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    "ocrText": "3\nTerritory. If the system works well in Pennsylvania and West Virginia,\nit would seem to me that the presumption is that it would work well\nelsewhere, especially as pipe linos are now common carriers. of course\nthis presumption may be overcome by facts of which I have no knowledge.\nIt seems to me - although, as I wish to repeat, on what I do not in any\nway regard as a sufficient consideration of the case - that it would\nbe possible to have this privilege granted in ways that would insure\nan equal chance to the independent oil companies as against the\nStandard; and in any event we could retain the right to see that every\noil company was forced to pay an adequate remuneration to the owner of\nthe land; and we would thereby do away with the evil effects which I\nhave no doubt obtain in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, due to the\nStandard having a monopoly, so that the farmer could not get his oil\nout unless he did it by means of the Standard.\nThe next matter brought up by Mr. Barnsdall is in reference to\nthe Osage reservation, under the law of Congress passed in March, 1905,\nwhich law I signed on your recommendation that I should do so, the\nproviso being, if I remember correctly, embodied in the Indian bill.\nHere, apparently, Barnsdall's contention is that he has spent large\nsums of money in developing properties which he acquired in good\nfaith for a valuable consideration, and he asks that action be taken\nwhich recognizes his rights in the sub-leases that he has acquired.\nIt appears that these sub-leases include the very large amount of\n160,000 acres. I know nothing whatever of the equities of this case\nand would like a full report upon it.\nI also know little of the matters regarding the natural gas to\nwhich Senator Jones refore in his letter. He contends that there is"
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