Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19
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home cured bacon and hams in
stead OF buying the imported brands
from Chicago, Omaha and Kansas
City?
second, let us briefly consider
the charge that Montana made gaso-
line is inferior to the imported
brands. The truth OF the matter
is that the gasoline made in Mon
tana refineries Is equal to the best
gasoline made any place in America
and superior to much of the gaso-
| line shipped in from other states.
/ This statement can be easily verified
by simple chemical tests. Montana
crude is of an excellent quality, and
( the Montana refineries are of the
very latest design, newly construc-
Tod. and the best that money can
buy.
Automobiles wear out. become
obsolete. and they are generally
ready for the junk pile after 10
to 80 years OF service. This is
true also of refineries. The Com
mittee has made no reference here
tofore to the age and condition Of
the refining plants In Casper. Grey
bull. and other points. from which
large quantities Of this imported
Gasoline are made. However. we
believe that the people OF this state
who continue to use the gasoline
made from some of those plants
would be amazed II they only knew
how ancient and obsolete some of
those plants they call refineI1es
really are.
Third. let us consider the charge
that there is not enough of this
high-quality. Montana-made gaso-
line available to supply the gas
distributors of this state. The
truth Of the matter is that the
importers of gasoline can purchase
plenty of this high-octane, Mon
tana-made gasoline, of superior
quality, at a price no greater than
It costs them to produce the i'm
ported gasoline in their obsolete
Dlants and ship 1t into Montana.
This Committee volunteers to assist
any one DESTROYS of obtaining this
Montana-made gasoline in making
arrangements for the same.
Possibly the unfriendly attitude
towards big business, so prevalent
throughout the Nation today might
be materially lessened and govern
ment prosecutions reduced by the
adoption of a spirit of reasonable
cooperation on the part of the big
business men, even though that
might require some little adjusting
of their plans. Sometimes a little
bending here and there will pay
big dividends bv preventing much /
luminosity. Might it not be to their I
own best interests II all of those 7
who desire to enter Montana and |
carry on business here, whether
they be engaged in the gasoline
or the passengeTtbus bust
ness. or any other business, would
show a friendly attitude of coopera-
ton towards the people of Mon
tana? Just how long can a bus
throughout Montana on gasoline
shipped in from other states expect
Montanans to remain loyal to it?
Is it asking too much of a bus line
To suggest that 1t use good old
Montana made gasoline while oper-
ating within our state?
The idea that the people Of Mon
tana are going to continue buying
their gasoline from the stations
which offer just a little more in
The way OF accommodations, regard
less of whether 1t is an imported
brand. is manifestly a false as
Just recall, If you please
how suddenly the American people
recently cut off their purchase of
japanese goods, once they became
aroused to the fact. that by 80
doing they were building up the
Industries of that war-like nation
1t the expense OF our home In
iustries
Fourth we now come to the
'harge that this campaign will be
that it soon will burst
ike a bubble: and that the people
II Montana will soon forget the
many reasons why they should buy
dontana-made gasoline The truth
" the matter is that this campaign
gich is becoming statewide will
continue indefinitely or until its
detectives have been attained. The
packers of this campaign are in
lead earnest about the oil industry
II Montana. as it is next to a life
nd death matter with them. The I
ruth will continue to be told, and
make no mistake about That.
In the last Bulletin the Commit ]
ee made mention of the Resolu-
ion adopted by the Montana School
Boards Association at its annual
held in Butte on the
8th and 18th Of last month wher-
y that statewide organization ,
rent on record as favoring the
OF Montana made pro-
ucts and teaching that principle
D the school children of the state. Il
The Honorable Charles A. Haus- e
firth, Mayor of Butte. the largest
ity in Montana, attended that con-
ention and delivered the address t
( welcome at the opening session.
n a recent letter addressed to the s
hartman of this Committee Mayor
Tauswirth says:
81 realize full we'll that we can
OF expect to isolate Montana from
he rest of our sister states. There i
lust exist a certain amount OF 6
hut we the DeOuie OF