The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-04

Now John. that. Is everything thal
the state has been called upDn to .lt
n connaction with tho Standard Oh
| fomUtny up TO the time this oil pip,
! line question came up. and sou wi
observe who % was has kept his eAe
on The Siandard on coiapany. and
shocked them oif
This present controversy Is diffe.
cnt IN this respect
When statehood began The stand
ard OIL company had no gas pirc line
and they have not got one yet and
will not get one unless they cfeac
an Oklahoma corporation, and keep
he gas in The state.
But as TO an oil pipe line, they had
| their present main line extending
from Greek county. Oklahoma, notth
iuto Kansas at least three years be-
fore statehood they were operating
Il all the time and are operating ID
yet, and the United States government
granted them the privilege to build
and operate that line.
Some miles cast Of This main oil
line Is an oil field, called the Cherokee
Shallow Held. which according to Mr.
kirkwood's report is now producing
WHfNN' NhA Ailu VI UlA Nfi ufNs NWMIE
time prior to statehood, under the
grant Of the interior department, th3
pipe line company had built three
branch lines from the main line in-o
this field. The capacity of those
three branch lines 1.-TWO fourinch and
one sixinch) is 22.000 barrels pee
day The local proilcers who drill
the wells and the land owners who
want their share Cf The OIL are anxiols
TO have carrying capacity for the other
$4,000 barrels daily production, which
necessitates the pipe line company
laying some additional branch lines
from the main line.
They secure the voluntary consent
Of all the land owners whose land
they cross. and the consent OF the
county commissioners 20 temporarily
cross the public roads with this TEN
porary line
Now the Standard Oil company car
afford 10 wait for years without gat-
ting this $4,000 barrels Of oil daily
because they are rich and can bide
their time, and if the drillors and
producers go broke while waiting. 90
sell their oil, The Standard can buy
their property in cheap Ii is the lit
lie producers, the land owners and
the laboring man who have appealed
10 me to prevent the unwarranted ip.
terierence OF the attorney general u
this case, and allow their business 90
proceed.
The pipe line company has simply
takeu the position that It IS willing
10 give the additional pipe line cap
acity
Now. John, toll me where there
any violation OF the law of OklahoU
III this case. They do not seek to e
ercise tho right of eminent domain
they do not seek 10 control or domi-
nate anything, and the people OF that
locality are absolutely in distress for
want Of chance 70 shin their Oh ana /
sell 1t.
Now, those are The facts rs ca.e'm,g /
md rcpcrfed lsv Alr Z
James kirkwocd president OF Tie
Thief association Of Okla /
homa; a good bard herded lono5 /
citizen, who t8ltH conmor geusa /
view Of things ~ !ssNeral
The policy Of the attorney general /
believe You VIII agree is unfair; for
example:
The other day when Kansas. MIS- (
iouris and Texas filed their SUITS
against the lumber trust, he published /
N The newspapers that he would have /
also brought a similar suit the seme |
lay it Ii had not heen that l had h,ltl
led mp by he pipe line suit Nom, (
IA the FIRST place, the attorney gn {
aral knew that there was no relation
whatever between the two cases. buj
he important consideration is that tha 4
attorney general had never mcpuorcl (
% hue that he was thinking of q Ian
Der trust suit nor had he I'm any way
discussed tho matter with me, n1-
indicated to me that he was prepared I
% bring one, and 7 knew nothing /
about his confederation Of the qnes
ion uniil | saw his statement IN taa /
newspapers.
Personally several times ! had sug
5ested to the attorney general that /
he lumber trust was one of the worst /
n existence, and should have atten.
ion as soon as he could dnd time TO
1--WE II, but when saw his statement
n the newspapers, J promptly sent
IN q letter directing him 10 bring
he proper suit
take the position that the eonsil-
NtANir Nibhsn IT. lNt uklt bi Ailf Afa~ I
'rn0r TO exercise supreme cSecuuye i
luthcl.ty and formulate the policy cf +
he executive braheh oi.t state gov
,rnment In every particular whero TIE 7
or the las does not prop. I
'rly vest The duties and powers .n .
'ome other officer and If that Is trla. 4
hen the people elected me for that I
purpose, and ] would be unmndful uf I
ny official duties II i would not IS
'ert that right
Do you, John, recall a single In
stance ia my whole administration ,
where ! have not emphatically ana /
earlessly gone after every violator of /
he law and enforced the law 10 the \
greatest extent possible? And ] know I
hat by simply notifying various of I
he great corporations that their meth \
lds were Illegal, and in volauOn of 4
aw, and would not he tolerated, that I
hey have corrected their conduct I
Without lhe expense OF necessity OF 4
aw suit. This same policy has also I
been very successfully carried on by ,
he corporation commission. who hay
lone remarkably we'll with very /
small amount of litigation, and / am /
iure that the attorney generals oliica /
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