Show plenty of crude oil no 14 reason for gas advance in a preliminary report made to 4 congress recently the federal trade commission declares da clares the increase in the price of gasoline in fa not justified and says that the crude oil stock in february was mas 31 gallons more than that of 0 last year the commission is considering both domestic and foreign conditions and Is weighing every factor to detect any artificial manipulative element the report showed that h in 1 wash ington the gasoline prices advanced from 11 cents in october last to 20 cents at the end of the year and Is 19 24 1 dents to 25 cents now that it rose 4 88 cents a gallon in th the e middle west refineries that while the price was increasing an average of 5 centa cents at gallon at the refineries crude oil 4 was raising but 1 17 cents at western and 1 65 55 at eastern refineries the commission found there were gallons of crude urn um held in february 1916 as against 69 in in february 1915 |