The nonpartisan leader. [volume], December 13, 1920, Image 14

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Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers
Crude Oil and
the Automobile
IN
or.
1913 (when there were 1,009,000 auto
mobiles in the United States) oil pro
ducers drilled about 25,000 wells. The
average paid for crude was 95c per barrel.
In 1914 producers had a little discouragement.
The price for crude oil fell off to 81c average,
and they drilled only 23,000 wells. These
wells, however, proved exceptionally prolific
and crude prices dropped to an average of
64c a barrel (40c in the Mid-Continent field).
As a consequence of the over-production, the
bottom dropped out of the gasoline market
and low prices prevailed.
The low prices of crude made exploration of
hew fields unprofitable, and in 1915 only
14,000 wells were drilled. This halt in produc
tion enabled demanji to creep up on supply,
and caused crude to advance until it reached
$1.10 per barrel.
Encouraged by the better prices offered, pro
ducers put down 24,000 wells in 1916. The
unprecedented demand aroused by the war
caused petroleum prices to soar, and, notwith
standing the activities in the producing field,
prices have continued to advance because de
mand exceeded Supply.
In August, 1920, the number of new oil wells
brought in for that month alone was 3,513—
the highest oil production mark in the history
of the United States. Yet so great was de
mand that Mid-Continent crude stood firm at
$3.50, and Pennsylvania crude at $6.10 per
barrel, the present prevailing prices.
The market price for crude is not apt to go
off appreciably while demand continues to in
crease as during 1920. ......
Since 1913 the number of motor vehicles In
the United States has increased to approxi
mately 7,459,607, and the forecast for 1921 is
10 million motor vehicles in the United States.
The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is strain
ing every fibre and sinew of its highly special
ized organization to increase the yield of
gasoline from crude petroleum.
How well it is succeeding is indicated by the
fact that an eminent authority states that the
Burton process, originating in the laboratories
of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), has
produced 40 million barrels of gasoline from
heavy distillates, and has thus saved approxi
mately 150 million barrels of crude oil that
would otherwise have been necessary to pro*
duce an equivalent amount of gasoline.
Standard Oil Company
(Indiana)
910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, III
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Book Reviews
WAB'S WRECKAGE
Wounded Souls, by Philip Gibbs, a novel.
Published by George H. Doran company.
New
PYork.
HILIP GIBBS, British war cor
respondent, won recognition as
the best observer of the war with
his book, "Now It Can Be Told."
With his new book Mr. Gibbs retains
land adds to his deserved reputation.
While "Wounded Souls" masquerades
under the form of a novel it bears un
mistakable evidences of being a close
chronicle of the lives of actual people,
known intimately by the author, with
little more than the names changed.
"Wounded Souls" covers the period
immediately preceding the close of the
war, the period between the armistice
and the peace negotiations, and the
period following the signing of the
treaty. Gibbs takes us from France
and Belgium into Germany, across the
Atlantic to' the United States and back
to England. He pictures faithfully
what people felt and thought in all
these countries during the different
stages of the war and the peace mak
ing. He shows how the spirit of hate
was fanned and kept alive among non
combatants long after British and
German soldiers had buried, their
quarrels. He tells thfe story of the
greeting of President Wilson, his 14
points and the league of nations, as
the hope of the world—and the disillu
sionment that followed.
Besides being interesting as the
first-hand experiences of a trained ob
server "Wounded Souls" is a good
story.
MORE PROPAGANDA
The Sovereign Citizen, authorship anony
mous. Published by Periodical Publishers*
Service Bureau* Inc., New York.
Tactive
HIS book is written, it is stated
frankly, to urge readers to take
membership in either the
Republican or Democratic party
and "to oppose and combat all radical
ism." Organization of "Sound Admin
istration clubs" throughout the coun
try is urged. The book then proceeds
to give an outline of American govern
ment, city, state and national, with a
brief survey of the growth of the di
rect government movement, as ex
emplified by direct primaries, the ini
tiative, referendum and recall, etc.
At least 95 per cent of "The Sover
eign Citizen" is sound and unbiased
analysis of public affairs. That is why
the 5 per cent of "colored" matter, in
serted to prejudice the reader against
either nonpartisan political action or
action by any political organization
outside of the sacred Republican and
Democratic parties, is more dangerous,
just as a half-falsehood is always more
difficult to answer than a straightout
lie.
After reading "The Sovereign Citi
zen" critically we wonder which of two
reasons influenced the author to sign
himself "An American" instead- of us
ing his true name—(1) was~ he
ashamed to sign his name to such a
work, or (2) was his name so widely
known that the publishers did not dare
to use it? -.xy.
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Production of Late or Main Crop, Potatoes,
Farmers' Bulletin 1064 Selection and
Care of Poultry Breeding 8tock, Farmers'
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Bulletin 1175 all -published by United
States department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C. Obtainable upon request.
HE foregoing are all recent de
partment of agriculture bulletins
worth reading by any farmers
*4^ interested in the respective sub
jecfa&fHSThe bulletin on squab raising is
intended primarily for farmers or
farm boys who want to make pigeons
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