Show r O t tI I 0 0 If State W War Vs ar y F For or Cheape C Eh s pir Gasoline C Ca a Spreads Spread Q i W V V USi Ja A L d N M M L U Jl il X REfINERS SET SETI I i UP jp WAil AS PRICE DROPS State Action Will Bank Bank- Bankrupt Bankrupt Bankrupt rupt Us Small Us Small Small Com Corn Companies Companies Aver GASOLINE CHEAPER I South Dakota Which Starts War Pays Only 15 2 1 Cents CHICAGO Aug Au 13 Many C Many Manyo of oC the smaller refineries are threat threat- threatened threatened ened sued with failure unless they are aro protected and obtain a a price that IU alU equal the cost ot of production according to o brought out by the gasoline price war started by South Dakota and which has id d to several se eral other states slates or the w th reductions which l hale hae brought the price of gasoline down to a range of 11 cents to 22 4 cents a gallon at arlous places place In South where Gover Gover- GovernOr Governor Governor nor W H II McMaster declared the former price of 26 6 cents a gallon was no less than highway rob rob- robbery robbery rob robbery bery and obtained a large quan quan- quantity quantity of gasoline to be sold by the state at 16 cents a gallon gasoline sold esterday for tor 15 6 cents a the gallon the lowest lonest 10 est price In ten years Drivers adopted the slogan fIli her up and sales were ere ere re- re reported reported re reported ported trebled n H th AHEAD Independent dealers In South Us- Us UsI DaI Da Dakota I kota lota said they saw only bankruptcy ahead I I In n Texas gasoline sol sold d dI from 11 cents in Dallas to 19 IS cents In Houston Nebraska got ot Into the I fight when hen Governor Go C W V bryan sent telegrams to all principal oil companies requesting a red reduction in in price I Governor Go Lem Small of Illinois announced d he was investigating the situatIon with Ith a 0 view of taking ac- ac action ac action tion Officials of ot the Standard Oil company in Ke Kentucky intimated there soon would be a 0 reduction made in Kentucky Governor W WP P Morrow lorrow said ho he had llad no public fund available for the sale of gaso- gaso gaso line R Reports ports from St SL St Paul Minn state that the two refining corn com companies com companies panics there have hae announced will sell gasoline om trucks at 19 1 cents a gallon I Officials of some Minneapolis In- In Independent Independent In Independent dependent oil companies said they could obtain gasoline laid don doan there for 11 ii cents s z gallon Others hol e eer er declared That was as an un- un unusually Unusually un unusually usually low price According to G GRoy Giloy GRoy Roy Hill Hili secretary of the Minne Minne- Minneapolis spoils apolis Automobile club he has been quoted an offer of ot 12 cents a 0 gallon for lor gasoline In carload lots Due to the influx of ot California oil ansi and gasoline in large shipments through the Panama canal to At- At Atlantic Atlantic At Atlantic lantic ports the refineries east cast of oC othe the have hare been forced to sell below cot cost of production and andare andare andare are in consequence In danger of going out of business Aubrey G C I Maguire president of the B Maguiro Maguire Maguiro Oil company declared George Georgo I r O ONell ell president of ohi the ONeil O'Neil Oil and Paint compan In a II statement said that at the present time many refineries s In are closing down doII do II for 30 dayS days and a IL large number of smaller refineries l are on the verge ot of bankruptcy Unless they can bi be protected and can set get a price that will equal the cost of ot producing oil an Important source of the tho nations nation's I supply would be closed he said BLAME m FOR OR OIt HIGH Ho He declared it Is the the elaborate tor tot serving the tho public that that gasoline companies must maintain In order to compete that thatIs thatis thatis Is responsible for tor the apprent high cost of gasoline Statistics Show that over the tho country lI service Ico rv- rv I I leo ice stations average lL gallons Kallons a aday aday aday day the year round sales Estl mating expenses Ot of maintenance Of I most moat of these stations at US 35 a day I there Is 11 an expense of S 8 cent cents a gallon which must be bo paid by tho the I consumer ho he said I |