The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-11
Cards Are on the Table
but Public Is Without
Recourse.
THE DECK IS LOADED
Double-Jointed Monopoly in
Saddle and Consumers Can
Only Take Medicine.

Ulk occurred 10 me iUtl INV N'V ~
good cash the gas company made mo
deposit before could qualify 20 be-
come purchaser of It's comm pdiy
II about the dcadcst Investment J
ever MAJ. Six WDutlh il tuc ear
my gas bin does not exceed ~ u
month: but lest The almost inpos-
able alternative that fail 10 pay
the 81 hill within the To-day limit
arises that 500 of my money that
tho gas company diverts TO tl9 work
ing capital brings me no returns ana
brings mo no privilege iurui"h
the best reference -cash--lHlt the
gas company furnishes no return
reference. but does fail to provide
mo with tho gas FOR which thcTo Ia
no substitute. That | maintain IL
40 clearly inequitahlc as To be - mere
travesty. Studying the oXaapcrati1g
action OF that thin flow ot gaa he
fore the family eyes and thinking OF
that 500 cash OF mine Ia tho bank
balance of the gas company. | am
minded to rid my system Of fcw
pertinent "reminiscences ana peru
nent suggestions. feeling that the $50
clearly entities me to do 80 without
being charged with mere asinino
kicAing. so. here goes:
without drawing cards the Okla 81
homa Natural Gas company sets Its
'hlps IN inc center OF NV 'hu'' ~"
bets no ono Will call its offer TO sur
render lts nhturhi gas li"n'ni'' W
Tulsh. Thht s'fhlght plui', pu'
blutf thAt VIII noi pc c"IIou uc-
cause no other payer around 'nI
thplc IN IN postum 10 oaH
know Just 'kactIN "hal 'u' 'N'"
homa Natural Gas company has In
tts hand ana a,u poinp To lin n off
being consumer OF us gas ana
having deposited Noo ~ caNn iot lnc
privilege OF buyIns ," worm oI Bae
month. tSone great american
privilege bellcNe me-
suppose Tor instance Inv 'N''-
noma Natural ''ab company hutrcn
ders us franchise tomorrow. Would
that ohhbie any other corporation 10
tsko up thc Irhnchho anu s'a't "
lVerlhg gas luesuny morning No'
mat any ono could notlce the gas
why
All INC mans. connexions hlc.ers,
trunk Nncs ana colnpressots 'na'
bring gas 10 lulsa ana perlnl' lts uis,
uipu,ion 10 domestic ana ihonh, ,h'
consumers are owneh py me 'hlu
hona Noturhi '"a company anu
they VIII not be surrenhereu alons
All this tangible properly could ps
useo pv cotporh'iotl 'hat acccptou
franchise III Iuisa 10 uellNsr nav
utal gas hiter its SURRENDER pN NV
oNlahoina company Wonld U" ny
purchase from IT'S owner Mohey
enough could uouptlcss oc Iaiacu
given time enough, 10 pay Tor that
property: but what valuation would
be placed on II Tor salo nhdcr such
conditions! IL IL easy 10 learn wnat
valuation is placed on 1t Tor taSablo
purposes and Tor the purpose OF AIS
posing OF the stocks or the corpora
uon. state records NJ oklahomh
CITY ana the last annual report OF
tho corporation viii quickly disclose
that much
Ihe last statement ny thc Okla
homa Na'ufal iaS company II my
memory TX not AT tault, placed the
assets OF the corporation at some
thing more than Slb,oOOOOo' On
tho same valuation basis the part
OF the total assets necessary to Inn
medtatcly take upH the distribution
OF gas In Tulsa where the company
OFFERS to lay II down can he sorted
out easy onough-including enough
trunk lines and compressor stations
10 cover territory from which Tulsa \
required volume of gas Is derived. II
does not require lawyers TO deter
mino these data, for any competent
clerk can make those figures In a
few days.
Let us say, TO start the unscrnmb-
ing, S5.OOO,OOO more or less, Is the
last annual statements total Nalua- 70
ton OF the necessary equipment--it
might easily he more. How many of
1ulsa's milllonalrcs and ncar-mll-
llonaires viii come to the rescue and
provide tho cash TO take over this
equipment and go on with the re-
sponsibility of delivering gas rcgu-
larry and efficiently to Tulsa's popu-
lationt DO you catch tho rcsound-
ing echo OF the answer? As an alter
native now many capitalists alien TO
Tulsa ana having some knowledge of
natural gas distribution do YOU imag
Inc Will come TO the rescue after the
pioneer gas distributing company
lays down quits ana s"ells upF Did
You get the answer
inc punch or Iulsa lawyers who
were going To get receiver appoint
Cd pronto TO the contrary notwith
Standing Iulsa IS nut one OF maybe
huhdred connluhltes dependent
upon the okla hona Natural Gas
company Tor thtlr tu'l supply some
nt Whlch nave better service than
,'s luisam s''r, seryice tnat l would probably
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