Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-21
ASK TlIE RIGHT no GET TnE
FULLEST PROTECTION
COMPLAINT IS REGULAR
TWo-ccnl sop Does Not Have the de-
sired iilrrt--lINCnls Show Pipe
Lines Have m understanding.

sired i,llrrl--l'Nrnls show lfpc
Lines Have IN understanding
Attorney General George W. wick.
orsh1m has been Appealed to hy IN,
| uiI producers of oklahoma to put th,
machinery of hls department lu mo.
tion for the purpose of protecting the
rights of the independent OH pro,
duccrs aud Indian wards against tho
further unjust aggrcss-ons of the oil
marketing concerns
! Captain T.. r.. Perry president oi
I the oklahoma on ana Gas Producers
| association, is the man who has taken
the initiative dt the urgent request Of
| scores of oil operators Yesterday
Captain Perry mailed the attorney
general a letter setting out the CON
4 ditlons existing, making regular com.
plant and requesting that the de-
partment Of Justice take judicial cog
nizancc of the apparent violation OF
the federal statutes,
Such step has been contemplated
, for several weeks II was forecasted
some two weeks ago In story APP
ipoaring Ia these columns and was
/ delayed only because of the absence
from this city OF the head of the on
Producers Associatcb AftCN tic
two cent advance there was a dispo-
I sition to wait further developments.
some operators inclning TO the belief
that the relief sought was already ON
the way
Since that time, however, there
'Eavc'heon developments which proved
conclusvely that the two-ccnt adj
, vance was only q sop thrown the pro"
duccrs for the purpose of stopping
any aggressive action. The fEantlc
scramble on the part of the marke Ell
ing concerns to secure producing
properties went on just the same. and
The announcement IN publication
known to he subsidized by one of the
largest marketing concerns that 5000
a barrel was the price fixed ON set
tied producing properties by all pur-
chasing concerns was construed as a
practical admission that the gentle
mems agreement existing between
the marketing concerns did not stop
with the price of crude, but extended
event to the price Of properties
II Immediately bccame apparent
that the only hope LEFT the lndepend-
lent producer who desired TO stay In
tho business was to appeal TO the
federal government and urge the
most thorough Investigation of condi-
tions existing in this field, whore the
preponderant majority of royalty
bencficiaries are wards Of the govern.
mont
ono of the most interesting phases
of the present condition Is that con-
nected with the properties taken over
by the Central Fuel OIL Company
The Indian wards who receive royal
ties from properties taken over by
the Central will ho paid on basis
of Gj cent oil. while Indians wards
i'm other sections of the field receive
royalties on basis Of 40 cent each,
Some tall explaining viii be required
when tho government Investigators
strike this TRAN
Following Is President Perry's let
ter to the attorney general:
George Wickersham, Attorney Gen
eral of the United States Washing
ton, y. c.
Dear SIR Some six or eight
months No representative from
your department, Mr. Clark McKer-
cher, came 10 this state and conferred
with the oil producers and also the
writer regarding oil conditions In the
Mid-Continenl field especially as re-
lates to the interests of the Indians
the government wards, The oil prO-
ducers of oklahoma recognized the
importance of this Investigation and
did an In their power to assist your
Mr.. Kerchcr In the way Of giving
bf aI f,F ,I.l
they could, command.
"The Investigation seemed 10 turn
primarily upon the relationship of the
principal pipe lines leading from this
field, being the lines of the Gulf Pipe
Line Company the Texas Company
and the Prairie OH ~ Gas Company
Information was given your represent
.atlvc showing the seeming under
standing and agreement between these
three lines for the maintenance OF the
price Of crude oil below It's actual VAL
ne, a figure which was 10 the great
financial benefit Of these pipe lincy
and proportionately to the disadvant-
age financially OF he oil producers
land the royalty holders, the Indians
the wards Of the government.
Events since the visit of your
representative show even more con
.clusively the understanding that
seems To exist between the pipe lines
regarding the price paid the pro-
ducors and the government wards,whO
are in fact Jointly Interested In the
properties There has been no prac-
.tical relief OF any sort given 10 the
field since the visit, Notwithstanding
the fact that the Standard oil Com
uanN under the name or oklahoma
Pipe Line Company has built 10 Ba-
ton Rouge, Louisiana, the fourth pipe
line from this field This line, like
the others, has evidently become a
party 10 the agreement on price. II
Is true there has been within the last
few days two cent increase ban the
market, but this In no way begins to
repair the damage that has been and
Is now being done TO the interests Of
oil producers and % the government
wards We gave the Information 20
your representative in good faith on
the supposiron that there would be
some action by The government for
the relief form the oppres, ion OF mo-
nopoly But not one word has been
hoard from your department nor from
any other department of the govern
ment indicating any steps 10 relieve
the wards OF the government from the
low and unreasonable market price
for their product fixed by monopoly,
nor TO enforce the antitrust laws OF
this icountJy agatnat combinatiChs