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THE BEE: OMAHA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1912. M n TO 900,000,000.00 WORTH OF President Taft will do right If not deceived by subordl- ; Hates In whom he trusts, but who are controlled by the (ill Trust, evidently without the knowledge of President Taft ' Leases and contracts covering 636,600 acres of rich oil and gas land in the Osage Indian Reservation, In Oklahoma, have been' secured by a Kansas City Company. The approval of the leases means a plentiful supply of cheap gas through Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri for at least fifteen years and maintenance and perpetuation of an Independent oil company with a. through pipe line to this great oil and gas field, which will keep the price of gasoline and other products from reaching an almost prohibitive point, and upply fuel oil for Kansas City Industries. This Is a prop osition that affects the HIGH COST OP LIVING and is of vital interest to every household. As usual, the manipulat ors of the corrupt, outlawed Oil and Gas Trust will fight the approval of these equitable leases, because their approval and development means that the general public will have the benefit of real competition In oil and gas, two of the neces saries of our modern civilization., It sounds big, but it Is the truth. The approval of these leases to an independent oil company means that over $900. 000,000.00 of oil and gas value will go to a real competitor ef the Oil and Gas Trust. Therefore, these leases and their approval represent a transaction of such magnitude that no one should be surprised to find that the corrupting influ ence of the Oil Trust reaches and controls subordinates of President Taft, on whom he feels that he may confidently rely, not knowing that they are thus reached and controlled. The recent disclosures in the Senate show that the Oil Trust attempted to purchase the Influence of the President in 1904, by a donation of at-least $125,000 to the campaign fund. If it will attempt to purchase the Presidency, will it hesitate to purchase and control the subordinates on whom the President rellea for Information and advice? If this vast um can be secured for the Oil and Gas Trustit could issue "certificates of deposit;' to those who did its bidding, in such large amounts a would uke those of recent disclosures appear entirely insignificant Will the Oil and Gas Trust be permitted to "Guggenheim" this great oil and gas field right here at the doors of both Kansas Cities, while we pend our time talking about Alaska and the corruption of distant cities? Sign and circulate this petition to President Taft at onoe. Let him knaw you will help hold up the hands ef an honest President, who, even In the heat of a campaign, will personally investigate for himself, free from the influ ence of those surrounding him, and do what is right, even though his action should deprive the Oil Trust; of oil and gas valuer of the enorrrvoua sum of $900,000,000.00 and turn it to a competitor of the OH Trust in the interest of the people. The Trust easily could afford to put up a campaign fund of $20,000,000.00 to- prevent the President from performing this act of Justice and to keep this (36,600 acres of rich oil and gas land from going to a competitor which is owned by over twelve thousand American citizens representing every Con-, Cressional District in the United States, and which proposes to protect the general public from extortionate prices of the Oif Trust in the Central West The Oil Trust henchmen in Oklahoma who are leading the Oklahoma fight against these leases, have openly bolted the Republican party and have fought and are fighting Presi dent Taft in that State. This fight was started since they discovered that this Independent Oil Company believe in the honesty of President Taft and believed that President Taft could not be permanently deceived by tny tools of the Trust, no matter how high they may have ascended in of ficial life and that eventually he would discover the truth and do Justice. The Oil Trust can afford to finance the ory of ostensible independent producers who depend upon the Trust for every financial breath they breathe, if these os tensible independent companies assist the tools of the Trust , higher up to deceive and mislead President Taft. When it admitted that' it mad a donation in 1904 of $123,000.00 to have Its action therein "appreciated," how much would it" pay to secure action which would secure it hundreds of mil lions of dollars' worth of oil and gas territory and take this enormous value from a growing competitor? If it can se cure this enormous value and can ruin its competitor, it can then double the price of refined oil; double the price of gas and fuel oil and decrease the price of crude oil to the point where there will be but little profit to the small producer, and it can thereby rob the people by extortionate prices on one hand and rob the small producer by inadequate prices on crude on the other. It can afford to hire lawyer-poli-ticlana by the thousands to get themselves into positions of trust in the party councils and .in the government where they can be used by the Trust) when opportunity requires. It can afford to buy the influence of newspapers and maga zines to deceive the people and make them believe that these hirelings are patriots, unselfishly working for the people. These politicians and newspapers and mngaslnes are scattered all over the Union. Many of them who have masqueraded as Republicans for many years are openly pre tending to support President Taft, but it is very significant that all of the lieutenants of these politicians suddenly turn up against President Taft and secure delegations agalns him. r We know the class of hirelings the Oil Trust has In charge of the Republican party machinery in Kansas and the Middle West, and no matter how loudly they may pro claim their loyalty to President Taft, we know they hare been disloyal to him and to the Republican' party and that their ostensible support has done President Taft and the Re publican party more harm than good. These hirelings seek to monopolize the attention of the President and keep hir.1 from learning the truth. They are adepts In singing to him the sweet song of success, lulling him into a false assurance, while they stab hlin Jn the back and know that the people will oppose him because they are pretending to favor him. They always were against the true La Fotlette progressives. As a matter of course they always were against the UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANY because it is a progressive competitor of their master. We know that if president Taft la not de ceived and his eyes blindfolded and his ears closed by the Siren song of these hirelings, that Kansas, Missouri, Ne- ' bi aska and several other states in the Central West can be saved to President Taft, but ,if the Oil Trust is permitted to tar the Taft campaign by putting their tools Into the leader ship and by deceiving the President and inducing him to disapprove of these oil and gas leases in the Interest of Ah Trust and that portion of the Press which Is controlled by the OIL TRUST is .permitted to keep prominently before the eyes of the people the statement that the Oil Trust Is for President Taft or in any event l against Mr. Roosevelt, thousands' of well-meaning and honest but, misled and de ceived Republicans in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and other states will be driven away from the support of President Taft. The Oil Trust is not for the election-of President Taft. If it was, It would lead the public to believe It was opposed to him, knowing that the public," quick to take alarm, eager to do right, but not considerate at times, would rush pell-mell with headlong speed to the support of the ; man publicly opposed by the Oil Trust. x K If you are a loyal citizen of the Central West and desire to see the prosperity of the country continue and desire your ' Government to be free and independent of the control of the Oil Trust, think these conditions over. It is a serious mat- -ter. It is one which should arouse you and urge you to write or telegraph Charles D. Hllles, Chairman National Republican Committee, Times Building, New Tork City, for a genuine Taft square deal In this transaction. THE UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANy seeks to succeed on its merits In this contest The Oil Trust, of course, is using Its horde of pur chased newspapers, crooked politicians and dumnvy oil opera- . tors. All are working overtime to prevent the approval of these leases in the interest and to the advantage of their Master. . - - No action' that could be performed by President Taft will so forcibly and clearly prove to the people of the United States that htf does not wear the "Standard Oil collar as the approval of these leases to THE UNCLE 8AM OIL COMPANY in opposition to all of the corrupt influences of the money of the OH Trust and all the crooked politicians, subsidised newspapers and magaslnes its ill-gotten money can com mand. . ... The petition requests the President to direct the approval s of the leases on or before October 20th. If President Taft approves the leases against the Interest of the Oil Trust and in spit of all of its efforts, you will have proof of what he , will do for you even when the Presidency itself Is at stake. If he Is willing to oppose the OH Trust In the heat of a cam paign in which his action may turn against him the batteries of the Oil Trust from ocean to ocean and from Canada to the Gulf, you will know that he is true blue and that you can trust him, as your President to stand firm for the light under any an'd all circumstances. Sign the petition today, writing' your postoffice address and your, name plainly and secure every qualified voter possible to sign the petition : with you, and then mail it to THE UNCLE SAM OIL COM ; PANY, Kansas City, Kansas, and you will be notified prompt ly after October 20th of the action taken by President Taft so you will have the truth In time to tell your neighbors and friends before election day, November 6th. THE UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANV. To the General Public i Th Once Indian Reservetlon nonslst of (bout , 1.600.000 acrea. It 1 bounded by Kuhi a the Xorth; the Arkansas River on th Wt anil Smith, and the Santa Ft Railroad from Can?, Kansas, to Tulea, Oklahoma, rani within a tew mile f tb Xaat aid. In th oraaaiaatlon ot Oklahoma as a a tat, tha Oaag ladleo Reaarra tlon was dei(ntd aa Oaag county. Thia proomty originally waa wurchaaed by tha 0aaa Indian Triba from tha Cherokee. Tha tint eontraat tor purchase was at about thirty 1 (wv mi. , im v wm ouuiv mis. meddling by tha efovromat oftlcara and It finally east the Oaafea about aeTsnty cants (70c) par acr. In UN, during Cleveland's Administration, a leaae tor oil and fa waa mada on the antlre j una i atlon ana taken over by a Company dom inated by tha Oil Truat. . Thia lass waa lim ited to tan jraara and expired In 19M. during Koovelt' list term, and waa rtnewad tor ten yean wlthoat consulting tha Indian Tribe, but tha renewal only eovered about all hundred and eighty tbouaand (WO.OOO) urn la tha Eaetern portion ( tha Reeervetlon. which tract waa then ' aappoea'dl to Intrude all et the velaubl oil and gaa land In tha Raserva-tlon. Mr. Rooeevelt now claim that If tha Standard Oil Company mada hie campaign committee a donation ot $115,090 ' In the tall at 104, ha did not know It and It did not inflaehee hie action. , Hla secretary ot tha Interior reeommended the renewal ot thia leaaa and Mr;' ltoeaaTeH approved and atgned It In order to shirk the responsibility, the approval waa meertod the Indian bill and put through conamee. Mr. Roovlt had barely been inaugurated aa tha reeult ot the 1904 election, when . his Attorney General for tha Postoffle Department commenced a ayateaatte persecution of THE UNCLR SAM OIL COMPANY to retard Ita growth and prevent M from competing with the Standard Oil Company. Mr. Rooaerelt'i Attorney General, hla PMtmaster tianerai, hla Poatoftfoe Inepectora and ether appointees. Including Judge Hook, Judge Pollock. District Attorney Bone, Special Deputy District Attorney D. It Hits and every . one ot Mr. Rooaevelt'a Lieutenants and atrlkera. Including the Kaunas City Star and other newa papera dominated by the Oil Trust, joined In the persecution at thia Independent Oil Company and IB If I . 1 u ,", up turn wutwvubivu UUI1U Mr. Roosevelt's laat Administration. - in IN( congress paaaea a law allotting tna i aurfaoe at tha Oenga Reservation to the Itidt ..vldusl members of the Tribe, but provided that tha mineral rights, Including tha oil and gaa, should remain In the Tribe and unallotted for the period of twenty-five years, s - : , Coder thia law, If tha oil and gas la not taken out of tha land by tha Tribe during the twenty ' five years. It will paaa to tha owaera at tha ' surface. , Tha Oil Trait under tha Reoeevelt renewal on .the Eastern portion of tna Reservation received lust what It wanted. The renewal did not pro- tact tha Indiana, but permitted the Oil Trust to i pay tha Indiana the "market price" for tha royalty all and tha Oil Trust of course flzea the "market price" of tha oil. Thia unfair renewal, worth at least Fifty Mil lion Dollar (IM.OOO.OOO) to the Oil Trust, waa secured by a few lines allpped Into the Indian kill by direction and approval ef Mr. Roosevelt ; and hla Secretary of the Interior. The original leaae mada by the Cleveland Administration waa y. made at tha time when there had been little if any development for oil and gaa In tha Kansas Oklahoma field and the Osage Nation waa then considered rank wildcat property. Whea It was . renewed by Mr. Roosevelt there had been mil lions ef dollars spent on development ef adjoin ing lands In Kanaaa and Oklahoma and tha por tion covered by tha renewal waa then known to he very rich aad valuable oil and gaa property. Mr. Roosevelt made a great pretense of being agatnet leasing the antlre Reservation when he knew the Trust only wanted the Eastern half. . Mia pretensions were also lend and long on the point at raising the royalty. Under the original leaaa tha Truat had to pay ose-tentt ti-M) of the oil aa royalty and wspo paying aa high aa II. to barrel for thia one-tenth (1-10); t.hat la, if 4 well produced one hundred barrala of oil, ten barrels would belong to the Indians and would be worth twelve dollars ia. Mr. Roosevelt In sisted that the Trust should pay tha "market price" for qne-elghth (tt)vof the oil and It waa so provided In the renewal, that la, If a well pro duced one hundred barrels ot oil the royalty at one-etghtb (Vi) would be twelve and one-half (12Mi) barrala instead of ten barrels under the original Cleveland lease, but the Joker appears right here for the Trust, Instsad ot paying II. !0 a barrel for ten barrels, reduced the "market price" to forty' cents (40c) per barrel, thus ob taining the twelve and one-half barrels for 15.00 Instead of paying 112.00 for tha ten barrels under the original leaaa. This is the way Mr. Roose velt's Administration persecuted the Oil Truat. Of course, Mr. Archbold pretends to denounce hla for directing suit to be brought to dissolve the Standard Oil Company, but when we consider that under the very la;- which authorized this nit, Mr. Archbold, Mr. Rockefeller and other Standard Oil Officers could have been sent to the penitentiary upon the same state of facta estab lished In the suit ordered by Mr. Roosevelt; when wa consider, that Mr. Roosevelt has carefully re frained from directing the arrest and conviction of these violators of the law; when we consider that tha dissolution suit be ordered was dragged along through hla courts during the entire administra tion with ao apparent effort on his part to bring It to a successful conclusion that by the uncer tainty of the litigation thouaanda of stockholders la tha Standard Oil Company were frightened and led to 'dispose ot their stock at greatly reduced values and that the guilty officers thereby poeketed over Two Hundred. Million Dollar (1300. 000,00a) frightened from their stockholdera. we are led to believe that tha Oil Trust must feel very grateful to Mr. Roosevelt and hla Attorney Gen eral for the mild manner In which they pretend to enforce the taw against this great law-breaking monopoly. . . In January.) IMS, the oil- Trust raised -th black flag of destruction In the Kansas ell Held. Kan aaa rallied In a fight In good faith and passed protective lawa which save a chance to an Inde pendent Oil Company to build up and live. All ot these lawa were promptly signed by Gov ernor E. W. Hoch. then Governor of Kansas, and Governor Hoch made himself conspicuous aa an official really In good faith, proving by hla action that he was not controlled by the Oil Trust. One of these laws waa attacked by the courts aa unconstitutional. The support of ,thla-attack was the Oil Trust and its lobbyists and henchmen openly made the fight. The Truat succeeded In having the state refinery law declared unconstitu tional and Ita attorneys In that fight have suc ceeded In keeping themselves to the front In the councils of the Republican party of Kanaaa and one of them has been placed In charge ot the National committee at Chicago to conduct tha campaign In the Middle West for the election of President Taft. He and hla claaa care nothing tor President Taft and If he ostensibly claims to be for President Taft he known that hla claim will help President Tail's opponent. He waa repudi ated by the Republicans of Kansas and could sot be e'ected to any position In tha Bute. He Is la the Republican party for the money he can make out ef It through patronae ha hones to control, and If the Republican party In Kanaaa must look to the Chicago manager for success In Kansas, It will fall, tor tha people of Kanaaa know thia Lieutenant ef tha Oil Trust and ha cannot deceive them even If he deceived President Taft and Chairman Hides. President Taft cannot prevent an Oil Trust henchman from claiming to be a Republican, nor can ha prevent him from deceiving the Chairman' of the Committee and securing the appointment aa Manager of the Chicago branch of the Committee, but President Taft cannot succeed In satisfying tha paeple f the United States of what we be. Ileva Is the fact aad that la that he Is Indeed and In truth a friend of the people and free from any Influence of the Oil Trust, ao long as David W. Mulvane of Kanaaa remains at tha head ot tha Chicago branch of the National Committee, unless President Taft ahould approve the Osage Oil and Gas lessee, which fact alon wouU convince tha people of the United States tiiat President Taft was not wearing the Standard Oil collar, even though every officer and stockholder, newspaper and politician controlled by the Standard ahould openly support him. THK UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANT waa or ganised In February. 1906. Its organisation was the outgrowth of the boycott of Kanaaa oil by the Oil Trust. It published Ita plans and pur poses in the newspapers throughout the United States and Invited the loyal cltlsena to Invest In Its stock and assist it to compete with tha Truat In producing, refining and marketing oil. In a very short time It built three refineries, dis tributing stations In many of the trade centers of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri and a pipe Una from the Osage Nation one hundred and forty-one miles toward Kansaa City, and developed several valuable oil properties. Every forwsrd step taken by. the Company was met by bitter opposition from the Oil Trust and Its henchmen. Many times thess henchmen came disguised aa friends. . Thia was the cloak assumed by David W. Mulvane, who tried to gat tha officers of the Company to eon sent to the appointment of a disguised Standard Oil Attorney aa a "friendly" receiver for this company to prevent Mr. Roosevelt's District At torney and D. R. Hlte, Special Asstitsnt, from Indicting tha General Manager, His offer was spurned and Immediately thereafter General Man agar H. H. Tucker, Jr., waa falsely Indicted In Judge Pollock's court for his attempt to build up a competitor of the Oil Trust. Every obstacle conceivable waa thrown In tha pathway ot tha Company's succera. Within alxty daya after tha organisation ol THE UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANY, tha Oil Trust paid the Kansaa City Star thouaanda of dollars for reading matter favorable to the Trust. Prior to these payments the Kansaa City Star was filled with the people's aide ot the con troversy and after theae paymenta were mad there was a dearth of anything favorable to the Independent producers and the Independent Oil Companies. Mow, the owner and editor of the Star la posing as the special representative of the people and ot the doctrines advocated by the martyred Lincoln. H. H. Tucker. Jr., President of THE UNCLE 8AM OIL COMPANY, and Albert U Wilson, Gen eral Counael for the Company, were each born In Kansas too late to take part in the Civil War, but Mr. Tucker's father and Mr. Wilson's three alder brothers kissed their loved ones good-bye and Joined tha Union Army at the call of Abraham Lincoln and fought to preterve the Union, and maintain Lincoln's policies, aa did hundreds of the stockholdera of THE UNCLE SAM OIL COM PANY and thouaanda of tha members of the Re publican party. When they wera doing this, Will iam R. Nelson, editor and owner of the Kansaa City Star, waa a member of the Knighta of the Golden Circle, the moat contemptible enemy Lin coln had. Ha has been fighting the party of Lincoln from that day to thia. It la time genuine Lincoln Republicans ahould denounce such dema gogues and refuse to be ted by them in destroying the party ef Lincoln. W ask you aa patriotic cltlten to algn thia petltlos and urge your pa triotic neighbor to algn It and let President Taft know that William R. Nelson on th one hand and David W. Mulvane on the other do not repre sent vou In this crisis. ' THE UNCLE SAM OTL COMPANT has had to) contend with the opposition of Mr. Roosevelt's appointees In Kansas and hi special advocate, the Kansaa City glar. It haa won In every fight, and It la going to win In thia fight, because it is right. The patriotic citizens ot Kansaa will aronoe themselves and they yill not permit William R. Nelson, David W. Mulvane, Judge Hook, Judge) Pollock, H. J. Bon and D. R. Hlte to apeak to them.. Judge Hook arbitrarily .aenUnoed Mr. Tucker to Jail ninety days for contempt bocauaa he asked the Court In respectful language tor a change ef trial Judge to try the bankruptcy sun Into whtch the Company had been tricked by th Oil Trust henchmen. The application waa respect ful to any honorable court and let up th mis conduct and prejudice of Judge Pollock. Judge Hook waa forced to grant the application because no one disputed Ita truth, but he sent Mr. Tucker to Jail ninety days for making the truthful aa- plication. Th Interests cam very near deceiving President Taft Into promoting Judge Hook t tha Supreme Bench, but at th laat moment and after President Taft had announced that ha would thus promote him, he was informad of Judge Hook's conduct la this matter and he promptly refused to appoint him and appointed Justice Pitney. Mr. Tucker st confined In a common Jail In th heat of th summer three months on Judge Hook's unwarranted, arbitrary order. Mr. Roose velt, then President, waa appealed to for a pardon and was shown that Mr. Tucker had violated no law and bad been Incarcerated In a common Jail with common criminal upon the edict of an angry Judge, but Mr. Roosevelt refused to pardon him and permitted the outrage to be carried out, evi dently believing that th Imprisonment would ruin th hf alth of Mr. Tucker and complete th ruin of th Company, thereby removing from the field a rsijldly growing competitor of th Oil Trust. While Mr. Tucker wa thus Imprisoned an effort wai mad to Indue tha Jailer t lock him la a cell In ao attempt to "rush hla spirit and dis courage him and make him give up th fight and let the property of the Company as eoaflscated by the crew ot Roosevelt wolves headed by Mulvsne, Hlte, Bone and Company. Mr. Wilson was twice falsely Indicted and Mr. Tucker flv times talisly Indicted by this same wrecking crew. Tbslr abso lute Innocence wa fully established aad the loyal people of Kansaa have not forgotten these outrages perpetrated by the appointee of Mr. Roose velt and indorsed by Mr. Roosevelt after ha had been elected through the Influence of th Oil Trust aa disclosed In th United States Senate, When Mr. Roosevelt wss President he had aa opportunity to stand far the People aa agalnat th Trust, and th People were deserted by him and he appointed to life posltlona the very men tha Trust Indorsed. THE UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANT has grown In eplte of all th efforts of th Trust t crush It, It bas about two million dollars tti.00a.000) worth of property and la an active competitor of th Tnvt,. It haa secured a laaaa from the Osage Na tional Council for 201,100 acres of the Reservation.' It also has an assignment ot another lease for 2.W.000 acre and a contract for an assignment by th real parties In interest for another 200,000 acres, making la all 3.M acre. Oaa wells at enormous volume have been discovered on both aides of these leasea and ell wells making a mpoh aa 7,000 barrala per ear eaeb have been tec a red on adjoining lands, Thar can be no doubt but that this Isrge tract of land. If the leases are approved by President Taft, will furnish this In dependent Company a supply of crude ell for years u cum and In addition thereto furnish It aa enormous Income from the sale ef th natural gaa and establish It In tha Mid-Continent field a a successful and permanent competitor of the Oil Trust. With these lease approved It will be able to secure all the capital needed to construct large pip line for gaa and oil to supply Eastern Kan aaa and Western Missouri, including th Cities of Wichita, Topeka, Atchison. Leavenworth, It. Jos eph, Kansaa City and Jopltn. Under the provision of the leases a large amount ot development must b made. Teat walla most be drilled ever all the land and It la fair to presume, from th results on adjoining lands, that at least thlrty-flv theoisnd barrala of crude oil per day can be secured for th nsit fifteen year. Thia would put about fine t homer bar. rels of fuel oil Into Kaaaaa City for factory Pur pose and would be of great benefit to the mans facturtra of th two Kansas Cities. Th 0ag Indiana own this land and have baas ao unfairly treated under th Rooeavall renewal upon th UO.froe acre In ts Baxter half of the Reservation that they want THI UKCLM SAM OIL COMPANT to get a foothold that win help them to protect their Inter agalnat th Oil Trust. The leaaa would at one become -Valid If approved by President Taft. Aa altaat Sec retary of th Interior see disapproved them. Hla reason are untrue and absurd and are elaarly la tha Interest of th Oil Trust. H claim that ther waa ne opportunity for th competitive bid ding before the lease were mada, but th fact la that the negotiation were conducted 'publicly for a year, everything being published Is the news papers from day to. day and special aottc printed (ADVERTISEMENT.) for Months before the teases wr signed, giving gny person an opportunity to otter better terms. N on offered better terms and the ! were elgaed. The Aaalatant Secretary ot th Interior arl th lease were mad before he Issued rules and ngulalmna for lb making ot leas. That la true Thia vaat acreage of known rich oil and gaa land had lain there sine 10 to snd in cluding lilt, and til Secretary had made ne rule under which aay leasea should be drawn. He never mad any rules until after thw leases war mad. It thee lea had not so msd most likely he would have delayed making any rules during the balance or the twenty-five years, the period In which the Indiana must lake out the ell and gaa If he had thus dslsved and preveuled any leases being mad snd In th meantime th Oil Truat had purchased th surfte. th mineral right would have pessed to them free ef charge gad lb ladles Triba won Id have been defrauded out of th rovslty on this enormous valuation ef oil aad gaa. Thia petition will eaue President Taft to reeve n inquire In why th Secretary af th Interior dlav4 making any rule for th leaalng ef this know all aad gaa land, from Jtm. if, to Julv s, mi. on-fourth of the en. tlr tim sllttted to the Indiana to take ul the 11 and gaa. If he anekea the Inquiry he will find out that th Oil Trust I secretly purchasing the aurfac aad hoeing r fair mesne or foul fa pstvent any development or any leasing during the remainder t th term, so that all th royalty on all and ga which ahould go to th Osag Indlsn Tribe will silently sad smoothly ' Int the treasury et the Trust. The Secretary further claim that'th land should b teased la smell tracts, Thia I clearly In the Interest of th Trust. Th small producer cannot afford ta build a refinery te refine hla oil aad distributing sta tion to market It. He i at the mercy of the Oil Trust and must tak for his U th arte It offr. It th Trust can kp h producer de. pendent upon It for their market, th Trust, will be satisfied. It doe set want eny competitor to b lvn a less on Mi, MO cres of this rich all snd gas lend and It bas a valuable aaalstant Is Aseletsnt Secretary Adam. He I Just waloua In tb Interest f tb Trust, and In making argu ments tstlafactarr to th Trust, aa any lawyer on th payroll of the Truat could be. but he will not b bl ts keee President Taft deceived much hanger. This petition will help open th eras of th' President. The Oaag Trlh of Indian must not be un derstood t b llllttrst and In need f a guardian to transact I heir business. While the werd Tribe ts applied I their community in deference to cus tom, yet the? constitute on of th wealthiest, moat law-abiding, aeaceatle. cemented, civilised and Intelligent Countlea in any Stat In th Union. Their cities and towna are well governed and their home ere equal to th home tf th whit people anywhere. Many member of th Trlh are college graduates and th average stand, aril of Intelligence te equal t the standard in any community In th land. They ar religious, the larger portion being continent eoemoern ef th fstholle or Methodist Churches. Krn at far back as th Civil War they were intensely pa triotic. Many of tbem enlisted In th Union army and offered their lives as a sacrifice that tha talon might b preserved, and many ot them ar members of the Grand Army et th Republic. Congress recognised th high character of the Oaag by providing that their affaire should b controlled by a Oeucll at eight members to b elected by popular vo'.a. Thlei council was given absolute and sol a thorlly to lease the land for oil and go purpose t and thee only limitation to tkat authority la that the PrwSdent ot the .United Slate shall determine the royalty and the lea tea art II b approved by t he Secrttary of th Interior a a precaution to o event (Intake and fraud, such as frequently tnlae niece In any community In the .land. Thee intel'ller-nt - Indians have mad the n-eeaa end demerit ed the) term they knew to he most fvrli tr thentt 4 a comparison bei ween thvae lessee and any (s sse road for them by th Interior Depart men) clearly proves that the Indians ar nor aMe to mak contract to pro tect their rhjltt than the Department Itself. The terms of the leasee sre mon t tarorable to the Indiana and IMrrVer upon tha lessees than they should he, but y save rsttd the terms ot th leases, snd arc JVtuod thereby and are willing to carry them out In good flt . The Department should b eager to appntv tl leases In th In. terest of the IndVxe anif wot ltd he If It had an other motive that the maklfig of the very bast eentract that rouir t matte 'forithe Indians. Thr I on prvfloa In1 th leases t but. pro hibits the gss fn la being .'Piped out , of Osage County, hut on accai of rh e unexpected opposi tion la the Interior Jetnartro nt, the Indiana need thia aselstsnre to obtain free n President Taft an order directing th vcetrp to do his duly and approve th lease, and It 'la understood among the leading members it the 1'rlh thai If the cltl nens at Kama end Mtsaror t -who are depending HM natural gat for tuel aj II Mist In obtaining the approval of the lenses, the flaas will .aatrae to permit gas to be p loed I Into Kansas and MIs aottrl for demeettr pnrptMW. This enables you to .tar t direct personal In loreet In tilt affair If foe si a user tit natural ass. TV.!, large tract t Islnd Is known to b a rich gss field and a lar.te supply developed there will redound to your Individual benefit. We have positive knovHatHe of the manner m which the Oil and Oaa Trtiel' crowd led hy an oil. Truat hanker from Berth Ills ran their specllt train over Oklahoma attending various County Convention and helped to isUmpede .Oklahoma to Mr. liooeevelt last spring. In Ksneee th same tactic were followed evetH thnt In Ksnsaa THK UNCLR SAM OIL COMPACT bad branded wral Oil Trust henchmen and tha y were recognised en such throughout the stale In order to Injur Preldnt Taft th braadel' tool -wee put for ward as th champion of Pi t aidant Taft while all th Lieutenants of the Oil Tit rat who had not been branded worked night and d y against the Presi dent and for Mr. Ronvl't This .same policy wa pursued in Illinois. Mil eourl, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other Stale. If a I nan -waa well known as an Otl Truat Lieutenant, tve wee ;pitt In the front a a supporter et Prll int Tft, but he did him no good end afl of Ma, Inconspicuous asso ciates and strikers ,war tor Mr. (Roosevelt. la this manner the Trust fooled! th people snd -cured delegates against President Taft by making tha people ballev they , wtr lor Mm. while thee; wer in fact furnishing r U tl train and unlim ited rampslgn funds to Mr. - Roosevelt. ' Jun 21. 111. w publish d a request to the loysl peopl ef the Onrted Ststa elreulatw then petition at th Fourth of July Celebration, but the Interior Department, In order to atop tha circulation ef such petltloajv gww Out to th Associated Pre th false) . ataleoxnt that th lease had been approved. This falsehood wee published from ocean to oeettn and from Canada to th Gulf. July Id. snd it suspended the circu lation of the petitions. We received In.rtesd of petitions msny telegrams and latter congrstu Itttog us upon th approval of the leases. Th'. la Just one dirty little trick played on us by the InUrlor Dprtmnt .of this great -nation, . Is not a dlsgrsr to hare lb Interior Department toop to such contmntlbl nrsctlces aa downright Wing to prevent the natrlnttc cltlrcne c'f the United state from petitioning President Taft to do Jnetlce by the Ossge Indisns and this In tteiaeiident' Oil Comnanvf THK nxm.ie next fill. COMPANT dedicated Its first reflnerv to Inde. fjendence In the oil trad on Julv '4, 105. Cap tain P. H. Coney, then Denartment Cmmsndr of Ihe G. A. P. Of Kaness. mad the speech dd. estlrg the prnoeriies at -the fVimpanv to Inde. pendence In the oil trade and THE UXCL! 8AV OIL COMPANY hen progress! by annealing t the patriotism df the eeople of the United states. It now appeals to such patriotism for protection and help. 8ln 'he netlllon todav; act vntr neighbors to elan; -swell to THE O"' MM OIL COMPANY". Kaoeas Cttv. Kss.. e.d ri feel sore that .President Tf. will listen to yen snd metre a thorottrh eersonal lnvtleti ( this matter and direct tke.anprovtl nf th l-r If your netiilMi ucea in .arojnlag prt-- Taft to th ImpofMnc df thl matte- so thv will make careful neroaal Invest Ivetlon from Influence or isersuasion of those surrniui""" him who are dlalnysl to him and lovsl to s Trust, he wPI approve th leases end vo-i wl'l thereby know ttaart he hi free. It should h'--fore be plstn to you xht' vom now have the on oortunlty to heln show to the wople this v-v Important met, that Prestetedt Tsft esnnnt '-. fluenced seelnst th pee pie's interest. 'even In the heat of this rampslgn. hy sny donation I amalgn fund nor bv any tteelbh empport frott nil v,l Sb.t.n.. 1 . . ' , This fsct. If shown to the peonie. will mt nM master the crista In IMs camrilttn. It roav aee In yn the tlernlner of thl we til ten d Its t1tcu' tlon Is a very .little thing . rn to .aad that It wl'l hive very little Influence. Such would be -r!-oiis mistake. Hoot of the igree test movement la hlsiorv hev hewn directed, modified. . ohgwv r controlled by clrrumvtnce which In themselves, et Ihe time, epoeneerl verv mstgnlftcenf. The "file now, sine the rtrnlasur in the Utfd Ststes Senate, want to be enured that no "rertl'l estes trf depoelt." no donation to rampslgn 'fund, no ostensible aunport of Oil Truat Lieutenants will control or Influence the man they selset for their President. If ynu earn Indue President T't to take the atep and a on rove these equitable levee -rtwht In the heat nf the campaign, -when the people (know they -wee opposed y sll th .power of -til Oil Trnaf. you ll convince th peopl that President Tsft Is the men for them to trust In this hls-h nffle.. Ywur netltlon "will h lotned by ten of thousand af enthera ami the little action vtlch yoM tike Joined with the little action of e-vrr ntev he thw rrrcumerance which, will btwin your Nation fnr -year, te com bv In duclnc tb voters to await .from th lethaegv earned hy the poison th derrmrngu has been pouring Into their ears end -enabl them to pre serve their constitution and government a It ws handed down to them by their forefathers. Mall th petltlona to , THK UNCLE SAM OIL COMPANT, Kanaaa City, Kanaaa. --PETITipW'.T To William Howard Taft, President oHhe United States: We, the unilerslifned Qualified voters of the United States, xespectfuO y petition you to direct the Secretary ef the In terior to approve the Oil and gas leases made by the Osane National Council and described In the Brief of THE UNCUS 8AM OIL COMPANT. filed with you in July, and that you direct said approval on or before October !Uh, 1912, and we submit for your consideration and as a basis for making- such oiirter with In said time, th folrowlttf facts: . J. Said leases were mane by the Osage National uouncii arter one. years public negotiation, during which time the public naa tne opportunity to suumu net ter terms, ana no "ter jrnras itrrt auonmia. 'ine leases are fair to the In dians; ara well understood by them; are exactlywhat th Indlansfi wa.t; protect very right ff the Indians; guarantee slty cents mlnlmurr price for the royalty oil; provide a fatp and , reainonable royalty on mil ana gasr the necessary de velopment to test the entire territory; ara satisfactory to the les.ieeef ; should tw approved at once on their merits, and wt feel would be approved were you not misled by plausible argument made by per no rig who we believe are deceiving you In the interest and for the benefit of the Standard Oil Company, , t. A crises exists In the political affair of tha nation and they approval of these-lease on or before October 20th will enable us and the friends of constitutional government to sal&sry tha people toefore Die election and fully convince them that you are able, broad snd brave enough to approve these ilaos .and thereby promote, perpetuate and maintain genuine competition with the Oil Trust, In spite of the fact that m any ot Us advocate are publicly claiming to sup port you, 'and that you ar free and Independent qf and from any infl uonc that may b presumed Mi be exercised oa ac count of any assistance In a political way by person associated wtlt.li the Oil Trust. , 1. We feel that you should be elected for the common good aid that the 1et interest ef the country den and that you should how do soma act which will satisfy the peopl and thoroughly onvtnc them that no donation from the OH Truat, no matter how large or how disguised or covered up; that ro political boss, however powerful ta your behalf and that no political clique or machine, however strong, can swerve you on lota from the plain duty to give a competitor af the Standard Oil Company a real Taft square deal by the approvtal f said leases, Warnt fllaulneifrae nhnar that the, IH1 Trust r.nntrfhliteut el- lstMt UtE AIA ( tv. -i.-n r, ... . - - -- v- - - - - ' ' " wtw -vicvwiuii s m i , iwoseveti In 1104. Immediately after his election, hi administration approved a lease for 880,000 acre to a company dominated by th OH Trut and commenced an unwarranted, unlawful and malicious peraacuUan of TUB UNCLE 6AM Oils COMPANT and kept up such persecution during his entire term, to th great ,advantaga of the Standard Oil Company. ' He 1m now deceiving th people and claiming to be their especial friend tand advocate. The peopl hou!d have the oppor tunity ef contrasting your, approval, uf these leasea and your pretention of THE UNCLE 8AM OIL COMPANY, with the persecution It received under' the Itoosevelt administration. S. For some time past the people have been furnished dangerous misiiifortnatlon aad downright falsehoods concern ing your conduct a President until many well meaning cltlsens have cottj to believe that you are surrounded by persons In whom you hav confidence and who are deceiving you and mis lauding you ta conduct the affairs of your tilgh office in, the Interest and to the benefit of the Trust and monopolies which fatten upon extortion from the people WH'lCH PXTORTIONB ARK RESPONSIBLE KOK THK HIGH COST OF LIVING. It Is known that the Otl Trust Is chief ' iiiuiiuyuueis sum tne approval oi tnese usage un ana ua iae win oe considered Vy th penpla the striking of one blow in the Interest of the people, and aa conclusive evidence of the nlsrepresentatlons of the newspa pers, magaslne and speakers who hav so wickedly defamed yvu. . . Th Oil Trust has persistently opposed th making of said leases and when It con fee e that it Intended to pur. chase the Presidency in 104, It Is not unreasonable to presum that It Is aiile, without your knowledge, indue some one lin your confidence to make a plaualbl argument against th approval of these leases. Krom development sur rounding this land, a reasonably estimate of the amount of oil and gaa that mar N produced from said land reachea th enormous um of nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000). If this vaat amount can be kept from competitor of th Oil Tnit and the land leased to snail operator who will hav no refineries or marketing faollitle and who must ther- rw kiwi tor in on mey produce in pnc nxea uy tna Trust, this vaat mm of money will be turned into th ircuury 01 in irusi xnos m your continence, wno mignt be controlled by th Trust, may assert that this 1 a email transaction, and Indue you to glv it but llght consideration. It is large enough to enabl th Trust to completely finance several national campaigns and we feel sure that If you give the matter a careful, personal Investigation frae from any Influence that may hav been exercised by the Trtft. through person in whom you have confidence and with out your knewledg ef said influence, you will approve said lease and thereby prove to the peopl of the United State that you are in favor of genuine competition in this country, for thetpeople know that you could not approve these leases If your course was controlled by the Oil Trust. ' , " , 7. W do not ask your Excellency to approv said lease for any personal gain to yourself. We know that you will not consider yourself in tb transaction, but It so happen that you represent the cause of good government and it nust be maintained through your election. To insure It maintenance, through thia course, the people must be aroused frort; the, condition produced by the falsehood heretofore circulated. Campaign speeches and newspaper article will not arouse them. They are but words and what the peopla need I aotloc deeds Instead of word. This artion of au proving these leasea will arouse -the people and Indue them to nave themselves from the demagogue who haa ba&n pouring poison Into their ear while they slept serenely, thinking the demagogu their friend and protector NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS OCCUPATION . . - - :. " : xt - " '' ' ' ' '. ' I ' ::- - . " . . - . ' - " - " " ; r ' . i . . t "...'. - 1 ..''.'. ' . . ' i " ' " ' : '" : '' '" 1 ' ' " ' '' e . , . , ( .V ' ;t'-. ,' . ' " T ' ; 1 r : i .- , ... !;- ' ' ' ' - i " . r-1 , J e ' : ' J ) .t - . , . ., .. . .V ' - ' ' ' ' f '; ; ' .- '.-.. . ' , " ' '' ' ' ' ( ; j - , I , ,f., - i i s "'.'.' , - i , - ' ' ' k - 1 '' ...,'.,... . -I ; :-,r V; ,. , i "' ' ' ' , :"' - " I. ' " ' INSTRUCTIONS Cut out th above petition, paste or pin it to legal c ap ruled n blank sheet or letter head and add to it until you hav a petition three feet to ten feet long, atgned by loyal cltiiens of your community. As this proposition ef fect every household -means naaonabl gaa for fuel in ilia; household to the wash woman and woman of means alike especially in Kansas City, Mo.; Kansas City, Kan., Wichita, Topeka, Hutchinson, St. Joseph, Jopl In. Pittsburg, Ola the. -Ottawa, Independence,' Cherryvale, Chanute, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Atchison and other domestio gas-using cities in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and gasoline at reasonable price to cook with on the farms and in small cities Where tb gasoline stove take the place of gas therefore every mother and daughter in every household has vital right and Interact In thl transaction and therefore are requested to Insist upon their husbands, fathers, son and brothers signing and circulating these petition. Whan petitions ar completed forward same to Th Unci Sam Oil Company, Kansaa City, Kan. ' 4 ' , ;.. . -