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THE BILLINGSLEY BILL. §I timAN ENTHUSfASTIG MEETING IN WAR- 1 Com!REN, !Aj tn*:ii | attrStrollc Arganiputs Advanced in its uulror-,V Brief Review ot t!-e 1‘rluci- , pro' winpul Features.. • • ! to t A nuet'i'si of the oil producers arm eiti-- i * 1 flmzens of Warren and vicinity was held at .• i l *'I!Ithe oil exchange Tuesday evening to pun-» j . ' Dmlid v discuss the met its of the Billingsley, . * . • i ! uleibill ns introduced in the state legislature. ^The meeting was culled to order by J.A. ^^ AVeible, and organization was effected by the election of the following officers: President burgess YV. A. llankin; secretaries, Geo. P. Orr, and George N. Frazine, ^ Esq.; vice presidents, Peter M. Smith, S.V. Davis, A Nidiot, H. W. O’Dell, GeorgeYV- Sill, James Itov, J. P- Johnson, I. Id.^ Or :Dock wood, A. H. McKelvey, John Best, O. ^ ^F. Hoffman, Peter Berry, M. Silk and J.J Wl!K. Weaver.Mr. Rankin stated the objects of the- are meeting and expressed an opinion that re-lief from any source would be welcomed by. . arethe people. Captuin Hasson, of Oil City, ^was introduced. He discussed the evil corn-errplained of, sueli as extortionate storage, pipage and shrinkage charges, for which ^ remedies arc offered in the Billingsley bill.. . pnThe evils complained of are continual,while11Vthe prices for the produce! a product de- ^ * presses. He claimed that the standard oil ^ f company takes more money out of this ^ county for pipage and stbrage than the producers receive for their oil. The Billingsley bill provides a charge for pipage of fifteen ^ cents within the region and five cents additional for every fifty miles outside; a storage charge of fifteen cents per day per 1,000 barrels is also provided for, and a shrinkage charge of two per cent. But the ^ clause which the speaker regarded as the vital point*in the bill is that which compels the pipe lines to deliver the oil at such ^ point within the region as the purchaser may desire, provided reasonable facilities ^ for transportation exist. He spoke intelli- ^ gently and honestly at some length on this ^ matter and gave much valuable information.I- Hon. David Kirk followed in the same« pir strain. Heeuloquised representative Brace_ , - - th}i for the hearty support he has given the bill, but claimed that senator Allen did notb know what position to occupy.M. H. Butler, of Tidioute, severely con- ^ demned the standard monopoly and did not spare the English in expressing his eon-tempt. S. P. Boyer, of Titusville, was called upon and spoke earnestly in iavor of the bill.i’t The following resolutions were then read ^it and unanimously adopted by the meeting .Resolved, That the intelligent comprehp.nsion, the friendly feeling, promp and unammous ac- D! tion of the knights of labor oF tlii-s state, in peti- tl' tinning our legislature in behalf of the measures L proposed in the Billingsley bill, merit our warmest approval and receive our sincere tli auks.rj. Resolved, That the thanks of the oil producersare in an especial manner due, and are hereby 5y tendered the Harrisburg Evening Star, the Pitts-2Ci burg Tispnteli,the Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette, be Meadville Tribune, Bradford Star and Oil City ^ Blizzard, and all other outside dailies that have j honorably, ably and without pay, espoused the “ cause of the producers and people of the oil region in defense of the Billingsley bill now pending before tlie legislature.Resolved, That the Billingsley bill is in the interest of the producers and independent refiners and is heartily endorsed by this meeting.*d Petitions were immediately circulated and have received the signatures of over a thousand citizens and producers. Wednesday evening; an enthusiastic meeting was held he in Clarendon. The object of bolding this t° meeting in Warren was to arouse the poo-’r pie to the importance of instructing sena-lt tor Allen in regard to his duty. The sena-^d tor is in possession of a petition against the bill signed by a few reputable gentleman who mistake their own interests and the balance are people who sign anything offered them. It appears that our worthy ^ senator really opposes the bill, and our belief in this respect is strengthened by the action of his organ, the Evening Paragraph, ^ the editor of which refused to sign the pe-d tition and ridiculed the meeting and men ^ who participated. Mr. Allen’s action in regard to this matter will be watched with 1 deep interest. There have been and are now men in our legislature who stand with is their hands behind their backs ready to re- ( ceive a friendly ‘‘shake,’’ and such a com- ^ pany as the Standard oil company or the t Pennsylvania gas company, are ju«' rhe ^ kind of people who know where the tender spot is. We don’t claim that senator Allen ,la- is laboring in the interest ol the Standard tnd for we honestly believe he will find his (place when these petitions from Warren jrt. county reach him. At least, for his sake, lt;*r” we hope so. (she * ]
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Warren Ledger
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 25, 1887
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