The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25

WIN pNllH ana CNtbuUtles from UFdu &
10 foot. These fellows talking ahou; .
zach other and about themselves .
make me think OF that poor persc-
cuted fellow and just imagine that /
II we brought our follows 10 this
bunch OF fellows here and ash cd /
them what disposition 60 make OF
hem that q great many at leRvt
would give You the came answer that
jobs wife gave him. You would tell
us to go home aud curse God and
die. They are fine follows neycrthc-
less
Hut let me tell you another thing
about job. II will do you good to
read about him. you will get lot
uf encouragement out OF II, lot ot
hope out of II. because you must
just remember that Job had the
boils and the carhunclcs because hr
was tho best man In the world, and
| suppose that Is one " the reasons
why the independent reflncr - so
prosecuted and has 50 many
troubles, and remember. too. thai
when he pcrscVered to the end whom
he didn't get discouraged ana quit
hc was rewarded doubly and trehly
for all the things he suffered 80.
fellows. stay with the job.
rs the independent refincr an es-
scntid part Of this great petroleum
industry? Should he be eliminated
Many OF YOU would point ont manv
reasons why he should be. Some OF
you could give many reasons why
hc should not he Personally
think of one reason that perhaps is
u good reason and on which Wc
could all agree that tho independ-
Cnt rcfinCr ls an essential part ~
the petroleum industry hc is here
10 stay h" IL not going TO be elm
mated
we must remember that the
moving power ln all human activity
~ the business world is scltishnesa
We are not I'm business FOR our
health. We are in ~ FOR what We
can get out OF it. Sclfishncss, hu.
man self'shncsa. I'm one degree ar
another. is the moving motive he
hind all men active I'm business life
Among other Lessons. tho world
has learned that II supreme power
s lodged In the hands OF one In
dlvidual or In jus: the hands OF a
few individuals whose ends ana
aims are identical that power qo
| reposed has never failed TO result
/ IN tyranny and oppression and
wrong. and humanity has found T
D
/ up I'm their strength. Cometimes In
/ n bluodless revolution, sometimes al
/ the expenditure Of great amount,
of human blood and human treas,
ur", to destroy that power which
was lodged In the hands OF Just q
| few or one individual.
THAT experience. growing out oI
/ the history Of the years. has so In
grained In human hearts and human
/ intellige bjection and criti
cism against the reposing Of thti
power in the hands OF a few, tina
even II that power were 80 repOHed
and we're honestly and fairly anC
Justly and properly directed ant
used, there would still grow IN II
time surh q resentment against I
that persecution and prosecution
aud destruction of those who ex
ercised that power would inovitabi!
follow.
so. the Independent refincr II
this field OF human activity is here
The thing to do is to make SIT, lotl
the path, as smooth as we can
straighten that path AS much ns w
can, relieve the points OF frlCtiol
aud difficulty as much as We ca
But It In one Of the evils, II yn
want to call IT an evil, with which
until human nature changes, | be
! lieve we must bear.
Another problem. very deli
: cate one ana n very difficult on
for me to talk on tonight, is tn
} problem which the Independent re
finer is facing in the matter or IN
channels through which his prod
! ucts are reaching the ultimate con
sumer.
II would Ike 20 sidestep that.
= would like not to say anythinl
about II, because the fellows whi
/ are engaged In that business. whit
are furnishing these channel
through which our products NOV
, TO the ultimate consumer, are som
Of the finest fellows in the world
but | lay IL down as a fundamenta
, principle. don't believe this state
/, ment can be cOntroverted, that N
/ industry on the face OF the earth
worKing in large numbers Of separ
ate units. producing the same ar
, ticle aud serving the sam. terrltorl
/, can be by any possibility perma
, ncntly prosperous when thor PROD
ucts are marketed through chan
/, nels which are undirected, unguid
: ed and uncontrolled by by the pee
' pie who manufacture. l believe
; 10 be an absolute impossibility.
THE psychology of the situatio
; is absolutely against Il, and ! coul
. spend time from now to midnigf
j telling you OF innumerable case
? where this psychology has work e
? out and where the ind'
l pendent refiner that has Doe
% tremendously damaged becaut
o of those very conditions Ther
e are many OF these concern
1 willing TO say that All OF them wer
Q not high clsss In the beginning, bl
. 1 say the infraction OF good bus
= ness rules, infraction of good bus
? ness policies on the part of one {
r two or "A dozen Of these marketin
o agencies compels the other agenci'
o. to resort to practices and do thint
4 to meet competition and maintai
u themselves on the market whic
, are o dctriment to the independeI
/, rofiuer. That is "A problem whic
- all these gentlemen here can hcl
4 us TO solve; II Is problem whic
: can be solved without damage an
o without harm 10 anybody, even