The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-04
MEASURE GOOD
FOR SCALPERS
Hard Fight Was Made in Sen
ate sn Bill for the COnSer-
yatisn of Oil.
COMMISSION To FIN PRICE

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| 40 per cent UI tine crude ul lu uhla F.
nolna WA ~ lutuugn lur hanus ot .
/ ryupCro, utvlurru senator w.. A. /
! hast Of NOWula county while uls .
/ vuSsuH the mcu,, OF me uu con +
/ Nvuuuuu ul Wuyu II WAS w lur con .
sIurruuuu M the senate late Nvduvs .
| uu! afternoon.
me uu was adopted IN committee OF
the Whulc IN both the house aud sru .
m,uc wednesday afternoon 1t Is .
uuunrd when the house blll comes to
ne -rnute to substitute II Tor the sell
ale measure, suspend the rules reQulr .
lng 1t to be sent To- Il committee, Cuu
sluer II In committee Of the whole ana
put IN ON final passage as soon as
possible, sending The measure " the
governor sOWe tine this week.
The sentiment lu huln houses seemed
TO be- almost unanimous for the bill
and the general belief was that the
measure represents the best solution
that can be- offered for the difficult
problem of relieving distressing condl-
uioue la the oil urld that could Du
presented at thl. time.
In the COmmssIOn's Power
When this hl. becomes law the
oil men Of th, state viii lose their
individuality and be subject absolutely
tu the whims ur the corporation com
mission said senator Chase The
corporation commission can fix the
price Of oil at Sl5O barrel aud then
what win the small producer with
wells about NoNWu bringing In from
& six 10 ten barrels day do " hen the
{ pipe lines refuse TO buy.
# have entire confidence in the hon
T r-ty aud ability Of the present mem
r hcrs Of the corporation commission,
but We are proposing here 10 coufes
ou them power Tint no man on earth
Possesses and which the people can
3, not delegate to us That is to give
them the right tO riA the price Of one
$ Of the necessary commodities Of com
mrrce You might Us well give them
# The right to fiN the price of cotton.
II I'm my opinion the section giving the
. commission this power Is unconsttu-
tiouHl'
senator Chase was speaking VI his
motion to strike out section Of the
bill, which provides that crude oil
" shall not be- produced In greater
" quantities than can be- sold at the
" well at price equivalent to It's Hc.
n tuul value, this value 10 be determined
10y the average yulue at retail Of all
'c the bi products of such oil when re
o. fined, less the cost and reasonable
.r profit In the business Of Transporting
n refining aud marketing the same The
4 corporation commission is given au
il, thority to determine this value unt
-. fiN the price of crude oil, and pro
~, mugutr orders prohibiting the pur
" chase or sale NJ crude oil at prlc,
" below this figure.
~ Fought IN the House
lie declared that he favored the biz
'r and would vote for 1t, but was oppos
lr ed ~ section ., believing 1t tO be un
IN constitutional An attack on secuOl
I'm . NJ the bill was made also In IN,
n house by Representative Ben Harrison
e ON similar grounds. In both house
efforts 10 eliminate the section failed
Authors ur the bin admitted that thi
section is al experiment In oil leglsIu
N tiun, but that the section Hs well as IN
rest Of the meHsulv' represented TN
Il. best thought Of the authors Of tn
IL measure, members uf the joint com
Mt mittre Oh oil aud gus the independent
IA producers association agents of ia
he department ut mines uf the federn
at government and members of the stat
corporation commission, and henc
should be allowed IN stand In the bll
In the house an effort ON the par
- of Representative " A. Duraut I
secure the adoption NJ q substitute hi
merely comforting authority on m
corporation commission to regulate th
oil industry and promulgatr order
FOR conserving the supply of both %
nnd HnS fullrd Representative s |
Johnson u uhmulgee In the house d,
ylHrrd that the Prairie OH aud Ga
company mnlr S4OOOOOOO Ia profit
In Oklahoma during the last yeur /
the senate Senator K
Davidson M Tulsa placed the 90
innate Of the Prnrlr's profit
In oklahoma Inst year al 5000 OW
quoting flsurrr TO support his contpl
ton
Senator W A. Chase replied th,
one " the blk independent OH con
panies made S2OOOOOOO ON am lnycs
ment ~ hut 5000. He stated N,
good fortune hul much to do with n
oil business and that the public npy,
hears Of the hundreds NJ little fellow
1vAu gu broke al the business Seuat,
~ tbnse declared that the adoption
iNh" bin with section included woul
mean the Urruhing NJ every refiuri
I'm the state llr said that n numb,