Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-29
IMPORTANT OIL
HEARING TODAY
CORPORATION COMMISSION TO
TAKE EVIDENCE FROM OIL
MIN AND INDJ STItllS,
AFFECTS Price CT CRUDE
Testimony VIII Bc in Reference 10
Iilhcr Raising Price of Crude or
Lowering Cost of Refined.


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'O"'"''S' "''"''
this morning al the uls'Ilc' uo"i'
room, at which time the corporation
commission OF oklahoma. represent
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ed pE No'''''''Ss'o''''
shaw and T.. {. patton, attorney WIN
take testimony regarding the various
phases of the Oh industry "lth 'HC
view Of either raising the price ol
the crude COMMODITY or covering inc
cost of the reflned product 10 lhe CON
sumner
The hearing, which started about
q year ago on complaint regarding
discrimination at ldabel, was resumed
on August p at Enid when com
plant from towns near Enld, as TO
discrimination IN prices between luoSe
towns ana EMO Ieu the Co'',Il'lt,,a
" ~ ~. '''''e ,'eI',o, e,rtLer Investigation
a'U r.,,s, ~, A'o',st 81 mia hearing
- r,,5,,,ted ,yith a ,.inv of aseer-
pol.s .o''uU' NV. ,,,i,oh h,rrI - rrnde
,Si'i''r 'ti i' ,ro,n'.e and how much il
oi' 'uS'S 80 s,rr - w. ,.finsd so to osror-
10. "a 90 Ia lta o
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The Enid hearing determined the
fac.s that the price OF kerosene AT
Enid to retail mai keters was SIX cents
per gallon, while gasolene brought "a
cents, as compared to and II cents
for kerosene ana 10 To IL cchls loI
gasolene i'm the various nearby towns.
Tho commission ascertaiucd that the
Waters Pierce OH company would call
up The other four marktters ana TX
the price whenever there was a
change and would then slip out ana
cut under that price 20 the large con-
sumers This led to retaliatory meth
ods by the other markcters with he
result that a little war was started
with the prices being the chief suf-
ferers. It was then that the nearby
cities made their holler and the inves-
tigatlon was the result.
The Tulsa IiCar;ng.
II, - toa,,, 90 70 s.a
me teee'Iis t rosf,,od solls for tbe
WHY ,,n,"a as daos penns,lvonia re
sdIho plttS aa no,',,g'.i,,3,ia crnde
llneu' - yyi,t,, ni,labo-
cos's 9-,oU p a,a 49,, ,,orl,nt.re e. "a
ma Oh oHlS $50 80 h,,.t,,ass tbot
IL Is inns lcd'u,e Va ,',u i'.siI,, ,onnot
lhs ooIpo' "t,J" MA ,,, :, lii andeo,,or
uhGeIs.anu t 3,lu "a"' a ,ha cnn,r'ission
W ,,' lt"i u, iinon, NV crndo pops M,
wants 90 NM" ""S od,.,nca and
anu leli,iou "Uvp rnfir,d adS,,ncno
aiSV II" o,,a;rs gtationn,r5 and
again vby refined advances while
crude declines.
The difference In quality between
PENNSYLVANIA and Oklahoma oils will
also be threshed out and the commits
sion will endeavor to find out II there
is as much difference in the quality
as the price indicates
Judge Henshaw believes crude oil
in oklahoma should bring the pro-
duccr $3.50 per barrel without a cor
responding advance in the refined
product. and II is the intention OF the
commission. if possible, to fix the mar
ket at that figure on sliding scale
with the refined product and If re-
fined advances, crude Oh shodld cor
Iespohu'n,i, 81" ~ ,'''' ',,fi 1a a.
-, ~ ,,,,i;,, ac1,.,inted u,itb the
nan ~ bI,,5-, tf.',,gta,. is a firr
iaCls ,! anu 'uus -. ~ 10 ,,o,, gei
~ nv 81 a. ,.n'tt...,.,d' ain v,iii al
llle PuplC '..v' ,' - ei ~ hzt,.r cor
W9yS 'ahe " ,"in ., i'i ,,iita III a., t,r,,ra,,
AMY 'nJ 6,',,i,o.s ", and ~ I5 ,,or,
OF we "'i puHl'',so , G'u ~ -
uouptiui ,,,,i,ii,,t,, M T., H., mo
ter t viii ne ~ very much interest save
TO tn, So directly concerned in the oil
business.
Commissions Power, DoubtfuI.
>, Ia,,h,su, 10 tho corror,tiop
1t is uu"b.,o pns enc nou.cr to fiv thn
.oil'I''lSS' ,'r,;,ia5 and cr,d. an in ,he
prite Vt ~, ~ "rInton 80 "a, com
sla.v' -, ~ o"r 80, ,,nod rog,Iatinr
iIisslgn ''t,9 a,i,t,, ,"y,ord s7,Cb 80
~ t.'l'S '',y " o,,o.toa ;n tho
uld.IIIs "Ou.u g.. 49, r,5o. rtor-
Quits "iu .'','. a., ,,,,1ii,i,, s,d ~
si sha" I'm oUu,.'' 0no thing g.. s,,re mar
,.d,ors ,i,a li,,e, ana nrodurors viii
pivc the commission ali the help and
information Il needs and the hearing
should prove interesting to all Of the
branches Of the industry.
An Rr,ncbcs RcprcscntcJ.
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summons nav iA'u" ~, i',...,,'., ,.,, =,
IN every prahoh ol i.e "ii oNs.,, ,1 -
TO testify az .ne ns'i IN ,i'1 ,o"'S I'au III 4
topu rep rseil'a' 'ion W. uii .',,ii