Show the oil industry several conditions have conspired to cause a lull in the advancement of the interest in the oil industry and especially is this the case in operations in the virgin oil fields in washington county utah chief among these has been the stringency in the money market and the difficulty in getting currency wherewith to meet current obligations this condition has caused the suspension of work by several companies in the vir virgin t in field another factor connected with a falling off of active operation has been the fact that many operators have taken advantage of the holidays to layoff lay off for a week or so but these are now getting ready tor for a resumption of operations and soon after the first of the year there is every reason to believe that work will be started up again on a larger scale than ever before |