The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-07
- mlpKEr ouorATIoNs.
The Mexico oil Situation.

Nt,,Iran Review, 4 monthly puhlica-
T.g printed IN English and Mexican
languages. whose representative IN
T. United States is the Mexican
,,v. bureau with headquarters here
r N.sniugton. prints the following
.yeus N Petroleum Development
,4 is Juno issue which has Just
,sashed here The article may be OF
.,f,resf TO American oil men In thAt
d, shows what the supporters of the
Carrlrza regime are saying regard
,rs petroleum south of The rio
Drarlg in fun the article ~ as fol-
lows
announced the rates ~ taxation FOR
he months Of May and June upon
.yporA,ons o' petroleum ana its
,r'fre,s ln accordance with the law
1,g.r-re his to be done every two
months Tho rates are as follows.
".ron rumhusuhle petroleum Of a
density of Ogl, the valuation Is fixed
Al ti8 per ton. upon crude pctro-
Iegr, of a density Of 0.9l. the valua-
ra0 is $3.50 per ton, upon petro-
faur1 who's, density is more than 0 "
per ION. the valuation IL So per ton,
mon gas OH whose dcnslty Is more
,hln 09l per ton. the valuation u
The rate Of taxation is 10 per
,srf 90 that the various amounts re
ou0rri are. IN the respective order ~
Iuttions 60 cents, $40 and 8l55.
In American money this ia the equiv
aItr' of so cents. G5 cents and n IL
cents per ton The average number
ofharrrIs 20 the ton r. Z. l-i. SO that
the tar levied on eNportations varies
f-oo between four and five cents
,3r The lowest priced oil TO between
u and i3 cents for the highest
rr.rcd Ueecnt adyices from petro-
i,ur, centrrs arc 10 the effect that
Mexican petroleum II selling az from
10 cents 10 81 per barrel, delivered
o. rul' ports.
The valuation OF refined Easo-
line for export Is placed at II IL
cents pcr liter. Of crude gasoline at
II al cents and Of either crude or
refined kerosene AZ ia cents per
liter Tho rate ~ taxation on re-
fined gasoline is three per cent and
on crude gasoline and petroleum It
h 4 per cent The total tax IN terms
N American money Is threfore O.7b
Of one cent per gallon on refined
gaslne l.3i cents on crude gaso-
line and 0T3 Of one cent on crude
o- refined kerosene These are the
sams rates that have prevailed for
months
The secretary Of industry and
commerce has compiled statistics OF
the various companies operating In
,he petroleum districts Of the repub-
'i, and which have recently been
published, showing the area occu-
l..
paid hy them 10 the owners OF the
land under development
"Twenty-four companies only pay
M rent, Az they own their lands in
fee simple
'Hry- four companies pay an an
i rlal rent of less than five pesos per
hscare q II acros) These com
panies occupy an area Of l.330.l96
! hectares. and pay total annual
rental ot 3llis.6Il. 0s. That is 10
ay. they control an area OF 3,32b,-
40 acres and pay therefor an an
4 n1al rental OF tbE9.320 50 American
money or little over 10 IA cents
\ Itr acre
Twenty-Five companies nay an
annual rental Of less than SO per
hecAre and control an area OF So
3ls hectares G3S24O Acres), upon
which 'hey pay n total of S33e,-
800 6s per year. equal to il66,25t6i
American money
zone hundred and twen'v-two
companies pay annual rentals OF
more than $40 per heciare and con
troll an area OF 10,035 hectares G75.-
SS' acresl. on which thcy pay a tlta
~ 81 SS6.o15t5 per annum. equal
TO NAt2,i5772 In American money
The total area ot oil territory
occupied by all tho companies e
lt"9ts hectares 4.064,S70 Aores)
upon which a total annual rental Is
paid NJ tG.Sas.0s6 Mexican gold.
equal 10 13,tt9,03322 Amcrisan
money
Several companies pay very hlgh
rentals upon lands that are In pro-
duciIon and arc especially favorahly
situated Thus one pays an annual
rental of iS.32333 9tl66.66 Amer
Nan gold per hcctare. Another
/ PAYS l2,fT5 HLS77 American
n money! por hociarc, and another
a Pays |Ao32 Ci20l6 American gold
Many companies nay more than one
=, 1000 pesos per hectare $500 to|
1900 American money!
The average rental however.
even with those large ones 10 bring
uQ mo total ls t2q1 Mexican money
.". 10 Americau per hectaro
however. ont ~ tho total OH acre
sgs N 40stS70 acres. total OF 2.
at'''Q. "a shown. pays an annual
rental NJ hu' slightly over 10 cents
n'r aero. The rentals on tho balance
,i 'l92'0 acres are sufficient 10
ofnE the average up 10 about so
cents nor Acre "