The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-17
The Relations RetDeen
.Tobber and Mdrketer

At tho National Petroleum Mar
kotcrs association convention, In
Chicago last week, very heated
argument occurred when the sub
ioct OF tho relation OF the broker
to tho rcfinor ana iobhcr was up
for discussion, and thcro was some
plain talk ia which names were
mentioned, and II spade was called
u spade
II was all brought about by reason
of the continued "nagginB' OF the
markcters by Horace Greedy James,
who has devoted much time since
being elected secretary uf the West
orn Petroleum Rctinors' association,
TO the marketors. and who has never
as vet got anywhere with II, except
to arouse the ire OF .somo OF the
largest marketing concerns In tho
country. II was duly announced In
this column Mt the time Mr.. James
a4sumcd that position, that he would
do this very thing, and ho keeps ut
IL more for tho love of notoricty
than anything else; or II not, why
uot2
John Carson, well known mar
ketor and ali-round good fellow.
said that his only regret was that
MIR. James was not at the mccting,
hard to decide. ns his presence
would only have added fuel 10 the
flames.
Il had the pleasure cf attendlre
tha .ohbo-'s meeting Green litv,'
said Mr.. Carson, and hearing Mr..
james clabp sts AZ Ct - morning,
en- ne illa os the pu industry, as FAR
as lne Johbcr AMI tho renncr htc
csTccrncd; qai - = invited 10 tsk
questions. I asked him first. why
he condemned the broker and then
l asked him IL u was because wo
IN, a tew It,thlcal AMI Trcsp'us-
ible brokers In the business?
''You wouldn't need TO have con-
vontions, II we iid not have some
irresponsible. uncthicai iobhcr7. |
have called on jobbers all over the
country, aud if there Ur' two in a
town, the one you arc calling on
thinks the other is "A crook ana a
ur!cc-Cuttcr. II there are not TWO
In tho town, then the ono IN the
nearest town TO him Is price
cutter.
"Now we do not hold conventions
and condemn the iobhors throughout
the country because there are a few
who nro not ethical, neither do the
refinors do that, because there are
some reflnCrs who are not ethical
and do not live up TO their contracts
end therefore. why should YOU con
denim the brokor2 You can go int
any organization there is In tn,
world. and you will find somo tina
are not up TO the standard
Mr.. Carson also took "a shot a
Mr., Germany, who ho says * on
of the main push OF the states Pc
troleum company OF Kansas city. M
organization that is nothing bu
"brokerR" and yet Mr.. German,
is supposed TO be hostile TO tho mar
ketcrs.
one OF the most interestnI
speeches was deilverd by G. O. BE
roth, who. while not so personal II
his remarks, was nevertheless stronl
for tho markoter. and has right 4
he, inasmuch as no is building tank
age for fuel oil in West Tulsa, Wich
ia Falls and Chicago, and Is In NJ
sense "A "fly-b might" broker. III
emphasized tho fact that in th'
early days OF the Mid-Continent field
tho marketer did much for the re
finer.
Another clever speech was made
hy Mr. Brockway one OF the oldest
refiners In the game, who made
Il plain that he had always kept
close TO his customers, whom hc
calls his friends but did at times
fail back on the markoters when
business was duh. or he was busy
spelling" his grandchildren. lie
told good story OF how Il happened
about 60 years ago when he waf
only able TO walk from chair "a
chair he mad slipped away from the