The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-22
necessary to successfully combat the prohibition wave
sweeping across the country.


The food control bill gave President Wilson the HghV
to also fix the price quantity and condition OF sale OIL coa
and oil is included with coal as fuel
If Won want to know what your coal should cost YOU
take the price the Government has fixed at the NINE IIon
which the coal comes which is published by the Govern
nent ascertain the freight rate IN carload olS 10 your
point which is published tariff open to eyeyoooy' aoo
to this about $50 per ton for wholesale ana teIa PIo
and cost of delivery and you will have fairly accurate
line ON what the coal should cost Some people haa con-
racted for COAL but unless this mined and delivered
m the coal companies to the wholesaler retailer before
the Government set price we Of the opinion that the
control bill set aside all old contracts COR either mgh Oh
low priced coal altho no case has been decided by Che
courts and the President has made no ruling on this point
The intention in taking over the coal mines was that
everybody be treated alike with discrimination against
the small consumer as compared with the big consumer
EXCEPT where the heavy consumer by buying IN large lots
would be able to negotiate lower price The price at the
mine transportation and the wholesalers profit is 1Xed
by the Government
AS vet no final decision has been arrived at on the
handling of OIL which is very important as fuel especial
w on account of the fact that the gasoline made from oil
is used for automobile and truck power and in crude form
oil IS used as fuel for warships as well merchant ships
had ben thot by many that the high price for crude
oil would bring in lot of new wells and that there would
he plenty of OIL but this is not the The Standard
Oil Company does not DIG wells and produce oil; it only
buys oil and sells it again. in crude form or refined The
great demand that the war has created for gasoline has
constantly increased the price of oil it comes from the
ground and also the price of refined OIL but the advance IN
price has not held down the consumption to equal the pro-
duction For nearly year this country has been draw
ING from it's stock on hand until the amount carried IN
tanks at the refneres is getting low that our Govern
ment fears there may be acute shortage which would
handicap us and our Allies in the war.
1t is believed by many well informed members OF
Congress that it will be only short time until there will
be Government order for suspension of the use of gas
cline for private USE This will lay up all the private au
tomobes in the country and will be nearly as farreach-
ING as suspension of mining COAL great is the use OF
gasoline for power purposes If the war lasts until Christ
mas this is one of the things sure to happen 1t will be
hard blow for the automobile manufacturers, but will
save the public lot of money and the man without an
automobile will again be in style
The delaying amendments to the tax bills in the SEN
ate must be 'joy riders" to some.
Germany won't 60 broke as long as she can collect
fines from captured towns that would rather pay them
than be wiped off the map-Macon Telegraph