The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-01
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The Tulsa Chamber Of Com
merce Rescnts Stand Taken
bU 81. Louis

Inc fUtSH HNNiOCf W 'O"-
merce Rescnts Stand Taken
on 81. Louis
secretary Holden ot the Tu.a
chamber ~ Commerce announced
Yesterday that he would refer IN"
question Of freight rates 20 tho OIL
and gas committee 10 the Chamber
~ Commerce and that n would re-
ault in definite action being taken
in the immediate uurc.
when 81. Louis, through its
chamber Of commerce, undcr,hkra O."
bottle up all the rofinorl's In Okln-
homa for tho benefit ~ the r"flnerice
located at wood River and East 81.
Louis. II ls starting a fight when ~
hpifud TO grow warmer day by day,
ne tho question bee better understood
The Interstate commerce commis-
sion ordered decrease amounting
80 10 per cent In freight rates ON
petrpleum products ana the re-
finorics along tho Mississippi river
are undertaking 90 prevent the RAJ
roads from making any rates wh~Nl
would benefit rcfinerics located mere
and would leave the wood River
and East 81. Louis refineriea with
Sik cents per hundred pounds the
best OF Il. as against the retncrice
located in group 3, which means IN
Oklahoma.
Tho wood River rctinerles receive
their oil by pipeline. the largest be-
ing tho Standard plant. which pur-
rhsses its oil from the Prairie oil
r., q Gas Co. and the next in size Ia the
Roxana, which has It's own pipe
line, extending from north Texas d.
rect TO tho wood River plant and
hence neither can claim that II Ia
paying freight chRrRcs on oil In
tank cars, which leaves but one In
dependent plant at East 81. Louis,
which is now paying freight on
crude oil from the Mid-Contluent
field or from Arkansas or north
Texas as tho case may be. This Is
tho only refinery which is shlpping
i,e crude and can pct up the claim
that It IN paying double freight
charges, both inbound and out
bound and Is being made the cats
paw to draw the chestnuts out ol
the fire for tho big people located
above East ST. Louis at wood River
II the East ST. Louis refinery wins
out in its contention as against al
the refincries located In oklahoma
n will mean that the big reflnerie'
ut wood River will have from s2t
90 $40 per car the best or H. a'
against refineries mere. This u
wrong and must not be allowed
under any circumstances, no natte
how hard the chamber or commerce
in st. Louis fights for It's own people
ns against the retineries locate'
here.
Tulsa must make the fight atone
There VIII be no help trOm rctlncr
located In north Texas "s the hea'
Of the traffic dcpartmcnt Tor the re
ftncrics ip that vicinity has wired
follows; eve nrc not interested a
wc are promised reduction an IN
way Via tho Nickburg gateway An
everybody knows that the Texas re-
finers are In much better shape s.
Tar ms rates are concerned thhn hr
the rcfincrs located In Tulsa, Thc
have all the hest of II 10 New Orican
and the southeastern pnrt OF w
United States ,ns fur north ms III
Ohio river bnsc points ana ns ~
east ns the New England states an
lalong down to Baltimore ana fhi',
dcIphia.
~ A meeting viii he held In Chicag
on July Ia discuss this very ducS
tlon. Chairman Morris OF the Cen
tral Freight association has an
nounccd the meeting when VIII u