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Show yj During tho anthracite coal strlko Republican and Democratic papers nllko jumped on to tho sacred person of Hon. David Bennett Hill because ho ventured to have Incorporated Into his polltlcnl platform a declaration to tho effect that If tho mlno owners would not oporato their mines tho public pub-lic had a right to. But hero comes tho states of Kansas, Colorado and Mis souri with laws establishing oil rolln- H ories to bo conducted by tho stato, or H tho public, and we note sovcral of the IfiBJ newspapers which criticised Hill com- 'nBI mending tho action. It makes a wholo .HB1 lot of dlfferenco whoso ox Is gored. t8B1 Congressmen got up and assort that hBI they do not believe in anything thnt fSBl tends (o destroy the individual effort jiH i of man, ami ihoy stick to It until tfiBl their own toes nro trodden upon. Stan- sIBl dnrd Oil has stepped on tho toes of 'B1 Colorado. Kansas and Missouri and , SB1 thoso states aro going to retaliate, ' fiBl even though tho retaliation is so- Hl clnllstlc In principle. Surely tho So- M HH clnllst ought to bo grateful to tho (iBI Standard Oil people for helping their Jl HH causo along. fll |