Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1924, Page 9

“\ THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1924. RATE REVISION ON LIVESTOCK STATE ASSOCIATION ASKED BY (Continueé from Page One) Exchange, Charles Carey of Carey- burst, and a’number of other head- Miners in live stock circles. ! Resolutions adopted by the con- vention follow in part: “RESOLVED, By the Wyoming Stock Growers Association in con- vention assembled at Wheatland, Wyoming, June 4th, 1924, that we commend the wise and constructive methods employed by the Secretary of Agriculture in his administration of the Packers’ and Stock Yards Act of 1921; “RESOLVED, That we express our thanks to C,. N. Dagger of that Administration for coming to our convention and conferring with us relative to the inspection fee at markets, and for his helpful counsel Stryker of the Omaha Live Stock|in perfecting this arrangement. Stock Growers Association that we urge congress to repeal Section 15- A of the Transportation Act which requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish and adjust of net operating income upon the aggregate value of the railway pro- away from the State, the power to “RESOLVED, By the Wyoming rates on the basis of a percentage perty. We protest against taking make rates for strictly interstate shipments. We commend Senate Bill 91—by Senator Arthur Capper, to repeal said Section 15-A. “RESOLVED, By the ‘ysomiw Stock Growers Association that we aprove Senate resolution No. 107 declaring Agriculture and Live Stock to be the basic industries of ILLEGALITY IN OIL LEAGES 15 CHARGED IN COMMITTEE REPORT (Continued from Yage One.) fication for the qaourse pursued, further action by the law making branch might not be necessary. In view of what has transpired it should be made plain; ‘4. ‘That no lease or any contract authorizing or providing for the ex- traction of oils or gas from the re- serves, should be entered into ex- cept on competitive bids, for which proposals should be duly advertised. “2. That no such lease or con- tract should be entered into for any purpose except to protect the re- serves from drainage, and for such limited areas as should be drilled to that end, unless, in the case of an emergency to be proclaimed by the president of the United States. “3. That every such lease or con- tract should be submitted to and ap- proved by the comptroller general before taking effect. “4.—That the authority conferred by the act of June 4, 1920, to ex- change is restricted to the exchange of crude ofl or gas for fuel ofl or other products or derivatives of oll or gas.” Conceding the danger of drainage of ofl from the reserves, which. had been emphasized by Fall as one of the ‘principal reasons which actuat- ed him in making the leases, the re- port’ declared the crucial inquiry so far as Teapot Dome is concerned, was “whether it is better for the government to have 22,000,000 bar- rels of of] in the ground or 1,666,- 666 barrels in tanks at the sea- board.” This question, ft was as- serted, should have been left for congress tc decide. The Elk Hill tease to Doheny was described as “unexceptional,” but the subsequent contracts by Do- heny under which government roy- alty oil was exchanged for tankage were attacked. Reviewing the test!mony regard- ing. the $100,000 payment to Fall by Doheny, the report declared that the essential corrupt character of a loan made under such circumstances. re- quired no comment. : “It would be impossible for an officer to accept a loan of such an amount or perhaps of any amount under the circumstances,” {t con- tinued, “without a sense of, obliga- tion to the leader, which, unless his character was cast in herole mold, would be revealed in subsequent ‘of- ficial transactions with. him. y “Ite sinister import. is appreciated when it Is borne in mind that, with- out competitive. bidding, Doheny got from Fall, in the month of April fol- lowing, the- contract for the con- struction of the tanks at Pearl Har- bor, and with it a preference right to a lease of a large share of naval oll reserve No. 1, to be followed, without competitive bidding, by a lease, of the entire reserve, com- prised of over 30,000 acres, estimat- ed to contain 250,000,000 barrels of oll,,out of which Doheny told the committee, he would be in bad luck ff he did not make $100,000,000 pro- fit.” In criticising the use of royalty oll for construction of steel storage tankage, the report declared that steel storage tankage should be con- structed only upon a contract call- ing for the payment of money to be appropriated by congress for the specific purpose. The lending of marines to drive claimants from Teapot dome after the Sinclair lease had been signed was denounced “as a perfectly out- Trageous use of the armed forces of the United States,” reported to ‘to avold a judicial inquiry into the Sinclair lease.” Discussing the leases.as “bar- gains,” the report declared that a lease under which “the government recelved 6 per cent of the oil in the ground and the lessee gets 94," can- not possibly be in the interest of or justice to the government , “Had tho leases been awarded upon competitive bidding,” it said, “there would have been no occa: sion to inquire whether they are or are not fair or just to the govern: ment, * * * the ommisston to invite competition casts a suspicion on the transaction as one tn tho interest of the government. * * ¢ Not only was the Teapot Dome lease awarded to Sinclair without competition but he pald a fabulous price. to procure the elimination of a potential rival. One seeking only a fair contract from the government does not buy off his competitors: neither does he, when he secures ordinarily submit to blackmail in connection with {t; nor does he, while negotiations are progressing. accommodate the awarding the of- ficers with loans," Discussing in more detail the evi: dence relating to Sinclair's elimina- tion of other claimants from Teapot Dome, the report related how Leo st { Denver, associated himself E. L. Doheny tn 192@ in an t to secure lease of some offset along the boundary of the re: and how Stack later made an arrangemgnt with the Pioneer Ol! company, which, In turn, made a settlen-ent with Sinclair, ae SB ek IES aE A ne ED off well serve, Pai ne AE EB tne EE A SE Rl A Se Be il Ee eS Sa 1 aad EE 0 Oa a eee ee eed “Stack then enlisted the interest of the owners of a newspaper in Denver, Colo,” the report continued, which immediately upon the execu- tion of the lease began publication of articles denouncing it corrupt and contrary to public policy. “* * * suit was started in the name of Stack against that company (The Pioneer Oil company) and. Sinclair, alleging a conspiracy against Stack * © ° Sinclair settled this suit by an agreement under which he paid $250,000 and agreed to pay $750,000 more. The attacks of the news- paper thereupon ceased. The pro- prietor of a rival newspaper, upon a claim even more shadowing, if indeed ,it can be called a claim at all, got $92,500 out of the Pioneer Otl company as his share of the moneys ylelded up by Sinclair." On the question of the danger of drainage, the report stated that among geologists there was no dif- ference of opinion that drainage was possible between the Teapot Dome reserve ahd the Salt Creek oil fields, although the extent and seriousness of the drainage was in dispute. Drainage to an appreciable and seri- ous extent was occurring upon the two naval reserves in California, it was added. President Harding was criticized for signing the executive order transferring the leases without hav- ing “documentary support of any kind” for his action. The depart- ment of justice al#o was declared to havo failed to “diligently assert and maintain" the government's title to section 36 within the confines of naval reserve No. 1, in California, the report stating that had this been. done, and three other sections properly protected the problem of drainage upon that reserve would have been “relatively simple’ this country, and directing the In- adjust rates on all agricultural pro- ducts and live stock on the lowes possible basis. ve Tesentatives in congress to vigor: ousy favor this measure. — live stock of the West is directly de- pendent upon the more ‘general em- ployment of pure-bred animals, tion of one or more pure-breds in less than carload, or the shipment in carloads of such animals, frequently so high and unreasonable as to prevent the movement, either on one line or over two or more nes; therefore be it “WHEREAS, Improvement of the| "& “RESOLVED, By the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, that we direct our officers to present th! matter to the carriers, with requet that the rates for the transporta- tion of purebred animals be adjust- ed on a fair and reasonable basis. “RESOLVED, That we strongly favor such tariff legislation as well give the same protection to the pro- ducers of the farm and ranch as to those of the factory; and “RESOLVED, That we urge that at the earllest possible date relief be given to agricultural and live stock producers by the imposition of a reasonable tariff on hides, “WHEREAS, Long experience in efforts to conrol loss of live stock from predatory animals, and loss of feed from range-destroying rodents, has definitely demonstrated that any method relying solely . upon trapping is too slow and too ex- pensive; and “WHEREAS, Recent demonstra- tions have shown that wholesale destruction of these pests with pois- on baits can be accomplished at greatly reduced expense; there be it “RESOLVED, That the Wyoming Stock “Growers Association favor this wholesale plan of destruction in an organized manner, with a co- ordinated West-wide plan of co- operation between the states and the United States Biological survey, and urges adequate appropriations from both the federal government and the states for this purpose. “RESOLVED, That we express our most.sincere thanks and ap- preclation to those eminent and ef- ficient gentlemen who have taken part in the program for the .past two days. Their counsel and in- spiration have contributed largely to the success of our convention, and have revived and strengthened our hope and determination further to improve the condition of our in- dustry. 4 “RESOLVED, That we extend our most sincere thanks and apprecia- tion for the numerous courtesies and the cordial welcome bestowed upon the members of our Association by Wheatland. We are _ especially grateful to the Chamber of Com- merce, to the mayor of the city, and to the entertainment committee, who have so splendidly providet entertainment for those attending the convention. “WHEREAS, Since our jJast con- vention the honored career of our distinguished citizen, Joseph Maul Carey was closed by death. Mr. Carey was an outstanding figure in Saas Va sana aaa aoa ea aaa aaa avavavalavas the development of Wyoming, serv. terstate Commerce Commission to] ing with signal ability as United States Attorney for the organiza- tion of our Territory, and of the urge our Rep-| sustices of our Supreme court a Delegate to Congress when Wyom- admitted as a State, States Senator, President of the Stock Growers Association in con- vention assembled at Wheatland, Wyoming, on June 4, 1924, that we chereby record our great apprecia- tion of the splendid _accomplish- Che Casper Daily Cridune ments of Joseph M. 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Special—2 for 240 South Center St. end| honesty and unselfishness endeared te ft hi a n, our regret | him to all the cowmen of our state.| tion for a rehearing in the recently| Wash., was filed in the supreme tt he prchivasiey| ig sincere sym-| We direct the Secretary to extend| decided cases brought by the Pa-| court. “RESOLVED, By the Wyoming Steck Growers Association in con- vention at Wheatland, Wyoming, express’ the great regret of its mem- bers atithe untimely death of Dewey Shaw and tender to his esteemed father, J. C. Shaw end familly, our 4 The Wyoming Stock Growers As- pani to ee mockmen, but to, ie will always be cherished in ourj sociation has just learned with cae ae Le tae jtiegee oyatges Shee: minds. great regret, the death of that pion- hs Soho: carriere. tor tna) euaborra- “RESOLVED, By the Wyoming|eer statesman, Hiram Kelly. 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