Evening star., 1933-07-30
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

retail outlets be required to post on
each pump reasonable evidence Of the
quality of the fuel justifying q higher
or lower price than regular gasoline,
and called attention to the widespread
variance in gasoline prices and the
rapidity with which prices change with
in small areas where basic conditions
are the same.
when an industry asks the Federal
Government to help secure for 1t an
adequate return on its investment, as
petroleum industry is now asking" said
Mr.. Henry, 1.-The Government should in
turn demand that that investment be
on sound basis.
There are in operation today some
"a 100000 motor vehicles. The owners
of these vehicles annually purchase 49,
900 100000 gallons of gasoline, or around
80 per cent OF the gasoline used for all
purposes. The estimated cost Of this
motor fuel is approximately s2,225, ,000,-
0C0. In addition, there is purchased
each year about 495,0oo,000 gallons of
lubricating OIL Thus it is readily ap-
parent that the owners of motor We
hicles have a vital stake in the code
now under consideration" He con-
tinued In part:
Should End Waste.
IF the Government is to attempt to
control production and storage, 1t
should also give attention to distrib-
uting facilities. 1t should demand that
the first step of the petroleum industry
be the elimination of duplication and
waste, particularly as regards the null
tiplicity of filling and service stations
This condition is. of course, more no
ticeable in large metropolitan areas.
The United States Census Bureau
reports that there are 2l0,826 outlets
for fuels and lubricants. This is an
average of / to every ia motor We
hicles. OF the total. l78,949 are listed
as strictly outlets for motor fuel and
lubricants. and the remainder consists
of garages and parking stations ham
ding gasoline and oil.
1T is evident from the conflicting
expressions in the proposed code, that
the industry itself is unable to reach
an agreement as to how it can best
handle the problem of distribution
Thus there is ample opportunity for
this administration to step in and re-
quire that the industry give more con-
sideration to public demand in EXTEND
ing its distribution outlets. We be-
lieve that this can be accomplished
Tire Prices to Rise.
Tire prices will have to be in
creased as the direct result of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt's signing the cotton tex
tile code" said W. O'Neil, president of
a large tire and rubber company. in
commenting on the Presidents action.
How much or how soon tire prices will
hn viii n no
try.
I'VE are thoroughly in accord with
the provisions of the bill fixing mini
mum wage for textile mill labor and
the child labor provision.
We had hoped that the provision
of the act making 80 hours week the
maximum number of hours that textile
mill machines might be operated would
not be made effective until October l.
II that were done, I do not believe
there would be a tire fabric shortage.
as there is slowing down in demand
ordinarily after October /.
LAS signed the law now provides
that after August l machines in textile
plants may not be operated more than
80 hours a week, instead of 144 hours.
as at present. We think there should
be no restriction on the operation of
machines until at least September l.
as cotton milled during August is used
in the tire factories in September.
While We control so per cent of our
We had not expected the Government
to show any preference to tire manu-
lecturers having their own mills. We
are willing to take our chances with
the others who must buy from tnde-
pendent cotton mills"