Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-25
Harvest That Defies The Imagination To COncieve In Refining One Barrel Of Oil Than Producing It
From the Ft. Worth star-TeIegram,
 March 23, 1919)

(From the Ft. Worth Star-TeIegram,
 March 23, 1e19.)
 The oil industry of America is in position of great power It is on the threshold of the greatest period of development in history, and a prem ium such as never before existed has been placed to encourage a most ac- tive drilling campaign. Never was American oil in greater need by the world than right now. The pressing need of industrial Europe for Petro- leum and Petroleum products calls for quick and tremendous expansion of the producing forces of the industry. Petroleum was the essential of es, sentials in the winning of the war. It now faces a period of increasing usefulness in time of peace. Its vital necessity, its indispesibleness, it's DO tency and leadership in the industries of the land, in the air, on the sea and under the sea, is graphically portray ed from day to day in the public prints.
 Observe in closer detail the trend of the growing demand for this pro- duct, both in its crude and refined state. It will be in demand as never before for period or years. All signs point one way-directly ahead of the American oil industry lies business era without parallel in the history of oil Producing. transporting, re- lining and marketing companies should reap a financial harvest that defies the imagination to conceive.
 Industry, the giant transformer oi earth's raw materials, would be ren- dered powerless without petroleum and petroleum products in abundance. Just as the strength of a building or bridge is dependent on its founda- tion, to as great an extent is the in- dustrial life of the world dependent on this product. Petroleum vibrates power. It is the symbol of modern industry-of big business, the two billion dollar industry The strength of America is the strength of its in. dustries. Industrial America without an abundant supply of petroleum and petroleum products is unthinkable. This Nation, possessing as it does to- day an abundant and permanent sup ply, is the dominant factor in man. ufacture and agriculture, the two mainstays of any country.
 The oil is not coming-it is here; neither has the romance of oil end ed, it has only begun. The dawn of a new day in the petroleum industry of the United States is upon us, and as the light of it breaks, the most splendid possibilities are revealed. No field of commercial endeavor pre-, sents a more brilliant future. or of fers greater financial rewards than in the producing, refining and market ing of oil and oil products During the last two years the American oil industry experienced the greatest ev- olution since the completion of the first drilled oil well. Emerging from an interminable period of ruinously low prices for crude and refined oil. to the highest prices realized in more than forty years, for the East of the Mississippi grade, and the highest prices ever paid for crude and re- fined oils west of the river. The two years also witnessed the largest out put of crude oil and the largest con sumptive demand. The oil industry was never in stronger position than at the beginning of the year 1919.