Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-24 | Page 14 | U. S. Regulation of Gas Urged

U S REGULATION OF OP GAS URGED URGE i GO Government regulation o ot of the Ihei i price ot at gasoline apparently t offers the best beat protection o ot the th Interests I o the sm motorIsts motorist t any con con- concerted con concerted carted action in to arbitrarily lug the price overnight In the open I ling Ion of Thomas P Henry of o Detroit president of American Automobile association expiated In ina a letter I I of commendation to President Cool Cool Cool- Coolidge Idge for tor hi his hie prompt action In or or- or orderIng ordering derIng an investigation o ot of the recent re recent recent cent advance In the prIce pric ot of gasp gaso gasoline casoline line Mr Henry Hent Henr called the attention to the tact fact that the tir Increase in gaso- gaso line caso-line Ime prices made during the last six months If It maintained mean meau an annual Increase o of In the cost coat of o operating the motor of the tir country I ThIs unquestionably affects the cost coat o of livIng said Mr Ir Henr I Mr Henn Henr said tid that It Is the firm coos con o of th the officers o of the I American Automobile association that the president of ot the tir United States has the power and for arrIving at ait the facts which are not only of Interstate Importance but which affect interstate and In- In IndIvidual individual In Individual transportation The dim attending Independent con can control control of this interstate r problem by bythe bythe the various tales states Is le ob lous The Th people want ant to know the thereal thereal thereal real reasons It If any exist for the price being from two to six sir cents hIgher in one section than th n the prIce quoted In an adjoining territory and why the price can be arbitrarily ily lIy Increase In oi 0 said Mr Hefty Hemy The Tho fullest co operation o of the assocIation and all its pledged to the lire president the United States department of o Jus I I and the th federal trade commit commis sloe slon Ion by Mr Henr