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Show scriptinn may lose its significance. In the meantime it behooves every individual in-dividual driver of an automobile to do his part toward conserving gasoline for by .so doinsr he can aid in delaying if not entirely preventing government restrictions restric-tions that will make motoring prohibitive. MECiFfilES" IE DUE FDR HIES Straw Colored Gasoline Is Possible Within Year, Says Culmer. - The National Petroleum News in the July 17 issue discusses editorially the gasoline situation in the following words: "The wise marketeer of today will not tie his gasoline up to any particular set of specifications so far 2s the general public is concerned. Before we get through with this war even the public is apt to have entirely different ideas from what it now has as to what is good gasoline. 'if the war goes long enough the public may very cheerfully be pouring a straw-colored, straw-colored, " foul-smelling product into its au"to tanks which may give them more power and less carbon than any gasoline produced at the present time." ; W. F. Culmer, general manager of the Culmers company, who handle large quan-of quan-of gasoline as well as Culco oils, '-m men ting on the above quoted editorial stated: it is not for me to say whether we are coming to the straw-colored gasoline or not but if we do, modified 'gas masks' will be popular, for the product has a very bad odor. it is possible, however, for motorists to po adjust their carburetors as to practically prac-tically consume all the gasoline and thereby there-by avoid the smell which would otherwise other-wise escape with the exhaust." Mr. Culmer gave it as his opinion that such gasoline would really develop more power as suggested, and added that 'worse things might happen than straw-colored straw-colored gasoline." Experts figure that the country is go-ir.? go-ir.? to be tip against such a gasoline shortage soon that the government will insist on the greatest care in using gasoline gaso-line and may allow the price to go to 40 or 50 cents a gallon in order to conserve con-serve the supply. It is certain the war's demands will force every refiner to put in some kind of "cracking" process, and the specifications specifica-tions for good gasoline may be so altered al-tered that city, state and even national laws on the subject may have to be changed to meet the new conditions and color, gravity or any other definite de- |