, 1922-12-28

OF this pfOQucuOn.
Tho Sinclair bid % the Mtd-con-
tinent price for oil Of the same quail
ity a. that produced In the Salt Greek
field. At the present time OIL OF .!
gravity IL selling In Oklahoma q
Kansas at $3.50 . barrel and already
there are rumors that m advance OF
so cents win be made before March
4. Tho new price. II applied 70 al
about 10000 barrels daily or u.s.
00o. 1000 barrels . year, means THAI
the producers will receive $4,000
900. less the government royalty. Tor
twelve months production. even N
there should be NO advance In the
posted price.
Il 10 expected that the oil pur.
chased by the Sinclair company will
Va stored In the field until the com
pIeticn or tts 10000 barrel pine line
TO connect the Salt Creek field with
the Sinclair pipe line running Into
Chicaxo. This arrangement. accord
ing to engineers Of the interior de-
partment, virtually amounts to join
In fthe Salt Creek and Mid-continent
fields and places them ON an even
basis for compsttuon. - the oil from
0ait Creek. put into the pipe line IN
wyoming. will be Delivered At Chi
ca4o along with the oil from tho Md
continent field.
when the now famous Tea Pot
dome contract was catered into oe-
tween Secretary Fall and the NAM
M uuderstood that one Of the pro-
visca Of this lease was the construc-
tlon Of . ups line BY the leasing
o0mpany vhieh would link this state
vith the Nid-eontinsnt field and pro-
vide an outlst for Wyoming crude to
q point whore Il could compete on an
eveaplns1o with other oils Of the same
1872. The capacity OF thAs pape
Vas originally fixed at 5000
1Feae. but this has been Increased
tSl0.oo0 barrels and II II given out
thst work will be begun within 20
DAYS. This pipe line will be . com
mon carrier for oils and doubtless
viii offer IN outlet for = large
amount OF Independent oils from
wyoming. The Department An
nounces also that Il has been IN.
formed relisbiy and believes ].
smother pips line from Salt Greek
viii b c~onstraeted WITHIN snoF'
time.
the Rawlins Republican may state
without boasting that was
pioneer IN calling attention empaat.
iea1ly ana Deomdnently to the unJust
digcrlniaa41oA which was De!na
practicsA ~ the Midwest Resnlne
oonQAAy - arbitrarily. fixing . price
daffero9t1aa bstweeu oils Of the same
GraAo peoduced In Wyoming Me!aa
m Asee or the Mid-continent fields
vAioh Discrimination Gems likely "a
- ended By the action taken BY Q
r9tary Pail.
sefSas Of stroag articles was con-
Trusted to The Republican By
0ooeeo =, Brimmef, In which every
paaso Of the Discrimination aEains!
wyoming fields Wa considered
thoroughly and these communication
were widely read wherever there VA
any Interest IN the production. eaie
end refining Of oil, or In the die'
trtbution Of IL Manufactured prod
u9ts.
The uuntlet WAS thrown down e
the Standard OIL Company and II
subsidiaries. and the fact that b
arbitrary prics-fixinG the producori
q Wyoming crude oil were made 4
lee willioGo OF dollars annually VA
eoeehlisAed. The fact that the pric'
- ftxs doy the Standard people va
~ IN any manner governed 81
market demand for refined producti
aal that The people OF thh state ~
eelvoA 10 benefit whAtever IN love-
prices fee gasolins OF lubricants y
0ofrooDond q the artif1ciany~6eprees
- peice PAID fos tholf cruoo oe1s Va
al00 mAAe eleas.
This exposure - ccnAttlens h th'
~ inAuasy created = scoeaesee e
HooabaIean anA NJ. Drt00oe Ia
noea v1aAIooeoA aaA tAelr oeooetD d