Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-01
IMP ORT DUTY
IN PETROLEUM
TERMED UNF A|R
Curry Urges All To Oppose
Proposed Tax; McGregor
Describes His Trip

! That residents of the district should
| get together and do all in their power
to combat the proposed tax of 25 cents
' barrel on fuel oil, which was intro
duced Wednesday into the administra-
! tons permanent tariff bill when it
was presented for the first time in
the house of representatives was the
| advice of Joe Curry, secretary of the
, Arizona chapter of the American Min
! ing Congress, who was called upon
yesterday to make some remarks be-
! fore the meeting of the Warren Dis
| trict Luncheon Club.
Curry explained how the oil produc-
ers of the midwest fields made a trip
to Washington and appeared before
! the ways and means committee with a
proposal that a duty of $3.50 per bar
rel be placed on imported oil. This
would have been a hard blow to the
mining industry, Curry said as it
would have enabled United States
! producers to charge practically any
thing they wanted for fuel OIL The
ways and means committee agreed at
first that there would be no duty on
, imported oil, but at the last minute
25 cents a barrel on oil. This, if it is
put into effect, will mean big item
in the cost of oil at the mines.
\. G. McGregor. engineer, who has
just returned from a trip to South
America. was called upon to tell
something of his trip. McGregor said
in part:
I'VE feel pretty badly Gepresseu
here from a financial standpoint and
in the matter of production, but we
are not worried as far as the govern
ment is concerned. In Peru, where
it is necessary to maintain an army
and numerous government officials,
the government is in bad way for
lack of money with which to pay
them. Cotton and sugar are two of
the principal products of the country,
and they are not picking the SoitCu
and they are not cutting sugar. Cop
per producers are embarrassed the
same as they are here. AS a result
the government has borrowed money,
and the currency of the country is
greatly reduced in value.
In Chile, where the peso was
worth 33 cents when was three three
years ago, it is now worth only Q
cents. Nitrate is one of the main prod
ucts of the country, and there - no
market for it. Conditions there, how
ever. are not so bad as in Peru"
Some person in the audience with
an undying thirst and Il morbid rec.
objection of the past then asked Nc
Gregor if it would be possible to get
something to drink by taking a trip
to South America. The speaker ex-
planned that, contrary to the general
belief, liquor is sold on American
ships leaving this country the same as
on foreign ships. He said that on the
outbound trip some passengers gen.
orally get pretty well lit up" but
that on the return voyage had become
use to it and it's effect was not so
noticeable.
Bisbee probably has the best edu-
catiOnal facilities of any city of its
size in the United States, according
to Professor Payne, of the Tempe
Normal school, who was the guest of
the club. Payne said that he had no.
ticed that two young people from Co
chise county, Anna Dillman and Dale
Patterson, received first and second
hOnors at the normal school this year
The speaker declared that the one
weakness of the public school system
today is that it is left up to the teach
ers to get results, and that the public
does not take proper interest in the
schools.
A nominating committee appointed
by c. f. Philbrook, acting president,
to report at the next meeting, con-
sisted of J. A. Shepard DR.. G. H. Fitz-
gerald and +. A. Watkins.