The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-08-16

Sentation with many pertinent ques-
tiOns Mr. Dow spoke at length for
the committee ana made u splendid
impression He made % masterful
presentation and the general conch-
son was that something tangible will
come out Of the effort Mr. Thorne
set forth particularly the position Of
Western refners. Mr.. Reed. of the
Union Petroleum Company gave con-
crete Illustrations Of what ;he adj
vance in rates had done TO force the
oil industry to find other means OF
/ transportation. Whereas It was ship
ping 1900 cars a month east from the
nidcontinent field it is not now ship
ping any, and $50 cars that were
mcving kerosene from the west are
now out Of the service, their supply
Of Kerosene coming from Pennsylvania
via The United States Pipe Line The
| company has built pipe lines ana get.
ting along without tn" railroads, pay
ing for the line in six months. II
you let this go on a year on so longer
! Mr.. Reed said. 4 am afraid you will
f'ud the industry will discover il
can get along without you
Fayette B. Dow delivered lengthy
statement relative to the situation in
which he covered all angles and
showed the necessity OF rate reduc.
tlon, and the reasons the railr roads
should desire to transport the oil
rather than permit the refiners to seel;
ether forms Of transportation In his
conclusion, Mr.. Dow said:
Our Investigation shows that pc
troleum shippers are amply supplied
with tank ears and thatw in Il more
moderate level Of freight rates they
would increase rather than decrease
10y railroads. But the present freigT
rates are so high that they are fore
ing shippers To resort to any and
every other means OF transportation
available This diversion Of move
mcnt from the rails to other trans
portation facilities has already made
rapid progress and plans under con
s.deration Indicate what has been
cone is only "A beginning The best
interests of the iail soads lie in estab-
fishing a lower level OF rates so that
lhese efforts will not be necessary.
The resort To other means Of trans.
rortation results In direct loss OF
traffic 10 the railroads and also in
ir indirect loss because II places the
interior rcfineries which are partic.
ularly dependent on rail tunsporta-
tion at a still greater disadvantage
ia their competitive relations. The
present rates are too high when com,
rarcd 10 selling values Of petroleum
products and are restricting the range
e distribution to the disadvantage II
the shippers. the. railroads and the
ublic.
THE petroleum industry desires to
le fair with the railroads II needs
good transportation service and rec.
ognizes that such service cannot be
rendered 10y impoverished railroads,
but believing that the present rates
ere injurious To every interest in
VOWED the industry has framed res
clution which Incorporated It's views
Of the notifications which should be
made. The industry he's not appealed
20 congress or To the Interstate Com.
incrcc Commission, but has brought
these views directly to the attention
e the railroad executives. believing
that the interests of the Industry and
the railroads are mutual ana that
when the right level OF rates has been
established II will be right Tor ho,u.
The industry urges that these sicws
be- considered and definite action taken
At the earliest possible moment"