The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-01
OIL Men Declare Gas
Conservation Unfair

OH man gets n his gus flow, aud al.
ways at II price that don't even liqul.
date the first cost Of the we'll
The very highest price puid 10y
the QuapHw company is IL cents
per thousand cubic feet That is the
top the major portion Of It's pur-
ChHseS Is below 3 cents, aud some
closer to cents.
Pleading Unfairly
The commission should have
brought ont this Information when
Manager Dieschrr, the other day was
cloquently pleading for stoppuge Of
,us waste IN the interests uf the con
,umerS. 1t should have put into the
record what his company Is paying
for gas aud also what II Is receiving
for gus from the consumers That
would have been mighty interesting
reading
And It shonld have uSked Mr.
Dicschcr vino /, considered mn expert
on gHs subjects, the amount " gas
that IN hls opinion. would be- permit
ted 10y the oil men 10 gu to waste II
his company should announce that 1t
would pny II profitable price FOR the
eas ut the we'll
"A mighty big game is being played
BY the gus people at the expense Of
the oil producers, and the commission
Is being used Ha catSpaw. Months
aud months ago two gentlemen well
known throughout gnsdom, went into
d back room together When they
came out the gus rights Of the Cush.
Ing field had been pNrcclcd out They
owned them
The Creek County Gas company
shot above the horizon as the broker
" Gushing gas To the Mcdowell com
pauy.
That wHs the way the game was
framed Producer after producer
during the early days " Gushing. at.
tempted TO market his gus. II was
conserved. because It WAS expected toI
pay M important account In the bal
ance sheet Of every property But al
ways the gas people eXHctcd their
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c.9,,H Inhtm, a.., s,r,aL oithor
TO sell III less than construction ac-
count, or blow her OFF aud 20 down to
q sand that payed In oil
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