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259; support the Billingsley Bill, II, 119-121, 123, renewed hostility towards Standard Oil Company, 124-125, 156-158.
- Oil wars; see Predatory Competition.
- Oppression, by overcharges, I, 220; by refusing shipping facilities, 220-222; by discrimination in freight charges, 227-229; see also Immediate Shipment, Drawback and Rebate.
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- Page, Howard, II, 36-37.
- Patterson, E. G., I, 169, 189-190, 256; II, 17-19.
- Payne, H. B., II, 112-113, 114-119.
- Payne, Oliver H., I, 56, 58, 70-71; II, 113, 266.
- Pease, Phineas, II, 78-79, 80-84.
- Pennsylvania R. R., I, 33-34, 48, 52, 59-62, 93, 134-140, 144, 183-188, 190-191, 195-197, 199-201, 223, 225, 227, 233, 239, 244, 254; II, 8, 27-29, 166.
- Pennsylvania Transit Company, I, 27-28, 138, 174, 176.
- Petroleum, I, 4-6.
- Petroleum Congress, I, 213.
- Philadelphia and Erie R. R., I, 16.
- Phillips, Thomas W., II, 159-160.
- Pipe Lines, see Empire Transportation Company, Pennsylvania Transportation Company; United Pipe Lines National Transit Company; United States Pipe Line; Tidewater Pipe Line.
- Pithole, oil struck at, I, 24-25.
- Politics, Standard Oil Company in, II, 111-128.
- Poth, Herr, 173, 175, 177.
- Potts, Joseph D., organizes Empire Transportation Company, I, 24; begins purchase of pipe lines, 25; opposes South Improvement Company, 60; organizes railway pool, 136; opposes rebates to Central Association, 152-153; opposes Standard acquisition of pipe lines, 181-183; invades refining field, 183, 187; allies himself with independent producers, 189; abandoned by the Pennsylvania R. R., 191; sells to the Standard Oil Company, 192-193; see also Empire Transportation Company.
- Pratt, Charles, enters Standard Oil Company, 148; stockholder in Acme Oil Company, 159; in negotiations with Empire Transportation Company, 194; extradition demanded by Pennsylvania oil men, 247; leading power in Standard Oil Company, 252.
- Predatory competition, I, 156-159, 163-166, 188-189, 199-202; II, 41-43, 88-110, 172-174.
- Prices, fluctuation, I, 31-32; exorbitant, 190, 210-212; II, 59; high prices aim of Standard Oil Company, 192-193; decline after 1866, 194-197; prices dictated by Standard Oil Company, 197-198; Standard coup of 1876, 200-201; high prices reduce exports, 201; increase of refining, 201-202; competition enters, 202-203; arbitrary prices, 204-206; enormous Standard profits, 208-209; underselling, 211-213; manipulating price quotations, 215-216; fancy brands and high prices, 216-217; great variations in local prices, 217-221; reasonable prices due to competition, 221-228.
- Producers' Agency, I, 117-118.
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