The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-21
Best Argument Yet
for Petroleum Institute

,he national Petroleum war-servico
committee was made a permanent
peace time organization with the
purpose IN mind of promoting the
general development of the oil in
duFtry Of the United States II was
decided to name the permanent or
gani2ation the American Petroleum
institute The work Of its organila
ton was completed IN Chicago on
March 81 More than 200 roprcson
tatives of the industry met IN this
constructive session. producers. fo-
| finers, Jobbcrs and exporters all were
there
Thomas A. O'Donncll. = self-made
man. who has been engaged In the
| oil production business for more than
30 wears, was elected the first prcsl-
dent OF the institute. During the
war Mr.. O'Donnell held the I'm
portant post Of director of produc-
tion ~ the oil division Of the fuel
administration.
-Four things. especially. IL Is hoped
| by government officials here, win re-
| suit from the organization Of the
American Petroleum institute They
are.
First. tho establishment or an aS-
ISOLATION ~ national petroleum pro
ducts exporter. which viii be able
J 70 bring the American industry as
a unit into world trade
Second an organization capable o 10
taking charge Of al petroleum pro
ducts delivered At -oabodrd and
experimenting to their distribution
| throughout the world at a uniform
price
Third that q will support tho
movement for a force or the best
| trained men in this country TO be
sent to foreign countries as q reserve
| for the American petroleum industry,
Fourth. that II will see that Ameri-
| can gcologists. engineers and pc
| troleum tcchuologistS are employed
with their talents and superior train
| ing In oil pioneering and develop
ment work under American capital
for the United States industry; in.
stead OF by foreign corporations "a
scouts In this and other countries
The next congress, II Is likely Will
! consider legislation which viii pre-
serve for Americans the petroleum
resources OF this country and pre-
vent them from being taken over
! by foreign capital and foreign cor
pora lions Leaders In the American
! oil Industry. and officials Of this
| government VINO are III FlbH'Nl Nbh'll
with its conditions. are OF the firm
! opinion that the British government,
| having learned its great need for
petroleum supplies as n result OF its
experience in the war Is now deter
mined to obtain control OF the,
worlds petroleum resources. And
| for more than six months the leader
| Of the industry In this country have
| been planning to thwart any such
purpose and in this effort to enlist
| the support OF the United states goY-
| ernment.
Recent press dispa, ,chcs from Lon
! don have contained the statement
| that q" the British government II
going into the oil business. And II
was learned here toay, from con-
fdentlal but highly reliable sources.
that Official dispatches TO the Ameri-
can government would confirm this
statement. The purpose OF the United
Kingdom. II Is stated, is TO "deveiup
the most powerful reproducing, re
filming and transporting enterprise In
the history OF the industry"
Government officials here In
Washington have received cable ad-
vices that Great Britain intends TO
make permanent the oil executive
|
| troleum administration boards and
agencies 1t is said that this con
/ solidsteds governmental petroleum
agency VIII act as an official adviser
for all departments. including the
army, and the much more important
navy. Among the other duties which
It is reported this agency will under
take Is that OF controlling all con-
cessions for the development OF pos
sihlc oil territories within the em-
pire: AS well as that OF advising and
assisting British companies or ind
viduals In obtaining leases and con.
&c ssions in foreign countries.
II has been no secret to well-in-
formed oil men that the British gov
ernment has for years been interested d
In Anglo Persian development The
British government, 1t is claimed
now controls 81 per cent OF the
stock. For months English trade
journals have contained rumors that
the Royal Dutch Shell interests are
taking over the Mexican Eagle on
company and still more recent
rumors have II that the LORD
Cowdray interests have been alb
sorbed by the government The
Royal Dutch Shell group already has
| I'M pof lhnl nOlu lllEH ~ Nll' 'Nldil'llI
Kansas Texas. the california and the
Wyoming fields.
7 Great Britain, It is pointed out by
officials OF the United states gov
crnment here. at present has mill
tary control IN Russian. Egyptian.
Persian and McsopotAmia fields, and
elsewhere.
After entering the world war, Eng
land soon found out that 1t needed
tremendous fuel oil supplies for It's
Il oil-burning navy And then, with the
new development OF warfare, both
the motor trucks and auto am hu-
lansos on land and the airplancs In
the sky were found TO vastly Increase
the demand for oil. In fact. England
suddenly found that modern war
fare depended upon petroleum and
It's products and the English didn
have the petroleum. SO 1t was Amer
lea that came 10 the rescue
Now. being maritime nation, the
United Kingdom apparently has de-
cidcd that she must have control Of
Ian adequate supply for the future,
Land this. with Great Britain Is
thought to mean world monopoly
For this reason England Interests
las regards petroleum have undouht-
edIv been well represented at the
peace conference. while there Is a
telling here that the Interests OF the
American industry are not been sur
ficiently looked after,
| IL g.. cvtdpnt that officials OF the