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Show OILDEALER'S LAMENT. Is Takn Up nt Washington for fpecial Investigation. OEERtX. O.. April 15. S. G. Gibson, a retail HI dealer whose sales ajo mnj; lajelv v "fujjJLri .hojifirby coun- ' trj distrfcts. url who alleges that tho I Standard Oil company has waged a re-I re-I lcntless V.ir against him with a view of I ilrlvlntc him out of business because he Hot i ot luy the product of the Standard company, lus received the following let-1 let-1 tec fr"m he Department of Commerce at I Washington: In a ellU'inc from a Cleveland now-jjapir daW recatly. It is stated that durlnc Le ci :ntK?r. "I Recount of your purchase of oil fnini an h'lr;..'ii(icnt manufacturer a renre-1 Fntatt.. r. tho Standard Oil company warned' you not td buy nn.r..- frem that manufacturer, manufac-turer, and rlnully derlaro.i war acalnst you by eutthur prioi- ami .Htaidihing eonipetlnc deliver) v.-...i, v,n vu kindly HH .. m full Infnrnktlon with regard to the tranjwic-tl..n. tranjwic-tl..n. statlx the niuno of the reprt s ntatl s , Of tho Stednrd Oil company, tho substance of his -tHti .-nt to yu. the prices ehargo.j lw that c-.nnkTiv to retail dealers before and rlnc. and It- - rr sult tho reported compotl-ilon. compotl-ilon. w11. a lrrrrtant that ihe Information furnlfhed Mould full and complete EtERBERT KNOX SMITH. Acting Commissioner Gibson ail furnish the desired Information. |