL GRIP!
CLAIMS OVER-PRODUCTION AND
REDUCES CRUDE OIL PRICES
At the Same Time it Increases the
Price of Refined Oil, Demonstrating
i How Complete is Its Control of the
' Business
; Marquette, Mich., Sept 26. An
overproduction of crude oil in nearly
every field in the United . States,
coupled with adverse legislation in
Kansas and other states is assigned
by the Standard Oil company as the
reason for the present dullness of the
crude4 oil market and the consequent
low prices paid to producers.; At the
same time the Standard has raised
the prices of refined, oils. .
That portion of the , statement re
lating to the low prices of crude oil
is undbubtedly true, according to F.
R. Oyster, superintendent of. the prop
erties of the Eastern Kentucky Oil
'company, an upper peninsula .corpor
ation operating in Kentucky, but,
strange as it may seem, there has
been no corresponding reductionin
the price of refined oil.; ;
Sell to Standard
"The product of our wells is sold
to the Standard Oil company because
there are no so-called independent oil
' companies ' doing ' business within
reach of our property," said Mr.
Oyster. ';
"The Standard has a six an J eight
Inch pipe line running from West
. Virginia through the states of Ken-
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l?Aa1 H.ctntP'. ana "
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FOR SALE Six acres In edge of
Lincoln, enclosed and well improved;
ail kinds of fruit; good eight room
house, nearly new;" barn, poultry
houses and other buildings; three
blocks from street car line. Acces-
ible to school, religious and other ad
vantages of the city, and a good place
for the poultry and small fruit busi
ness. Price $4,000, and it's a bargain.
Dr. T. M. Triplett, 44th St. and Nor
trial Boulevard, Lincoln. Neb.
INVESTIGATE VIRGINIA
ililfi and healthy climate, sure crops, best mark
ets Raise corn, wheat, oats, rye, toDacco. nay
fruits, live stock, poultry, etc. Good lands now
cheap. Hundreds of people coming. Send stamp
for our illustrated book and listof lands. Pikd-
kont & Tidk-Wateb Land Co., Inc..Coliimbia,
V a. Box 27. 1444
Cheap Lands In the South & Southwest
For bomes or investment. Tlmrer. coal, f arrn-
Sn and crazier lards, large or CDbh tracts.
-;isy terms. List of land bargains free. Ad-
n:s, Jo. A. PAKKEK. Louisville. Kv.
Virginia Farms
We MMid Hots of farms for aalo
tn tbe iuostdlcallft sect km o
Vlruinla. with following advan
tages: Long, delightful Sum.
mer. abort, mild Winters, best
church. wh'ol and aorlal art ran.
h-TPS, hlghr-st market, clofein, low frrlcbt rates,
liveraitv of crops unfailing r!!fall and productive
and, with wirovement,at 5 and np per acre,
Forfiirfher .-!frmttr,'xc!nrrtio-Ji n eainn!)lera,
addrcos f. H. ll H A rim, - r'l 'l Aft.
X. W. Bj., Ucpt. 33 Boaaoks, a.
tucky and Tennessee. It built a
branch line for us, and we are sell
ing the product of our two wells on
our property. The flow from each of
these wells averages thirty to thirty
five barrels per day.
Prices Are Reduced
"One year ago we received $1.33 per
barrel for light oil, which is the only
grade we are pumping, but the price
since that time has been lowered to
75 cents per barrel. The lower grade
of crude oil sold for 75 cents a year
ago, and now it brings but 49 : cents.
There is a considerable demand for
the low grade oil for fuel purposes
and street sprinkling- for due laying
purposes, and in many cities of the
south nothing else is used. It also
makes a good" top dressing for coun
try roads.
"There is very little prospecting be
ing carried on by producing compa
nies, although on our own property
we are drilling at places where we
are reasonably certain of finding oil.
The general tendency of operators all
over the country is to curtail produc
tion as much as possible, and many
concerns are pumping just strong
enough to keep their leases in force.
Profits Wiped Out
"The Standard Oil company claims
that the cheap oil in Kansas and the
Indian Territory is flooding the mar
ket, and consequently making the
price much lower than it would be
under ordinary circumstances. At
the prices paid for crude oil the pro
ducing companies cannot make a dol
lar over and above the cost of oper
ating their plants, and most of them
are doing as little work as possible."
TALKS OF THE SHERRICK CASE
Governor Hanly Explains Why Audi
tor was Asked to Resign
In an address at the reunion of the
30th Indiana regiment, Gov. Hanly,
the principal speaker, made public
the reasons for his action in the case
of David E. Sherrick, ex-auditor of
state, whose resignation was " forced
by the governor. Facts and figures
were used to show what became of
the money belonging to the state that
was lost by "David E. Sherrick, audi
tor of state and common gambler."
The governor charged that $10,000
of the state's money "went by check
into the hands of the gentleman who
was then operating the "Casino" at
French Lick, The' governor then
enumerated a list of what he calls
"wildcat" securities, aggregating a
face value of $75,000 into which the
state's money went. Following this
he charged that Sherrick's continued
absence from the sessions of the state
board of tax commissioners "was oc
casioned by drinking bouts and mid
night carousals around the gaming
table from which he could not re
cover in time to meet with the com
mission." He charged that Sherrick
at the time the Monon railroad came
up for assessment argued that the
assessment be allowed to remain at
$18,000, because in that case a friend
of his to whom he was under great
obligation personally could get per
manent employment with the com
pany if the assessment could be kept
at $18,000. v
"Before my inauguration I received
trustworthy information that he had
written to the management of several
railway companies in the month of
December, 1904, over his own signa
ture as auditor of state, asking them
to send him all passes intended for
members of the general assembly
then about to convene, in substance,
that he expected to have some legis
lation of personal interest to himself
before that body, and if they would
send their transportation to him for
distribution he would see that their
interests and his were cared for at
the same time, or three weeks the
office of the auditor of state was made
a broker's office for the distribution
of free passes to such men of the gen
eral assembly as would receive them.
"On the evening of September 13
I was informed by one who was aid
ing him, and in whom I have confi
dence, that he could not make pay
ment on the 15th. I then sent him a
verbal demand for his resignation.
The next morning hi3 resignation did
not come, but some or his friends
came and said that the money could
only be raised on condition that the
defalcation be kept a secret and he
be retained in office. - .
"On Inquiry I learned that some of
the men who were to furnish the mon
ey were representatives of large rail
roads in this state; that Mr. Sherrick
and his friends were depending upon
them and that their assistance de
pended upon his retention in office.
I would make no such bargain as
that."
LAW CONVENTION ON RATE BILL
Conference In Chicago to Formulate
Demands on Congress
E. P. Dacon of Milwaukee, chair
man of the executive committee of
the interstate commerce law conven
tion, representing 500 commercial and
industrial organizations, has called a
meeting of the various trades, indus
trial and producing interests, to be
held October 26. Mr. Bacon, In let
ters announcing the convention, says:
"The object of the convention is to
Impress upon congress the extent and
persistence of the demand of the peo
ple of all parts of the - country for
legislation outlined in the president's
last annual message to congress in
the following language:
! "'The interstate commerce commis
sion should be vested with the power,
where a given rate has been challeng
ed and after full hearing found to be
unreasonable, to decide, subject to
judicial review, what shall be a rea
sonable rate to take its place; the
ruling of the commission to take ef
fect immediately and to obtain unless
and until it is reversed by the court of
review.'
"In his address at Chautauqua, N.
Y., on the 11th of August last, the
president declared his belief in the im
mediate necessity for legislation 'con
ferring upon some branch of the exec
utive government the power of effec
tive action to remedy tho abuses in
connection with railway ' transportation."'
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