The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-11
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Officss o2ll W. IL PECK Residence 2442
W. n. PECK
Residence 2442

| AZ there is no Joy so great as "A tfiI
across the county these pleasant
autumn days
In fact, AZ the game II played IN
| the midcontincnt field, condition,
are much better than anywhere else
and fewer laboring men and offic,
employees have been laid Off. and
more people are getting back IL
work they are better fittcd for than
perhaps working in offices. for as
ono young lady recently remarked
1T looks as though some one is
going to get let out In our office,
aud for my part | am going to make
my good old home cheerful this win
ter by my presence there, ana TAX"
this time OF dcflation to get &C
quaintcd with the folks. Will
lot some married man have my job.
some class to this yuung lady!
with IA little more stiffening Of
prices, which after all ~ not u hard
ship to the ultimate consumer, the
rcfihcr can get by for. another month
and then spring business ~ actually
IN siglu. II IN time 10 make garden
In this country 60 days from the fif-
tccnth and II is "a good time 10 be
gin planning for next springs
work. This IN mentioned here to
show how short the winters really
are. and how soon spring will be
upon us once more.
There viii be great fleets OF trnc-
tors start plOwing carly next year.
more In fact by 20 to 80 per cent
than ever before, as the only way
the farmer can compete with low
prices. is by the uso OF modern ma
chihcry. There are tractors these
days that will pull as much as eight
a. =. "A ....l l,s.if hn
cost and with "A lot more excitement
such as keeps the boys on the farm.
The crude situation IL well In
hand. The prices from Breckon-
ridge, Texas, Indicate that all Is love-
ly there. with the increased pipe
line capacity and the natural de-
cline OF the wells. which for last
week was estimated at 10000 bar
rcls. the larger firms. which are
Tantically urging a shutdown are
now much better salts fled with con
ditions, and are absolutely certain
hat II be impossible TO find a
surplus OF crude oil anywhere In
,he midcontinent where ligt oil In
produced by this time next month
And IN the meantime, there never
has been such "a demand for pro-
duction m right now. and were II not
for the prOhibtivc war taxes, there
would be new sales reported daily.
This, and the further fact that tho
new year is about here. when taxes
for 1920 will he levied, has delayed
the announcement of many new con-
solidations and purchases. II Is a
good time to buy. II any one should
happen to ask you. because where
liz there an even chance TO
get oil An paying quantities, and drill
ing costs money.
the price OF pipe In bound to he
better within tho next week or TWO
because all dealers are advising their
customers to lay off. and as soon
as the effect OF the recent purchases
made by the Prairie Pipe Line has
iissa ppeared some one Will be cut
ding priccs. az sure az shooting. PIPE
"a ono thing that In too high.
Were freight rates arranged AZ
they should be. on "A percentage basis,
with u maximum or flat rate above
a certain point; there would be the
greatest impetus to business ever
known, ana something In the way OF
big news should be expected soon.
The rates. AS they stand, are ruinous
to the refiner. and a mighty bad
proposition to the railroads.