Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-21
MANUFACTURERS
RECORD TELLS OF
BUSINESS GROWTH

The remarkable growth of the
southwest and south in the oil indus
try is detailed in an article appearing
is last weeks Manufacturers Record.
1t shows how once the greatest pro-
duction was in the north but 1t has
gradually worked towards the south
west until today the center of the oil
business of the world can he said TO
lie in oklahoma, with Tulsa, OF
course, as the center of it all
The article in question follows
Since 1860 more than J,OI5, 600, 600
barrels of petroleum have been pro-
duced in the world, the contribution
of the United States to the total out
put having been more than 1867, ,OOO,-
GOO barrels. In 1860 this country pro-
duced all but S,57S barrels of the total
5OS,j7S barrels. In 1914 this coun-
trys share was 292,0OO,O00 Of the
total 406, 900 600 barrels.
The part that this country is play
ing in the expansion of the lnterna-
tional petroleum trade Is indicated in
the increase in the volume of exports
Of petroleum and its liquid products
from 22,901,52j barrels, valued at
$13O,275,26S, in the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1904, to 39,339,44S barrels,
valued at $7S,326, 565 in 1914. The
been at as great rate as production
in this country. The following table
comparing production by barrels In
1904, 1903 and 1914 is interesting in
this connection:
1904. 1909. 1914.
South 4O198,83O 71s4O,124 ll4,5Oo,0oO
U. s. 1l7,OsO 900 ls317O,sl4 292 100000
World 21s,20g4l9 29S326073 406,0O0,0O0
in 1904 the production in this cOun-
try was 53.6 per cent of the worlds
production. In ten years it increased
at the rate Of neearly $50 per cent to
292, 900. 600 barrels, or 71.9 per cent of
the total The output Of the United
States in 1914 was nearly 100000
barrels greater than the worlds ten
years before. The enormous advance
in the use Of petroleum or its products
for fuel in engines, especially acceler-
ated by the growth Of the automobile
traffic Of all kinds, accounts I'm part
for the failure Of the exports to other
lands to keep pace with production in
this country. is other words, the
home market for the home material
grew more rapidly than the foreign
which are open to native
products and the outputs from
dozen or more oil-prOducing cOun-
tries.
quite a large part of the increase In
production in this country has been in
the south. with the trend Of the cen
ter Of output from the older Appala-
chian and Lima Indiana fields toward
the southwest. In 1904, Of the total
output in this country 42,454,7S1 bar
rels. Of 41.g per cent were from the
states Of New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, and 4O,193.S30 bar
rels, or 343 per cent, were from Ken
XTfrtrfUfu ATfgunttfi I fFtfe.
lana. oklahoma and TeaXs. Last year
the first four states produced only
100000 barrels, or 81 per cent Of
the .country's output while the south
produced l14,jO0,000 barrels, or 80
per cent. the most remarkable in
crease in any one southern state hav-
ing been that of Oklahoma, from
/ .366,74S barrels to $4,000, 600 bar
rels, and California advancing in the
same time from 29.649,434 barrels to
103, 900, 900 barrels. In the ten years
with the production in the rest OF the
country increasing from 76,SSI13O
barrels to III 100000 barrels. or by
barrels, equal to 1908 per
cent, the increase in the south was
from 4O,1g3,S30 barrels TO 1850, 600
barrels, Of by 74,306,170 barrels
equal to 1s4.S per cent. The south's
output in 1914 was greater than the
worlds output in 1898 and within less
than 100000 barrels Of the output
in the United States ten years ago.
"The growth Of the worlds output
and OF its importance in commerce in
recent years Is notably illustrated in
a table published in the Petroleum
Review Of London. England. giving a
list Of vessels in the world carrying
petroleum in bulk, their names, the
names Of their owners and builders
dates Of their building. their ports Of
registry their dimensions and their
tonnage. They number 434 steamers
and 81 sailing vessels, with an aggre-
gate gross tonnage Of 1.712.626, of
which all but 1O0,14s is OF steamers