Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1902 — An Oil War on the Seas. [ARTICLE]

An Oil War on the Seas.

So strenuous has grown the competition between the Standard Oil Company and the many Independent concerns now bnttling for the export trade that measures are being employed which closely resemble those used by the navies of the world In time of war. Whole fleets laden with oil are scouring the seaa bound for ports, the destination of which Is known only to the ship's officers, who leave under sealed orders. Crafts of every character are being converted Into tivakfra. Old wharves are being changed into pier!'and bulkheads for the exclusive Joadtng of oil.