The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21

even. permits take OF - per CEN
Z against gauge pressure.
Increased supply IA Myth.
/ Eur suppose the Walters. field
/ proves Out2 | don't expect any re
. iIcf against the peak load of extreme
winter weather For this reason
/ II the gas company does tap good
supply there u vii, be Interested IN
selling 81 AZ quickly as possible and
hstorc too much becomes dtssipatcd
Though geological assures There
fore 10 wl!l IL i, ryns tnue 10 previ-
US form. take on several dlstrihutna
stations between Nero ana walters
by The time the supply reaches here
II VIII bo cthe same old story
But suppose II should refuse Ia
serve towns that its trunk lines pass
why, those towns would go TO the
corporation commission and seek tu
force tt To make connections The
chances are, too, that the commits
sion would issue the order. II the
folks In the vicinity OF where the EAS
originates haven't sUmc little prefer
pn'ial right another basic principle
ot justice disappears
Then the case is hopeless SO far
as tna theory that oklahoma ) SaS
resources are ineNhaustnhlr, yes so
ftr as the idea OF building cities on
cheap gas for industrial purposes,
yes But as - matter Of hhrd,
straight thinking and common sense
procedure, no.
Colonel Loves Theory.
have always been able TO re
strain my enthusiasm for the late
col lack Love, for several years
head Of the corporation commission
but several years ago. after he had
been harusscd by gas hearings IN
numerable and demands that the
com mi ission make" the various Gas
companies do something or other
the old hard headed fellow in mo-
ment OF evaporation said that he
very seriously considered the wis
dom OF the commission Issuing a
general order prohibiting the use of
natural gas for any other than do
mestic purposes. And he was n lot
nearer sound reasoning than any of
ny believed at the time
There have been suggestions from
time to time OF similar nature !
don't know whether or not existing
law vii! sustain such an order. But
II 1t will IL should be issued as part
of general safe and sound con
struc,ive gas policy in the interest
OF gas control and conservation.
Receivers shtps satisfy prejudice
and punish those who certainly do
need punshing. because OF their
petty anuoyances and unfairness.
But receiverships are not going to
even aid In solving the gas problem
so far as the peak months are
concerned
The oklahoma supply OF gas is
vanishing That is the simple truth
with thai fact firmly fixed in mind
the sensible thing TO do instantly
presents itself: Let t.be conserved
for domestic uses only.
Glass factories and smclters have
made terrific drain on the gas re-
sources Of Oklahoma They have
been benefits. /, Is true They have
helped build our towns, bur the 4
price We pay now for those indus
tries is too high. There WAS time
right here In oklahoma when black
walnut was burned In our fireplaces
and stoves Fabulous amounts OF
the precious wood was consumed in
smoke-ln the days when pioneer
ing was the principal industry.
Crlminal2 Not Mt all--in those
days But 1t would be criminal now.
for the wood is far too precious
for other purposes 10 permit its
waste ri that common, wunton man
ncr
Gas Too Precious 10 Waste.
Likewise gas for purely Industrial
purposes We need !. in our homes
more than We need Il In our
Industrial plants or public build !
Ings, where other fuels can BE- used /,
lulte az successfully. and also with !
as great economy
The corporation commission. as
have suggested. should now. with /
put further delay promu' gate "A
broad. sound gas conservation pol .
ley, the keystone OF which should
be no gas for Industrial purposes .
without special perrnl. from the
] can easily understand
where 1t might be the logical and .
sensible thinE 10 permit gas 20 he
used for Industrial purposes hut not
adjacent TO "A great population de