The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-30
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| Hour II Looks From
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The attorney general OF the grea'
s.ale OF Kansas Is preparing Ia
prosecute profitecrs in fuel oil and
has sent out questionnaifes to all
me rcilners to sign their own
death warrants Some OF them
have reached here where the re-
rneries are owned and 1t would APP
mlr that II any Of them are foolish
eough to furnish the attorney gen
eral with any ammunition ihey
|should be expelled from the or
ldy
! Kansas IL going to establish "A
Nb 5Dr court In which all labor dts
" Yes are TO be settled hcnCcfOrth
and from this end 1t looks as though
,hore Will be an interesting session
Of said court about the time they
undertake TO discipline tho boss OF
the coal miners who was recently
puJped loose from ia.l a Indiana
M In order to get his fellow
workers back on the job.
The attorney general might as
well know first as last that he has
no authority to set prices on fuel
tl and II he doesn't know II Henry
Allen. the versatile governor OF his
state. can probably inform him.
United states Senator Shepard
n Texas, recently euloRiZed the
vorking OF the railroads under gov
mment management or rather the
nAroad admins ration and prompt
Is received a telegram from Ed T..
bnrs OF the Texas Refiners as
nia don which stated.
We are right now dealing with
iTactical breakdown Of the NJ. X
at In the north Texas oil fields.
al the Fort Worth a Denver city
blockdded Numerous mills and
hrories are closed down because
Il failure ot the transpOrta lion
gseni to move oil. Railroad
ADMINISTRATION has ordered 20 per
aal Of the switch engines taken out
u service and put into the shops,
without providing others to take
lher places No situation In cuun-
~ or history Ike this"
yrhe senator also received one
|ir tm II, 81. Dorsey, secretary OF
/ Ne Texas Grain Dealers AsspCld-
lion, winch was certainly a hot one
| and the chances are that Senator
Stspard Will remember these two
negrams for some Time TO come.
Down In Texas the railroad com
rission has started out to emulate
cd improve on the authority OF
W own corporation commission
Nd will continue To hand out rules
M regulations until some fine day
aue viii be an injunction granted
some federal court which viii
sike II very plain to the Texas
abroad commission that IA lease on
lM from the land owner carries
uh II some rights and Interests
nch said railroad commission
tI not undertake to set aside.
he only good thing the railroad
ann ssion OF Texas has done has
cee 10 require pipe lines 10 make
nahly reports by districts of ali |
gathered and transported and
r'ted and the amount OF empty /
aikage available. Were our own !
mfporalion commission asked TO dol
rme, hing like this that would he OF .
sal value TO the oil fraternity at !
Ege II would doubtless be exceed |
hsly Indignant. No rules issued by |
our own corporation commission !
aAVe ever been known to affect the
'g people adversely.
The best governed country Is tho !
country that is governed The leas,
ana the oil men need no rcgula-
uon whatever but will develop the
Industry TO the limit II left alone,
VIII pay full share OF the taxes
and Will make good citizens gen
eraily. They will not, however be
lor or encourage n democratic ring
Y yoliticians al Oklahoma City wllp
Md assume jurisdiction under the
Rvisions NJ u foolish and de
,ay s1dak pi, = OF legislation