The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-04
shaw said the complaints were most
persis,en, from the Cushing Geld.
Wriehtsman on Stand.

He said that the stocks OF oil held by
the Magnolia Company are less today
than when that company entered the
Healdton field and made deductions to
show that the claim of overprOduC-
tion is not justified by the stocks on
hand.
Commissioner Henshaw asked if
there has been any reduction of prices
in this state to garage men accom-
panying the cuts in the price of crude.
The witness replied that there had
been no prOportionate cut in the price
of refined oil and gasoline. He said he
understands the cost of gasoline to the
consumer is greater In Tulsa than in
Oklahoma City. The witness referred
TO reports of stocks and runs and in
crease in storage that were reported
in trade journal that is accepted as
authentic These figures were anal
yzed by Mr.. Greer in his cross-exam
ination.
''We do not think our market is on
the Gulf coast where cheap foreign
oils are first to be had" said Mr.,
Wrightsman. He said the interior is
a better place and Fort Worth and
Dallas are marketing points they
ought to have. Mr.. Greer pointed out
that the Magnolia Company is estab-
fishing a plant at Fort Worth and is
thus meeting the very proposition that
the producer made.
Chemists and experts were exam.
ined as to the quality of the Healdton
oil, and their general report was that
it compares fayorably with other oils
in thc midcontinent and Texas and
Louisiana fields.
c. d Webster "a refner at Okmul-
gee who has been in the business thir-
ty-five years, told of the good quality
of the lIealdton oil, and explained
what its products are On cross-eXam-
,ination Mr.. Greer ELECTED that the
witness had run refineries at Jennings,
La, Orange and Shreveport.
"These were all failures, were they
not?" asked Mr. Greer.
"They were financial successes, re-
piled the witness, until the Standard
put them out of business"
G. W Jennings of Ardmore told of
alleged discrimination by the Magno-
liza Pipe Line Company on March 80
last, when he saw them pumping oil
from the tanks of the Dundee and Nc
Mahon companies while the other
companies were running into the pipe
line by gravity.
For Delivery at Addineton.
During the afternoon Mr. Greer, for
the Magnolia Pipe Line Company, stat
ed that his company is willing to fur
nsh delivery facilities at Addington
and to establish facilities for loading
to tank cars, also to put in a fair
rate for the transportation of oil from
the Healdton field to Addington for
transhipment by rail The rate for
Hpaldton crude oil is to be based up
on unit shipments of carload lots.
We conceive 20 cents a barrel, Gov
ering, gathering and transportation
charges to Addington, to be fair
rate" said Mr. Greer
Attorney General West said that for
emergency order to be effective at
once the state wants the following
things:
That the present price be not chang
cd until the proposed change be ap.
proved by the corporation commits
sion.
That ultimately, as soon as may be
done with due notice, the price of
Healdton crude be fixed at the same
proportion to the price of Pennsylva-
MIA crude that it bore when the Head
|pI Oll was Pl,UJ. MS as HSuItu
out to be sic a barrel based upon the
present price of Pennsylvania The
price in the Healdton field is now SOC,
That the Magnolia Company begin
ut once the construction of ten $4,000
barrel tanks in the Healdton field and
that they begin soon on storage for
100000 barrels at Addington.
That the rate for transportation Of
oil to Addington be not to exceed sc
barrel
Mr.. Greer responded that he would
insist that evidence be taken on al
the propositions before any order be
made.
State Rests Case.
The state rested its case on the
emergency propositions, and Mr.. Nc
farland, vice president of the McMa-
hon company, was placed on the stand
by the respondent He testified that