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Show MORE W USEO THIJ00CE0 Federal Trade Commission I Reports Shows Interesting High Lights Some of the hljch Itphls contained in the Federal Trade commission report re-port on the fuel situation arc as follows; fol-lows; "It should bc noted that the conditions condi-tions in 1920 appear to have greatly improved with respect to production I and Imports. I "The exports of gasoline In 1918 amount to about 1j per cent In 1910 the exports represented about 10 per cent of the total -oiisumptlon. "The total consumption in 1918 ex-1 I Deeded production hi 114,929,850 jal-! I Ions, while In 1919 the relation Waal ; reversed and the production of gaso-j . line exceeded consumption by Hi',-: 4 fi.4K gallons j The oil-leasing bl" passed at lhe lasl session of congress promises additional ad-ditional sources of oil. It g too early I to say how much this formerly locked up territory will vjeld, but much is I hoped for from Wyoming and BomC sections in California. Major pro. lie -, cers are making plans for drlllin? activity in these districts. The world's deposits of crude oil total GO 000. 000. 000 barrels, according to estimates from the r s Gfeplogl I Surges'. At the present rate of con-j sumption this would tie enough to I last the United States for 168 years. I There are still 7,629.000.000 barrels ln the oil fields of this country, accord-1 Ing to the same authority, enough to last twenty years at our present rate of consumption. 1 sY Friend It must be a hard job being1 president of a traction company now-! adays Traction President No, easiest thing in the world. I Just lie back and watch the strikers and the receivers! fight It out. Judge. oo According to a proup of British en- glneers, electric power can be pro-1 din ed by harnessing the tides of two'; rivers in Scotland at two-thinl the ' cosl "i" 'ii generated bj sU i 1 |