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Show ; iuUTii o:;otii tmim Lov.inspniGE Goyernor Sends in Chica go Supply at 16 Centi and Standard Meets th State's Figure for Fuel MARIOX. O.. Au. 11 (By A. P.) One hundred and alxty thousand ' fallona of gasollns purchased In Chlcaxo Thursday will be shipped at once to nine cltiea la South Dakota Da-kota for aale to the publlo t II ; cents a gallon. Announcement of thia lateet development de-velopment In South Dakota's seso-line seso-line "war waa made her today by Governor W. H. Monaster of South Dakota, wh cam hers to attend the funeral of former President Harding. The governor further announced an-nounced that la ealtlnf upoa the eurroundine; atate to Join In the " .' f.xht axalnst "high" (asollne prlcea Th South Dakota cllles to which the st st will ahlp f asollne for sale at 1 cents a gallon are Deadwood, Rapid t'ny, Aberdeen. Walertnwn, r'lerre. Hurn. Yankton, alltchsll and Mom Kail. In a formal statement Governor 1rMa'tr said that at a conference with H'andred nl erririala In Chl-fio Chl-fio Thursetay he demanded a ft-rent ft-rent ret'itin In th price of fsso-1'ns fsso-1'ns at filling atatloaa la South Dakota Da-kota They said they would lose mnney, Bald th governor' stata- ment. My answer to the Standard Oil company la 'It-cent gaaolln fnr auxiih Dakota. I am calling upon s irruhfting atate to Join th flaht. whirh will be waged to th bitter Bn.l'" The governor announced that the gasoline would be shipped to South ltakota cftlea as anon as local com- ren take care of gasoline In car lots. - V hen an organisation la effected, be eald, an additions! supply ol ' ftoh m.o gallons of gsaollne would be purchased for sale at rut prices. STM0A"O OH0 COMPLIES WITH 0P.0EF). CHICAOO, Aug. 11. A reduction In the price of gasoline In rloutll - I'akota to Id cents a gallon was announced here today by the Standard Stan-dard Oil Tomnany of Indiana. The action was taken by the board of directors, according to a statement i-.'iM by them, aa a reault of an nrlr of Governor W. II. AlrMaater of t--Mith paknra. on Auguat 7, in v-hici he orderi'd the highway sup-r sup-r y d.nol, operated hv the state at o-ii-u. s. !.. to eell gasoline at 1 rents a gallon, "The governor of South Pflkota on August 7 ordered the highway supply depot at Mitchell, 8. p., to aeil gaaollne to the publlo at 18 cents a gallon." the statement of the board of directors 'aald. "In accordance with hie ordere, gaeo-. gaeo-. line has been sold and Is now se:iing at the highway supply depot de-pot maintained by the state of Pouth Hakot at Mitchell, S. D.. at a price of 1 cents a gallon. "The governor haa also atated that he proposes to establish supply sup-ply depots In other parte of ths etnte, st which gaaollne will be sold at a price equivalent to thla price ao maintained in the city of Mitchell. "The fctandard Oil company of Ino"-oa aaterta that such a price Is beMw the cost of manufacture e and distribution, and that the prices now maintained by it and muat of Its competitors in the state of ftnuth Iakota era reasonable reason-able and Just, ba.ed on the present price of crude olt and the coat of manufacture and distribution of its products. "The etiandard OH company of .. Tnd.ana haa always stood upon the . principle mat the customers who purcheaed Its goods snould never be compelled to pay a higher price than that maintained and , fixed by anv competitor. Quality - and service being duly conaldered. "Acting on this principle, the Pllanriard Oil company of Indiana ne toMay f d a price for jrafto- lin the difference, in tha cot of - iritnsportntmrt being rwognlaeHj, at - i) points tn th atate of South J'whot-i the same at that maift- tain-M bv the atate. throuah the (fftf.il of tts ffivsmor and Its - r-rr i way commission. It cent a g "n. "It tnVesj .Ml artlnn hilly aware Z ft the fnH tliat thla prlre la far i 'ow roitt and that It should not - l-e malnti!ned by th stats. - "Te tftsndurd OH rompany of " 7nfV-ina arte aa the abeotute 'Z triitn. whirh it I prepared at any time to prove, that tt doea not dic- - tate or dominate in any wir the - prices whirh It competitors fin "2 JPn th aoode they well and a-- ertsi tnr.t it has nofhinir to do - wi'h the nrires made bv Us mm- pet It or and th ao-ralled Independent Inde-pendent dealers la th state of Pouih Dakota, ar any olher atate." J |