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Show AN OIL TRUST POSSIBILITY. Tho Americans seem to be getting such a foothold in Guatemala as lo make themselves practically masters of tho unquiet Republic. The Senator Clark syndicate, as was atiuounccd some days ago, has all tho metal mining concessions con-cessions that , Guatemala has to offer. That syndicate will do all the mining for metal in Guatemala as soon as the final arrangements arc made, and' the syndicate gets ils machine' and men on tho ground. It is an enormous concession, con-cession, from which Guatemala ought to receive very great wealth; but the probability is lhat. the president who has granted the concession will him self be Iho recipient of what is paid. The Tribune's special dispatch yes lerday morning announced that, following fol-lowing Ike mining concession granted to tho Clark syndicate, the .1. P. Mor gsn interests have obtained Iho complete com-plete control of Ihc petroleum rights in the .Republic of Guatemala. There has not heretofore been any great stir made about the discover or production of oil iu Guatemala. There is. in fact, no mention in Ihe ordinary works of rcf erence of oil being found al all in that country. This dos not necessarily imply, howover. that oil may not be found there in more or less quantities, much less does it imply that oil com panics could not be protitably organized in Guatemala. On the contrary, it i' just possible that Guatemala, by reason rea-son of liberal concessions, loose laws, and lax administration, might be found to be an admirable place for the headquarters head-quarters of such a corporation as the Standard. Oil Company, with liberty lo do business in its own way in every country in the world. It might be made an admirable homo for such a company, one out of the reach of annoying anti-triisl anti-triisl laws and stem and implacable courts. . |