The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-02
on Market QnotafIon.-
The Year to Come

From the Weekly Trade Ruilstin Of the
National Petroleum MarketsfH Associa-
tluu The fightlng Unit OF the Indus
try.'
The National Petroleum Mar
keters association is now beginning
It's first year. All that has been
done since the Inauguration OF the
new organization in october last has
been merely preparatory work.
zone OF the first steps that the
nav association will take is TO hold
akdring convention, Just before the
0yTring OF the summer season. This
convention will be real get-to-
gether OF the Independent oil indus
,ry All the Independent oil men in
the country are now marching un-
der the banner OF the National Pc
troleum Marketers association and
this will be an opportunity to show
the strength Of the independents. II
should bc made a meeting second TO
none that has ever been held.
The exact date and location Of
The spring convention will be an
nounced later, but when the roll Is
called every independent oil mag.
should be there to answer. DO
your part and the association will
do theirs. There must be CEN
tral organization. The state asso-
Citations are of tho greatest value
and can take care of local problems,
but experience has shown that no
local orga nization has much influ-
enco outside OF it's own state. This
Is true of all industries that are or
ga2lzed. Not one but has Its own
national organization
II is with extreme modesty that
the oil editor suggests that Tulsa
be the next convention city, and II
there ever was banquet held any
where, given for the benefit of the
oil men that could hold Il candle to
the little dinner-dance held in the
big lobby of the Hotel Tulsa Satur-
day night, TO celebrate the coming oi
the new year, we would like to have
someone tell us just when and where
said party was held.
out at the Eidelweis garden where
the Ger eral American Tank CaI
company entertained the oil crowd
the show came near being as good
and the fare as sumptuous as the
New Years party here, But Tulsa
has a distinction all her own. IL II
here that they have come from al
parts of the world, and it may be
the climate. but at any rate there
are more beautiful women TO th'
sqaare inch and more hospitality or
tap right here in Tulsa than wal
ever known anywhere.
II Secretary Grant had been will
us. or Field Secretary willard an'
his superior officer, Geperal Coun
selOr Reynolds there would be nom
ing to Il but Tulsa. And moreover
should the National Petroleum
....s taV, ~
portunity and not come to Tulsa 10
its spring meeting, II is a cinch tina
Secretary Bob Welch of the Ameri
can Petroleum Institute will lead hi
tribe TO Tulsa in the fall and VIII
thus nut one over on the lndepen
. dent fellows:
Uncle Ben" Ryan, who when h
lived knew more about enterta.nlnl
and how conventions ought to be con
Quoted, said: 1T IL time for goo
eatings, and for sociability. and tina
is principally all there Is to H.
But more than that, Tulsa IS the ON
place that the members OF the Mar
sketers association can possibly &c
in fun touch with the situation, an
learn all there is to know about VIVA
the future holds in store for tn
industry.
Certainly there should be but on
choice, and that Tulsa. 1t has be g
said that it is a question OF hot'
accommodation only, and n la'
nights banquet tho great dintn
room was filled and the tables wer
ga in the balcony and over at III
est end OF the lobby and with II n
there were more than 500 guess
seated. This Is certainly the nm
Of the requirements for next spring
meeting