Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 249, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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ders should bo made payable to tho ABILENE PRINQ-
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appear in the columns of tho Reporter will bo gladly cor-
rected upon its being brought to tho attention of the firm
TELEPHONES:
Business and Circulation S. W. C-7; Roberts 6-7 One Ring
' Editorial Office Roberts 151.
Dry years are Sure to come In any country and the
man who is careful .will not involve himself too much but
?vill always "lay by In store" for such years.
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The Texas horse as a utility animal excels those of
any other state. He has plowed our fields fought our
battles and Is the most faithful of animal kind. Among
all animals he stands first In war first in peace and
first In the hearts of the people.
The woolen and free list bills of the house promise
some lively scenes before the curtain Anally falls in the
senate. The reciprocity bill will be delayed on account
of the .fight on these measures. The Senate of the
United States is a great body of scrappers.
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The belief that court life is losing some of its bbrlllian-
cy has been dlsproven In the crowning of King George
the fifth and Mary the third. England has never seen
a more magnificent affair. King George begins his relgri
along lines that indicate a court of grandeur.
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Governor Tom Campbell is doing some good work for
the prohibition cause. He has .accepted invitations to
speak at Brownwood and Fort Worth If central and
west Texas prohibition territory will get busy state-
wide prohibition will carry.
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Uncle Sam has just completed an .inspection of his pas-
tures and he finds the Texas grass In better condition
than that of any other agricultural state in the Union.
Grass is the cheapest of all animal foods and we have
more pastures and better pastures than any other State
in the Union.
ANOTHER CHATTER IN THE KEROSENE MYSTERY
The loyal fan is finding plenty to keep up interest. The
race in the Texas league is growing more exciting every
Iay and the National and American leagues are giving the
people great ball with the pennartt winners hard to locate.
Chicago and New York in the Nationals and Detroit and
Philadelphia in the Americans are working ' like
fiends.
The water question Is one that Abilene needs to keep
in mind at all times. Our seeming abundance needs to
he taken care of and not wasted. During dry times like
we now have the waste of water in any form Is noth-
ing short of shamaful. Abilene has no restrictions what-
ever on the use of water for irrigation or domestic pur-
poses but tho fact should not be abused. We are using
one million and a quarter to one million and a half gallons
per day and that is lots of water.
Conrral west Texas has already made more than Its
entire crop amounted to last year. Many farmers are
claiming that they now have feed enough matured to
run them another year and there never was a time when
cotton promised more. A good rain in two or three
weeks will niako more cotton than the people can gather
and so there Is no real causq for alarm except that the
people are Just scared. To much rain would likely have
made the worms and insects so had tfcat cotton- would
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have been ruined by them while the hot weather him
put them out of buBlneBB.
The Kerosene Mystery romains as much Of a mystery
ns ever. Those who could (or it is reasonable to bellovo
thoy could) oxplnln tho true inwardness of tho matter
continue to rival tho Sphynx for profound Bilcnce. What
is tho myutcry? it is Just this: Why are consumers of
koroseno in Texas right here lii tho oil fields And with
roflnorlcB compelled to pay from two to three times aB
much for keroseno as consumers who are .not within a
thousand miles of an oil well? That is what is happening
ovory day and what has been happening for we don't
know how long back. '
Tho Tribune had Its attention called to tho subject
about three weoks ago by a citizen who is also n business1
man of Austln- IIc wftB PaynE fourteen to fifteen centB
per gallon for oil Just as we are in Waco and most
othor Toxas towns. lib happened to discover that at
Eastport Maine far far away from nny oil well .or
refinery tho same oil was retailing at seven cents per
gallon. It was eonugh to put him or nny other Texan to
thinking. The Tribune wrotoof tho matter and asked
the esteemed Beaumont Enterprise If It could shed any
light on tho subject. Beaumont' is an oil metropolis. Oil
wells arc tho most plentiful thngs around Beaumont
with refineries thoro too. The Enterprise shocked us by
declaring that oil retails at twenty cents per gallon in
Beaumont! Instead of being cheaper there kerosene
in Beaumont is held five or six cents a gallon higher
than in Austin Waco and most of the Texas towns. The
Enterprise was candid to say that it couldn't unravel
the mystery. It was) nnable 'tp explain why kerosene
produced in Beaumont should be sold to Beaumont con-
sumers at virtually three times as much as the consumer
at Eastport Maine away down East Is charged for it-
after paying ocean and rail freights of perhaps 2000
miles.
Then came to the rescue the Hon. Hal W. Greer of
Beaumont. He suggested ihat somebody is re-collecting
from Teexas people a certain big fine that the state of
Texas collected from an oil company about two years
ago. Vfe pointed out to him that he must be mistaken
because the oil company that paid those millions was
dead and out of business and therefore not in position
to levy reprisals on Texas people; that the people now
selling oil to the people of Texas are good people (home-
folk many of them) and far too high minded to think of
imposing unjust exactions on Texans. Then Mr. Ward of
Beaumont came forward with a hint. He intimated that
it is the retail dealer whp is getting one hundred per cent
profit on kerosene who Is to blame and ought to be pil-
loried by public opinion. We are skeptical ancnt that
suggestion.
Now comes another and the latest chapter too. It is
a letter to" a Texas firm from' a business man at East-
port Maine but not one of those there who buy kero-
sene cheap enough to be able to retail it at seven
per gallon. We are reprinting that letter on this page.
It Is surely interesting. It discloses among other
things that a material part of the kerosene sold and
used in Eastport is Texas oil produced In Texas refined
in Texas. It is the same oil the Waco and Austin con-
sumer payB 14 to 16' cents per gallon for. It is the
Identical ierosene that Is shipped .about' 2000 miles to
Eastport and sold there three hundred per cent cheaper
than it Is sold to consumers in Beaumont. Three hundred
per cent cheaper and after such a long haul! Surely there
is enough of the Inexplicable in the situation to describe
It as a Mystery and no Sherlock Holmes to clear 1t up.
The Tribune has besought those supposed to be on the in-
side as to oil production distribution arid consumption
to let the people of Texas know the reason of the abnor-
mal difference in prjee. We have asked them if it is a
fact that Texas consumers are being held up and are being
made to recoup anybody's losses or to pay reprisals to
satisfy anybody's grudge against Texas. We have pointed
out that the general public is not familiar with the oil
business not In position to know whether robbery is being
perpetrated or not. Wjj have also pointed out that de-
cent and fair-minded people like Texans do not want to
give way to suspicion and conclude that men supposedly
honorable supposedly friendly ot Texas people would
collude in a movement to make that people pay exhorbi-
tant prices for oil simply because of ability to collect tri-
bute or to get reprisals for something that the courts of
Texas did in past years
But the effort to obtain Information has thus far prov-
ed fruitless. Those who wo fancy could shed light on th.
subject furniBh a key to the mystery are as silsnt as the
tomb. Apparently thoy know naught or feel they can
afford to ignore the requests made of them and there
you are
Meanwhile from all wo can learn It is a fact that
Toxas producers and refiners of petroleum are compelling
Texas people to pay twltfo to three times as much for oil
as Is charged tho New Englander thousands of miles
away! Is that just or right? Is It sound policy from
u trade or economic viewpoint? It Is not Perhaapa there
will ho light on tho subject before it is dropped. Let us
hope so anyway. Waco Tribune.
"Study to show thyself approvevd unto God a workman
that needeth not to be aBhamed" 'is tho injunction of
Divine writ. That is what every business man needs
to do no matter what his calling. Tho successful man
who amasses a great fortune studies his business. In
other words ho plaiiB it The same principle applies with
double force to tho farmer Gentlemen whether you be-
lieve it or1 not.tho day has came when the man who farmB
on old llrtes 1b going to be put on the Bhelf. Ygu are no
going to have tho confidence of your neighbors as men
qt progress and Ability To refuse tp employ methods
that promise to you a yield of at leastn third to one half
wore year Jn ad year out is something that vou wlU
uot he able to 'do much longer and enjoy the confidence
ofithe jople who Hvo around you as a men worthy of
bein followed.
The Reporter la not of the cIbbb that believes la doing
ftamethlng just for tho fun of the thing. That is about
all there would be to nominating Champ Clark
-Keep yortr eyo on the stupid boy tho backward chap
who is no social favorite but seems dreaming most of
tho time. He wakes up. Nearly every such a mind can
be awakened. Perhaps it la ti ae that the shock does
not come to half this typo. But young simplicity Is a
sign to tho discerning Tho mlpd 1b often so much oc-
cupied with itp own Bolf-rovealed wonders that its owner
keopB indoors. Even tho windows are Bhut and It looks
as if no one lived thoro Dawning thought tho marveels
of subjective being engross the young fellow. Ho Is an
amazement to himself. He Is catalogue his stock and
every dreamy day shows him more. That is tho youth
who all at once surprises everybody Tho time 'is com-
ing when nnybody who treated him decently while ho
was; molting will ho glad to claim ncqua4ntnnce. We re-
ally know very little of tho process of mentnl growth
and dovolppmont. No course of school study is accurately
scientific for mental awakening. Happy Is thq boy whose
mother holiovos In him and whoso father does not lose
faith. What a world of pathos mny a successful man
crowds into the frequent saying: No one seemed to
know mo but my mother and she was right. New York
Mail.
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Louis Montgomery
Proprietor.
GRAIN
and FEED
I sell it and you buy it. My
prices aad the quality of my
goods will be sure to make you
Call again.
See Me
Courteous treatment prompt de-
liveries and full weight. Give mo
p. trial.
A. J.f CHANDLER
Successor to
W. L. LILLY &CO.
North First St. Abilene TexaB
S. W. 204 Ind 53.
The Whitewright
Disaster
Is only one of the many fires impress-
ing upon us the importance of strong
fire protection.
Before the Fire Insure
With
Motz & Curtis
Money Lying Around
Loose ds sure to disappear in sonre way. It niay be
stolen. You may spend it without reflection Both
can be avoided by putting it in o bank. It will be
safe from thieves safe from yotir own carelessness.
The
Commercial
National
Bank
OF
Abilene Texas
Cannot be excelled as a depository. It is safely and
conservatively managed. It has ample capital and
surplus. It welcomes the small depositers as well
as the large. Any of its officers wlli gladly tell you
how easy it is to open an account there. Four per
cent paid on saving accounts.
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
Abilene Texas
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will have to be started pretty soon
now. why not come and select your
wall papers in a leasurely manner?
And early choosing means insurance
against di&appo ntment.
THE NEW WALL PAPERS
are especially attractive and artistic
n design and cplor effects and you
should see them all before deciding
go r.ome here and look them over.
JNO B. NEILL
The Paint and Paper IIous
By wnicn you may profit favor ua
with your grocery patronage and ro-
duco your grocery bills.
J. W. Evans
Wanted
To buy all the
wheat and oats
at the highest
market price
M. D. McNatt & Co.
Independent Telephone
fou Can Reach Over 1000
Subscribers in ABILENE .
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to you ? Take out a fire policy with us' and in tho event
of loss collect the face of the policy for the ashes. In-
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