The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-24
OIL MARKET
oU0TArIonn,
The Petroleum Institute

In referring 10 tho newly organ
he'd Petroleum institute there has
been no adverse comment in this
column but on the contrary. there
has been much that In favorable and
especially when quoting prominent
rcnncrs and markctcrs who have cI-
pressed themselves as faNoring the
new organization.
Tho only objection and vory ~
riOus one II is, IN tho line OF publicity
that In being handed ont. and this
has been and viii bo objected 10 ns
strongly as possible for the reason
that thero is nothing TO be gained NJ
any time by II falslfication Of tho
records or OF tho flnuntlnR of imngln.
ary grievances that do not exist
There can he nothing so produc-
tive OF harm as 10 prate on foreign
invasion" when there are no many
more important facts confron Ing the
oil industry, and especially I'm Mex
leo where the publicity sharks are
now claiming that Grent Britain has
decided TO gobbls up everything In
sight
Az listen 10 the following from n
spooch made Ira Jewell Williams he.
fore the council OF foreign relations
In New York. February II His sub
1ect is Mexico. To-day and Tomor-
row.
Mexico In not pncifled, hut the
iarwer part In stll In the hands OF
anU-Carranxistna. Murders rob.
berries and trsin-wreckings are fire.
uuert; holding TO ransom In n favor
lite method Of ortorting money, some
times with lurtd I'm ents, ss
In tho casa OF Whitford, whose body
was sent 20 his family piece by piece
because the final ransom remaincd
unpaid
And this. his conclusion. I
Working ClaSsr~ IWy For Disorder.
To attack Carranxa and describe
hts government is not 10 attack the
Mexican people. whose oppressor he
In, and who are sunk In misery and
wretchedness because Of thess In
testine wars. They arc entitled to
our sympathy and help. For years
they have prayed for peace. II 10 |
the poorer people To whom condi-
tions OF anarchy must always prove
intolerable. II IL tho wage e-earner
not the capitslist--who II paying the
ultimate price with his life and
health in Mexico. For their sake, II
FOR none other, law and order and |
pcace should he desired. A lasting |
peace within and with us can never
come with tho boisheviki and pro-
Germans In control In Mexico,
mot for Mexico In the future, nor |
for America, but for Mexico and |
America. And In all the problems |
OF the future which together we
should face and share, we can con-
fidentiy rely on the sturdy loyalty OF
our American manhood, In the
darkest days Of the war. tho mon In
the oil fields Of Mexico, disarmed
by the Mexicans and In constant dan |
ger OF their litcs, stood fast because
they knew that petroleum fuel WAS |
needed nv the allied fleets In the |
cause Of right and Justice.
And to thesc men. Mr.. Chairman.
to whom the thanks and the Rrati-
tude OF the world are duo. I desire
to propose a toast, Gentlemen. !
pledge you;
ITO those brave Americans. heroes
OF the oil fields OF Mexico. who. stay
ing at their posts OF duty, faced the |
nameless dread Of death, that the J
flags OF freedom might stiil float |
over the seven seas and that liberty |
and Justice might not perish from the |
earth"
II this situation In Mexico In not |
strong enough In Itself without |
muddyinR the waters by claiming the |
English are seeking 10 gobble up |
Mexican oil interests just because |
one company with British capital |
makes a purchase Of another British |
concern, Il would be hard 20 find one |
that IT,
The Petroleum institute can rem
edy the situation In Mexico by rea-
son OF Its great power and yet II
will never. nor can Il he expected to |
do anything TO protect American |
markets for American oil men by |
reason OF n tariff on Mexican c~ade, |
Al Tuesdays meeting OF the refiners
In Kansas city, the subject OF n
tariff on Mexican crude was not even |
mentioned and would have been ig-
nored had II even been brought up |
by any OF the men who by their won
derfui nerve and business sagacity |
have done 20 much In the way OF
building up our great refineries here.
The Petroleum institute did not
have a beginning that appealed 10
the man with n clear knowledge OF
this situation hero and this bad be
In best expressed by n story
told by ono OF our attorneys here
who said
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