Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 4

AID i | ‘We are engaged in a great war.| We have joined with other nations in defending the cause of human liberty and freedom. The representatives of | the people—the Congress. of the Unit- = ed States— has passed war measures for the purpose of national defense. The times demand stern discipline; | powers havé been conferred that may FANGS ‘ DAY, AUGUST 1, 1918 Par a SE Ee ana ALIS OIL CITY FILLING STATION COMPANY [ POSEY & CHANDLER GASOLINE and GENERAL SUPPLY LOCATES CASPER The General Supply company has — SS — Sg pe —————— i fs a Sana nnEInERERRRREREREEREE ERROR O— jard of premiums for crude, the Gov-| | Ti da ? * jernment can not permit other refin-| oday s Quotations | i Scie to aks that crude at increased || \ | : the Waiciote cline. al ‘Oris & CO. | The present discussion will not go sips DR jinto tHtquestion of the price of ’ % : crude That price should be emi-| , Stock oe = ee ; |nently satisfactory to the producers. * 5 ; * Certainly, neve: i i American - 013 02 Production for Fifteen Months Totals 230,815 Barrels Ci"stin' never before in the history | Benctiner — 8a; (28 : ‘ A | «| Boston-Wyo. -20 22 with Steady Increase; Thousands Paid Out cainbd. Ous “discusen! ibe ecagpark Beara 08140 eee. : 3 : bees BN opts Big Indian 30 135 in Dividends During Fiscal Year [paid above: the bone ive for crane |RE,ET® on 2. o ¥ F | ter . -02 -02% ‘ 2 of superior quality. ve 7 2 = The Elkhorn Oil compény has issued its annual statement.. "The re- |» A REQUEST, NOT AN ORDER Cong. Baraley YY ‘60 “a2 port of the firm is placed in a booklet form and contains a full /account | ‘It is not to be understood in any) Elkhorn re 80 "85 of the company’s business for the past half year-—The meeting was held S€Ms¢ as an Ordef to pay premiums,|f, T. William 2.50 2.75 july 8 and the statement takes in the time up to June 30 of this year. |but simply as an inquiry—a request|Gienroek Oil 3.75 3.878 Three dividends have, been paid by the Hikhorn, aggregatinfi 11 per —to the’ industry to determine the Hecla-Wyo. s 1003 (00% altogether and the actual operating work in the field has been turned 7#™mount of premium a refiner may|Jupiter 05 1058 entirely to the Midwest Refining company, which firm has built a Payy, if he so elects, without sub-| Glenhurst :07 10 across “the Platte and. th leases of the Elkhorn are |jecting himself to criticism. I have Kinney aS 74 78 thereby of easy access for the bringing in of material. presented no plan, but have simply| Merritt _ ~ 24.00 26.00 i The nee sikety statement of the Midwest and the statement of |asked that the industry for the ma-| Midwest Com..— 99 1.01 the oil production from the El}horn leases follow: |tional welfare determine a method| Midwest Pref... 1.14 1.25 eaters = June 30, 1918. jthat will most satisfactorily accom-|Midwest Rfg.-._ 114.00 116.00 : i: i \ here | Mi 4 Cash in bank: = pire cieaee eee I am SE eit ¥ ae eas General Fund $ 35,608.60 |you the reason for this ceqhost, and| Outwest------ 03 038 Dividend acco’ -__ 1,472.70 $ ¢ 87,081.80 |to ask you to determine what mothad | Reemeuider - = 207 ay Midwest Refining 4Gé?. (Sch RRC age % \ * | will ‘in. your opinion be most satig-| Big oeere < Phd ° pee e (Schedule | Shemnets afactory. An-approaching the subject, | Republic Lh om 209 a3 Ronds—Liberty loan_ i *. “y'000.00| 1, 28% that-you keep in mind-the ab-} giich A at) O18 Construction 2neem 24,769.98 \ , zormal conditions pat surround us, | 08 09 Leases and Contracts__ 994,000.00 1,918,769108 rice o dio aut ctandewae Gh cie 008 008 : 7 ee : ee on inven. Western Ex->_ ~~ ,02 97 . a 4 ¢ Biocu) Rp aie oks +25 30 LIABILITIES: . ee meena necessity as our measur- Wind River Pet._ 19 20 ue on Liberty Bond: - H 3 Pan Wat oe Be Unpaid “Dividends: § ToC It has been intimated that any in-| that trusteeship, nor can that trust Dividend No.2 485.68 |terference with premiums upon crudé| be righteoWSly administered at this Dividend No. 8 495.26 7 | would tend to eliminate the independ-| time save in the national interest. Dividend: Nov 2 491.76 1,472970 | ent and throw the entire business into} AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM F5 ; | the hands of the Standard or other! The problem of petrolenm is not a Reserve fox Dividends: \great organizations. It is unthink-| domestic problem, but is one which Dividend No. 20,000.00 _ able to presume that the Government | vitally concerns not only the welfare Specil No. 30,000.00 jeuawe take one action that might) of our Amierican soldiers and sailors, Capital St 1,000,000.00 prevent the refiner from securing his} but the welfare of the Allies also. I Surplus (Schedule No. 20,200.84 1,920,200,84 | crude and not take another action} am perfectly sure that’ when the his- $1,072,423.54 STATEMENT OF MIDWEST REFINING COMPANY ACCOUNT: Total net production for 917, -_ Se ae p+--$109,695.78 Total net production to June ¢ te ees 173,026.98 -$282,722.76 One-half of which credit- . ed to Blkhorn Oil com: } pany ---,- Esse $141,361.38 $141,861.38 Construction for 1916 that would assure him his source of supply, permitting him to ‘continue jhis activities. THE ALLOCATION OF OIL | The quantity of oil so provided is to be based upon some past volume of business, keeping in mind the para= | mount necessity to see to it that our \Army and Navy and the armies ard navies of our Allies are amply sup-| }plied. This in effect * means the} | allocation of oil, which will be upder- | taken is necessary, but only after! most careful deliberation and consid- | {eration of all the complexities in-| | volved. } | There is nothing unfair and there |page than the one whic! |triumphant success of your industry |otie devotion and demonstrated abil- tery of these times shall have been written, there will be no brighter tells of the in meeting every ca}l made upon it! for its different products and of its having so governed itself as to de- serve the highest praise for its patri- ity to rule itself Wisely and conserva- tively—a triumphant vindication of} the priciplgs of democracy. I can wot believe that the oil in- dustry comprehends how utterly help- less it would be at this time without! the services of this department. | I want you to und€érstand as clearly | >———_+- One-half of which ae AAI s as is made upon the oil industry by|tions the oil industry can no more charged to Elkhorn Oil \the Fuel Administration. company eh Operation for 1917_2___ 5,556.70° $ 33,157.97 Operation “to June 30, pul ‘ y, |the nation; and they can ‘not shirk} 1918 _. 6,445.82 = | the responsibility _that__comes with One-hale te eeeen $ 12,00252 | ne-ha of which is — lo charged to Elkhorn Oil , x Ye _ company * _-__-2 -- 6,001.26 6,001.26 ~ Cash remitted to June i¢ 30, 1918__ Balance due June 380, 1918 STATEMENT SHOWING MONTHLY PRODUCTION | FROM APRIL, 1917, TO JUNE 30, 1918: ee April 1917 ~ > s 2,082.44 | 3 May 1917 _ 614.318 | : d June 1917 _ 403.42 | time and money. July 1917 _ f11.668 !&e ust 1917 - 742.483 | 2, tember 1917 _ 9,319.85 | October 1917 _ 28,478.71 | % November 1917 _ 26/906.08 |e December 1917 2 28,750.98 | 1918 _ 24,123.55 |S 1918 _ 20,504.29 4 1918 1 22,231.35 Se 1918 | eso0121 | All welds guaranteed. 25,001.50. | ULCONTAOL PROGRAM REVIEWED — = IN ADRESS TO TULSA OPERATOR Voluntary Action Urged; Stabal- ved Price Differentials be- tween Crude and Refined; Penalties Proposed yan address to. oil preducers at , Okla., M. F, Requa, general di- re of the oil division of the United Fuel Admi istration, speaking “The Necessity) for Government rol of the Oil Industry,” said, in on Ce par ir Oklahoma papers have in all) isness asked ‘'Why?” Have} ‘ that the producers of oil in the ./"® Wanted to be let alone; ve! they can fot understand why of tment control or’ superyist a ne industry should be necessary, Be woo) wu benefit by the stabiliza- th r can not be won without he oduct of petroleum. 4 v confronted py ¢onditions ‘ralleled in the history of the Innumerable \ndustries are restraint and the manufactur- ved to operate only for the needs of the United States rent, ~~ jis nothing unjust in a request such jas. possible that under existing condi- | The pro-|get along without the assistance of ducers of -oil, the refiners, and the | the Government than can the Govern- |marketers are trustees on behalf of|ment get along without the products 86,629.89 45,572.26 $141,361.38 IN BARRELS. $141,361.38 ‘ 230,185.59 + S Phions empt? Dogs it seek for itself the) right to go unchallenged and uncon-| trolled?’ I confess that this is not, my conception of the spirit of the industry. The proposal that I am making is that stabilized differen-| tials, be created as between crude! petroleum and finished products at) the refinery and as between refinery prices and the price to the ultimate consumer; that these differentials be maintained and move in unison with) the price of crude; that if necessary, | the volume of business be-frozen and! new business be equitably distribut- ed; that the-old theory of competi- tion give way for the war period to a condition of mutual helpfulness in - behalf of national welfare, and that) all these things be brought about by! the voluntary action of the industry, in harmonious co-operation with the) Fuel Administration. _ CURB FOR SE&FISHNESS ¥f any there be who are so lacking’ fh the spirit of the times as to build up selfishly, their own business at the expense 0} others, I am sure that, we will find some way to ‘control | their activities. It is perfectly ob- - vious that if a larger” proportion of the refining industry patriotically' sets and observes a reasonable stand- I TALK IT OV IN WAR. TIMES, CONSERVE MATERIALS Don’t Discard that Broken Casting, but bring it to us to be welded. We save you $ Welders and Brazers of Cast Iron, Steel, Aluminum, Bronze and all other metals. Oxweld’s Portable Outfit for Field Work. + Welding of Scored Cylinder Blocks a Specialty % 3 Oxy-Acetylene Welding Shop. = 118 S. David—Across From Shockley’s > i 2 Saat Po Rete toat OO Roasedgoage hoo oho age ate eho eho she eo aio aleete sho ele eho eSe-ahe aso ese te eee acod, Freesm=ma=F- ree A cigarette holder to each customer purchasing a package of cigarettes. Any brand in stock. . C. WEST Schulte Bros. Conf., The Little Store with the Big Business. of petroleum. NECESSITY FOR GOVERNMENT 3 MOTOR OILS Corner East Secorfil and Beech Streets CASPER, WYOMING be justified only*on the plea of na-'entered the Wyoming oil fields. The jpenal safety, Among those acts is firm has established itself on ie so-called Lever bill, giying to the) s_ond steect and the Northwestern |} President authority over foods, feeds AX Ss ‘ jand fuels, including oil; so far-reach- T®''W8Y tracks on the north side of ing in effect that 1 question whether|the Carnegie library. }many of you here present fully real- The General~ Supply company is | ize the powervand the authority vest- backed by.the Lucey corporation, one jed in the President, who, in turn, has, o¢ the new BEEF x e large oil well manufacturing said Saale own industries as a voluntary and' come in close touch with the trade. spontaneous tribute to the form of government under which they live. I am still of that opinion; and it is | because of that belief that I am here today to lay before you the problem of the Fue} Adiministration as related to the oil industry and to counsel | . 7 s i * [authorined Mz. Garfleld to act for) iants-with its main. shops in Ten-|~ RIVERTON LOTS F jhim in the administration of the bill)?" — ; $ ¥ Ruy: .Theus oa Doutle. Your. ¥ |so far as coal and oil are concerned. |Resseé and Rob Hackley is in charge|¢ Bur i jouble x The Léver bill expressly authorizes|of Wyoming and the local store. The ¥ ytain street lot 1% blocks of ~ the determination of just, reasonable) stock at pr t consists of standard * depot é $2,000.00 * and fair profits and practices. Ijand machine drilling tools in the % Dtelaantnaa.. ° # know you must agree that under the main butj the material for all kinds he block off Main st... 2,000.00 * terms of this law there is ample au-jsupplies is oh the cars rolling this * A fine block in Burch bs thority for the most Sweeping cor- y: 4 addition, per lot-_. 250.60 £ trol. The Lucey people have shown géed £ Ashgrove addition, lots x discrimination in coming to Casper 4 WHE alte hles * FAITH IN THE PEOPLE for a location for the supply busi- © Pile: iaiskY whet x | _It is because of these drastic pro-\ness as this place is the center of € festricted > 450.00 * visiong that I have been especially oil business of the state and supplies & We are making ASHGROVE x careful in the application of them./¢an be shipped “out of her almost $ the best residence district in “halievine| any time of t lay or night to any * Riverton. I ‘have gone. on record as believint op tne fie Hod bv! sail ae YY Pe that & free people, schooled in dem-|” Mr. Hackley will soon start cover- = ™* PARU WARREN corctaaet th ocracy, cottid successfully police their| ing the state in person in order to ¥ Riverton, Waewioees * HEE EE EE EEE EE EE OPLEPLELELLELELLLELS % BEST BOWL OF CHILI IN TOWN a 15c AT THE CHILI KING LUNCH SITS. (deg Re “sles nian d \) Back of Grand Central Bar. All kinds of Sandwiches at ed action, but of voluntary action in % popular prices, Quick service, highest qualit behalf of national regulation. SMS LILI LS LIS SSS SI SSSI SIDS ID: INDEPENDENT LINE TO MAVERICK 1 DISCUSSED The refusal of the Illinois Pipeline company tq buld a line to the Mav- erick Springs éield has brot up a lot of talk about an independent line to be laid from there to some ftranspor- tation point. The Lander “Mountaineer states that“such a line is contemplated that no dry holes have been found at Maverick Springs as yet. Foud com-) panies are now active in the } ‘ THE UNIVERSAL CAR It is important when your Ford car requires tuning up or repairing that you plac e it in ick, the Ohio, Carter, Sherim Wyo. and Savoy firms are busy | charge of an authorized Ford dealer. Then you either with wells actually drilling or ‘ x material coming in. are sure of having repairs and replacements Sal eel ————— made with genuine Ford-made materials by »men who know all about Ford cars. Bring your FOR SALE AT A A BIG BARGAIN One No. 32 Star Drilling out- ~ fit (300 foot machine). Has extra 4 and 6-inch bits and Complete Set of Slips. fit can be seen at Blackstone Co. yards, 165 So. Ash St. For further particularsi n- quire of e Chas. Liebenstein, First and Wolcott Sts., Phone 701J, : Oe J. A. Harbison, Blackstone Transit Co., Phone 908J. Ford car to us. Satisfaction is sure and you will receive prompt attention and right prices. aa EARL C. BOYLE GARAGE Authorized Agency. NORTH CENTER 231-227 Phone 9. 10-42 a8o ao s%o- Mo sho ete ate ate ost tote ie te toate eon Re a a ne ie oe BE WISE MEN! : Get Your On oe 6% S2 Poa Pe Se Mn Me Me 5% aM ROC Ifo aSo-ao afo-efe-sfo-aloede-sfoele «fo0frofo- wfooke-afoefedteagecte eS we ood ot o¢, Xe + 1% + eM -'? + Me + 611-J W. E. 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