The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-26
arkansas for Tariff

Tha news from Washington that
Monday - pc day set for the final
a..ru< Of the question OF idrlil
on uIl has aroused the fighting
snIr.. Of the oil producers. rciiucrs
ami OF every one Of the many
branches of the oil business SO that
a. is proposed that tn" midcontincut
usld be- represented IN Washington
az 'Hc hearing 20 present the lnd"-
ppndDnt oil mans side Of tho sub
i.rt and to see to il that at least
the members OF the ways ana means
committee of the house of repre-
,entadves be fully informed as to
the dire need of a tariff on foreign
OIL
The situation Is rapidly growing
more acute in the oil business where
/, was expected that by this time
There would be in evidence "A won
dogfIl Improvement. Today's report
of cut in tho price OF Pcnnsy.-
yarll and eastern Ohio and Ken
lucky crude oil brings the question
for..bly to the oil producers OF
oklahoma. Kansas Texas, Louisiana
and Arkansas, whore the price now
prevailing is S1.25 a barrel, less than
halt Of the new price on eastern
crude which f. now at SO per barrel
orc-half the price prevailing else
whore in the miigoutiuont field,
bringing only 70 cents per barrel
with NO pipe line connections ana
with but Indifferent service in tank
clrs The standard OF Louisiana is
shipping this oil to its refinery at
Baton Rouge, where II comes in Iii
rect competition with Mexican crude
costing. at the top pr!Co at tn" we'll
only 30 cents per barrel. And yet
democratic representative from
Arkansas recently opposed a tariff
ou oil In a speech i'm the house Of
representatives. in Washington, which
was beyond a doubt the last word i0
phrsoalory as against the tariff and
evidently prepared for him by an
ON head N the business,
Un aid not fail 10 throw rocks ~
Che republican side and at the pro.
posed tariff and while charging oil
men With guerilla tactics made
t appear that the oil business had
been greatly favored hy congress ir
the matter OF a tax on gasoline
which he said was aEaius. the poll
cy Uf the great majority Of tn,
h1usn and left off purposely by q
corrupt senate who had favored the
oil men in this and various otho'
ways. II would now appear tNdt lNi
Arkansas oil men will greatly resen
the attitude OF Congressman old
field and especially SO because
everybody in Arkansas is at th'
present moment "a potential oil pro
dugyg The whole state Is expecting
an m.l boom and there is onougi
"w.ld.atriug' going ON to give then
an good reason for the "iaith tha
Is iu them"
And SO at last Arkansas has he
come q rcd-hot prOtecuOnist state
lust ms Mississippi approved the ac
u1n Of the state legislature in pass
Ing resolution asking for tariff
, ON long leaf pine and nothing else
Nr like the good people in the suga
bolt in Louisiana who want a tariff
on sugar and nothing els,
not oven on rico which is produce
and grown on the neighbOrinE farm
with no fences between the suga
growers cane fields and the ric
fields. A tariff of Is cents per bar
rnl ON Mexican crude ought Z
double the price of Arkansas crud
and do il as soon as the bill bccam
a law.
Arkansas has had many difficGl
Tics IN overcome in the matter q
producing oil. At the beginning
and before a well was completed
n was horaldcd in this column a
mighty good bet or as stated a
thNf Himo "thc country looked lill