Evening star., 1923-02-23
OIL PRICE ADVANCE
BOOM T0DR|LL|NC
New Interest in Boil Weevf
Fight-Greater Car Short
age Feared.
BY j. c. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK. February 2S.-Receni
and frequent advances in crude o.,
prices are greatly enlarging the plans
OF producers for what is expecteG
today to be perhaps the most OK
tensive spring and summer drillina
campaign in the history OF the in
dustry.
Reports from Pittsburgh today sad
that Pennsylvania producers claim
that 81 oil fully justifies greater ex-
pIoratlon work. and with that price
belng paid for crude oil, plans are
pelnG made, not only for entirely
| new work. but also for great deai
or work in extending old fields.
Row I'm Market Association.
Similar conditions exist In other
fields than in Pennsylvania, and pipe
and tubular goods makers are enjoy
Ing, as a natural result, buying
! movement similar to that which sc
extensively affected the steel market
\ short time ago when the railroads
and the automobile manufacturers
\ of the country were placing large
orders for delivery in the first half
of this year.
| From the midwest today came word
that dissatisfaction with the Petro-
| leum Marketers1Associati tion has caus.
ed about forty members of that or
ganization to resign and to organize
| the American Oil Mems Association.
The policy of forbidding members TO
| do business with the Standard Oil
| companies resulted in the resigna-
| tions. Members of the newly formed
association include Cosden & Co,
Marland Refining Company. Moore
Refining Company. White Eagle Oil
and Refining Company, and some of
the other larger independents.
New Boil weevn Fight.
Not only the south and southwest
but northern and eastern manufactur-
ing sections as well showed deep In
terest today in the rather startling
plan Of Hudson Maxim for eradicating
the boil weevil through wrapping
of the male pest by batting the trar
with q solution or section obtained
from the female of the species
Where there was some skepttcism
shown at first glance by manufac-
turers whose output Is either wholly
or in part based on the products OF
standing Of the plan and the serious
ness with which it was received by
the. national conference at Atlanta
has evidently given them cause for
deep thought, according to dispatcheS
received here today from such cen
ters. All indications today point to
the fact that every encouragement,
financial and moral. will be given
SCleHIlStS III Lnelr eHOTL 10 develop
Hudson Maxim's plan to find, bet
| ter weapon even than is afforded in
the use of arsenic preparations for
fighting the boil weevil.
|. 1t was very evident today that the
Association of Research, headed by
DR.. Reese Hutchison, will be accord
ed sound financial aid, not only by
cotton growers, but by all users OF
the raw material as well.
Greater Car Shortage Feared.
Fears of a greater car shortage this
spring are imminent in certain sec
tionS in the middle west. 1t was re-
ported today from Cleveland that
shippers there are receiving warnings
that such a condition may occur and
| 1t has somewhat hampered the move
ment Of steel products and coal for
more than a month.
TiremakerS at Akron are steadily
increasing production in anticipation
of a very heavy spring trade. The
Seiberling Company there, one of the
youngest of the Akron companies, re-
ported today that $1.000,000 in orders
are on hand. January deliveries, 1t is
said. exceeded 100000 and business
the first week in February was %
per cent over the company's previous
best week. An advance of 10 per cent
in tire prices is generally looked for
about March l.