, 1917-10-04
Owners of Cars Urged to Stop
Unnecessary and Extrava-
giant Joy Riding.
GOVERNMENT REQUIRES FUEL
Army and Navy Need Large Amount
of Liquid for AirpIanes, Trucks,
Automobiles, Tractors and
Other Machines.

If the automobile owners of the
country Will stop unnecessary and ex-
travagant pleasure riding during the
period of the war, they will save
enough gasoline to take care of all the
war needs of the United States.
If the automobile owners and deal
ers In gasoline handle this most per-
feet of all fuels in a careful and eco
nomic manner, they can save enough
more gasoline perhaps to take care of
he war needs of the allies.
The above statements were made
by Var. H.. Manning, director of the
bureau of mines, department of the
Interior, after a thorough investigation
OF the present gasoline situation.
Solve PerpIexing Problem.
"a patriotic, thoughtful and unself-
fsh response to these suggestions"
said Mr.. Manning, "would at once
solve n of the perplexing problems
now before the war-making authori-
ties. In order that the war may be
carried on successfully, the army and
navy will have to have Immediately on
hand enough gasoline for the air.
planes, trucks, automobiles, tractors,
and other machines. There must be
no dilly-dallying about this supply of
gasoline and there won't be. 1t is es-
timated that the army and navy will
need for the year 100000 O gallons,
and there are two ways of obtaining it.
In the first place, the joy rider, whose
pleasure is obtained by covering many
rniIng nf hfrh eDAA1 na- rn1,n&o,tI,
give this up; the man who takes his
family on Sunday for a 50-mile ride or
more can cut this in half; every man
who drives a machine daily can ask
himself If part of his riding cannot
be obviated. To sum up, every auto
mobile owner and driver can be taught
to ask himself each morning whether
or not his proposed trip is absolutely
necessary, and act accordingly then
the problem is solved, and with only
slight voluntary sacrifices. On the
other hand, If the people continue to
be thoughtless and unwilling to do
their patriotic bit in this respect, it
may be necessary for the United
States to take drastic action which
will stop excessive pleasure use of all
automobiles. This is not yet con-
templated, so I understand, but you
can see that it is the only alternative
for the refusal of the automobile own
ers to cooperate and make the neces-
sary voluntary sacrifices.
For Pleasure Riding.
at is generally estimated and on
coded that one-half of the gasoline
used in the United States (1,25O,OOO.-
600 gallons) is used in pleasure riding.
In my opinion, a judicious use of the
automobile for this purpose will cut
this amount of gasoline in half, which
would mean the saving of more than
100000 gallons each day in the year.
"By a real economic use of gasoline,
we can save not only enough to supply
the United States with sufficient for
it's war needs, but also enough for the
needs of the allies. Here are a few
suggestions as to how the latter saw
ings may be made:
"Don't allow your gasoline engine to
run idle-if every automobile in the
United States saved a pint a week, it
would amount to 100000 gallons per
week, or enough to run 10000 air.
planes one day.
"Gasoline is generally used in ga
RACES for cleaning, when kerosene is