The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-12
i'm THE OIL FIELDS
Office. 624l w. H. PECK Residence 24A2
w. II. PECK
Residence 2442

oils" is losing the best opportunity
OF the times.
The raw material for bread you
an grow again next year And when
the world wants more -! IL. We haN,
-hc further reaches of the Canadiau
plains, the immense prairtes al th,
ucad Of the Amazon iu South Amer.
Ca, the stcppcs Of Siberia and Man
churia, even the vast table lands ana
ycldts or Africa--ou which tu grow
the VII cat. The supply Of cotton We
can renew and Increase every sum
mary year. There are thousands a..
hills even I'm the United Sta'rs o,
which the sheep have never nihblcd
no worry about raw material fpI
cloth.
The iron men have untouched Dc.
posts OF ore sufficient for centuries
The copper magnatcs have 50 mauy
mountains and suhterrancan valley
OF the red metal that they could sup.
Uly Mars and Venus as Wei az IN,
demands OF the earth, II noe ssnE.
The De Beers are holding hacl
enough raw diamonds to make O
suubu'st OF Jewels that would lool
Ike a sunspot on this old world j.
viewed from another planet. Ana
the Germans now say they can mak,
them, diamonds. I'm unlimited quan
titles I'm rSnverted cannon works
But there are two things the world
is avid ;or. There are two thing
which are mined as soon rs discov
cred. There are two things used "a.
soon ms they are mined. There ar,
two things Of which there Ia no sul-
plus for which the demand con
stantly increases. the supply Of which
m "a - 10. Ia 60 s.g A.
the backs of animals or made IN
mouldS to get which 1t costs moro
and morc-Guld and Petroleum.
Gold and oil--and there IL thai
difference between them. The valu,
If gold Is a scutimcntalism. Gold
contributes nothing to warming o
cold room or fertili2ing field or g.
feeding cattle or to making of coats
for the little son, Gold Is not used
N the manufacture of tractors. There
IL none OF Il about n locomotive or .
freight car. The imperial ships would
plow their stately wav across tn.
hoavl"G ocean Just the same. II al
the gold evaDoratcd tomorrow.
But o'l-Ou' The billion wchels
and cnrs and sliding gears of all tn
machinery Of the world. from The
toy sewing machine Of tho littl'
daughter to the mammoth motors Of
tho electric works. the giant der
ricks at the loading docks, the great
hammers at the steel mills, the pow
crful mountain climbing engines, the
quarter mile-long ocean. liners--all
al roll ard grind and slip in oil-o.
the universal lubricant. The world
would come to gritty standstill IN
"a hours IL AL petroleum should
rVaporate. All the whales and bec'
tallow and hog fats would not he a
drop IN the bucket in this age of
gigantic machinery.
without oil the aeroplane would
side down on dead wings. To rise No
more. The automobile, whether N.
luxurious Packard or the rusty
5-ycar-old Ford, would rust IN Sc
garage. The truckers would again
he lashing tho backs OF tired mules
THE clean citv streets would again
he n muck Of horse-manure. The
city people, the ordinary fellows an,'
their kids. would soon lose the ROSY
cheeks they got from that last coun
try ride. The little (petrolcuml
lights Of civilization now twinkln'
in n million Asiatic hu's, would gut.
tor and co out-and civilization they
say Is light.
How far would we slip backward
without oil' who knows?
And II the world is so dependent
upon this thing, for the light OF It's
millions OF lamps. for the heat OF
l's millions Of stoves, for making Of
it's gas. for the running of its trucks
It's tractors. it's automobiles; for tho
running of its engines and machines
for many Of It's ships, for much of
It's transportation--t tand civilization
they say rests upon education and
transporta tom what common sense
Is there In expecting lessen!ng of
tho world demand?
The United states was chiefly In
strumental In introducing the use of
petroleum fer the world, and so far
has supplied most VI the demand for
Il. az well as most OF the supply. No
where are the petroleum products
90 plentiful or 80 cheap as in iii.
United states. England, AZ the rep
rosentative European nation: japan,
as the representative Asiatic nation
nay approximately one dollar n gal
lon for gasoline, and FOR other PEE
troleum products correspondence.
while wo pay about n third OF this.
The rest OF the world ~ learnine
from us the hencfiCcnce of oil. It's
convenience rs an Aluminant, n heat
ing fuel motive fuel or power,
The nations and people learn slowly,
so that for yacrs and years they viii
still be learning more o' and liking
better the uses OF petroleum. And
Ill