Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-18 | Page 24 | Further Rise in Fuel Likely

FURTHER fi!SE II FUEL LIKELY Auto Authority Says That "Four Bit Gas" is Not Mere Dream Predictions of an increased cost, 'of gasoline aro not pipe drenms. There arc those who ."ire talking 10-ce.nt gasoline and 50-ccnt gasoline during the coming summer. , Just how close their guess is nobody Is qualified to .state at present. "There are few statistics concerning the production of gasoline and oli In this country, and the production of oars and other vehicles which require gasoline, that such act ns a warning to any one who gives them a llttla at H tontion," says an eastern writer. jH "The refineries cf 1U10 manufac- IH turcd an estimated total of 92,700,000 IH barrels of gasoline, which was an in- crease of 7,700,000 barrel;, or 6 pet cent, over 1918. "The number of motor car regis- tercd at the end of 1919 was 7.500,000, IH a gain of 22 per cent over 19LS. In other words, wc have 22 per cent more cars and only G per cent more gasoline. And these, figures, hy the way, do not Include the increased number of tractors, motor boats and IH gas engines. ""TB "The output in cars In 1920 will show IH a still greater percentage of increase. lH TIow clodo will the production of gaao- jH line be able to keep up with It? jK "The man who is Investing his inon- jf cy in a fine car today would do well to find out just about what mileage it will dc)lvor on gas. II he buys one oi lH I the modern Lusltanlan, which are tibU IH I to roll only about four times their owr. IH ! length on a gallon, he ia going to, find his K.-i.soline bill pretty steep In tlu jH course of the next year or so." lH