Show J CONSISTENT 1 H FUEL VALUES prevailing gasoline t g rg the there Is moro more I asserting ng nghe that II I standard fuel marir mar mar- he In In the te h higher grala gral j I th an a ir days daS Don C. C ot prewar of es or of the I t f tile lite comPany compan pro reducers producers It motor o oils Y yes M d jn Simplex interesting figures ome i doted t e f Jon Tho gasoline the e sit beb bethe be- be he- he SS ha has s fluctuated saI e he be hethe b the av average crage of ot a a. few cents present level lc which to the than 5 per cent ease 0 of des des' recently complied compiled t ted fIgures President or of 4 4 ot of NeW York Tark bank 1 ld anco In ave ra g gI o ot the I that t has Iter leI Js J's c the advance ina In that at a s In no wa way compares ti prices among mong ad automobiles in loci cases e other such tir 3 and breadstuffs sugar shoes shoe S I others with which the av- av Is familiar T rs-on rs quality of oC the thc stand stand- r u i of the file market he be dehat dehat de- de I line Une liner there on e the tho theis Is actual actual- more mor morein I hat in the higher braIne gray bra It than In marketed a L few years abasing ago aba me Ine ald said sing this point he hints ot ul Fair N of oC motor motor- onal complaint no now of or gas gasoline quality r fa the the inc sense of is not fair in any aro 5 The trouble Ues Ies with slow Fin in Developing developing the ga gasoline fe real efficiency efficiency- When hen Im- Im I o is effected through chan designs the motor motor- motor motor-I I what Is sometimes r l' ow ft J prefer trade trade gasoline It Is Is a I moner is in his pocket to t t It t Is money now practically stand- stand soline the th J grade Well h high gravity h- h p n yari There Is actually ormer years the in Ute the gasoline g-asoline on today than In the high grade I that used to bo ho available l tf 41 scientific fart fact which any my one ono onek Ek k UP to his tull rull satisfaction or which determines the power I from gasoline is the number les es or heat units which It cones con- con he heat t units es UP there are more ads gasoline or l kerosene than grade gasoline the kerosene more ore than either of ot the other lis Is fact determines s beyond dl- dl it t there is actually more mlle mile gallon rallon In the standard fuel of Shan han in the pr prewar war test high J. J f It remains for engineers to toJ toa a gasoline gasoline- en engine ine that will willmore m J ignore more efficiently on the lower- lower asoline They Ther owe it to the thet tHo t to do this for r when hen it Is 15 means cheaper riding for tor him f trice RI Halite c Logical the r rise se In cost cost even for to- to gasoline Is due Ho to causes which are wholly logical The TherIs Therise Therise rise rIs follows fundamentally sound economic economic economic eco eco- laws Last year domestic consumption consumption consumption con con- of or gasoline increased gallons As showing what hat is being done dono one to meet this great Increase in increase increase In- In crease in demand there were re refineries refineries re- re fineries operating in Inthe the United States Slates at the beginning of or the present year Since then ninety nine additional refInerIes ro- ro fInerIes have been put in course course- of ot i construction But there has bas been no appreciable increase in the volume o oaf crude petroleum in this country Imports Imports Imports Im Im- ports from abroad and from irom Mexico 1 ore Ire almost at a standstill In addition to tho the increased demand there thero has been a great increase In the cost of or production Wells ells being driven now in an effort to Increase production are drilled on an average of ot 2 2400 2100 00 feet feel Some Texas Wyoming and Oklahoma wells Wells go down feet teet This Is I to 1600 feet deeper than tho the former average depth It costs about ISO a ada aday aday da day to oper operate te an oil rig so the Increase increase increase In- In crease is seen to be bo a big factor In present costs Crude at the wells is isnow isnow now well over double the price that it was a few years ears ago When all the facts are arc sifted it is seen that gasoline gaso gaso- aso line lino is really one of or the tho cheapest things the tho public may buy COAST TO COAST HIGHWAY The Canadian federal parliament has outlined a plan for Cor financing a L great highway from Crom the Atlantic to the Pacific Pacific Pa- Pa and has made a preliminary ap appropriation appropriation lp- lp of ot to start tho work Tho The road is to begin at Glace bay bar near Sydney SYdne Nova oYa Scotia and runs as di directly directly dl- dl as possible to Quebec city thence to Ottawa Winnipeg Vancouver city Victoria Nanaimo and Cape Scot on Vancouver island |