Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
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WEST MUST WAKE
UP TO THE WAR
JOHN j. MARKHAM, JR.
Prominent Oil Producer and
Member of Government
Committee Is Home.
EAST IS READY FOR WORSE
Long Struggle Anticipated ;
Flags Everywhere; Seri-
Gus Details Secret.
EAST IS READY FOR WORSE
Uy MARGARET MuRpHYl

Wy MN lNNf4N - W I. lNl II '
That the people of the great middle
west have little real grasp upon the
seriousness of the international situa-
ton is the opinion Of John II. Mark
ham, jr., oil producer of Tulsa.
Mr.. Markham has just returned
from Washington, where as a member
of an important oil committee he was
called TO confer with Secretary of the
Navy Daniels on the question of oil
supply for the United States navy.
Mr.. Marllham's committee acted as "A
subcommittee of the committee on
raw materials of the council of ma
tional defense. Serving with him on
this committee are \. G. Bedford,
president of the Standard on COM
pany tNew Jcrscy) T.. G. LufKn.
president of The Texas Company:
George $. Dawson, president of tho
Gulf Refining company T.. l.. Do
heny president OF the Mexican Pc
troleum company, Ltd: John w. Van
Dyke, president of the Atlantic Re-
filming company and President II. f..
Sinclair of the Sinclair oil q Refin-
ing Co. OF Tulsa
Two Lasting Impressions.
"The east left with me two very
profound wartime impressions" said
Mr. Markham last night zone Of
them, that the big business men Of
the country are behind the president
to the last man. Oil producers and
oil buyers have not always had the
most amicable of relations in the past,
but now every difference has been
laid aside and they are determined to
see that every oil man in the United
states shall bear his share of the gov
ernment's burden and that burden
shall be distributed equitably Every
man on that committee has pledged
himself to see that the navy depart
ment will be supplied with all it's
needs at reasonable cost. AS Il re-
suit Of the cooperative arrangement
the navy department is assured of Il
continuous supply OF gasoline for its
enlarged operations, and efficient dis
tribution and storage system, prompt
uninterrupted deliveries and fair
prices.
The other impression" continued
Mr., Markham, (which is indeed II
strong one, is that by comparison we
are almost indifferent to war west Of
the Mississippi In the cast, people
talk and eat and sleep and dream
war. Flags fly from every window
and every housetop, and the national
anthem is never silent.
The Eastern View.
"On the corner of Forty Second
and Fifth avenue one day last week
saw young woman making "A re-
cruitng speech. and she was certainly
putting out stuff straight from the
shOulder-and getting recruits too.
What do you hear out here when
anyone talks recruiting? OH we say,
this war vii! be over before we can
get an army to the front That's the
consensus of opinion--at least spoken
oplnion-in the west. IL Is Gar liffer-
ent all along the eastern coast There
everyone is looking forward to a long.
hard, bitter fight. AS the easterner
sees it, only one thing can prevent
such a fight-internal strife in Ger
many. and that Ia getting to be a
rather bent reed to lean upon-it has
been leaned upon since the outbreak
rumors of revolutions in Germany
revolutions which do not develop.
Much Is Kept Quiet.
"The east is agog with stories OF
plots and tales of the workings Of
spies, stuff that never gets to US at
all for most of it is censored out Of
the press, and the general opinion
back there Is that the French and
English commissions brought news OF
the seriousness Of the European stu
alton which is not even comprehended
by the general public.
My opinion is that the sooner we
get into this thing with both feet, the
sCcnor the fighting forces of our
country realize the absolute necessity
OF quick and organized effort which
is desperately in earnest in its deter
mination to end this war, the sooner
we viii see the end and the greater
will be the saving in human life"