Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1917 — Standard Oil Wins First Round. [ARTICLE]

Standard Oil Wins First Round.

The Standard, Oil Co., which has been furnsihing the gasoline for J. W. Stockton from a tank wagon owned by the company, has taken the tank wagon from him, and Stockton, who has been selling gasoline on a one-cent per gallon margin, is temEorarily out of business. He states, owever, that he will be in business at the old stand in a few days selling gas at the old price, and it is probable that another company will break into this field and supply him'with gas. A tank will be installed within a few days from which to retail the gas. '2. . _, _ The action of the Standard in cutting off his supply is supposed to be due to the loss of the trade of other dealers in gasoline, who have been buying from the Indian company.