Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-19
OIL uAsxpr QUOTATIONS.
The Worst Seldom
Happens.

There are many things 10 br ihhue.
ful 80 fnr ns tho OF business rs con
c.fned chiefly among witch ls the
fact that The oil men nre hbl" 10 con
'rihute 10 the He'd rross and II need
be- they can purchase another iuHth
mrni of liberty bonds
Even here In oklahoma whore f"'
long time n lnokrd ~ Though th"
courts wcr, aRilnr 'hn industry q
great change has taken place ana
from now IN titles Wiil not be u
cause for worry Hnd the uil man can
toll where he ~ al
IN. war IN over ana bc,suso the
oil lndustr, profird loas than any
other interest that entered into ~"
winning ~ the war, there iH no ava.
lanChe ~ prices either Tor crude or
refined products 10 reckon with,
m. great field. In Texas ne vet
to he developed ana the prospects
are that the demand will increas"
even faster than n IL possible 10 IN
crease the supply even with the great
number ~ wells now drilling
The government IL installing air.
planes Tor carrying the mails the
mercantile marine IN being equipped
with oil burners, the returning sol
1ltFH hftt fifri W NlNa fNAlNN AHh hNNN.
mobiles. tho great impetus ~ manu-
f,oturers of export goods IL absorb.
ing a tremendous supply OF luhricanf
and more than nll the storage innkr
Of the European countries are empty
And justsnr the lease broker in
Tetss IL reaping u harvest, so too "
the oil man bound to profit by actual
drilhng In Oklahoma and especially
In tho Usage where there IN n world
" drilling under way right now "
means money for tho driller ana the
tool dresser aud at least nn even
break for the operator
Speaking of the psnse, there n NJ
least a fair chance OF having the reg
ulation- changed No M tn give the oil
man n chance for his lIfe ana lust as
tho world has awakened 10 the fact
that the demand for oil has treblcd
In the last two years there Will he an
opportunity 10 produce the very
necessary Grade with which 10 ~
least partially supply tho demand
During tn. last two weeks there
have been reports coming nut from
Washington regarding q new and
cheaper motor fuel II IL lucky for
the peace Of mind Of the iimid oper-
ator that already II has been demon
strated that this In 10 be stock
jobbins proposition. II is In limo with
the scheme TO extract gold from salt
water that held the center OF the
r,ase only q few years Ano.
II Ia given out ssmi-officiaily that
on February ~ there will be offered
at public sale is2 tracts OF likely
looking stuff In the Osage and tho
chances arc by that time there viii
he a decided change Tor tho better In
tho regulations and u will not be
necessary To. offset n dry hole or to
comply with any number OF fool reg
uiations now IN force.
Altogether the situation looks de-
cidedly promising, II will seem but
a day until the slrships carrying the
malls across the continent are AiiEht.
tnE here. II will seem but dar
until the motor driven vehicles are
adapted To every possible use
Th. farmer will he plowins and
seeding HIS grain with tractors Just
as now ne IN guiding hts faithful mule
aud tho man who fails TO SEQ the m-
ture bright for tho oil industry "
absolutely lacking In foresight and
the day when the poor man can own
a car or an airship In rrpldly ap-
preaching