The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28


Natural Gasoline Men in
Convention Here, Optimistic
with an unusually large atten-
dance. considering the condition of
,be railroads. due to high water, the
f.rst annual meeting of the Associa-
,ion OF Natural Gasoline Manufac-
tlrer. opened yesterday in the addi-
,,riun Of the city hall, and there
v,sa spirit Of optimism on tap that
,as exceedingly good as heretofore
a, all mcctings held by casinghead
peoplc. the very contrary was the
case.
The association was organized
only a year ago, and then the price
~ natural gasoline was at it's lowest
,slrk. Since then, there has been a
yS1derfIl improvement, owing TO
the fact that gasoline manufacturers
have found out that tightening up
Of the output of the refinerles by the
use Of casngheads was a mighty
GOOD thing and that up to 10 per
cent according to the gravity OF the
product. could be used most success
illIy.
Then too. there has been the great
flood Of Mexican crude and the
gasoline extracted therefrom has
been Of such poor quality that II has
been necessary to use natural gaso-
line IN order to move it at all. The
result is that trainloads of gasoline
have gone to the eastern seaboard
and TO the Gulf refineries, which.
IN addition 10 that used at home and
in California, has taken the entire
output.
It IS with bright future, there
FORE, that the natural gasoline men
have met in Tulsa, and 1t is beyond
aaoubt one of the greatest and most
,enarkable changes as to conditions
ever known in the oil business.
While a year ago everything was
gloom. today the natural gasoline
manufacturer is all smiles and is
well assured of n good market dur
ing the months to come.
At yesterdays meeting the dele
gates were welcomed by A. V.
Bourque, secretary OF the associa-
ton, who. in turn, introduced Presi-
dent ". NJ. Welch and the latter in
his opening address made the most
optimistic statement ever heard
from him at any former meeting. He
sald, in part:
our association was organized
year ago. 1t was conceived in ne
oessity. born in'adversity, and strug-
gIed through trials and tribulations
until now, strong and healthy, 1t is
ready for even greater usefulness
than that which has marked the first
years Of its life.
we organized In n period of great
depression in the natural gasoline
industry. In various quarters doubt
was expressed as TO the ability. under
The circumstances, of natural gaso-
line manufacturers TO maintain an
association.
1T was said that II we organized
al ALL We should affiliate with the
association of some other branch OF
the petroleum industry. Our an
sver was-"We will not affiliate, but
we will cooperate"
"0ur attitude was that our prob
lens we're peculiar to ourselves, and
were neither appreciated nor under
stood by any persons but ourselves.
On the other hand, we realized that
the manufacture and use of natural
gasoline has a great deal in common
with the production and refining OF
petroleum. We therefore desired to
cooperate. and have earnestly en-
deayored to do so. For instance,
We have been working in the closest
contact and the most complete ac-
cord with the American Petroleum
institute, which Is taking the lead.
and Is rendering invaluable service,
IN working out the many general
problems of the petroleum industry.
Details Of our cooperation with the
institute and with other important
bodies Will be mentioned a little
later.
when we began we laid down a
policy combining the strictest econ
omy with intensive work, concen-
Uated upon our own special and
vial problems. There was urgent
need OF an association because our
INDUSTRY had very rapidly become
important. AS an illustration of this
may point out the fact that Mid
continent natural gasoline manufac-
tlrers are paying to oil producers
approximately $45,00 a day for cas-
inghead gas, which. before the de-
Islopment OF our business, was vir-
tlally waste product"
our industry can be said to be
yunded and developed upon conser-
@uon. until recovered by natural
sasoline manufacturers and put TO n
useill purpose, the gasoline content
ot the gas coming from oil wells
was lost, completely and absoluteiy
lost. Today the value of natura
Gasoline saved annaully approx
mates or exceeds seventy1flve million
uoHars. This is true and practical
conservation.
Many millions of dollars hav,
oeen invested In Mld.Continen
sasoline plants. But important a
t!e Industry is, and was when w
oesan our work n year ago, tn
conditions In it then were to q
eons!derable extent chaotic. TIL.
was due in some degree 10 the gen
STEal economic situation throughou
we country, but was caused II