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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-14
LOSlBOSoUEs DE pro. RICO

blemente extremadas, v sin duda
son mucho mas de 10 ordinario pa
ra arboles Ell su complete desarro-
llo.
Los manglares de la bahia de
San Juan Y de las lagunas de San
Jose, TOrrecilla Y Phones com
prenden un area de 5000 acres
POGO mas menOS, o sea aproXima-
damente la tercera parte del n1-
nero total de acres incluidos en-
las areas de mangles que han sido
declarados bosques insulares. Los
de la jurisdiction exclusive de la
Bahia de San Juan cubren un area
de 5000 acres aproximadamente.
Hallanse cuatro especies de man
gle a saber ell mangle Rhizophora,
que es ell verdaderO mangle, ell
Laguncularia racemosa, ell Avi-
cennia nitida y ell Gonocarpus
erecta. Esta Ultima especie no ocu-
IRE Ell n6mer0 suficiente para ser
de alguna importancia comercial.
Ell mangle Rhizophora Sc conoce
caSi invariablemente por mangle
rojO 0 colorado. aunque de vez EN-
cuandO Sc lie llama sencillamente
mangle y raras .veces mangle de
zapatero; al Laguncularia race
mosa generalmente lie llaman man
gle blanco, aunque veceS.se CO.
n0ce por mangle bobo Y ,en Otras
ocasiones, en- muy pocaS localida-
des, lie dan OtrOs nombres; al Avi-
cennia nitida lie llaman, en- ingleS,
mangle negro, pero EN- espanol tie
ne unOs cuantOS nombres, de los
cuales son los mas comuneS ell de
chif1c de vaca, V Siete cueros; pero
llamasele tambien, Ell diferentes
Sitios Y por diversas personas de
la miSma -localidad, mangle negro,
mangle blanco, maugle bObo, man
gle prieto. v probablemente por
OtroS nombres; ell Conocarpus
erecta con6Sesele generaImente
por mangle botoncillo, aunque
ocasionalmente lie denOminan man
gle colorado las personals que 10
confunden con ell mangle Rhizo-
phora, al cual Sc parece, aunque
bien POGO, en- algunoS respectos.
FL Mangle Rhizophora mangle
rojo esta propagado mas extern
samente que ninguna de las otras
especies. Sc encuentra Ell todos
los manglares de la iSla V c0nSti-
tuye una proportion considerable
del boscaje de la mayoria de di-
ch0s manglareS. Sin embargo, de
10 Que Sc sabe actualmente. no es
possible afrmar Ell defnitiya 81
cOnstituye 0 no una parte mayor
de toda la vegetaci6n que el man
Gle blanco ell chifie de vaca.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-05-14

Refiriendonos particularmente
a los manglares de la bahia de San
Juan, diremos que las investiga-
clones realiZadas indican que co.
mo regla general ell area puede di-
vidirSe o clasifcarse Ell tres IL
pos ZOnas, de acuerdO con la
composition del boscaje. las di-
.ferentes c 4ecies que sc encuen-
tren ALI I'm primer termino, hay
la zona tipo de aqua adentro
% profunda Ell la cual zona ell
mangle rojo es La especie predomi-
nante que maIormente forma una
Tegetaci0n pura, 0 sea, que ocu-
pa ell area, eXcluyendo casi epor
complete todas las otraS eSpecies.
'Tambien es ell mangle colorado la
especie predominante, como regIa
general, -inmediatamente a 10 lar
go de los Nrfos yaea9al@. Hacia
afuera de la iona de aqua pro-
.fmda, Ell direction de la terra
SEGA, hay una faja que puede .lla-
marse una Zona O tipo de tranSi-
ci6n. que tiene menoS aqua V pro-
bablemente no esta completamen-
te anegada, eXcept0 durante la
marea alta. En- esta zona ia vege-
taci0nA es una mezcla de mangles
rojoS V blancoS, predominando los
primeros en- la orilla de mas
.adeHtro donde es mas profunda
sel aqua mientras que los segundoS
ganan ascendencia Il medida que
ell aqua, Sc vuelve mas Hama hacia
la margen de mas afuera hasta
que. forma un bOScaje casi puro.
Ocupando ell area entire la zona de
TRANSITION Y la margen exterior
del mapglar coincidiendo 6sta con
la Inca de terra SEGA, Sc halla
una zona tipo de aqua POGO pro
funda, exterior, que contiene I'm
boscaje compuesto de una mezcla
de lnangle blanco Y chifle de vaca
o Siete cueros.
TOdavia no Sc han efectuadO los
minuciosos estudios Y medidas ne
cesarias para determinar las pro
porcioneS ,eXactaS del area ocupa-
da por cada Zona tipo, 0 por ca
da una de las especies, pero cree
Sc que el mangle rojo constituye
la mitad por 10 menos, Y qlizas
mucho mas, de toda la vegetacion
de mangle que circundan la ba-
hia de San Juan. Casi tOdo el mani
gle r6jo sc ha tenido constance
mente cortadO muy a rail-, de ma
nera que Ell la actualidad' es de
muy pequefo tamano, general
mente de menos de diez pies de
alto Y menudo de solamente
umos pocos pies sobre ell aqua Ell
los periodos de la marea alta. SIN
embargo, los arboles estan may
-vigoresosey y 81 Sc les protege coli-
ira el corte Ell 10 SUCCESSIVE, en- ter
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(continuaci6n)

En- los tiempos pasados los man
glares de toda la isla, exceptuan@
dO algunas propiedades EN- arrien-
do reglamentario por ell Gobierno
u varios individuos, han sido ma
neJados sin ninguna consideration
Ell cuanto a su adelantamiento
Hasta que fueron declarados bos-
ques insulares, estaban expuestos
u la yiolaci6n constante Y no res
tringida, excepto ciertas parties
que estaban prOtegidas parcial
aunque inadecuadamente pOr los
duenos de tierras adyacentes, quie
nes anteriOrmente consideraban
como de su propiedad los predios
contlguos a sus terrenOs.
Como era muy natural de espe-
rarse bajo tales condolences, los
manglares eran cOrtadOS tan prom
to como estaban Suficientemente
grandeS para utilizarseles para
cualquier fin, con provecho mini
mo. Cada hombre que estaba acos-
tumbrado a explOtar estos arboles
cOmprendia perfectamente bien
que 81 probase a aguardar hasta
que tuvieran un tamaflo reahmente
a prOp6sito, su vecino, quien no
tenia facultad para impeditselO, V
hasta un eXtranO, los cortaria pa
Ia su pr0piO provechO. Y aSi es
facil cOmprender por que nunca
sc permiti0 que los mangles de
la bahia de San Juan Y de otros
lnanglares facilmente accesibles
alcanzaran aun Has preparedness
dc arboles .pequenOs En- realidad,
sc les ha cOrtado tan, constante-
mcnte Y tan raiz durante los
jlltimOs amos que muchisimas per-
sonas han llegadO a Greer que los
mangles no son 'arbOles ep abSo-
lutO, sinO s0lamente pequeilos ar
but0s, 0 matas, incapaces de ele-
varse mas de algunos pies sobre ell
aqua. Estas personals, que ELI mu-
chO case son inteligentes Y gene
ralmente ilustradas, Quedarian
asOmbradas marayilloSamente al
saber que los mangles, cuando Sc
le da la oportunidad, crecen haSta
llegar ser arboles de mas de 40
pies de alto, y alcanzan diametros
de 20 pulgadas mas. Arboles de
estas proporciones existen hoy EN-
dia ell algunas de las parties mas
inaccesibles de varios manglares
en- ciertas secciones de las costas.
lnf0rmase que en- algunoS otros
paises tropicales los mangles ere
cen la altura de 70 pies mas
y de dos a tres pies EN- diametro,
pero estas son dhnensiones proba-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
LARGE CROWD Will.
ATTEND LUNCHEON
ENTHUSIASM FOR BOND WORK.
ERS AT SUWANEE HOTEL
TONIGHT

You will be expected to attend the
luncheon at the Suwanee hotel to-
night. If you fail to do that tomorrow
morning you must wake up and go
out tC spend the rest of the time till
the election. May 18th, fighting for
the permanent road bond issue of
$350,000 iii Crisp.
Business men of Cordele and Crisp
county are cordially invited to be pre-
sent at the hotel tonight to help make
the start in the campaign. Any man
interested, no matter whether he is
for CT against the issue, will have d
welcome.
Chapman Frank Bartholomew of
the campaign committee wishes you
to be present to lend encouragement
as the first stroke for enthusiasm is
made. After tongh the work will be
organized over the county so that
every voter will be given a full I'M
derstanding of the advantages.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
HUTIN PREDICTS
EARLY SIGNING
PEACE TREATY
GERMAN DELEGATES HAVE
FULL POWER TO SIGN
CONTENTS OF TREATY
Fifteen to Twenty Chapters
Dealing With Various
Problems to Be Settled.

Paris. May 1.-THE treaty of peace
comprises fifteen to twenty chapters,
according to Marcel Hutin. in The
Echo de Paris. The preamble is con
tanned in the first chapter, setting
forth the reasons why the various
contracting parties entered into the
war and mentioning the necessity for
the League Of Nations
The second chapter deals with the
German frontiers. The third chap
ter contains all the clauses connected
with the alterations of the frontiers
resulting in the changes in sovereignty
of territory
The fourth sets forth the military
naval, and aerial clauses. The fifth
takes up the disposition of the Ger
man cOlOnies, it is said.
The other chapters are not yet al
together finished The treaty con-
cludes with chapter concerning
guarantees for the execution Of the
treaty conditions by Germany.
Hutin adds: There is every reason
to believe the German delegates have
full powers, and will end the negOtia-
tons by signing the preliminaries Of
the treaty"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
INJURED BY FREIGHT TRAIN

Douglas, May Joe Landlord age
30. well known white resident of Fal-
es, was seriously injured here at
o'clock this afternoon when the auto
truck on which he was riding was
struck at a crossing by an Atlanta,
birmingham and Atlantic freight
train. He was taken to d sanitarium at
Hazlehurst for treatment. Physicians
were unable to learn the full extent
of his injuries the truck was owned
by B. H. Tanner
There were two freight trains at
the place where the accident occurred
One had cleared the crossing and the
truck attempted to cross the track
when the backing train struck the
truck.
Policemen bikes and Furney placed
Engineer r. H. Lyles and Fireman
under bond.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
YOU CAN'T FISH IN GEORGIA
EXCEPT WITH HOOK AND LINE

Atlanta, Ga, May Fishermen,
take notice. Hook and line is all you
can use to catch fish in Georgia
Read this:
The law forbids any person to use
dyamite i'll any stream to kiH fish
And after there is reward of $40 to
any enc furnishing evidence to CON
yict for this offense. 1t is against the
law to catch fish with a seine or nets
of any kind baskets, traps. or other
devices, except with hook and line. or
trout line from March l to July 1. 1t
is against the law to let sawdust run
into streams of the county or to use
poison that kill fish.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
PARIS OFFICIALS ARE WARNED
OF PLOT
Is MACHINES ARE SENT
Round up of Bomb Makers
Expected in New York
Today.

New York. May Federal and po-
lice officials were expected to make
a roundup of the Reds" here today
in connection with the investigation
into the nationwide May Day conspir-
acy to kill prominet men with bombs
addressed to them trough the mails.
Twenty-Five Of these machines are
known to have been dispatched
1t is reported here today that ca
BILE messages were sent members of
the peace delegation in Paris warn
ing them against opening packages.
A large quantity of explosives was
confscated by theauthoritics at the
ahouse at West Forty7seventh street
is being examined at police headquar-
ters. Officials announced that the
house was raided last night by the
detectives of the police bomb squad"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
UPPER LECTURES
AGAIN ON BIBLE
ANOTHER LECTURE THIS EVEN.
ING AT BAPTIST CHURCH

DR.. Kerr Boyce Upper will deliver
another of his lectures tonight at
$50 o'clock at the Baptist church
this time "The Matchless Ideals of
The Bible"
He has made the attending hear
ers at the Bible Institute two strong
addresses already dealing with the in
spiration and the unity of the Bible
and these won his hearers.
His lecture will be worth hearing
and church going people apl Bible
students will appreciate his lecture no
little.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
SCOTCH HIG1LANDERS ARE
HERE in SPLENDID TRIM

The Royal Scotch Highlanders are
here ready fer the splendid programs
which they are to give the people this
afternoon and this evening on the lib
rary lawn. This band comes under the
auspices of the local Boy Scouts and
DR.. Kendall and his youngsters max
ing the event one of rare interest.
The night open air. concert will be an
cnjoyCble affair
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
CONSIDERS MOST IMPORTANT
ACHIEVEMENT OF TREATY
LABOR INTEREST IS SAFE
President Personally Re
CARDS Labor's Gains as a
Gratifying Work.

Washington, May 2.-Presdent Will
son Cabled Secretary Tumulty today
that in his opinion the labor program
adopted as part of the treaty of
peace constitutes one of the most
important achievements of the new
day in which the interests of labor
are to be Systematically and intel
igently Safeguarded and promoted "
He said he personally regarded the
program as one of the most crafty.
ing achievements OF the conference.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
GERMANS FOOLED
IN PEACE TREATY
SPEAKER SAYS 1T is YELLED
SCHEME FOR ASCENDENCY

London, May 2-According to "a
summarizing report of an interview
given by Herr Schuecking. one of
the German peace delegates, to the
Berlin correspondent of the Herald,
the laborite organ, the plan for the
League of Nations has brought dis
illusionment to Germany 1t is re.
barded as Il thinly yelled scheme for
the victorious powers to gain the as
tendency and give the militarists an
opportunity to taunt the pacifists lDr
their simplicity. it is said.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
MUNICH FALLS TO
GERMAN TROOPS
CITY is TAKEN FROM CoMMUN-
lists IN BATTLE
FariS, May 2.-Bavarian government
troops captured Munich from the Com
munists Thursday morning, according
TO advices reaching here today.
Artillery Fire Heard

Berne, Thursday.-The artillery
fire of the German government troops
is audible in Munich and is constant
ly creeping nearer, according to pri-
vate advices from that city. The
government troops hold all the impor-
tant points about Munich. The Red
Guards are reported to be demoralized
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
j. GORDON JONES SPOKE
AT COUNTY LINE SCHOOL

EXMayOr J. Gordon Jones present
ed bit of the warmth of argument
fer road bonds at the closing exercis-
es of the County Line School today
at noon. He had been asked to help
make the Importance of the bond is
sue hold a place in the minds of the
people
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
DEATH TAKES AWAY
RED RIOT OFFICER
BOSTON POLICE CAPTAIN FOUND
DEAD IN BED

Boston, May Capt. Hugh Lee,
of the Dudley street police station,
in whose district serious rioting oc-
CURED yesterday as result Of a dis
play of red flags in the parade by the
radicals, was found dead in bed at
his home today. Death was said to
have been due to natural causes, al
though his fellow offccds were in
clned to believe the strain under
which Lee worked during the distur,
Dances was in measure responsible.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
MACON AIR MEET
OPENS TOMORROW
AIR SERVICE MEN FROM GOVERN.
MENT TO TAKE PART

Macon. May 2.--The Southeastern
Aeronautical Congress will be Off
cially opened here tomorrow morning
at ten O'Clock with representatives of
the United States air service and
postoffice department present
A mail plane will leave Macon for
Montgomery, Ala, at ten o'clock. Ex-
hibition flights will be made with
planes and balloons.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
Odds and Ends Ready

Paris, May mo formal program
was announced for today's session
of the council of three, but it is I'M
officially stated that the meeting is
being devoted to the odds and ends
remaining to be put in shape for the
final completion of the treaty.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
BRITISH TO OFFER
GREAT BOND ISSUE
FIVE PER CENT PAPER SOON TO
BE CIRCULATED

London. May 2.-The British gov
eminent is about to offer d great new
loan equivalent five percent consoi-
dated unless this decision is uttered
at the eleventh hour, says The Daily
Mail.
1t adds: THE loan will be issued
with i'll the next few weeks and will
take the form of consolidated stock
bearing four percent interest. The
issue price will be eighty. thus max
ing IA yield of five percent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
EASTERN QUESTION
STILL THE GHOST
UNITED STATES ONLY POWER
THAT CAN SPEAK

Philadelphia, May 1.-The eastern
question is a ghost that stalks thru
the halls in which the nations are as
sembled in conference and there is
only one Of the great powers that can
address that ghost-the United
Staes," declared Morris JastrOw, Jr.
OF the University of Pennsylvania in
an address on The Ottoman Turk
and the Future of Turkey in Asia
Minor at the opening session of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science here today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
RESISTING Invasion

Geneva. May 2.-The government
of Corinthia (Titular Duchy of Aus
trial has ordered the mobilization of
twenty military classes in order to
arrest the invasion of German-Austria
by the Jugo-Slavs, according to dis
patches receiced here.
The Jugo-Slays are reported as at
lacking on d fifty mile front for the
purpose of Selling Klagenfurt and Viii
ZACH Vienna is said to be preparing
to aid the Corinthian troops and al
lies seeking to settle the conflict.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
PARIS HAD ONLY
One DEATH MAY DAY
MANY WERE WoUNDED-AMERI-
CAN AMBULANCES BUSY

Paris, Thursday. (By the Associat-
ed Press 1t is reported tonight that
one death has resulted from the dis
orders incident to the May Day cele-
bration in the city Twenty-siX per-
sons were severely wounded, mad two
hundred were slightly injured. A hun
dred and fifty were arrested.
American ambulances did effective
work picking up the wounded.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
NEGRO RIDDLED
THEN BODY BURNED
SURRENDERED TO POSSE IN
SWAMP NEAR WARRENTON

Warrenton, Ga, May 2.-The body
Of Ben Richards, negro. was riddled
with bullets and then burned early
this morning when he surrendered to
a posse who were guarding a swamp
where he had barricaded himself af-
ter numbering his wife, shooting at
her sister and also at white man.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
Americas Gets One

Washington, May 1.-The Postmas-
ter at Americas. Ga. reported to the
Chief postal inspector today that he
hald held up Il suspicious registered
package mailed from New York with
d Gimbel Bros tag addressed to a prom
incnt citizen of Americas.
The inspectors office in Atlanta
was ordered TIC make an immediate
investigation Of the report.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
COUNTRY LACS ON
VICTORY LOAN KET
BILLION AND HALF Is HIGHEST
POINT TO DATE

Washington, May with indicat-
ed subscriptions of a billion and a
half, the country still Jagged behind
the record made in both the third
and fourth loans.
Reports showed the number of in
dividual subscriptions falling off in
several districts, notably Boston
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
CHINESE KICK
MADE AGAINST
KIAO CHAU ORDER
WILL EXPRESS KEEN DISSATIS=
FACTION WITH DECISION
STATEMENT FORTHCOMING
Council of Three Busy To
day With Odds and Ends
to Be Put in Shape.
STATEMENT FORTHCOMING

Paris, May 2-The Chinese deega-
ton to the peace conference expected
to issue this 0ftcrn0on a statement
cOnceNking the settlement of the Kiao
Chau dispute effected by the council
Of three
1t is understood the Chinese dele
gates will express keen dissatisfaction
with the decision.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
Held DOWN DISORDERS

Buenos Aires, May 2.-Vigilance
committees organized by the Argen-
tine Patriotic League and supported
by military and naval attachments
prevented menacing anarchistic dis
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
GERMAN DELEGATES WILL SIGN TREATY WITHOUT DELAY
WILSON FINDS GREAT LABOR GAINS INCLUDED IN PACT
SOON TO FALL INTO HANDS
OF ADVANCING RUMANIAN FORCES
WILL NOT SINK
GERMAN WARSHIPS

Paris, May 1.-THE naval
terms to DE embodied in the
peace treaty with Germany
which finally have been COM
pletcd, do not provide for the
sinking Of the larger German
warships The disposition Of
these ships is left to be decid-
ed upon by the Allied and asso-
ciated powers
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
BIG AIRPLANES
SOON TO START
U. S. NAVAL FACILITIES AT HALL
FAX ARRANGED

Halifax, May . Facilities for re-
ceiving the three giant hydroairplanes
Of the American navy which are com
ing here next week on the first leg
Of the proposed transatlantic flight
have been completed, it is announced
today.
The cruiser Baltimore is here to as
sist in the flight plans
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
CHING JAPANESE SPAT
Still BEING DISCUSSED
STATES TO RATIFY
LEAGUE COVENANT

New York, May e CDnven-
tions for the popular ratifica-
ton of the League of Nations
covenant will be held in fifteen
Eastern, Central and Western
States during the last two
weeks of May, and the first
week in June, it was announced
by the League to Enforce Peace.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
German Observance

Berlin, May 1.-The first of May
brought for the first time an almost
complete observance of the workers
holiday in Berlin. To the early fore
noon no incidents had occurred
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
KING
ABOUT TO ENTER
CITY BUDAPEST
FRENCH GENERALS ACCOMPA=
NY RUMANIANS
JUG0-SLAVS ATTACKING
Invasion of German Aus
tria on Fifty Mile Front
Now Under Way.

Vienna. May king erdinand
Of Rumania, accompanied by French
generals, is about to enter Budapest
at the head of his troops, a Budapest
dispatch says.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-02
DAY4h'AS CALM WITH
ALL SWISS LABORERS

Benren, May There were seven
thousand persons in the May Day pa
rade held by the dabor organizations,
but the day was calm here.
The Clio messenger., 1919-05-08
Automobile and Petroleum Men
Must Get Together in Close
Harmonious Cooperation.
INCREASE IN MOTOR CARS
Said to Be Possible to Construct In
ternaI Combustion Engines Which
Will Consume Much Less Fuel
Of inferior Kind.

"The perennial fuel problem will new
er he solved until the automobile indus
try and the petroleum industry get to-
gether in close and harmonious coop
eration." says Mark l.. Requa, general
director Of the oil division of the Unit
ed States fuel administration. in an
interview, which appears in Motor. the
national magazine of motoring.
"The motor fuel problem is not only
possibility of the future" contin-
ues Mr.. Requa. "but even an actuality
of the present. as will he understood
by anyone who takes the trouble to
make even the most cursory examina-
tiOn of the situation. In 1912 our pro-
duction Of petroleum was 222 ,935,044
barrels of ~ gallons. In 1916 the out
put of this basic producer OF motor
fuel was 300.767,1 ,15S barrels. an in
crease In four years of less than 80
per cent. On the other hand. in 1912
there were about 100000 motor ve-
hicles in the country, while in 1916 the
motor population Of the United States
had risen to Boil .73S. This represents
an increase of over 800 per cent in four
years. With one side Of an equation
growing less than 30 per cent and the
other side increasing more than 300
per cent, the ultimate situation is not
hard to foreshadow.
Engine Uses Less Oil.
81 am not an automobile engineer,
II A.
edge, but I have been Informed that il
is possible to design internal combus-
tion engines which will consume much
less fuel per mile than is now heing
consumed. and of n much inferior quail
ity. IF this is a fact and the automo-
bile industry faces the situation in CO.
operation with the oil men to effect
this saving, while these latter are de-
voting their best effort To increasing
production, 1t would seem that we
might cut enough off each end of our
problem to solve 1t.
"We seem to be only at the begin
ming of the gasoline era few years
ago gasoline was a wasted by-product;
today 1t is the most important product
of petroleum, amounting to almost 80
per cent of the total value of petroleum
products. With the record of the past
as a guide, 1t would seem that the two
great industries so interdependent up
on each other should cooperate in
bringing about the most efficient con-
sumption of gasoline and the most in
telligent understanding of each others
problems"