The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-04

cents barrel after Sam Fitzpatrick
OF the Prairie had sent them word
that his company would pay that
price. IL was n big Joke then and
1t would be "a bigger Joke IL the COR
poration commission were to set the
price again, because the chances arb
a 100 to / that It would be set n
a figure which would suit the boys in
the short grass country who have TO
pay for gasoline to keep the Liz.
zies" going and who have no crude
oil To sell and are hence only in
terested In getting, cheap gasoline
for their cars.
However. the committee has been
appointed and is headed by Frank
Breen and this committee will con-
FER with Art walker, Campbell Rus
sell and Mr.. Hughes as to delegating
authority to a bunch Of oil men and
80 history is going TO repeat itself.
And In the meantime IL ever times
were hard and the oil men blue and
the drillers out Of work and the
lease grafters hungry II IL now. ~
while Oklahoma might shut down
until the present generation was In
It's dotage 1t would not shut down
the drilling operations I'm Mexico
where bigger wells are being brought
In than any time In the history OF
that great oil country. II would
seem that the man who can keep his
oil In the ground In Oklahoma would
certainly do SO until tariff on Mex
lean crude has been established
And this tariff IL certainly COM
ing. IL Is republican administra-
ton and this administration believes
In building up home industry and
that does not mean the shutting
nf Ia .ff 80 afI
any other commodity And best OF
all the Midcontincnt Oil and Gas
association which has been credited
with being as hard boiled" as
hammorles shotgun are now on
record as being in favor of tariff
Secretary Smith sent the following
TO President Davis and to Burt Col
iins. who are in Washington urging
tariff and which while not exactly
bubbling over with enthusiasm
plainly show that the rank and file
of the said hard boiled" are never
theless with the committee, which In
in Washington ("three rousing
cheers') and says: The general ex-
ecutive committee canvassed votes
on tariff today. 1877 votes received
of which majority OF 43 are in
favor of the tariff. Executive COM
mittee ratified actions of informal
meeting In sending delegates to
Washington and considered the vote
Of membership as confirming all
actions taken. Please advise what
progress your committee Is max
Ing"
And so the Midcontinent oil and
Gas association. which allows pipe
lies with Mexican connections, 20
votes apiece is on record. 1t ought
TO stimulate the committee In WASH
ingtoh to greater achievement and
to show them that right prevails
even agaiast ali odds.
Yesterdays meeting will do much
good and will result in the greatest
benefit II FOR no other reason than
1t brings plainly to the front the
great good that can be done by the
assembling OF oil men to compare
notes and to exchange ideas. 1t is a
feast of reason and flow of soul"
as is plainly proven by Mr.. Wrights-
| mans address which. follows:
The sudden cut of rs cents per
barrel in oil in spite OF two recent
raises in the price of eastern crude
Is deplorable Its justification IL
| doubtful. The remedy proposed In
behalf of the producers TO petition
the corporation commission to shut
down drilling, may not afford full
I
| corporation commission have not
been fairly gratifying.
obviously the country is disgust
| ed with governmental control or IN
| dustry; but something must be done
| II possible for the prote ction or the
producers against continued price
| cutting Of crude oil. because now
| indeed the price quoted is below the
cost OF production OF the vast ma
jority OF producing wells.
| III the corporation commission
would make an order shutting down
| waste and put the responsibility
| upon a reputable committee OF prac-
| tical oil producers to carry out this
| order, then indeed much good might
result from the proposed action In
| the matter OF protecting the produc-
| ers or rather to conserve the oil in
| dustry in the United States. and to
| prevent It from falling into the
! hands OF very few--now endan-
| gered through their control or cheap
| Mexican oil from tremendous gush-
| ing wells, n logical observation
| might be made, namely: That the
| Mexican government should be
| rightfully induced to put a tariff on
| her own export oil, and thus re-
| habilitate herself financially, lift
! herself out of pauperlsm, pay her fl
| nancial obligations now Worldwide,
! and incidentally afford the inde-
| pendent producers OF our own coun-
! try n protection.
This would he vastly better than
for the United states 10 levy tariff
because a tariff levied by Mexico
| herself would compel all foreign
nations using her oil to pay rela-
lively like price which our own
| importers would pay! Also such
Mexican tariff would aid the export
foreign market for our own pc
troleum products.
This liz very delicate subject
and should be approached propi-
tiously through our state depart
| ment and individually I'm a legal
manner through unofficial and ac-
ceptable discussions by our produc-
ers who might meet abroad with
representatives OF the Mexican gov
| ernment.
| Meanwhile az temporary mca-
sure | would favor a Mexican import
| Tariff though conscious indeed that