The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-08
TO SAVE GASOLINE
Motor Car Men To Join COnser-
walton Procession Here.
Fuel Is Most Necessary To Car
ry on Worlds War.
SAVE 125 MILLION GALLONS
Owners Asked To Decrease
Consumption 10 Per Cent.
Careful Economy Will Make
Such a Saving Easy.

To guarantee ample fuel for army
and navy needs and for the legitimate
requirements of motor car users, the
national automobile organizations
have begun their "Save Gasoline"
campaign among garages, dealers and
owners.
Cooperating in the movement are
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, Society of Automotive En-
gineers, Motor and Accessory Manu-
facturers and the American Automo-
bile association, with its membership
of clubs and individual owners.
In his announcement, Van H. Man
ming, director of the bureau of\mines,
SAYS it is estimated the United States
gasoline for airplanes, trucks, trac-
tors, etc. He says: Automobile
owners need not lay up cars, but
should use them either for trade or
pleasure purposes thoughtfully and
judiclously. If this advice is followed,
there will be no undue scarcity, for the
United states possesses an abundant
supply for ordinary purposes"
Fuel for War.
1t is not a question of saving money
spent for gasoline or of saving gaso-
line to prevent an increase in price,
but of conserving the fuel itself so
there will be ample for war needs.
The situation in this country is not
like that of England, because England
her gasoline supply, whereas the
United States is a large producing
country and exports great quantities of
oil and gasoline. During the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1917, the United
States exported 25,703,130~ gallons of
gasoline and naphtha, as compared with
294,779,S09 gallons in the previous
fiscal year. Her exports of crude, il
Eliminating, lubricating and fuel oils,
residuum and other mineral oils in
creased from 2,14s,66S,174 gallons in
the twelve months ended June 80,
1916. to 2,323.795,3O4 gallons during
the last fiscal year.
OF the 2 " billion gallons of gaso-
line refined in this country last year,
about one-half were used in the II
million motor vehicles in use. Even
if only a 10 per cent saving is eff
fected by automobiles, this will
amount to more than 1875 million gal
Ions in the next twelve months. Such
a saving is easy to accomplish, &C
cording to the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, without entail
ing hardship on anyone and with act
ual benefit to car users aside from
the saving in fuel and the cost there
of. By more careful adjustment of
carbureters, cleaning of cylinders,
tightening of piston rings, ETC., the
power and generally give more salts
faction.
Ask All to Aid.
All manufacturers in the country,
about $1,000 dealers, $4,000 garages
and $4,000 repair shops are asked to
help in the movement to save gaso-
line. 1t is preparing a placard to be
hung on the walls of service stations,
garages and supply stations urging
users to economic in the consumption
of gasoline, in the following ways:
Do not use gasoline for washing or
cleaning-use kerosene to cut the
grease.
Do not spill gasoline or let drip
when filling-it is dangerous and
wasteful.
Do not expose gasoline to ART
evaporates rapidly and is dangerous.
Do not allow engine to run when
car is standing. Cars are fitted with
self-starters and it is good for the
battery to be used frequently.
Have carbureters adjusted to use
leanest mixture possible lean mix
ture avoids carbon deposit.
See that piston rings fit tight and
cylinders hold compression well. Leak
age of compression causes loss,
Stop all gasoline leakage Form
the habit of shutting off gasoline at
the tank or feed pipe.
See that all bearings run freely and
are well Observation-Disclosures consumes
power and wastes gas.
Protect the radiator in cold weather
"a cold engine is hard to start and is
short in power.
| Keep tires fully inflated-soft tires
consume power.
Do not drive at excessive speed
| Power consumption increases at a
I faster rate than speed. Every car has
definite speed at which it operates
with maximum fuel economy.
! Change gears rather than climb
hills with wide open throttle-it save:
| car and gas
Do not use cars needlessly or aim
! lessly. By exercise of forethought g
number of errands can be com bineC
so that one trip to town or elsewhere
| will do as well as two.
! Reduce the amount of riding fol
mere pleasure by shortening such
trips or cutting down their frequency
! The government is not contemp;at.
ing any drastic action to compel cal
users to give up riding for pleasure
or recreation and if there is a genera
| and concerted effort to save gasoline
it is believed there will be ample t.
meet all reasonable requirements
! When a man has nothing to lose he de
lights in making other people take chances