Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-23
FEDERAL CONTROL
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an outlet for advertising. Oil is
In the air fueling and lulbricating
airplanes and at the moment,
through the courtesy of the Column
bia Broadcasting System, 1t is on
the aid Oil is under ground Civ
ing powef5 10 tunneling and exca-
waiting machines, and on the high
seas rivers, lakes and canals It
! propels carriers of cargoes. Oil
builds ships to- carry its own pro-
ducts and terminals through which
to load them.
'Oil raises temperatures in FROST
threatened orchards and lowers tenn
peratures i'm the refrigerator trucks
and cars which transport crops to
markets. OIL STILES mosquitoes in |
marshes and destroys insects in the
home.' In ease OF, illness or acct.
dent, 1t hastens the arrival of the
physician. Oil constructs schools
and maintains them through taxes 1
and royalties. Oil builds CITY
streets and rural roads and provides
the fuel for the motor vehicles
which use them. Oil provides an
income, through royalties and rem
tals' to farmers and other land
owners.
Necessity-NOt A Luxury
oil demands steel products for
its wells, pipe lines and refineries,
while II supplies fuel for steel
mill furnaces. 1t brings freight to ,
railroads while providing them with
fuel and lubricants. Oil gives pow :
or to tractors which pull plows and ,
larrows and later it is the power : :
which harvests the crop and trans I
ports it to markets. Oil brings y
light to our rural homes and heat n
Ind transportation to those who =
i've and work in our cities. !,
"Oil is INDEPENDENTLY inter
woven in the complex pattern OF =
industry and society. It =
as come to be an essential in all n
7alks of life, at every crossroad. =
nd in every hamlet. village, town. :,
ity or metropolis Oil is not 7,
lxury, hut an each-and-every-day
ecessity to the personal welfare OF n.
Il the people Of the United States. n
Warns OF Oil Shortage W
He warned against an oil short &,
&c in the United States before the nj
Ihaustion of supplies in the rest d.
the world. While this country is
rs half the worlds reserves it is
sing two-thirds of the oil con- ~
med in the world. Accordingly he ar
Id. unless this trend is checked bc
VIII be faced with an oil short in
e here in advance of a cores IN
nding shortage abroad" is
While 1t looked as though the loo
cretary were about to propose
e use Of foreign oil in this m
untry he continued: Foreign oils Ut
ould not be permitted to enter
markets without the exercise
some Judgment as to quantities
d qualities. 1t is even suggest
that there might be an exercise
Judgment with respect to the
antics and qualities of petroleum
1ducts that are sold for export.
'ious consideration can he given ou
the quantity and character of ~
elgn oils which might be per- vea
tied to augment our domestic go
'py without affecting adversely de m
own oil industry" I'll III
Conservation Methods IA
lie pointed to control Of produc- 81,
IN East Texas field and the 80 o.an
tailment Of gas waste in the 80
handle as examples of true con- "o
7ation, adding, chose of you who A..
9 seen excessive flares burning 10 10
oil fields, have watched sub . ny
nace pressures drop sharply SO ss 10
energy has been dissipated - :
nout doing useful work, .....are go ~
rd OF some of the items in this =
,rd." Z
lie frowned on over-production Dat nsrl
storage of oil. also the lower ~, 49,
OF gasoline yields by refiners. T., IT,,
e operation of our oil refineries ~
nd be kept in step with a sound zoo ul'
cy of conservation by obtaining noo
. domestic sources the maximum , VoU
the lighter and more valuable "" .or
oieum products and from out-
sources what we lack of the viii
rler and less valuable oils" He for
iemned states which ARE in amo
"a to pay special attention to fairs
class of waste which occurs its
n production is in excess of de-
q and only casual attention TO
underground waste which re-
from the operation of wells
high gas-oil ratios and an in
lent use of the natural reser-
energy
Advice To Industry
scretary lckes declared that the
lally law, now extended to June
1888, should be made perman-
He urged oil men to "agree
ne fundamental principles which
I'm the efficient production and
use OF oil" and pointed out
d for dissemination of
Wedge by which the industry