The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-30
CUT OUT JOY RIDING

Public Must Economize In Use of
Gasoline if the U. S. is to Have the
Petroleum it Will Need to Prose
cute the War Successfully
Washington Dispatch.
If the United States government
is to have the petroleum it will need
to prosecute the war successfully the
public will have to economic in the
use Of gasoline. Sufficient gasoline
should be available to provide for all
the normal uses of automobiles, but
;, pleasure riding should be curtailed.
People should look upon their auto
mobiles as necessities to be used on
, ly when needed. Not a gallon of
,, gasoline should be used in the pres
+ ent emergency except for some use
: full end.
= This is the warning to the Ameri-
can people, especially to the owners
t Of automobiles, sounded by A. c;
y. Bedford, president Of the Standard
q public here today. Mr.. Bedford is
= chairman Of the committee on petrol
cum for the advisory commission of
the council of national defense.
J. "This country" said Mr.. Bedford,
"a ''is producing crude oil at the rate of
y about 3O0,O00,0O0 barrels a year, but
g it is using it at the rate Of 335,OOO,-
n 900 barrels year. The amount OF
y, crude oil in storage in all grades
Nav /, 1917, was 165,668,797 barrels.
:, The country is absorbing the entire
~ current production and drawing very
rapidly upon it's reserve supplies.
- s'The rapid development Of the au-
n ~ tomobile is largely responsible for
10 present cond tioas. In 1910 there
&c were 100000 automobile in use in the
to- United States; in 1915 the number
D., was 2,350,0O0. Today there are more
" than 100000 cars, demanding over
or 4O,OOO,0OO barrels Of gasoline year.
vt Other uses Of gasoline and oil are
mt expanding upon an enormous scale
Although there have been almost
,ar three times as many new wells drill
in ed in 1917 as in 1915, the increased
he production is considerably less than
ate in 1915. The drilling of wells is still
90, going on, but thus far there has been
in no increase in production over the
Tho last wear Or the year before. Every
nv oil producer in the country should be
All encouraged as patriotic effort tt
Hill secure the utmost possible output OF
crude oil. The present expense o:
oht drilling new wells is very great an
Dr. increasing and results are often DIS
res couraging. But there is oil to be ma
SAT- if producers in the oil business WI
ex- redouble their efforts to get it OF
asks of the ground.
"a 81 have the Utmost confluence
,ent the spirit with which the governme
Fl, will meet this problem in the matt
tipns of the price, which is now being
pria- vestigated by the federal trade COZ
: ag- nilsson. With proper economy on t
early part of the public and with suffice
oated co-operation and effort on the Pr
of the oil producers, there should
d bv ample oil to supply the needs OF {
300 government. of our allies, OF IND
would frv in this country, and for dome
esent uses.
100 ssThe petroleum industry has g
bond in this fundamentally and with
n the eve single to assisting the, COVE
more ment in it's stupendous problem.
;ndi- am convinced that the governm
,ation on it's part will meet the SITUATION
ed of q liberal and broad-minded spirit
Begins that Just price will be palo'
ficient for the maintenance ana
S1O.- velpoment of industry.
ompu- "In reliance, therefore on the
from faith of the government ana W
|itures This issue is in allegiance, there sh'
,OOO,- be no relaxation on the part "
need dncers in their efforts to turn out
snd every private industrial ana
,isting d11strv should consider it a patr1
d,1tv TO observe all POSSIBLE econ
war ~ III CONSUMPTION of gasoline.