The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-11
ON. MAnKEr QUOTATIONS
Crude on Products a..
UiH stag in the Came

THE larger OIL cOl'P -, ,nd
f..u. line connections 10 the 'a"s tmI
.. advance ia freight rates Is
.. =, be extremely bCneilclLl W
.I pine lines. but in TINS lhere
b., another guess coming as
...lujely untf inkaple IhhI va. ~
.,..f. commerce commission
i..r.t ,nlle a ruling that wuuid put
w.. Irtr.tur refiucrs on me lctlIeu
t,.t tU making the new scheuule Vi
fft.ght rates. - t,,.s.
clifford ThOrne, old war horso
49, he Is. made an argument De
l' "a, Interstate commerce COM
,,'-.ion which Is given In run. IL
,tu ,pr,tI to every man haNlhs
~ interests of the mldcontineht
aI5 with its great rctlnerles' IN
,Ei.n SD much capital Is llNtolt"
w, b,srt Pat Malloy, when he gave
t.. f.stlmouy at the same nearing
,,.ds "A statement that should pc
nistorcal when he said, speiN
for the fellows who patronlle tne
,4iIr0ads' and between thtm pot'
i, Is doubtful II ever queS''O" "'
hotter presented. ,
.rrs mast struggle for independ-
ONO, risas up like dream, when
f.r instance. writer hup'hs l'i
favor from the great monopoly, sue
.,.1aA in getting into TINS column
J.rtrg the absence of the oil editor
"A statement that ran IKE TINS: Inc
frouhlc with the refiners in the ma
continent field Is they have set up
rlr little old tin pans ana Ectties
,.. Car away from the marNet'
And viewing the great reflneiies on
The west bank OF the Arkansas, mere
tr Tulsa. IL would seem now that
tLf. same Judas would rather Wlsh
hs were never born, because thoE
rave grown and prospercd ana nave
multiplied and have increased the
via s wealth for taxation purposes
many thousand fold
surely not must any harm come
to them nov, because OF the oalelu,
influence of government control
oi railroads, and necessary in
crease In rates. They are the prouu-
est monument Of human ACHE We
mtnt and are located within the
Confines Of our own lcity. Mr..
TLorncs 81 coch follows:
clifford Thurnc's Great Argument.
'Ei-hty-tnrCu per cent Of the oil
Produced east ot the Rockies comes
.rom the -four States-Kdnsas, Okla 70
homa, Texas lUd Louisiana. The lo-
cation Of IFS crief source of our sup
plv renders the transportation OF
letroleum az its products cf trc-
luendous consequence to the peo-
pie I'm the industry, as well as 10
lhc public at large.
Among all the industries appear
ine before YOU, the petroleum m
Gustry Glands ont by itself, unique
and different.
More than one-half our traffic
possibly two-thirds--is handled by
companies the great bulk of whose
total transportation chat Is, lniy
So 70 90 per cent? is handled by
gGlc other agency than that Of our
rail nadr One large iIterest-the
Staudard--hauls practically all thcil
crude by pipe line TO stratgeuc ais
trihuting places points adjacent e
Chicago - Louis, Kansas CITY
New orleans, Cleveland, Buffalo
Scw York, Philadelphia, etc. There
these people refine the Gil and shlf
'u.t ON short halls by rail Others
ship their crude by pipe line to occar
ports there refine the same, hdu
the refined by boat to other occar
ports and distribute by short raj
hauls.
\ sturdy, courageous, successful
group Of independent retinorS ha'
grown up daring the past ten year.
IN the midcoGtinent field, men wiz
Use the railroads for the bulk o
rAulUuonl2el the petroleum indus
try Ten or 10 years ago the amour
o' on handled ry Independent con
Germs was not over 10 OF - pc
cent Today that amounts to owe
uro-ihird in the country "a wAulH
and probably one-half of that is II
the mldcOntineut field. Accompany
Ing this remarkable growth thor
has developed several hundred nde
4 Hoo mn
Grating all over the United states
Approximately 400 of thoce indc
hnlent refiners and jobbers are III
!ug this brief with YOU today.
Petroleum is an exceptionally at
Tuctlye commodity for the railroad
10 handle. We furnish the cars d
less than cost, we furnish the ter
mlnal facilities. We load and uniOa
ana we furnish a carload to the car
Hers, also 4 revenue TO the carriers
greatly exceeding the average fro.
OlAtr traffic as whole. The Va!u
OF our commodity is below that c
the Weighted average OF carloa
traffic, our loss and damage claim
drg normal. Under the preser
general level OF rates this petrolt
I'm traffic is already contributin
more than its just proportion of tn
revenue Of the railroads. There
no more desirable or profitab
ua.t.c handled by American raj
roads than the transportation
petroleum. and petroleum product
II the advance in this case is pl
on q flat amount in cents per huI
dfed pounds, tho Independent ca
20 ahead on the same basis, pr,
cIsely the same relationship that }
mas had in the past. lie will col
uhue to grow and prosper. Comp,
uHon viii get stronger and strong'
IN this industry
But what would happen II tn
advance today is put in on a pc
oen,age basis? At Indianapolis II
!a4epcndent would have to apsol
s-'.9i on every car he shipped
l"ai city in order to continue
business and meet the price of h
competitor This is typical Of Il
great bulk Of the country east
the Missouri river. At Chicago Il
Jihlonendont would have to absol
Soo.96 per. car; at Des Moines SIC
90 al Louisville S23.76. There a
gLly few, rare exception like Il
l"ln Cities, where the adyanlal