The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-24

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20 cents per hundred. In 1921, the
wholesale price OF fuel oil per barrel
at Tulsa is So cents, with the freight
rate to Kansas City 22la cents per
hundred, and TO Chicago SO cents per
hundred
In 1913 it required 96l.2 gallons OF
gasoline 10 pay the freight charges on
u car containing 5000 gallons of gas
oline from Tulsa 10 Chicago.
Today ii requires LII gallons TO
pay the charges on the same quaint
ty.
the base price is the tank wagon
price al Chicago. In these figures you
have included in the price OF the
gasoline Il heavy increase In trans
portation charge. With that factor
eliminated,s the contract would be
more striking
In 1913. with fuel oil selling at s0.2l
cents per barrel (. o. b. the Mid
Continent Field, II took 1872 barrels
TO pay the freight on an 5000 gallon
car from Tulsa TO Chicago.
Today II takes 355.2 barrels Of fuel
oil TO pay the freight charges from
Tulsa TO Chicago OH u car containing
5000 gallons. or 1895 barrels.
In other words. II requires almost
two barrels OF fuel oil ~ pay the
freight charges on one barrel from
Tulsa 10 Chicago.
The disastrous effects occasioned
by these exorbitant freight rates are
felt more severely by Ardmore re.
finers than refiners al other points in
the state due 10 differentia in rate
which exists on shipments Of petro'
leum products out Of Ardmore. At the
present time the local refiners are
forced 10 pay nine cents per hun
dred on shipments OF fuel oil in
addition 10 the regular rate as COM
pared with shipments out OF group
points, and seven and one half
cents diffcrential ON shipments of all
other products. Recently the freight
rate committee at St. Louis modified
the diffcrcntial by reducing 1t to q
flat dffercntial Of four aud one half
cents, but 10 date, the new differ
ential has NOT been put into effect,
the delay being occasioned due to-
failure OF the agent Of the Western
trunk limos 10 publish IL and submit
It to the interstate commerce com
mission and other bodies which must
approve 1t prior TO It's exercise. Ok
lahoma City has been more forum.
ate than Ardmore, IN that II has been
decided by the rate committee 10 in
cludc the capitol city in Group ter.
ritory. thereby eliminating the differ.
the order relative 10 Oklahoma City's
inclusion in Group 3 has not been
published 10 date. and 80 refincrs
there must still pay differential,
which is smaller than that imposed
on the Ardmore refiners. The exis-
tcncc OF the diffcrential on products
shipped out OF Ardmore has practical.
ly eliminated the local men from com
peting with refincrs OF Group In
the securing OF business in northern
markets, and even has eliminated
them from competition against Tex
~ refiners. for II Is u fact that
points south OF Ardmorc can ship to-
northern markets az n cheaper rate
than can the local plants. The dif
fercntlal Is regarded by Ardmorc rc'
finers as the greatest obstacle which
Is impeding their commercial progress,
In northern markets Tor they point
out that even with the 80 per cen,
increase In freight rates having been
replaced by the state corporation coin'
mission the increase affects all re-
finers and industries ami does lot
tend to discriminate against any Of
them.
Rises M the pfics o; crude. stn'c
several local refiners. has caused az
unstable condition &C. exist In the rc-
fin,ry branch OF tie business. TIE
larger interests which set the sasu.
line price. they state. hnve not seen
fit to increase the price in proportion
20 the rise In Crude and as re-
suit the refiners and particularly tho
jnhbcrs are bearing the brupt o: loss
of profits. The luwcss point OF gnso-
hne. they say has been Is cents and
II is now 81 cents Whereas crude has
siFen from 81 TO $3.50. on the same
hasls, they point out, rrsohne should
have advanced to 9, cents. Jobbers
margins, they Say, have been cut
from three aud fou cents TO twp
alid three cent?.
Fuel oil Is not moving IA rsnid ns
desire, state the rofincrs. and they
dc not believe ths, ii will until bnsl'
i'ls conditions In general Throughout
the country assume normal