The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-23
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Editor World Well. that's the order What
are you going TO do about IT, The order does
not Apply To some foreign enemy but To the men
that made this country what It H. or was a Few
months ago. II applies 10 the mon who gave
more IN proportion for every call during the war
tnhh any set OF men In America, to the men
who came to ths country to live and who built
their homes here ana whore by hard work and
6""d management hdd reached a stage OF COM
paratlVe independence when the order came
Think OF II, 1900, 900 barrels OF crude a
month iS being imported from Mexico without
.he payment OF one cent To this country |, 10
u'inE put IN storage for about 65 cents per bar
TO- WniIe II costs about 81 per barrel to pro-
duCe OIL In the Mid-Contncnt field.
American consumers OF oil products are uae-
ing anout what America produces and arc nav
,ms ing almost as much for it as they aid when oil
was SrIInS Tor $3.50 per barrel SO tho con-
"uIneis or tho country are not getting the ad-
vantage OF this cheap oil In any way. Well
Wh" @ getting the bencfit' III toll YOU who
H"h"nSh u go" arc In tho oil business YOU
know It is Il certain five or six combinationa of
getting IT, ' "
The independent oil producer operates at A
los" IN Nln"Ht every instance In the Mld-Cou-
@ w'rn, d' lt.d' ne can't Keep this up, and the
"uii|'''teu m"rchanf vessel went down with
out leaving trace TN obeyance to Tho order
L me lhpSIlhl German government, 20 will
the independence oil producers sink II the gov
einmenL no less Imperial. who has issued the
HnoNe 1raer Is allowed to continue in its no
What docs an the propaganda now in the
prr'e referring to the Mexican oil controversy
amount to' Simply this 20 make the irnlott
OF certain i've or six men, recently returned
from MoNico. seem ot Importance to the oil
industry here. What does a favora hlc ds,i-
SION IN the Amparo suits mean to the indie
pendent producer II means that MEXICAN
crude viii stN De Imported here to tho inss ~
everyone that is depending upon the produ,-
Von or on IN this country This not only an
PeoS 20 ihc producer Of oil, hut TO every kind
OF industry In the Oh country
This is not a matter that effects on, kind M
an enterprise, huJ wnoIe states. whole counties
whole towns ana cities IL ia nos .hn r,sult
OF the general depression but Is the resui, of
"a ruthless war on tho lndppcna,nt brnduccrs|
crude, Its effect ls much like cutting or thS|
Naier In an irrigated country.
Ih'rc ~ one and only one way tn avoid bank
rupicN that ~ Go plnce a tar!tf OF at least 81
a barrel of an oil brought Into this country
Tho senate finance committee Is now cSnsi3
er'nE his measure. What are you going 10 do
about it'
Sometimes In times like this. the integrity
care for the interests OF those NOT reures,rt,i
the independent producer now has not thia moor
comfort the personnel OF the Mexican iunk,t
is too well known to be trusted for one minute
of one OF the principle members of that party
~ such as To make every honest man afraid OF
him. -
II did not take tho president OF Mexico lonr
10 ton th'se same Junkctcrs where to head lu
rel would be- collected and he made Them li,s
hc told them that tariff OF 25 cents per har
IT, SO Mexico is getting that 25 cents II fhs
lndtlthuFnt producers are as firm Ohrognp 4
they w!'! get what they ask, for their power Is
greater than hls It they lay down now thoy
deserve jus, what they will get This is not a
hopeless cause, you have "A good fighting
chance, Wake up before your lease Is funk.
before the rats and bats are the only occupants
OF your office buildings; before YOU reach the
point where you can't pay taxes on your home
Dewey, Okla. Sept 10