The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-09
OH AND Gas MEN
PROTEST. AGAIN IS AK.
Delegations From all Parts oil
the State Go to the y
Capital.

That determined fight Will be-
made by the fndepe ndent, as well as !
the allied oil interests Of this state /
against the proposed tax on OH and /
gas, the bill hich provides that gas
pipe lines shall be common carriers;
and other measures which will effect
the oil and gas interests of the state
is a certainty and IN afurtherance OF
the conflict which will be waged i
against the measures there Will be
a large delegation of oil and gas men 4
from all parts OF the state go to;
Charleston today for the purpose Of
using their influence against the
measures thatsar obnoxious to them. /
So strong has the agitation become
that some Of the large concerns doing
business within the state declare
become law. they will move their
plants from the state to others where
such laws do not exist and nearer
where the work in the oil fields Isl
being done at the present time. Al
least two large concerns in Parkers-l
burg are in danger OF being moved
according to a good authority, and III
might be that others which are en-li
gagged in handling or manufacturing
oil we'll tools and supplies may be!
figuring on doing the same things.
L {
! ton from Parkersburg Monday arr
IL NJ Crawford, James I. Callahan.
w w. Walker. Gilbert L. Watson
Watson TAFT. Alfred E.. Kenney anil
John Stewart. In addition to those
mentioned there is a number of 9TH
ers From st. Marys there are Tyns-i
dali Dinsmoor and party Of five or
six. Ststersyille is represented by
fE. Il. Hanlon and half a dozen 9TH
ters Friend "a. Funk and a party from
+ Moundsville went and from C1arks-
burg. IA delegation of dozen or flf-
teen is headed by Olandus West, sec
iretary Of the C1arksburg District Oil
4 and Gas Mems Association.
a great deal OF the interest
I aroused in the matters before the
House and Senate at Charleston has
been brought about through the work
of the officials and members OF the
West Virginia Oil and Gas Mems As.
asociation. the presid entsof which. a.;
! 3. Enslow Of Huntington, has 6een
lat the capital since the extra session
4 began, working hard against the
4 measures Members Of the organtza-
.ition from all parts of the state have
II been notified that the bills against
which the agitation has been going
Il on will be before the Senate today
UNLESS they can be sidetracked and
land they have been sending tele-5
4 grams to the members OF the House
i and Seate asking that no further ac-.
ltion be taken until the oil and gas
men can reach Charleston and be
heard in the matter. A meeting or
i the Senate judiciary committee is
being arranged for toni ght when the
oil and gas men will be present and
i give to the committee facts which
they hope will have the effect OF Kill
ling the obnoxious measures.
I. Another measures before the Sen
ate against which there has been
much protest is that which provides
I for an income tax. graded according
Ito the income Of the corporation or
4 individual from. 81 900 up. It was
learned last night that the sNNhee1.ES
board of trade has arranged to send
ia delegation Of fifty Of its members
Ito Charleston today for the purpose
..tof making a protest before the Senate
i or its committees against the pass
.iage Of this measure It is quite like
llly that some from herewith also att
tend this meeting, as all are members
lof the local board OF trade. though
they will not officially represent that
d body il
Local oil men last night were of
4 the opinion that they would be able
Ito get a hearing before the Senate ju-
i dietary committee this evening and
Il that after the matter had been fully
Il explained from all angles the pro-
sfposed law would either be greatly
3 modified or would be killed entirely.