The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-19
j. S. STORE
OF OILS is
SUFFICIENT
But Economy Should
Be Practiced, Says
Expert
BUSINESS HEADS
PLAN WAR WORK
Many Notables Adj
dress Atlantic City
Gathering

America r. produoinE 3l1 100000
barrels ~ potrolA-R and Is using
$40 600 600 barrels annually bur -
serve stocks viii give he nation a
suaicient supply Tor Eve years
President a Bedford Of ne
Standard OH Co TOLD fhe Rar con
gress ~ IRE United States caambcr
Of commerce today
But with such reassuring pre-
diction Bedford Insisted thar econ
omy must BE- prsc-iced hy' sltomo-
bile owners and other users cf rsso.
line
There Is nor tAe slightest danger
of there being a deficiency either ~
crude or refined products necessary
for the uses Of orr government or
FOR the uses ~ The Allies 2 The con
duet OF this war The Standard Qh
head declared -Americs IS produc
ing and can produce an that VII be
needed Tor these purposes
He outlined d plan ot cooperation
with the government which would
give war uses frst call on the OIL
supply keep OH prices free from
governmental fvat.on because they
arc now stable only AK OIL prices
n runaway mar ~ develops
start campaign Of education ~
auto users 70 obtain maximum o.
usefulness az cars AZ minimum con
sumption % gasoline and Offering
81 every possible induceUent 70 pro
ducers 70 seek new oil supply
sources.
King Coal. Il hve-ceur loaf. the
letAn prohteer and other war SUD
.ects close 20 the hearts ot the peo-
pie were scheduled for discussion
by ffervert Hoover Walter : Gil
lord. Lord NorfhcliIe and other eX
perts before The convention todsg
Judge Robert = loVett Of the
war emergency board discussed rail-
way trans ortatIOu Raymond =
Stevens. OF the shipping board.
ocean transportation The proposi
ton Of shippers bulking their ship
laents 20 save freight space for 'he
government. increased use OF INLAND
waterways and coastwiss transport
tauon were gone into. The oonven-
ion also laid plans 20 help hurry
along the government ship building
program.
Fuel conservation and better Use
OF freight cars came 10 for discus.
sion a. = group meeting under cirec
ton OF MAJ Bascom Little. former
president OF the Cleveland Chamber
OF Commerce
President Butterworth. ~ the
John Deere Plow company. Chicago.
led a meeting OF business men ro
consider closer cooperation between
The individual business man and the
government
The question % government price
! fixing on raw materials was probed
with u. s. Clifford. OF the council OF
rational defense. present 10 outline
government poHer-ln such mat
tiers
Retail trade conditions, price.
and distribution problems we're gone
into By another group under l.
! Fileue OF Boston Walter ID Slm
| mons. Of the commercial economy
board. was The government repre-
sentative here. The group deiveC
into economies in delivery light
heat paper and other overhead az
penses which keep retail prices lp
| Lord Northchffe and Food Admin
istrator Hoover are 20 address th'
cony ention tonight The concret'
results Of these diversified confer
cnces are expected 20 be crystaliizet
! in concerted cooperation by bust
hess men This b. 20 DO eTccte,
primarily by drafting 81 q nationa
war organization plan for The bus.
ness men. In The form ~ resolu
lions coming up Friday