The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-13
OIL MARHrT QUOTATIONS.
Tulsa oil Men Resent
Interference Of ErccUtipc

The story coming from The
Morld'g Washington correspondent
10 tho effect That President Harding
would tako a hand In the hrin
fight and would soon mako IL know n
that hu would only allow a tailN on
crude oil that would give him %
chance 10 trade with Mexico and
thus put llto effect tho time hon
orod doctrine of reciprocity. causci
IA genuine fcusatiou In Tulsa r"stor
day and many and loud were tho
protests mndo.
II had the effect OF putting every
man In Tulsa on his mcttlo and
from now on the fight ~ tp lie
wUEod unrclcptloasly until some
thing has happened which will show
tho standard interests that they
must assume n part ~ tho burden
Of taxation and must recognize the
right of tho individual oil producer
10 an existence,
There was a conference of mem
bcrs ot tho on Mems Protective as
sociation. at the ConsiusiOn ot which
the following was given out.
AT n conference Of the Oklnho.
ma oil Mems Protective association
today II was decided that u con
grcss OF Representatives of all tn"
Independent 'oil producing nssocin
tiona of the United States ought TO
be held here in the next 10 DAYS for
the purpose OF mapping ont further
plans to secure a tariff on oil com
ing into this country ana r"r the
pur pose OF formulating "A policy rel
s.ivo to tho recent increase IN Mex
.co's cNpurt tax T"lcgrams are be
Ing sent to the various nsHoCiationS
tonight to ascertain their views.
OKLAHOMA OIL MEMS
PROTECTIVE ASSN.
Nv. II. GRAY, Chairman
"bcgislntivc Committee. 90
And with the oil men In the pres
cnt frame OF mind, there will hc be
yopd "A doubt. the lntgcst crowd OF
oil men that has ever assembled In
Tulsa. A good big rousing meeting
will do much to relieve the situation
whether or not any tariff IcGllsla
tion In ever secured.
The tariff which had been placed
In the schedule ms reported was 50
small ap amount ns To bc inadequate
In the opinion OF many.
J, II. Parnoll. president Iudcpcn
dent Producers association Of Texas,
says while the Umport) duty on
Mexican crude will not In my opin
lon give the relief desired Mt the
same time. coupled with the Mcxi.
can export tax, It vii NJ least he al
some benefit with prcssur,
brought to bear on congress by In
dependent producers. believe W,
will succeed In gottlng an ever
higher tariff than that proposed al
ready"
c. J. Wriehtsman speaking foi
tho committee OF nine. which ha,
been working in connection with tn,
Mid Continent oil 4 Gas assocla
tion. and who has taken n leading
part. says
The announcement that the prcs-
ident would oppose an oil tariff
shocked tho oil producing country
but we are not diShcartcnCd he.
cause we are still confident that an
oil tariff viii bo enacted. our figh,
has just begun, Tho president un,
doubtcdly will reconsider hit atti
tude. Congress- will not care to pur
posely iniIsn the several million iu
dustrial workers. royalty owners OF
producers and shareholders fightiuI
for n tariff
Neither the president nor con
grcas can strike the principle o
protection OF the big interests a
the expense of national welfare
They cannot dare TO support IN,
strong against tho weak They can
not afford to encourage foreign oi
industry To the destruction OF the In
dependent American oil industry in
dYpensablc both In times OF pcac,
and war.
"Only the oil man owning Mcxi
can production or indirectly inter
estcd In II are fighting the tariff a.
against the overwhelming dcman,
of the country for this tariff en-
actment. II may be- that the govern
ors ot some of the small New Eng
land states and other coutrollc,
Standard on territory may not ap