The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-10-17

Next Monday week the wells In this die
uict will start up sgain, and II anything is
to te done towards shutting down wells on
Sunday, II must be soon. The question Il
vexing producers throughout the oil region
Not one but that acknowledge II should bs
done, on moral grounds; but there 10 the
danger o! running their wells, they would
like TO shut down. 1t is advisable they
think. S"me are pumping on Sunday while
their couscieDces 10 against 1t, In fact tho
general feeliu g lie to shut dows, only they
fear II will ruin their wells.
There 10 two stand points to look from q,
this qu uestion, first morally second pecun-
iarily.
First. morally no one objects to shutting
down, and ell enter into the movement On
this point. The work men themselves, are
10 favor Of II, as was shown by the resolu/
tion which .bsy adopted at their meeting
10 Oil City. They want rest one day out
OF the seven. Some producers think the
workmen will not 60 10 church even II they
were allowed TO rest. And what II they
dou't? Are the producers going to make
them all work, becsurs some won't 90 to
church. The sin Of working is The same 10
the producers, whether their woikmen go to
church OF Loaf. This hole 10 too small 10
crawl out Of. The producers who talk ID is
way are really only putting up 40 objection
TO shutting down, 50 as 10 cover their own
work.
Second. The bearing peeuniarily. Some
fear that their wells Will bs ruined II they
shut down for Sunday. The shutting down
movement will decide this. II the wells
should prove 10 bs all right Nv ben they are
started up again, there need bs no fear o.
shutting down for y single day. There may
poss IDLY bs exceptions; 1t so, lot them BE-
tea ted a. such aud allowed .e pump. We
think no producer would object to that
But that nearly ell OF The wells can be shut
down on Sunday without injury 10 them is
certain. W. know Of several men who have
shut down their wolls every Sun day since
they began work, and they say to-day th ai
their wells were never injured 10 the least.
As for the itfsrsncs iu the amount otioil
produced BY shutting down On Sunday,
there are various coDjectures. Some elaim
thas they pump As much oil 10 the six days
as they could In the seven. This does no.
hardly look probable. But II they do, then
Neursiy the producers would rather pay for
SIX days work than for eeves, ~ben no
more oil il produced by ,he seven days
work.
However, II the same amount OF oil is not
produced, It would ~ least have this good
effect; there would bs no danger OF over
crowdisg the market aud bringing on an
other cessation Of work, as at present. TIE
difference In The production by shutting |
down on Sunday. for one year, wolld 10
over one million barrels Had the we'll |
shut down on Sunday tor cue yeas before |
the present movement Of shutting down for
one month, II would never have occurred.
There would have been l,0O0, 900 barrels
less on the market. There would have been
no necessity OF stopping either drilling or
pumping. And there Is no reason to supp
pose that the shutting down movement will
not be forced upon US again. The ors.ni-
zaticn of the producers has not bsen com
pets success, aud Is Ia not certain whether
or not 'be producers can handle their own
oil. Aud even If they can, With the num-
Der Of new wells which will bs started i'm
medisteiy after the time Tor stopping drill
ing wells has passed, The market will very
soon be ovsrsrowdsd again. But as Hgurss
show, II all wells are shut down On Sunday,
the amount Of oil taken off from the market
In enc year amounts to l,Os0,o 900 barrels
With this amount of from the market there
need bs no occasion Of work.
Some producers may say: "l,0sO, 900
barrels At $500 . barrel is the nice little
sum Of 6, 400, 900, which the producers will
have lost during tho year." You have los,
it. Remember the shutting down Of wells
90 Sunday Is q religious duty
One which you owe to God. AZ well might
The farmers the merchants, the mechanics
any men VI other trades reckon up wba.
they lose BY stopping work on the Sabbath.