Show PIPE LINE PERIL When a man is a long wa way from froni the time scene of action acton the humor even cven af 1 trouble ma may appeal to him The people eople of Kansas who vho havo have been righting lIghting the Standard Oil 0 company are we re U Vel very ery much In earnest and the they have achieved somo some degree or of success suc suc- U SUC-U cess cess But nut a funny phase has come over their fight though fight though tho the fun of It may not appeal to them as it f does docs oes to the observer at nt a distance It i was was part of the tho fight Ohl against the Standard that prompted the ment of pipe lines hues h by which the oil oi of that state slate was carried to market markeL When the recent labors Jabors of or congressmen congressmen congress congress- men and senators senator's led to lo tire the point of forbidding railroad companies from Crom owning or operating coal Inn lands ls it I was easy eay to extend the rate bill bi provisions over pipe hues linos It I looked fair Calr But Dut it i has suddenly developed that tho the owne owners of the time oil wells r of or Kansas 01 are ne also lie Iho owners of or tho the pipe lines These heso the they had to establish to lo enable thom to to reach reach the markets markels which tho the Standard had monopolized and which by its Is manipulation manipulation mani man of tho he railroads it could continue con con- to lo monopolize Hut hut But what Is Suco sauce for COl Iho tho gose Is sauce sauco for fO the gander gande and the Iho Kansas oil 01 men found themselves suddenly at a age The Time Stan Standard ld and tho the coal conI barons had taken a lull full ful Nelson Nolson hold and anil the rising oil 01 producers arc re rc In danger of being thrown That provision of the time new rate bill hi which makes pi pipe po lines line Ine common carriers car cur tho the same gme as railroads clinches tho ho ton Oil 01 Ilo producers must take talo the oil offered for fOl 01 shipment through pipes no matter matier mattO who offers it H. They run across states other than those In which the oil 01 is produced and anti th tl i government a that much of supervision over them It I was wa Jec necessary s- s sa sary 1 to control the Standard d and the railroad companies companies And now 11 It I has s haC been turned as a two-edged two Sword sword against those who fought ought the he monopoly However we wo of ot the far Car West cst having had our little laugh laush at tho the cleverness with which tho the wih tables have been heen turned ma may draw drw down dol our faces Into Inlo all al soberness and express express tho the hope that tho ho right may win If the tho I Kansas oil 01 pro producers can not get JUI- JUI Jus jus- tice tico without putting themselves Into tho the same saro class with wih the men thc they have been fighting wh why then lien they will wi have to take toke that new position nn and fight there for their rights rights Aud And the I rest of the country will wi go o forward perfectly serene sorene In the tue faith that hat alli all allwill i will wi be bO bOwell well In the time end |