The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
Times Haze Cranged;
CorernmeRt NOW to
Siore oil
Store OiL

Press dispatches from Washing
., seem to indicate that the gov
,.,wert has decided to store its
.r, oil. taking the royalty coming
from the naval reserves in
r,owing and California, and after
.,irv same properly refined down
M rfri oil, will store at con-
,.,lcpt points the fuel for the use
OF the navy.
~ The government oil produced in
u.y,rlirr ON the celebrated teapot
80 furus out TO be as tremendous
s l4a been anticipated II will be
long ways TO the eastern or
s.Itbrrp s.tboaTd. where IL can be
.bIprcd Co the big government load
l-e stations as for instance, Guata-
ramo, cuba.
when the government proposed to
byud a pipeline from the Gushing
slld and store the oil ia the vicin-
a. N Galveston for war purposes.
HR WAS opposed by every pipeline
| M tle country. although Harry Sim
| ,sir al that time was "A producer in
,be cushing field and not at tho
| seed OF q pipeline having lines from
lover Texas to Chicago.
Il would seem that he is involving
The government in a large contract
mat the latter Is sure to find most
undesirable before the terms of said
contract have been carried out. IL
All marks the difference between the
Rooseyclt administration and the
rrtsent one with Secretary Fan at
n Inc head Of the interior department.
1 Nov. private interests are taking
| or tho water power sites without
hrdrance from the government and
these same private interests are TO
manufacture electricity which IL TO
come in straight competition with
the oil men who produce gasoline.
That Il Is n big thing for Mr.. sim
clair and his company is obvious,
and he does not fail 70 say so as
| the following interview given out
| Yesterday plainly indicates. 1t had
=. been hoped that no big pools would
4 Ne developed as u meance TO the
4 price OF oil, and now comes the no.
. lice that the famous teapot" dome
= 20 be developed at once Mr.. Sin
\ dalr's statement follows:
"The signing of n contract for the
i tsyelopment OF Teapot dome for the
II rnited States government is the most
1 Important event in the history OF the
Sinclair Consolidated OH corpora
ton, said II. f. Sinclair today. land
( b my opinion no more far-reaching
I rep has ever been taken In the oil
j iduStry, Mr.. Fan. secretary of the
i%ilerior, will probably discuss what
g means In government policy.
There is a tremendous gap between
an Isolated and undeveloped naval
I reserve In Wyoming and the fuel oil
bases from which the navy loads It's
supply. This gap Is TO be bridged
without involving tho government in
oil operations or in anything smack
Ing OF pQternnlism. Obviously ii
could not be Undertaken except by
a company engaged on a largo scale
In every branch OF the oil business.
The testing Of Teapot dome will be
rapid and comprehensive, and the
Wyoming fields will be connected
win the markets Of the world. Sec
ie'ary Falls efforts 10 protect the
government reserves will undoubted-
" result In saving for public E
very large quantities OF petroleum
. which might otherwise be drained
. webs on nearby properties. His
plan 10 effect is 20 have these re-
Riyes recovered from the ground
No mpHed to places where they can
Kept Indefinitely and used when
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