The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-21

Trtffc Situation rs All the
Tonic of Discussion

The refiners and marketers are
becoming more familiar with the
.tfon AS IL exists. there Is a
strn.c sentiment developing In favor
or .rganizing u fighting squad Of
traf men that will accomplish
som ming, or will at least prevent
fhe rate situation from getting into
wor.c shape than It IL now, which
10 lv the least. is mighty bad.
4 bee A remarkable fact that the
on PRODUCERS themselves are at last
waking UP to the situation, and this
Is rie natural result of the high
freight rates on pipe and oil well
supu,los. which are being paid every
day n the week. A bunch compare
tiy,l, now In the game, was required
60 las down $1,000 freight charges
ON a car of pipe from Pittsburgh.
Pa. and the fact that freight was so
high. aroused lot of indignation,
which will not down, no matter how
many EXCUSES the traffic men may
make for the railroad company.
such expressions az, 1--WE are now
mighty near surrounded by "a stone
wall and again, THE railroads
make us rates whenever the stand
ard secs tit to tel Them to-" are
common, the latter referring to the
fact that the " cent rate reduction
from East st. Louis In ROW being dis
counted by the Standard of Indi-
ana. which Is reducing the tank wa
sgon market one-fifth of cent a
fvalion in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio,
Aahere the reduction IN the rate op-
tlles.
This means that the Standard OF
Indiana refineries at Whiting. and
wood River, ILL.,, not to mention
the new plant at Toledo. Ohio, are
all benefited greatly by the new rate
which does not help Tulsa refiners
even the fraction Of cent per hun
dred pounds.
TO be sure, there is going TO be
held in Washington, on February
H. meeting. when the freight stu
alton will be gone over. and at
which time It is promised the west =
ern fellows will be looked after
But the fact that new rates have
been asked for from Casper, Wyo.,
to points in North and South Dakota,
and to Minnesota and northern
Iowa, seems to indicate that there
will be a lot of traffic men looking
for Jobs unless something unfore-
seen happens.
It would be n mighty good thing
II all the rate men in the Mid-Con
unent field, instead of passing reso-
lutions addressed to a committee OF
refiners would take the initiative
themselves and get into the game
with both feet. 1t is said that this
committee of refiners never meets
TO take this matter of rates into
consideration, and yet this is only
hearsay and is probably wrong, but
1t shows the defense the rate mer
themselves are making-and there
you are.
There is case pending wherein
Brundred brothers are asking for a
reduction OF the minimum amount
otoil that can be rendered the pipe.
lines in order TO secure transporta
ton and the chances are that every
one OF the present generation vii
have passed to the happy hunting
ground before the case Is ever re.
ported out By the interstate com
merce cOmmission.
But in the meantime. 1t in high
Ime mat something was done. Tulst
has some wide awake business meI
Who know hoy to fight. and IL IN,
rate men win not attend the hearingi
IN Washington and see what is goinl
on, II should be an easy matter I,
se' actIOn some other way.