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Show MILLIONS LOST 8Y CARELESSNESS Motor Car Owners Urged to Check Up on Measurements Measure-ments of Fuel. Motor-car owners themselves are much to blame for the continuation of an evil through which millions upon millions of dollars annually are lost from their own pockets. This was pointed out in a statement Issued from national headquarters of the American Automobile association, in which it was asserted that the indifferent in-different attitude of the average motorist mo-torist Is the chief cause for the tremendous tre-mendous yearly losses through short measurements in gasoline and oil. The American Automobile association associa-tion statement is predicated on the experience of many of its large affiliated affili-ated clubs throughout the country, which have from -lime to time and with the co-operation of officials, staged Investigations of and raids on certain gasoline stations suspected of systematic "short-measure" practices Attendants Criticized, The experiences of the clubs, according ac-cording to the American Automobile association, have definitely established that the filling station pump Is not responsible for short measurement in nearly so many instances as the station sta-tion attendant who recognizes in the inattention of the patron an excellent opportunity to substitute a lesser quantity of gasoline and oil than is ordered. It has also established that the oil companies and the owners of filling stations are in the great majority major-ity of instances doing everything possible pos-sible to prevent sharp practice on the part of irresponsible attendants. Co-Operation Extended. Oil companies aiid owners of individual indi-vidual stations have given unstinted co-operation to the authorities and to the motor clubs attempting to remedy the short measurement situation, but the motorist must give his assistance in a similar manner if the evil is to be quickly and effectively wiped out. "In a recent raid staged by city officials of-ficials with the co-operation of the Cleveland Automobile club, 10i stations serving from 500 to 1.000 customers daily were found to have attendants who were manipulating the pumps in such a way that short measurement of gasoline was resorted to in order to provide them with easy money, the statement points out. In one case, tile raiding party found an attendant who. on three different occasions, pumped less than four gallons of gasoline into the automobile tank on each five-gallon order. |