Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-05
TULSANS BANQUET
GUESTS OF HONOR
Cooperation of Oil interests
After Peace Proposed by
A. Clark Bedford.
BLACK TELLS OF WAR NEEDS
America and American Fuel
Commission Praised by
Distinguished Briton.

"And after the war is over for my
part | don't see why we can't CO.
operate for the benefit of the industry
as whole" SO spake Chairman Bed
ford of the Petroleum Board of the
National Council Of Defense in wind
ing up his address to the oil men ut
the Country club last night and this
perhaps was the keynote OF the entire
meeting
Sir Friedrich Black of the British
war mission carried an impressive
message to the oil producers present
Of the necessity of their cooperation.
He told how the navy of England and
her allies had policed the seas, how
they had made it possible TO trans
port men, munitions and supplies and
the crying need Of their navies and
our own for oil fuel. and that the
burden of furnishing this fuel was
now on the shoulders of the mid
continent and other oil fields of
America.
Knows of Nays Need.
Sir Fredricll is man of vast ex-
perience and has been in the purchas-
ing department of the English navy
for more than thirty years and knows
perhaps better than any other man
the necessities of the allied navies.
He told of the wonderful work that
is being done by the women of Eng
land and stated that In one munitions
factory 93 per cent of all the employees
were women-and many Of them wo-
men used to luxuries That at this
time NOR than a million women were
engaged in the munition factories of
England.
lie paid a high compliment to the
American fuel committee on its effici-
ency, fairness and patriotism
Each word he uttered carried con-
Viction 10 his hearers, and II Is prob
able tina this remarks are the most di-
rect message which the people of this
community will receive as to some of
the conditions surrounding the prose-
cution of the great war and the i'm
portant part which the oil country
must contribute.
England Furnishing Men.
Chairman Bedford. of the petro-
leum board. stated Xhat England had
at the outbreak of the war 150, 1000
men in her armies. and had at the
present time 5000. 900; she has 2,OOv.-
GEO in France, the rest in Salonica,
Mesopotamia. Egypt. German East
Africa and India. In addition to tnc
5000, 900 she has nearly 5000. 900 en-
ployed in the industries of the wat.
She has in reserve another million
OF men armed and ready but can i'll
spare them from her colonies or the
factories. Two and half million
men and 100000 women are en-
ployed in more than 500 munition fac
tories. There are now over a hum
dred government plants espec,dny
built to cope with war requirements,
The British have moved back anu
81. 1. q l.. a
100000 of men, more than 10000. 900.
tons of explosives, more than 10000
COO gallons of gasoline and more than
a million of sick and wounded men.
and all without the loss of men or
ships due to enemy attack.
Navy Quadruplcd.
England's navy contained 10000
men at the beginning of the war, and
now has more than half a million. IN
addition TO the usual requirements
England Is obliged to supply all her
troops, all her armies in distant parts
with their war equipment and the ne
cessities of life, and in addition to
keep a huge fleet busy with transpor.
tation of coal and other supplies es-
sential to her allies, especially irau
and France. This means an enormous
sea force In addition to the regular
naval 1OICeS. anu tnc OISanlZdtlOH
and control of the auxiliary navy IS
one Of the great achievements of the
war.
Speaking of America he stated that
she was making tremendous strides and
was receiving the most active ano vL-
ficient administration OF her efforts II
the war program. And when her
troops would be needed they wouic
be ready.
Praises Tulsa Oil Men.
lie paid a very high tribute to the
valuable services rendered the board
by John II. Markham. jr.. and Harry
Sinclair. Mr.. Markham, he said, had
been of invaluable service to the com
inittee on account of his wise rund
Of information on the production on
oil.
"Mr. Markham has been most faith
full in his devotion to his work as a
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