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Show chemists .believe that the right principle is not to add power, but to treat the fuel oil so that more of its power is obtained. ob-tained. "As our tonics are of 44 to 46 gravity, we are not adding power. Their aotion, however, is to soften the oil covering of the gas," making It more brittle and thus the carburetor brings out more of the gas. - " "It also softens the lubricating oil which cakes the carbon, thus it flakes off, blows out the exhaust, cleans up and keeps clean all parts of the engine, giving better bet-ter compression, better power, more miles and longer life to the engine. By making mak-ing the tonic stronger, we have the right strength , for all grades of the distillates, as well as gasoline, which enables the truck and tractor to use low grades of fuel, many using coal oil with success. "As the cost is but one-half to one cent per gallon to use the tonic, it Is an asset, rather than additional expense, for the saving is aH the way from 20-to 40 per cent, as well as the saving of all carbon expense. "That it is packed in tin, from quarts , to fifteen gallons, shows there fs no acid in our article ; rather, It preserves all metals with which it comes in contact. "The Standard Chemical company of Los Angeles has rendered a valuable service ser-vice to all users of fuel oil, 'as well ns to the government, for the saving made by these -tonic is very high." IC MAN EXPLAINS IjISTILLfiTIOi Properties of Gas lie; How Motor Fuel ) Is Made. i is gasoline and what is a gas tUng this question to Edgar partis par-tis distributor for Gasoline Tonic fctermountain territory, his an- v Wyrf!o have an opportunity .nat question. Briefly, I will rs a product of crude oil so it produces from gasoline t the "V . There is plenty of j the gasne, but tiie ever de- gravity from year to year makes mileage per gallon, because of the T refining. There is no power' . We believe that to add power, fray of camphor, ether, picric acid, the wrong principle. Powders, tab-d tab-d such articles cannot but clog buretor in time, and excessive iddcd injures the engine, springs js, etc. In our tonic we have an from crude oil only which, by our jht, produce rapre of the gasoline are of two kinds, the fatty kind,; nins in chains of open links, and una tic. Gasoline runs in clusters ite oil balls which contain the gas, a leas it Is refined the harsher or the oil covering, thus being harder to crack up, hence less mileage, for about three-fourths of it goes out the exhaust in clusters of oil balls, or is merely heated, heat-ed, not 'exploded, and collects in the en-'gine en-'gine as carbon, causing one-half of the engine trouble and repair bills. "To make gasoline distillate, or kerosene, kero-sene, crude oil as it comes from the earth Is reduced to a vapor by distilling. It is then sent through coil after coil of three to eight-inch pipes embedded in large vats of cold water, which condense the vapor and turn it back Into oil. "'During these processes the oil is washed with- soap and water again and again. Its impurities are .precipitated and taken out. . v "Some of- it -goes into kerosene, and that is again distiiied and, washed, and some finally becomes gasoline, which is also washed. "Each of these gasoline washtubs is from fifteen to twenty feet in diameter and from twenty -five to thirty feet high, holding about 75,000 gallons, the washing wash-ing being done with , caustic soda, the .suds rising to the top just as in. the tub of the laundry. "In making lubricating oil, the stuff is run through hot water and cold water. It is cooked and treated 'with chemicals, including in-cluding sulphuric acid. In the making of paraffin the oil has to be frozen as well as boiled, and for this the" refinery has an ice plant. "A refinery will readily handle 30,000 barrels a day, from which it would produce pro-duce 10.000 barrels of gasoline, or produce pro-duce enough gasoline in two weeks to run a Ford car from the earth to the sun, some 92,000,000 miles. "It is probable that for conservation, 1 the slogan of these times, there will be less washing of the oil, so that the gasoline gaso-line wTill be darker, more of an amber color, and will have a stronger odor. "The gravity of the gasoline for the past year was 56 to 5S degrees. As the distillates begin at 55, one can readily account for the carbon troubles of today. Very good results can be obtained In warm weather by mixing the higher grades with the lower, which gives an average gravity. Several of the larger firms are doing this, and by using our tonic, which is stronger, they are getting excellent results. "As there is plenty of power in gasoline, and more power in the distillates, our |