The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
Oil Shortage a Menace
toU. ShippingTrade,
Woodhouse, Expert, Says

obtained ,ton at That price on ac. /
count uf tho oNtrcmn shoriaEo men
existing. Tho board established 1|
price Uf fJ5 per ton ON oil issued
from this station aud Immediately
the upru market prir" ot oil in that
vicinity started tu drop
'Inasmuch as only q very small
percentage OF the Goot i7 coal burn
ing lt vas mot necessary tn cstnb.
u4h pn extensive system of coal
bunker stations. pH was the case
with oil However. lu certain trades
coal burners can bc profitably up-
orutod ana 10 was found TO HdvHu-
tago tu create bunker coal stations
at ccrtaIu puIntF.
On Iuci hd,nninpcs.
Why h, United States shipping
board uud the United states navy
like other u1vios nud merchant
shIpuing Interests. have turned 10
OH burning ships can b" summarized
ns follows
Ou requires loss bunker gpQcH
iu1u coal for - given "comiug
@ 10 can bc carried between
double bottoms and in other places
where neither coal nor cargo can be-
stored
% Tho space usually given to
coal ctu bc - uricd bv freight
paying cargo.
4. Runfcrug can b. effected
with greater dispatch. ana ~ not
intcrforcd with by darkness or the
weather.
o. II h not attended with the
dirt and other dlscomforls incid,nt
,c coal hunkcrinR.
G. Labor and machinery are not
required Tor handling ashes
Z oil fuel eliminates stokinR
'hua reducing the size OF tho Cow
and labor costs
s. II Possesses greater ,h"rmli
efficiency Than coal and reduces iLol
costs.
.. Uniform draft and water CIR
culation are easily maintained, thus
lumriug "A steady speed and reduc-
ing the deterioration Of furnaces ana
boilers resulting from uneven tenn
pcraturos
Coal Poor substitute.
These reasons emphasize the ma
tional necessity OF having plenty Of
oil ana adequate OIL reserves,
our merchant marine and our
navy n driven To revert To coal as
fuel by the shortage OF oil would b"
at tremendous disadvantage In
trying to cope with the oil-burning
ships of competing nations.
The report contains other inter
esting Information, most timely aud
significant at this time while tho
proposed -Four Power pact" affect
/ Ing the Pacific and the Nap treaty
and the Mexican oil situation are
under discussion II says
"Wlth the exception of the fuel
oil consumed in the Pacific, prac.
tically all the fuel oil burned by
board vessels IL produced from Mex
lean crude oil. This oil must be
transported from Mexico TO the
United States In tank steamers, and
therefore care was exercised to keer
sufficient steamers within the con
troll Of the board at all times foI
I this purpose
Lessons From Report.
b Some OF the outstanding lessoni
to be deduced from this report are
I. That tho United states mus
, continue To insist on having equa
opportunities with tho nationals %
other nations to the worlds oi
fields This liz quite fair since tn,
nationals of other nations have beer
} granted equal opportunities viii
American nationals I'm tapping tn,
! oil resources OF the United states,
.. The United states must pro
tect the PHILIPPINES with adequate
fortification to safeguard, among
otter things, the oil resources
there. which will constitute IA valu'
able oil reserve on the Pacific fol
future needs.
! 3. Alaska Is rich In oil, and th'
: United states must protect Alaska
with adequate defeuscs and mus
maintain an adequate navy on th'
| Pacific for the protection of Alaska
the Philippines, and the mcrohan
/ and tank fleets, as well aS for thu
! other purposes for which an Rdc
r. uuate navy Is needed
q President Harding very aptll
\ summarized the International oi
r situation when he said
r. "Greut states have been lookinl