Show OLMEN SEEK 1 lARFF TIFF TARIFF ON OIL OL Independents of nent net Fields Meet to Discus Discuss Dis Dis- Dis- Dis cu cuss cus Conditions 1 f OKLAHOMA rA CITY Okla Aug AUK 13 The U.-Th U. The world worl heard In un unequivocal terms from Tulsa Tulsa what tho the Independent oil 01 Interests of ot the tho United States Statu think about the subJect subject sub sub- of or a 0 tariff on oil 01 and Ito Ita Ia products Tho The Tulsa TuJa TuJa meeting composed of or representatives tives tIve of ot all 1 oil 01 organizations of or the United States State ono one for tor all 81 informed d conC congress es of or orthe the demands of or the Industry In the Middle West Yet Preliminaries were made for the battle batte in the senate Oilmen express U little hope of winning but they do hope hop for tor a compromise that will wU guarantee somo rome m measure of ot tion flon ton Suggestions to this end are Interpreted Interpreted Interpreted Inter Inter- In sentences of tho presidents president's letter Jeter The oilmen's association of ot Ardmore Armore in some Bore respects h has done don more Inore active e work than Any ay other confined to a 0 particular locality Amon Among other things it appointed appoint appoInt- ed a n committee dut duty It is to advise President Ob Obregon gon of or Its It actions and keep In touch with wIh the government of or Mexico The association Is 18 reported to have ha ha e re received xe- xe some somo felicitous replies from that government Representative Independent operators have hare advised President PresIdent Obregon Obregon Obre- Obre gon Jon of or their a accord cord with his export tax views and with wih his reputed statement that tho the tax l would bo be Increased If It I tho the situa tion ton demands demando it f. f A number of Independents I interviewed this week said MId the they believed there exl existed ted economic reasons why th the tho pric of or oil 01 should be bo reduced In consequence consequence conse cones quence of general general business depression In Ina Ina ina a period of ot war after ar readjustment but they tey doubt doubted d If the tho economic situation warranted th the price making agency which I pIce C dictates tho the figures both for tor crudo crude oil 01 and the products manufactured d from tom it it I. I In re reducing xe- xe during prices prIce to a a level lorel calculated to put putout putout putout out of or business all al concerns In Intha inthe the tho Industry save the price pric makers maken them them- selves Not a a. few operators remain timid in tho the presence of or the te powerful influences of ot the Stan Standard Stand d Oil 01 compa ly A group of local loat operators recently dl discussed the tho advisability advisability of at their organization adopting a I resolution res ren- commending the tho to attorney y general of Texas for tor his taking preliminary steps to prosecute members of tho the Standard group on tho charge of violating the antimonopoly antimonopoly anti anti- monopoly laws Jaws of or Texas and expressing tho hope that the attorneys general of or Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas and Louisiana Louisi ana would do likewise But the tho resolution was not formally p presented because some o operators who favored It hurth heartily are selling their production to Standard concerns concerns con con- cn- cn cerns cers and didn't feel called caned upon to tako take the tho risk of having Jho he pl pipelines discon discon- Similarly suggestions that the attorneys ne general of theo four oil 01 producing states hold a l conference with a n view of ot Instituting action simultaneously to get relief for Independent operators paused passed no further than the tha the suggestion stage stag |