H THE ADVANCE IN GASOLINE H Resolutions to pouring into Con- H gress demanding an Investigation of I , tho high rrlco of gasoline. The petitioners pe-titioners tiro quite a different element from thoso who havo previously protested pro-tested against prlco advances. Many 1 of tho gasollno users have been quite calm while meat, grains, and fuel have bcou mounting upward. It Is a politically Influential element, that 1 Congress cannot afford to Ignore. ; I Of courso this advance Is at least HJI partly duo to tho law of supply and HifTI demand. Tho consumption of gnso-HJ gnso-HJ L lino has multiplied, while supply has H U remained stationary or has declined, Hf a though reopening of the Mexican nnd H u Ilusslan wcl's would liclp out. HJ 8. 'Whether or not tho gasollno l"ro- HJ l rtuccrs can bo reached under tho an- HJ titrust law Is a matter that Congress HJ should thoroughly Investigate. Kven H- It thoy cun't, It will bo poor policy H; for tho producers to push their ad- HJ vantage too, far. They should ro- ii member that scientists and manufac- turers are already actively nt work I to llnd a satisfactory fuel oil at a F lower cost. H' ' At present such substitutes ns do- H? nnturcd alcohol, kerosene, etc., may H. ' cost too high, or In somo cases may H j clog motors wUi wast eproducts. Ilut Hjj t ' cvory cent tho gasollno people tack H?. I on their prlco simply stimulates these Hl- efforts for a substitute, which one day aro a'most suro to bo successful. H. For tho present It looks ns If the H motor user must adjust himself to H somowhat higher prices, l'coplo o( H moderato means would do well, In H tstlmatlng tho cost of n maciilno, to H i mako a liberal nllowanco for fuel oil H Thoy can offset It by buying less ex-Bt ex-Bt pensive cars. The choarer mnkes Kf may not bo ablo to tako bills on high HJI speed. They may bo a bit tinny. Hy Hut people should not bo so soft that HI; thoy can't stand n little Jolting. Thoy HJ, should remember that the pioneer Hfc nutomobllo users wero bound HM around In costly car? that on the HJ' wholo aro Inferior to many choarer HH makes of today. And nil tho time H?1 they wero gloriously enjoying the ft sport. BH21