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Show Industrial Leadership of U. S.I Threatened by Growth of Power Ry X. E. A. Staff Special. PONCA CITY, Okla. The Ui.ilod States will be a second-rate industrial power within five years If it doerfu't j take steps to head off tho prog'-o&3 made by foreign countries in Securing control of the crude oil supply In Mexico and South America. This Is the warning of E. W. Alur-.'and. Alur-.'and. president of the Marland Refining Re-fining and Kay County Gas comparuas of this city, who have Just returned from a five months' trip to Mexico and South America. "Our industrial future depends upon fuel," says Marland. "with cu.l supplies rapidly becoming exhausted xnd with American oil welis going dry. the United States faces fuel shortage. short-age. " American brains and enterprise is producing the oil In South Am.rlca today, yet 75 per cent of It Is owmdl j b foreign powers, according to M .r-land. .r-land. "Americans dlsqoercd the oh In I the tho interior of Venezuela and in the Lake Maracalbo district, I visited visit-ed the offices of the Royal Dutch Shell companies, and every man wao mi American. I found the same state of affairs in Colombia and I am told it Is the same in Russia, Persia and China, "Americans discover the oil, d-i.'l the wells and produce the product lor British, French and Dutch companies." com-panies." All this oil will be loaded Into foreign for-eign vessels and exported to foreign markets, while the American h, Jus-tries Jus-tries suffer from fuel shortage, thinks Marland. "It Is a patriotic duty to produce this oil and see that it comes to America." Amer-ica." deolares Marland. "Our govem-I govem-I mont has discouraged American oil companies. "Washington has 'frightened us oway from Investments in Soutn American oil fields. , "Wc have spent millions to build up a merchant marine and then discouraged discour-aged an attempt to guarantee It a fuel supply. "We have loaned Great Britain billions bil-lions and she has loaned It lo oil eom-i panics to drive us from the new and i rich fieldf." ' Marland declares that the Mexican! government Is willing to give Aiiiuv, can oil capital a square deal. Ho n- gotiatcd five months and has reeeiod vord of a concession granting control of S. 300. 000 acres of oil lands. Marland Mar-land intends to go to Washington tor a conference with the slate dei-uri-ment. nn |