The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-30

and his audience was with him
| from the start.
w: A. Wise, who was leaving for
washington to represent the Sa-
pulpa oil producers in behalf OF the
| tarlft on crude, announced that the
| Oklahoma house OF representatives.
mad passed joint resolution ia
Noring tariff on Mexican crude.
! Ihe spokesman for the Okmulgee
delegation. j. II. Cox, who Is an at
! torney FOR various oil companies
operating In the Okmulgee district,
read the following resolutions:
IL having been brought to the
| attention OF the oil producers OF
Okmulgee, oklahoma. that the con-
| Rress OF tho United States OF Amer
| lea il considering tho adoption Of
certain legislation which would inn
pose tariff upon the importation
! or petroleum and its products from
foreign countries into the United
! states, n meeting OF the oil pro-
! ducers OF Okmulgee county was call.
ed at Okmulgee on April 81, 1921,
| and after a discussion OF the aues-
tion stated above, tho following res.
| olutiou was adopted
Resolved, That II Is the unanl-
| "lNuS u''lniOu OF tRe OIL producers
I Of Okmulgcc, oklahoma, and the
okmulgee district as represented Mt
this meeting that an absolute tariff
| he imposed on all petroleum and pc
troleum products imported into the
United States OF America for any
I purpose, this tariff to he imposed
without exceptions or exemptions.
| "(Signed) George A. clifford,
chairman; w. u. Pine, +. a. Young,
D. III. Poe, r. j. MacMurray, COM
mittee.
The above resolution was unan-
imously adopted at n representative
2S, 1921.
"tSigned) w. Il. Wood, chairman;
NJ. c. French, secretary
Mr.. Cox will go TO Washington
and will accompany w. y. Pine and
II. H. Poe. The fight will be made
to the end of the session or until
the tariff bill has been passed by
both houses and signed by the first
II. Il. Robinson, who proposed tho
resolutions that were adopted made
a strong plea for the new tax on
foreign oil in behalf OF the refiners
of the midcontinent field. who he
plainly showed could not operate at
the present price for refined prod
ucts and pay the market price of
s1.75 for crude.
Benjamin Rice, who has Just re-
turned from Washington, was called
on and began by saying, 81 am re-
publican and hence believe I'm the
protection OF the industries of the
| United States. / am n believer in
America first. last and all the time.
l have been In Mexico and l have
recently come from Washington and
have found that sentiment there Is
much in favor of a tariff. / have
conversed with a number of promi-
nent men within the week and find
three general ideas prevailing. First,
those that do not believe a tariff
on Mexican oil would be beneficial.
Second, those who believe a tariff
for revenue only would be proper.
Third, those who believe that n
tariff which would be equalizing is
the proper course. l myself stand
with the third class"
Mr.. Gray's address, which brought
forth the greatest applause ever
heard in an oil mans meeting. had
some very striking sentences. He
said: -'..-
There are two hundred thousand
wells In America that do not pro-
duce to exceed an average OF one
barrel per we'll These wells will
undoubtedly many OF them be aban-
doned and an economic waste be
effected by the failure to tax Mex
lean crude and prevent further
price cutting.
THE shipment of Mexican crude
into this country has now reached
100000 to 100000 barrels per
month.
I'VE are now tanking In this coun-
try 100000 barrels per month. A
tax to limit the importation would
offset the amount OF crude produced
in this country now going into tanks,
and maintain higher prices.
IF the tax can be placed on chill
dren's toys why Is there not a
greater reason for a tax on the I'M
portation OF foreign crude oils?
THE drilling tools that are now
rusting will be put to work IL a
reasonable tax is imposed.
1T In either shut out Mexican
crude or shut down oil producing In
Oklahoma"
The delegation which left for
washington last night will carry
with 1t the confidence and backing
of the entire oil fraternity and in
addition will have committee
which was selected yesterday to back |
them up in everything necessary |
and to arrange for a committee OF
IS active oil men to carry on the
work at home, w. II. Gray ii. u. |
steele. J. A. Campbell and E' j..
Robinson.