| Show Lu JU LuI I I I AMERICA ABLE t I TO SUPPLY GAS GAS GAS' GASt GASI I FOR ALL NEEDS I F Frank inal l ank G. G Kane Iane of Packard C Company all r Cont Compiles piles f Real Facts J i f 1 A AUTHORITIES AUTHORITIES SAY SAS T NO T t SHORTAGE S IN T SIGHT N No Reason s MTh Why rhy r Auto uto O Own Own- n- n cis s Should Cease Using b Cars to r rod r nt nv nY n. n IVAM hANE HAT Is the thc truth about gasoline w W tHAT Just this this is no shortage o of It lucre re will be no shortage In the near tufu future c America Is able to produce pt plenty of or Moline for tor the war nee needs s of oC her al- al lle Hes irid herself for tor domestic commer- commer C and for all reasonable uses othe passenger t. t motor car whIch car which arc are Ui the only uses to which a valuable ve- ve ch h 1 ou ought ever c ever cr r to be devoted I On Oil July Juh 22 1317 A. A C. C Bedford then newl newly appointed to the Important post or of c chairman lal m n of the petroleum commit commit- t of the council of or national defense c issued Issued a clear plain statement about gasoline He said v I First The ne p public will w l have to economize economize economize econ econ- In the use uso or gasoline Sufficient gasoline should bo be a available to provide pro Sot for all the normal uses of or in the tho present present pres pres- ent emergency except for Cor some useless end u. u I. I Second r c oil producer u c in HI t un e country countr should be encouraged as a patriotic effort to secure the utmost possible output of or crude oil There was nothing Inflammatory about that statement It was wise wiRe and amI reasonable But within a no month It was t Distorted and twisted until Its own I author couldn't recognize it And de despite despite de- de spite reassuring statements statements and and re reassuring reassuring reas reas- s- s suring conditions following conditions following each other cr every few days s 's since July Juh 22 last the rumor monger and not the oil driller nor the oil refiner has had his wa way with the subject of gasoline Mr lr Bedford Bedford Bedford Bed Bed- Bed Bed- ford himself finally gave Ja up tr trying Ing to contradict the misinterpretations and m right the misconstructions set upon his original statement On August 14 H. H 1917 Van Yan T. T Manning lanning director o of the bureau of ot mines In In- Inthe the United States department of or he the Interior interior Inte Inte- evidently e in lit an effort fo to o settle 4 the hubbub that had arisen about I gasoline Issued a a- statement in which I after reciting four primary rules of motor using which would save gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line he said Automobile owners need not lay up cats cah cars but should use ule them either for trade or or- personal purposes thoughtfully thoughtfully thought thought- fully rully and Judiciously If It this advice is followed ed there will be no scarcity scarcity scar scar- city for the tho United UnIted States possesses an abundant supply for tor ordinary purposes purposes' pur- pur poses poses' poses These two to government go officers one of ot them head bead of or the Standard Oil compan com com- pan ot New Jerse Jersey agreed on both the wisdom of or economizing gasoline and the sufficiency of or the supply for forthe forthe the usual purposes of motorists But neither of or them could make an any head hend- headway I wa way say against the fanciful tales of or the rumor monger and the gloom dispenser I ser lor and right down to this date February February February Feb Feb- 1 1 1918 the stories of a gasoline shortage that the motor In Industry Industry industry In- In and the motor lifo life of or America persist I have ha no hope of or stopping them with this thia little article with the fates of Bedford and Manning before me But to ascertain for the Packard Motor Motor Mo Mo- Io- Io tor tOt Car company compan from as competent i a source as could be reached reache 1 the exact situation on gasoline I called on J J. J A Moffat secretary to Mr Bedford at atthe atthe atthe the offices of the Standard Oil on com com- 1 Arch Br Browning b 1 11 4 f 5 Yr t tw w 4 g gJ J I J J 1 4 ning JIron Aitto l S Supply Co Cu pan pang pany of or ore New e Jerse Jersey 26 Broadway Broadn New NewYork NewYork York on January 9 9 1 1918 18 and asked him hint I If he could confirm as corning coining from Mr Ir Bedford h h. statement which we already alread had He replied that he could and that further he could arrange C for fora or orn a n personal lew Interview for or mo with Mr Ir Bedford Within five fl minutes that was as done and Mr Ir Bedford Bellford himself gave acme c a me the following statement What hat should be borne in mind is products and that petroleum 1 lady gasoline while vitally C cs s to the uses uses uses' of or the war also have ha other uses Intimately related to the comfort and satisfaction of or our dally daily daB lives lI It Itcan Itcan Itcan can be said easily that we could get et along without the automobile Tho The santo same could be said aid of the telephone But we know that without these instruments In- In of civilization cl the horizon of or our life would be greatly reduced and much of or the efficiency and happiness happiness happiness happi happi- ness of our civilization would be cur cur- tailed The automobile has come tobe to tobe tobe be not a mere article of or luxury to theriot the riot man It has come to be a n necessity necessity sit sity to the tho merchant and the thc manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer in the cities to tho the farmer on tho the I t I l I I th h e moon e I I s Hill and iU o IJ u HIU to rn Per III n u The automobile Industry has be become become become be- be come one of or our great grent national as assets et contributing enormously to the progress progress ress of or civilization itself It is h true that some countries notably notably notably no no- tably England 1 and France have hind hall to of very greatly curtail the private use gasoline I understand that In England ling Eng land for Instance whereas before tho the war tear 75 per cent of or gasoline was urns consumed consumed con con- for private uses at the present time private consumption has practically cally ceased the supply being used by bythe bythe the g government in the direct conduct of oC the war I But the reason teason for tor that Is not so much the small amount of gas gasoline available but the thc scarcity of or tho the tonnage tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage necessary to sh shri 1 It In Neither England nor France has any oil supply supply sup sup- ply l of Its own We e In this country have the great oil reservoirs of or orthe the world 1 And the tho measures which other countries must take because of the difficulty dif dif- difficulty of getting supplies need not necessarily be adopted in the United States Itself It would be a great misfortune If IC any iny Ln policy would be a adopted oj- oj an any taken not absolutely necessary ary sary for lOl the success successful CuI conduct of ot the war val which would hamper or handicap n an any ann n way the growth and value of or the industry as a n ng ent enterprise or the successful and ind of- of ef efficient use of or the automobiles in the tho possession of or the tho public Our national policy therefore should b be directed toward to to- ward ivard preserving as nearl nearly as we can canall ill all that we the have and taking care of oC the needs leeds that are upon u us It Is true that immense Immens economy in inthe inthe the he use of ot gasoline could be effected b by present resent owners of or automobiles There Theres s no reason wh why everybody c should not continue to use Usa motor motol cars in their business In movement from farm to village or even en In their pleasures There Pitero is 18 however an Immense amount I of or utterly unnecessary use of the automobile automobile auto auto- mobile which could b bo he curtailed like like- c. c wisp wise considerable sawing saving could bo ho brought ht about by hr more Intelligent h handling of or the automobile engines themselves The Tho m mere moio to matter of let letting let let- ting ling cn engines run while cars stand still stille but In the aggregate ag ng aggregate Is e a little thing In Itself re It results In ht an Immense waste In ga gasoline There should 1 hi a n c campaign cam cun- m- m o of education of automobile users th can call Uio uie showing showIng- them how they utmost usefulness ss from rom their cars with witha a minimum consumption of oC gasoline In our talk Incidental to this statement statement statement state state- ment Mr IJ Bedford reviewed some of the elements clements of the Immediate and prospective war program ram and in the course of or of that review he hc said situation what It ItIs itis With the tonnage Is Is the nation naLlon and the oil producers and andI refiners refiner can I give sincere thanks s that I there hero Is In this country an automobile use that industry and an automobile furnishes R a ready rca nearby consistently consistent consistent- l ly heavy demand for or ga gasoline Otherwise Otherwise Other Other- wise wo we should bo lo compelled to trump pump gasoline into the the gulfs gulls gulfs an and bays for tor forwe forwe we have not th the tho tonna tonnage e with which to carry It to our allies a and cl our storage storage stor stor- age space ce is limited We 0 should 1 not noton on only I be confronted with a terrific waste wast but we should also face face face-as as a nation nation nation-a a sky high price for or fuel and other oils In great reat Immediate demand b by our own navy y and the navies of our allies Additional facts appeared In n an nn article article ar ar- in the New ew York Times for tor JanUar January January Jan Jan- uary I. I 1 1915 as rs follows s After a a. meeting yesterday the following fol tol I lowing statement was authorized bYthe by bythe bythe the petroleum war service committee t of ot which A A. C C. Bedford Is' Is chairman 1 I There is no shortage of gasoline r rI I in I f n i o In in this thin country A As a n. matter II I 1 of r rf f fact t as a result 8 l' l of rile the light d domestic domes domes- J tic demand Incident to the winter weather wather the stocks o of gasoline are increasing In Increasing Increasing In- In creasing and will further increase before be before be- be fore tore the hea heavy summer demand I is en en- COli countered n U While Chile there thero Is R an Increasing demand demand demand de de- mand abroad for tor gasoline for tor use b by our own arm army and na navy nans as ns well as by our allies the limiting limiting- factor there Is shipping tonna tonnage e All the gasoline Isnow is isnow now nosy b being forwarded for tor which ships are available Experience and Inquiry make It clear that thit the petroleum industry industry indus indus- try tn In n America Can an and will trill supply all the Increased demand for oil products for 01 the war provided sufficient tank steamers can he be obtained It Is estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that in 1917 not over o 25 per cent of oC the thc gasoline produced In this country countr country coun coun- tr try was exported The fact act should be bo reassuring to anyone anone who doubts this country's ability to supply the war re requirements requirements requirements re- re of or our own and md our allied governments for this important prod prod- U UIt It is indeed n 1 most unfortunate forthe for tor forthe I the petroleum Industry in this country that there Is a read ready market for fOt bothuel both bothuel truel uel and oil and ga gasoline IOlIne for tot Ir If tho the demand for the tho one was out of or proportion proportion pro pro- portion to the demand for theother the theother theother other such a condition would materially reduce the total quantity of or crude which would be refined ItIs Itis It ItIs Is likewise Important that as long as it Is impossible to ship more gasoline than Is now being forwarded to Europe Eu Europe Eu rope the broadest possible market can be afforded for or gasoline which is 18 available available avail n able for use in this country Unfortunately Unfortunately gasoline cannot be stored in large quantities for lack of or which cannot now note be built It I is however important as lS the chairman chairman chair chair- man of or the petroleum sometime some sometime sometime time ago emphasized that there be no wasteful use of or gasoline In war time It Is unnecessary to point out the tho ad advantages advantages ad- ad vantages that accrue to an any nation from husbanding all her resources Conservation Conser of or food tood fuel and all other like like- products is essential to the successful successful successful suc suc- prosecution of or the war Shortly before the Now New Year the St St. Louis Globe Democrat published the following statement by Director Manning Manning Man ran ning The bureau of or mines has never ne stated slated stated stat slat ed that a man should not buy a a. car caron caron caron on account of any gasoline a shortage but rather that gasoline should be used conservatively eh and nd not wasted There is a clear distinction between an automobile used to increase the work- work capacity of oC the man who drives drives' it lt and andeen even en between the Sunday tour of or 50 or Ot miles which is restful and proper prop prop- er and the tour which is extra a extravagant ant and tiring There Is gasoline in ample supply for business for the valuable transportation uses to which motorcars motor motorcars motorcars cars are arc put ut and even for reasonable pleasure la Is It not very Yen evident that from the first these g gentlemen and other persons persons per per- sons In official an and semiofficial place desired no other end than the proper use of or the automobile and Uie careful I I Irving 1 ry C. C P P. P I It b t I i 5 1 k Chevrolet Co C 0 use o of gasoline g Is 18 It not clear clear that they hey never ne Intended to convey como OY art any Harming alarming Impression that there was or orIs ors Is s 8 a shortage e of motor fuel It t Is manliest manifest that such reports as aN the government government gov gov- O 1 Is going to stop the use of or motor cars were as false as the reports re- re re reports ports that the government IK Is going In to seize the fruits faults and vegetables canned I by the housewives es of oC the country for or winter Inter use It Is 18 unquestionable too that in er c every one of or their statements these thesa gentlemen emphasized the value of oC the automobile as a a. means meana of oC transportation trans trans- as as a patriotically efficient means of or tran transportation J If you Ou please plea i |
