The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-09
 GOES UP
 A POINT


 The local dealers in gasoline were notified today that tho price has ad- vanced another cent per gallon, mak- ing it cost retail 20 cents per gailon at the present time and the price is stil going up. GaColine recently sold on the eastern markets for DO cents per gallon retail, but is now much higher and there is talk of a Con- gressional investigation Of the causes.
 In an interview with an Empire representative, D. L. Wolfe explained tho causes leading up to the steady raise. He also stated that he looked for % or 26 cent gasoline before Che market again becomes stable.
 Mir. Wolfe is In Juneau as Q spec ial representative of the Union on Company. of California, and is making an investigation of tho local market, the conditions of which he win report to his company, contemplating estab. fishing Q tank supply station here in on effort to supply crude fuel oil to the buildings and business houses Of the city.
 In discussing tho on situation Mir. Wolfe said: Gasoline is up and look for 1t to so to 25 or 26 cents per gallon before it stops. There is some talk of DO cent gasoline but ] don't believe that will be the case. Gaso- line was selling as loy as 10 cents per gallon retail in the eastern mar kets a short time ago, but at present il is Q great deal higher lt raised another cent today on the local mar ket.
 "Wnen tho war broke out aal the submarine warfare l.as at its height everyone was afraid to ship on across the Atlantic and the oil which nor mally would have gone to the Europ- can countries was all thrown on the American market with the result that the market was glutted. A short time ago when the submarines became less active and the big companies start ed shipping oil to Europe, again the price started to raise.
 Europe Is now taking enormous quantities of oil from the United States. The oil fields of Russia, Gal icia, Borneo. and in fact every oil field with the exception of those in the United States has stopped pro- ducing with the result that our pro ducers are called upon to supply the entire world. with the exception of Germany and Austria. The result Is that the market is short
 "For another reason tho output of the Oklahoma fields has fallen off, Large gushers there. which wore for were formerly producing S00,0O0 bar rels per day. have feren Co 1O0,0oo barrels O day and some have ceased altogether. The same Is true of the Pennsylvania fields. many of tho wells there having gone entirely dry. There fore the producers are called upon to supply a greatly increased demand with a curtailed output"
 When questioned as to his opinions os the Alaskan oil fields, Mfr. Wolfe stated: I think the Katalla fields will some day be developed, but not until the government will allow the land to be taken up for patent. The oil is practically the only oil on the Pacific coast with a paraflne base and 1t is very high grade. having made the highest record in the history of the world in gasoline production. How ever the Katalla fields are greatly ham dicapped for lack of Q harbor and the only way that ] can see is either to run a pipe line to Cordova or estab- fish Q refinery at Katalla and branch railroad with tank cars to Cordova. The latter would be the most feas- ible as a pipe line would give trouble in cold weather and a refinery should be at the joint of production
 Mir. Wolfe expects to remain in the city for another week. He is at the Gastineau Hotel.