Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-26 | Page 9 | Oil Group Head Hirs Price War

OIL GROUP HEAD HITS PRICE WAR Tha largest source of trouble to petroleum retailers la stabilisation of prices, according ta Wllmer R. Schuh of Milwaukee, Wis, president of tha National Association of Petroleum Petro-leum Retailers. Mr- Schuh. who arrived In Salt Lake City Thursday afternoon to address a special meeting of tha Utah association at 7:30 p. m. Thursday In tha Newhouso hotel, declared that service station operators opera-tors throughout the country are confronted with price wars. One of the major difficulties of aervice station operators Is ths fact that there are now 3 18,000 stations In the Vnlted Statee when 300,000 could care for the trade. "Sana marketing," he said, "Is the answer. We must maintain a price on petroleum products that will give the retailer a fair profit and yet the profit must be kept within reason rea-son In order to keep every Tom, Iick and Harry from installing a couple at curbeide pumps."