Show STIMULATE Oil i PRODUCTION With plans based on a three years' years war the United States must bend every energy to stimulate production of crude oil It not whether individuals do this whether It be or under state or federal ownership oil oil 11 must be had While production of ot oil oU and Its products by-products f om refining has In Increased increased increased in- in creased since 1914 it has fallen far tar short of the demand Reserve oil stocks have declined more than a million barrels almonth since the United States entered the war and continue to f fall ll California production in 1917 was barrels a gain ovet overlie b but t barrels less than 1914 Wy Wyoming last year year turned out barrels as compared with b barrels bagels els In 1914 and Texas gained 60 50 per cent The five big oil r states tates yielded barrels more than thanin in 19 1914 as a result of ot constant publicity publicity publicity pub pub- of the facts tacta A policy r of stimulating oil all production la is being initiated by the government to offset the tremendously tremendous tremendous- ly inch increased eased ed demand for tor war purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses which Is not nol being equaled equaled by bythe bythe the growth In output As custodian custodi n of untouched Indian lands landa in Western Western West West- WestI I ern era states the government Is the holder of the largest amount of oil oil- oU 1 bearing territory in the country from which must come most of the additional additional additional addi addi- fuel needed to supply the navy and the big fleet of oil burning ships being built by the shipping board Legislation is still pending in Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress which if It passed will greatly stimulate oil production I |