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Show SOUTH DAKOTA FORCES DOWN GASPR1GE Governor Declares Experiment Experi-ment Shows - Excess , Profits in Business CHICAGO, Aug. 11. Two' objects ob-jects actuated Governor W.. H. Mc-" Mc-" Maatar of South Dakota In or-. or-. derlng tha price of caeollne In that tata aold at 1 cente a gallon, ha aald today In a etatamant made public here following, tha an-! 1 nouncement by the Standard Oil company of Indiana that It had - reduced Ha price of iraaollna to meet the prevailing1 atate price of gasoline. "I had two atatlona sslllng la-cent la-cent gaeollite," Governor McMae-I demonatrate the exeeea profits hieing hie-ing made n tha buatneaa: and secondly, to bring about a reasonable reason-able reduction In price. "Standard Oil claims It has re-y re-y duced the price to 1 cents a gal-lh gal-lh Ion to meet state competition, but . they do not tell the full truth. "On Thursday. August . I hsd a eenfanwea wllh. sjtaaaerd Otai-flclala Otai-flclala and demanded a reduction of I cents per gallon In South Dakota. They replied that It could not be done, rhat they never would reduce re-duce the price In South Dakota as they ' would kee money. I then told them that tha atata would sell gasoline for 1 cents gallon In South Dakota until such tlms ss the Standard Oil made a reasonable reason-able reduction. .They, therefore, have taken tha stats price, which Is the cost price, as an excuse to drive out and to crush the Independent Inde-pendent oil dealera." Governor MoMaster said that he probably would have a more detailed de-tailed statement to Isaus after he arrived In South Dakota and studied the situation more thoroughly. thor-oughly. Ha stopped off hers today to-day an route home from Marion where he attended the funeral of the late President Harding. HURON. 8. .. Aug. 11 In the absence of C. A. Doaley, ranking official of tha South Dakota branch of the Standard Oil com-. com-. pany of Indiana with headquar-tera. headquar-tera. offlclala of . the company In Huron would make no atatement relative to the action of the board of directors In Chicago today in cutting the price of gasoline to consumers la South Dakota to 1 cents. Gssollns waa sailing at the Standard Oil company atatlona at 1( cente here today, aa waa gas at jaCltySrvirecofnpanyandthe Farmers' Oil and Oas company. NMIonal Refining was selling At 10 centa. Early today when word had been apread about that gaaoltne waa to be sold todsy for 19 cents at ths Standard atatlona In thla city, lines of cars formed at ths entrance of the stations and throughout ths dsy the line rnmianed practically unbroken. ST. IyOUTS. Aug. 11. Governor Arthur U. Hyde here this afternoon after-noon asserted he favored sny la-giUmata la-giUmata move to reduce the price of gasoline, when told of the action ac-tion of Governor alcMastar of South Dakota, tn forcing down the price In that atate. Ha addsd. however, that he did not know If elmllar actio could be taken In Mlaaourl, but would make an investigation in-vestigation whan fee returned to Jefferson City. ST. TAVU Minn, Aug. 11 The Wlllhelm Oil company. Independent, Indepen-dent, will sell gasoline at lltt cents a gallon, a reduction of 4 centa. atarting Monday, It was announced an-nounced tonight. |