The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-09
PRODUCERS WOULD
SELL TO UNCLE SAM
PROPOSITION THAT GOVERN
MENT PURCHASE OIL FROM IN.
DAMS ON LANDS RESTRICTED.


of securing better prices is the pos
iJility of Uncle Sam coming into
the field to buy large quantities OF
Iuil. with a view of opening up ne
eotiauons along this line, President
f.. r. Perry Of the Mid-Continent Oil
and Gas PRODUCERS Association has
written to Secretary Ballinger
il is proposed by Mr. Perry that
the interior department take up with
the navy department the matter Of
buying its oil from the Indians from
the lands upon which the restrictions
still remain. The Indians owning
such lands are entitled to one-eighth
of the oil produced thereon. While
the product is usually run off in pipe
lines and the Indians take the cash
settlement from the lease holder, he
can according to the contracts cover
ing the lease, demand and receive
the actual oil.
The United States government is
a large user of fuel in the navy and
canal zone. II could easily buy l0,-
600 to 10000 barrels a day in the
Mid-Continont field from the Indian
lands.
The oil could be shipped to the
coast through the pipe lines, which
are common carriers, and must
transport the oil if asked to do so,
or the oil might be put in storage in
Oklahoma to form large reserve
supply for the time of need.
The matter of a reserve supply of
fuel oil for Uncle Sam has been talk
ed about many times, but no action
has been officially taken toward car
rying out such a plan.
The government is using more fuel
oil every day. Many of the old coal
burning ships are being equipped for
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ven, any of these bills being report.
ed out of committee. If the demo
Gratis win at the November elections
the republicans who favor the tariff
commission idea wIIl make renewed
effort to have such commission au-
= thorzed at the short session, because
a failure to enact such legislation
while the republicans are in control
would be fatal, as the democrats are
known to be opposed to il.
4 veteran of the house, in COM
menting on the tariff commission
proposition, said he was surprised
that the newspapers of the country
should give so much space at this
time to the subject. The talk of
having a commission to frame tar.
ifr zill might sound good to some of
the new members, and to those un-
familiar with tariff history he said.
, Eut glance through the record
brings to mind the work of the tariff
talk. and there were many who advu-
Gated the appointment of a commits
sion to deal with the subject, express
in bill might sound good to some o..
politics, and. therefore, not disturb
the business interests of the country.
Well, this commission was author
izcd' he continued, and II prepared
bill for congress. It was intro
duccd in the house and referred TO
the ways and means committee
where it was dropped into the waste
basket so to speak. That was the
last heard of the commission tariff
bill"
The knowing ones of the house
whispered that if President Taft was
given a commission to prepare a tar
itt bill it would meet with a similar
fate. adding that the tariff had al
ways been a political question in this
country and always will be-