The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-13

Ton Thousand Barrel Unit
ror oil Shipments

Tho decision fthe interstate
,.a,r,erre commission in the Brun-
ia rase. which has been 30 long
SJsyel even after very strong
VA favorable report had been made
q" tbs examiner for the commiss-
came ss q very welcome sur
,Dise and will mean much to the oil
p.od,cors Of the Mid-Continent field
~ viii now be able to dispose OF
ri 20 eastern refiners. at time
,,Se the present when there is
srsat demand for light oil for re-
S,ine purposes, and TO mix with the
heavy crude from Mexico.
uf course, 1t is too soon to say
obafber or not the pipeline people
vii accept this new ruling without
sore very stringent reservations, or
come reprisals OF some sort; because
bo II understood, although the In
,erstate commerce commission has
,he mower to make regulatins as well
as rates. there is still the man at
"a broadway, who can take a hand
IN the game and do things to suit
himself without reference to the
wishes of the refiners of the Mid
Continent field. That is the way the
oil business is called a game
The hearing In this famous case,
which was held at Kansas City, and
AZ which two or three well-known
oil producers testified that 1t was
.,ecessary that the minimum amount
!. IL crude which could be rendered,
must be left at 100000 barrels. 1t
Il a matter OF common knowledge
who these oil producers are; and
hence 1t is not necessary to give
their names at this time. They are
known for their fidelity to the big
interests. 1t all reminds one Of the
time that the Cushing field was at
It's height and Harry Sinclair was
shipping million-barrel lots through
the pipelines, common carriers; and
as the Prairie Pipe Line Co. head.
sam Fitzpatrick, says now. was
telling TO the Prairie Pipe Line Gus
toners at the price we (the Prairie)
we're paying in the fields"
At that time, in discussing the
question of pipelines being common
carriers, MIR. Sinclair remarked: "It
is good thing that pipelines are
common carriers, in ordinary times;
but when there is a lot OF flush pro-
duction 1t is bound to hold back the
shipments of oil from the rank and
!le OF the oil producers" which is
given as apropos to nothing at all;
except to make it plain that when
Mr.. Sinclair was an oil producer
without a pipeline, he was using the
lines TO get rid of his oil.
Mr.. Sinclair might have shipped
four times as much oil as he did,
at that time. but when 1t was
pointed out that there was only so
much space In the lines, and that
other people would not be able to
get any oil run; he quit after ship
ping his first 100000 barrels 1t
Is now thought at this end, that the
Sinclair people will run anybody's
oil as far as their lines extend. which
b ot course is only to Chicago. 1t will
be the Prairie that will get the
business beyond that point.
The decision comes at a mighty
good time, because 1t means that
the railroads will have to make some
rates on crude or get out of the
same. It also means that 1t will re-
Ieve the situation; being complained
Of by the big interests. who say they
are storing too much oil, as stated
plainly In the letters sent out by
representatives. OF the big interests
70 anyone who will print 1t. 1t Is
sent out for the double purpose OF
Hopping any row about the Teapot
Dome deal, and also TO take the JOY
out OF life, just as the oil men are
beginning to feel there Is some hope
ior prices that will at least allow
the little fellow with small means
70 break even.
Getting back to the interstate
commerce commissions order of
May II, which reduces the minimum
amount that can be taken; it is due
mat the Brundred brothers be given
credit for the fine fight they have
Naged for right and decency. and
one thing is certain, and that Isl;
,hat nowhere in the Mid-Continent
neld are there TO be found any more
upright and honorable citizens than
.neH They are a great credit to
.ne race that came out Of Pennsyl-
,shla into the Continent field.
aen IKE they, who are fearless and
nlaid OF nothing can and will be
we greatest asset to our city and