Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-17 | Page 17 | Price Fixing Order Studied

PRICE FIXING ORDER STUDIED V Utah Oil OH Industry Scans I Interior In- In V tenor Secretary's V V V 1 Decree r Utah's oil industry Tu Tuesday day ivas y V scrutinizing an order of Interior s See Sec c- c Ickes adding price to production control In th the the g gove ments ment's efforts to stabilize the oil In In A Uni United d Press dispatch gave de I tails alls of ot the order order the the e governments I first venture into price From a cursory examination M. M J. J Greenwood vice president of the Utah Oil Refining company said it V V was his opinion that gasoline prices In n Utah are not higher than the al at lowed schedule V A spread between tank car an and re- re taU tall gasoline prices is fixed at not t less ess than 6 2 1 cents on high grade grade- V with not less than 4 cents going to the dealer and not more than 5 2 1 cents on low grade with not less les than 3 cents going to the dealer V J A. A S. S Brown wholesale sales V manager manager man man- ager of the Utah Oil Refining company corn com pany said that d dealers in Utah would benefit since they arc are now r receiving 2 2 1 cents on oct low grade and 3 2 1 cents on high grade As part of ot an elaborate schedule tank ank car delivered prices prices prices-of of gasoline in n Utah Colorado Wyoming arid and Montana are arc fixed at Lo Los Angeles or Portland prices plus freight whichever whichever which which- whichever ever is lower Jower but allows refineries in these states slates to reduce minImumS as V much as 1 4 11 4 1 cents a gallon Los Angeles An Art- geles and Portland tank car prices were fixed at 7 34 cents and tanker prices at 7 2 1 cents