The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-07
OIL nAnKEr oro1ATIoNs.
Back From Washington

j. R. Hadlcy returned ycrtridhy
from Washington. -. &. Whtie nc
went a. 10 rrprC0 uta'lvc OF tho MIA
continent on q Gas b@Ocli@ ION
go a hearing iu regard 10 a tarliI on
u.l lie also appeared lu bchaI oi
iuc Tulsa chamber 81 comm rec ana
tine chambers OF commerce OF 'ufh-
ing and Drumrlght
Mr.. Hadley has o. most interesting
Htury 10 relate lu rCthld l' THO H,al
ing. lie says that ltoproarn'
FOrdncy Of Michigan, chaH man
ways and means committee l7 a
atrung tariff man, and mot he lnndo
me statement that B." insisted tihl
ne rcproerntatiNc ifDu ihlH aus
trirt be made a mcmhor of the com
mIttec iu order 10 get % tdtiii ON nll.
.lnc and lead. lie says there was
uo lncl, Of harmony among the rep
rcseutatiycs OF the oil fraternity bul
ihat they worked ln perfect accord
and thus msd, th" beet posslnl"
showing iu tho hearing before the
Two branches of the ways and means
committee ~ tho house OF rcpI''eh
tatNps.
Mn Hadley says perhaps the
most forcihlo arguments and tho
ones to most cffcct the committee
vero first: That 13,000.000 barrels
of oil that were imported into lho
country last November were tn" fitSt
importations that became large ana
dangerous. II the same OIL had peeh
produoed In Oklahoma II would nave
paid the state {l,365,OO0 IN gross
production and that nt tho rate OIL
men have been paying the govern
mont income and cXces profit TAX
would have paid the government IN
tho nelnhborhood OF SlO,OOO, ,OOO,
while this oil coming in paid nothing
10 local aud state governments
second The committee seemed
s,ronRly Impressed with tho Statistics
showing zoo. 900 oil wells In the
United states, mostly In icnnsyl
vania and eastern states, from zen 10
fifty years uf age, now ptoduSlhs
from 1 q OF "a barrel to barrels q
day each, that at the present price OF
oil nre being operated at loss ana
SOLELY with the hope that the prlco
wil he Increased Otherwise, these
wells will be n total loss ANA greai
amount OF oil totally destroyed ana
wasted.
Next, It was forciblyspresentcd tc
them that the oil producer ~ no'
the only individual Interested IN th'
present accute situation but the re
finery employees, field workersi con
tractors, sub-contractors, the farme'
having royalty. or hope OF royalty
and practically alt business men an,
every class OF business In the ol
field countrp tothlling a number @
fully 100000 people either dirccti.
or Indirectly depending upon the n'
industry; THIS not including men en-
Moved In either the distribution q
refined oil or the factory cmployc
in the east engaged In the manuiho
ture Of oil field material
,,a
tions and In answering one u wa
shown that the oil INDUSTRY ei,
pIoys a much lower per cent OF chil
labor than any other industry OF ,
like size. This brought rom Chai'
man Fordney the statement Una
many people raise great hubbu
about child labor In this country an
inaist upon congress passing laws
sunpress Il and at the same TIN
are bringing ship loads of importe
goods from other countries whei
practically all the work OF manuth'
turing the same has been done I
womeuand children. i,
We found much Interest In u
subject by different members
congress- both inside and outside
this committee which Is framing u
tariff bill4
There is considerable propagan'
being circulated, apparently WI
some method, dangerous 10 III
.tate. this community and TO the
business of tho United states. ~
a sort OF a propaganda that we wa
tho cItizens and companies OF "
oountry TO get hold of all the
lands and oil properties IN eve
country they can which 10 tho mn
OF the Mid-continent commlttee ~