The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-14
OIL. MAnKEr oroIAIioNs.
As the Situation NOp Sf0ndS,
Big Fight Is assured

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Big FiDht Is Assured
As the situation now stands, u is
very evident that the biggest frh'
IN tho history Of tariff legislation g.
ahead and congressman WI, iud
that the independent oil producer
is the hrrd,s, man 90 lrt and @.
keen down whru given % hurd blow
rs any member OF the order whi,u
boasts that thH is free country,
whcrc every man has an cqual right
60 enjoy life. liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness.
There appears TO hc no Thought
of taking HcriousIy the action
ascrihcd to President lluJdus.
wherein No. f. reported 20 hhvo VIII.
ten the chairman or tho wnsH ana
means committee two weeks uE"
confdcuuaI letter In Whirh he pro.
posed that the tturt uu uti would
be included IN the u.w schedule
now under consideration for trhdinl
purposes only ana would br used 10
do business whit Mexico. where
there has recently been two ana
one half cents added 60 tho export
duty ON heavy crud" ana four cents
per barrel on lighter OF TuNpnm
crude produced and exported from
that country.
The chances arc tho president
action viii furnish much Hmmuui
tion to the man who claims thai
Mexico should have been recognized
long ago, and viii bring Into Ia"
open much sympathy for Mexico
that has hitherto boon expressed
under cover. In fact, thoro is "a
strong probability that the maitor
Will be brought sluar'Iy before con
grcss with every man voting held
strictly to account for his purpose Ia
casting his vote. either for square
deal with Mexico, or Tor the iutor-
ests who would exploit that country
rob 1t Of ita resources, and leave u
10 It's own fate after all It's great oil
fields have been drained dry
There appears to be no halfway
course open, there has been too
much evidence OF a cold -hloodud
monopoly seeking To wreck ven
geance on that country, because II
has proposed to untiOnalizo its In
dustrics or rather to put It plainly
lay up u good suppl of oil In storage
for future use and more than that
to reap while tho roaping IL good,
q harvest of gold with which to pay
her. long past due, national debt
and provide indcmnitics for the set
Element OF damages both individual
and International with the outside
world.
1t viii be mighty interesting tC
see the congressman sldostop a
proposition Involving war viii
Mexico, with nothing but few
cents per barrel tariff To fight over
when nearly every European coun
try has an import duty on oi
shipped from the United States
Mexico, or from the Far East. Il
would be just as sensible, and just
rs fair to start "a war with Belgium
or France where the war taxes on
imported oils are still in effect.
But tho chances are President
Harding will rcccde from the posi-
tion and viii allow congress 10 pas,
a tariff law without further inter
vention. This being true, there Is q
fighting chance, but certainly the OF
men will resent "A tariff on oil that
will be used AS against Mexico, and
Secretary of States Hughes vii
doubtless hear from his follow -Couu
trymen as to this feature of TIA,
fight.
A wire, protesting to the sccrc
tary as to the proposed trade in TIA,
name of reciprocity ought to b'
forwarded at once 10y every oil maj
in the United States, as this Is abou
the only way open for the oil pro
ducor, The New York papers ar
fun of the subject and the "Jourua
of commerce taking the side of th
big interests has the following 4
its issue of July ::
ANY action which the state lie
partmcnt contemplated in scokiu
relief for American oil Cumpauio
In Mexico from the % per cent "a
on the expectation of oil has bee
embarrassed, II not stopped entire
ly. by the proposal in the houS
tariff bill to tax imports of fuel o.
% cents per barrel Of ~ gallon
and crude OIL 81 cents per barrel
II was learned today that tn
state department IA IN a dilemma a
TO the steps which 1t can take /
the Mexican situation ana iustit
its arguments before Prcsidcu. Oh
RECON.
"rhe ways and means Committc
of the house has provided the GOV
ernmcnt OF Mexico with an uffrcuv
argument II the administration pro
tests against the imposition of IN
export tax. II Is fOrusc.u that
the United states seeks relief %
behalf Of the American compouV
President ObroEuu will assert tina
Mexico has the sam, right 10 4,
eide upon an export tax as th" Unit
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