The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-10
IIEHlE| RRE N1|E CANE
INTERNATIONAL DPlNAC!
Head Of stand lard Oil Co.
Discusses World Sit
nation.
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NEW YORK, July S.-Three
fsmous Engiishmen have recently
said these thing about oil:
Admiral Faaher- -The ol.engsne
wiII reyolutionize commerce and
alter he whole art Of sea war"
Earl Curzon, British Foreign
sseretarylaThe allies doated to
yictory On q sea Of OIL"
walter Hume Long, First Lord
AZ British Admiralty-%H we Sc
cure lie supply Of oil now avail.
I AHA Il The world, we can do what
Wa iike. 4 others take Il, with i
: goes the key OF future nationat
81 tSese words 1t Is shown that
coal lion, copper and rubber-the
Cd stakes Of diplomacy, the
thinrs FOR which nations fought
Nave been superseded, and that OIL
q he new priEeNin International
poief The economic sphere, IN
others words, has found that oil Is
ia worlds new driving power,
needed alike for ship, trucks,
SANS, power plants and manufac-
turing and so politics, which re-
present Industry, must manenVei
for this most powerful Of national
Where does the United States
stand il this Silent world.war ior
ojl. without which q nation OF the
: f,ture cannot exist! Is u true that
soor We must buy our oil from the
British Empire, paying billions OF
dollars yearly to the oil masnates
! Of London. s,,.a
Perhaps the best man qualified
Ia eIye the American people ade
{ ouafe answer to this question:,
feli them Just how important Oh
has become In the modern world,
and how much Of this power the
Omitted States controls-is Walter
TeaSle, the 40-yearold president
81 tie Standard OIL Co., Of New
JERSEY, the greatest OF al the
Standard Oh Companies.
This d. what Teagle had to say
IN an exclusive interview he has
inst given me, the first authortta-
live word he has said on this I'm.
portant subject, touching as Il
does, international relations In
their tenderest spot:
HThe World War, which was a
demonstration Of industry on an
unprecedented scale, has shown us
that the importance Of oil in the
future cannot be overestimated.
on drove our submarines, our
submarine chasers and many OF
our new battleships. Gasoline
driven trucks transported our sup
pliAs and our armies, and gasoline
fed our airplanes.
Peace now tinds the gas engine
supreme IN industry; transporta.
ton companies use It; farmers til
theF lands with 1t land even the
lumberman logs with It. And so,
as the lack Of oil handicaps o PEG
pie IN war or peace, 1t has now BE-
come a national question of nc
small importance to inquire Just
where the United States win gel
It's future supply.
. America has been aroused late
ty by European financiers who
proclaim that British interests are
IN control Of practically all Of the
I: visible and potential fields outside
Of the United States, and by The
presidents report to Congress OF
4 Nay Il, 1920, which presented the
problem as sufficiently impressive
TO demand serious public consider
alton and construction action.
s. III We are not to leave our
future oil supply 70 chance. On,
are TO put ourselves upon an equa!
footing with the British oil coF
pauies In relation to their govern
Inent It Is imperative that the
government cooperate with the in
dustry In graspiny the situation
and acting resolutely.
3. When, IN 1914, the British o.
interests, realizing the indispensa
hility Of oil to modern civilization
sstafted their campaign to Obtain
the undeTeloped oil fields OF tbs
world they were given every &c
sistance their government coult
render, not only through pelitica
nd,diplomatic channels, bat BY
financial backing. They are to b;
4 cougratulated upon what the!
have accomplished, but they arr
EAr from controlling ALL OF thu