Show 1ST JM A iE WAR iJAR TO CUT CT PRICE Of GAS GS Standard Oil Yields When Governor Buys Gasoline PRICE GALLON GALLO South Dakota Motor Owners To Benefit From Campaign MARION Ohio Au Aug 11 Ci CiOne One One hundred and sixty thousand gallons callona of g purchased In Chicago Thursday will be bo shipped at once to nine cities In South Da- Da Dakota Bakota Dakota kota for sale salo sal to the public at 16 a gallon pallon Announcement of ot this latest tie tie- In South Dakotas Dakota's gaso- gaso gasoline line Uno war Siam ar aras was as made mado here her by GO Governor W H II McMaster Mcaster of South Dakota who nho came here hero to attend the funeral of former Pres- Pres PresIdent President Ident harding The fhe governor fur fur- further furher ther her announced that ho he Is calling upon the tho surrounding states tales to In the fight against hIgh g prices The Tho Th South Dakota cities to 1 he state stalo tato will still ship for Sale sal l at 16 cents n a gallon lallon are lIle Deadwood Rapid City Aberdeen Aberteen n Huron Yank Yank- Yankton Yankton ton Mitchell and Sioux Falls In a formal format statement Governor McMaster said that at a 0 confer confer- conference once ence si with Ith Standard Oil officials In lonco Chicago Thursday ho lie demanded a five rent cent reduction In the tho th price pric of I gasoline at filling fining stations In South Dakota rhoy said they would lose loee los state state- statement mone said the th governor s mont ment My Iy answer to the Standard Oil company Is 11 K 6 cent gasoline for or South Dakota 1 I am calling upon surrounding states otates to joni the tight fight which will be staged aged to the tho bitter hitter end The he governor announced that the casolino would be shipped to South Dakota cities as soon IS as local committees committee can assure hint him that they can take tako care caro of gasoline In car ear lots lols When Ien an organization is 10 effe effected ted he ho said ald an additional of of gaso- gaso gasoline Ine caso-Ine line would be bo purchased for sale salo at cut prices a S fi 0 n CUTS PRICE CHICAGO Aur Aug ll-A ll 11 hi A A reduction In the tha price of gasoline casolino in South Dakota to 16 It cents a I gallon golton HIS nas announced here her today b bv the Standard Oil company of Indiana The action was taken by the lie board of directors according toI to I 0 statement Issued by them as I a result rosult of an order of GO Governor W WH H 1 of South on August 7 In which he ordered the highway supplY depot operated by bythe bythe bythe the state at Mitchell S D B to Sell gI gasoline at it 16 cont cents a II a a gallon allon The The gO governor of South Dakota on August 7 ordered the supplY depot at Mitchell S D B to sel seii to the th public lublic at l 16 cents a I gallon tallon the of the board of directors mid In In ae- ae ac with his orders order gasoline has been sold old and anti Is now sellin selling at tho the ay supply depot tamed by the tha state of South Da- Da Dakota Dakota Da Dakota kota at Mitchell S 13 D B at a price of 16 1 cents a 0 gallon Th The Tho go has bas also stated that Ih he h proposes to establish sUP sUP- sUPply supply up ply depots In 11 other parts of tile the state at which gasoline will wl to bosold sold sold at a price equivalent to this thle Price pric so maintained In tho the cit elt of Mitchell Lime fhe rh Standard Oil company of Indiana Indland asserts that such uch a a price i below tho the cot cost of manufacture lis and distribution and that tho thoi ho i prices now non maintained by it alii anil mot most of ot Its competitors competitor In the tha I state tat of o South l Dakota lakota akola are aro reason reason- reason reason- reasonable a able ble and Just t based on the tho pres- pres present pre ent nt price of crude crud oil an and tho the cost coat lent of manufacture and distribution of its products product fhe Th Standard Oil company of Indiana has al always ays stood upon the prInciple that the customers who purchased Its goods roods should never be be compelled to pay a higher price than that maintained and anti fixed by byan an any competitor quality aud and ers en Ice being duly considered Acting on thiS principle the Standard Oil company of Indiana IndIan lisa hu today fixed a o price for tor gaso- gaso gasoline line Une the Iho th difference In the th cost of transportation being recognized at atall atall atall all points point In the tho state tate of South Da- Da Dakota Bakota Da Dakota kota the th santo same am as a that maintained by the th state elate late through the tho th action of Its it governor and It its highway ll 18 c a gallon gallonI I It tAkes take this action fully daro ess are ot of the fact his price is far farbelow farbelow below cost and that hat it should hould not bo be maintained by the state tate I The Thie Standard Oil of Indiana asserts as the th absolute I truth which It I I prepared at an time to prove provo that it does doos doe not die die- dictate tat dic-tat tate or dominate in In any way the prices which Its It competitors fI upon the th goods good they thoy th y sell and u- u assorts sorts that It has ha nothing nothing- to do with the prices price made mado mad by Its It competitors called so-called Independent deal deal- dealers er an and the th ers era In the th state of South Bouth Dakota or arts ani other tate ate p 1 |