Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1930, Page 12

OUTLOO FOR OIL Seasonal Upturn in Use of | Gasoline Expected to ! Aid Business. 1 BY BENNETT WOLFE, 1 Associated Press Staff Writer. TULSA, Okln. May 28—The rays Bt the sun are beneficial to many things, including the ills of the ofl business. In fact, sunshine is listed s one of the present needs of the in- dustry for, giant that it is, the pe- troleum business, nevertheless, is af-|rather than of opinion, and with the fected by such a commonplace thin ks the weather. ‘Whenever excessive rains or other un- favorable weather conditions hamper the motoring activities of the coun- try’'s 33,000,000 automobile drivers the oll industry suffers. That has been true this Spring. As a result oil men, 1l those in the refining end of the iness, are hoping for sun- shine in plentiful quantities. Outlecok Improved. Developments of the last few days, featured by arrival of better motor- ing weather, would indicate that the annual upswing in gasoline consump- tion at was at hand after being delayed eral weeks by rains and cool temperatures. The trend of the week, pointing to an early resumption of spot buying by jobbers, has brought an improved outlook at Midcontinent ‘While the petroleum industry, through co-operative accomplishment of cur- tallment and conservation, has been making noticeable progress in finding its way out of the economic wilder- ness resulting from' overproduction of oll, it undoubtedly would have found aid. even though temporary, in a Spring conducive to motor travel. E. B. Reeser, president of the Amer- fean Petroleum Institute, believes the gasoline market would be much strong- er today had April and May weather been dominated by sunshine. Warm weather and less crude oil output are listed bf him as immediate needs of the oil industry. 4 ““The future of the oil industry is t” he said, “but the immediate out is not so promising. The usual Spring influence on consumption has not been felt because of unsettied weather and 2s a result the gasoline market is manifestly not as strong as we believe it should be.” arge refiner in describing the situation said most of the sellers were time while waiting some posi- d“"”’g | ive indication of the end of the pres- ent slump. He said that although op- was returning, the trade did not Jook for any distinct improvement for & week or two. Effect of Holiday. ‘The Memorial day holiday Friday. ‘eoming at the end of the week, is count- ed upon to result in heavy consumption of gasoline and oil, and, as a conse- ce, material reductions in the of gasoline and lubricants. improvement of midcontinent and refiners to take steps to daily erude runs in hand and curtail operations. vacations are being urged this vear more than ever. The Amer- fcan eur':;n'zum already has be- 2 campa promote cross coun- gdrivlnl and oll companies are en- employes to make their vaca- tion trips by automobile. Several com- m plan to allow employes an addi- ‘week for long tours. CROPS IMPROVING North Carolina Reports Better Out- look on Farms. North Carolina farmers have had fine weather the past week for crops and cultivation. Ample rains a week ago and a few showers since have provided rlmty of moisture, but have not inter- ered greatly with cultivation. Crops generally in this State are much further advanced- than is usual at this time of year. While there is still some planting of food and feed crops to Be done, it is more in the | gty nature of an addition to former cus- acreage than otherwise. It i b'el.l‘enved th:':dttey g!;e- t-home movement, inaugura v. 0. Max Gardner, has taken root to a greater extent than ever before, and that North Carolina farmers ,vrfll benefit greatly & BENZ = 2 SMASHING £ PRICE the mileage you expect prices in the city.” . INDUSTRY BETTER | this enormous trade, now #o large that REDUCTION | FISK PREMIER TIRES| “Guaranteed a First Line Tire—to give you 2122 14th St. N.W. Potomac 0282-0283 Regular Our At 25% Price Price Savings - $8.25 $5.50 $1.14 6.25 1.09 6.30 1.14 7.50 1.28 7.60 1.32 7.90 1.37 7.95 1.34 8.10 1.39 8.40 1.51 9.85 1.69 8.95 1.49 9.35 1.59 9.70 .67 9.90 1.69 I et an ey . 10.15 79 30x6.00 (6-Ply).......;we.. 17.95 12.55 }.94 | 31x6.00 (6-Ply).......... 1850 12.75 1.97 32%6.00 (6-Ply). 12.85 1.97 33x6.00 (6-Ply). . 13.05 2.04 32x6.50 (6-Ply).. ..o, 14.60 - 2.44 33x6.50 (6-Ply) 14.80 2.51 FREE TIRE MOUNTING EHLIS & BENZ, Inc. (@, |l LEADING FISK DEALER a [ - 3 BY CHARLES P. SHAEFFER, Associated Press Pinancial Writer. Stating that tariff wars and their re- sultant ills can be averted only by mu~! tual understanding, Alvin Macauley, | president of the National Automobile Chamber_of Commerce, urges that in- dustry and agriculture make a joint ef- fort to rationalize tariff policies of the tuture “with a view to permitting as | free an interchange of commodities be- tween peoples and nations as the public | interest. of each eountry will permit.” Pending the changes in policies which | he believes will come from a full con- | sideration of the importance of foreign | commerce to the continuance of em. ployment here, Mr. Macauley says the motor industry has been a unit in urg- | ing Congress to grant the President | wide powers dealing with specific | tariff issues as they come up, and deal- | ing with them “on the basis of facts interests of the whole country in mind rather than those of the individual.” i Mr. Macauley said further that tariff | policies which have grown up in an era when the sole consideration was domes- tic trade cannot be adequate for the protection of American labor engaged in_the production of articles for expart. Taking coghizance of the fact that| “for various consideration some of our | industries, perhaps most of them, must have some tariff protection,” he warns | against rates which serve simply as| subsidies to the unprogressive manu-| facturer and takes the position that | “any industry or individual seeking a tariff should have to prove its necessi- | ties on the basis of fact and not on the basis of political finesse.” It is the conviction of the motor car manufacturers, Mr. MacCauley says, | that tariff policies developed in an area when the sole consideration was domes- tic trade cannot be adequate for the | protection of American labor engaged | in the production of articles for export. | Dealing specifically with the motor in- dustry, he makes the statement that last vear its forelgn commerce gave almost iwo months’ employment to all of the men engaged 1n the production of auto- | mobiles, trucks and busses in this coun- it ‘Coincidentall he adds. “hundreds of thousands of men emploved in the | production of lumber, coal, steel, copper, |'glass and a thousand other ccommodi- |ties had their earnings directly en- hanced through the purchase of their products by the vehicle manufacturers. | “And, indirectly. virtually every wage rner and producer in the United States benefited through the increased ving power put into circulation by it exceeds $500,000,000 in value and ranks second only to machinery in the ‘lclun ;(vr’y:a ;:pgn trade in manufac- e ucts. { _Mr. Macauley points out that with | 35,000,000 moter vehicles in the world { today, 76 per cent of them are in the United States, which indicates a fleld for expansion abroad, making the ques- | tion of maintaining our present com- ! manding position one of dominant im- portance to the country. 1f given a free hand he believes both | the American and foreign motor in- dustries would- expand to the benefit | of the wage earner and consumer, hut | the increasing tariff rates and the talk | of retaliation constitute a mater of serious concern. This is best evidenced, he says, by the fact that world motor tariff rates now average about 30 Er cent and are constantly tending to in- crease. Curtailment of lumber production in the Pacific Northwest, as announced by the West Coast’s Lumbermen’s Asso- ciation, is “right in line with the policy advocated by the National Lumber Man- ufacturers’ ~ Association,” headquarters here comments. ,Axnnumu!wlvlnnthembbmn{ overproduction, the national association, together with other lumber and wood- Bresfacnt Boover 1o ures the. sppom: loover to urge ment of a National Timber Conservation Board, which the Chief Executive prom- ised would be done. ' This board, with the aid of the best industrial experts and forest economists available, will study the problem and recymmend a remedial course of action based on pub- lic_interest. 4 The situation in the Pacific Northwest is not a iphical problem, but pe- culiar to lumber centers, it was sald. Many Is that normally oper- ate two shifts are operating on a one- shift basis, while others are reducing cutting schedules to four and five days, while many single-shift mills are oper- ating on a five-day week basis. Large decreased demand from operating losses under presen ditions, are said to be the cause of the unheaithy conditions. 3 Indefinite postponement of the hear- ings as to the affairs of the North American Co. as part of the public utili- ties investigation is announced by the Trade Commission. . These SAVINGS and then some—lowest* TIRES TUBES . | rearra hearings were originally set for this ‘week. The delay s due to the necessity of commissién examiners and account- ants revising reports and exhibits, and material obtained from records of the company, described as having “‘co-op- erated fully in facilitating the inquiry.” Hearing on a question of jurisdiction, prior to taking further testimony in the matter of the Porland Cement Asso- ciation, and others, will be held next This hearing was granted ;v‘n petition of counsel for the associa- ion. The commission's complaint against the association involves alleged unfair methods of competition in promoting the sale of cement. Air-cooled and, as a rule, multi- | motor aireraft are employed in eivil aviation in Great Britain, trade de- v'\:g to the Commerce Department state. There is a distinct tendency toward the use of monoplanes. Mufflers and | insulators are used to eliminate motor noises. Inertial starters are practically unknown, the ships usu eing start- ed by hand. Planes have tail skids, but no brakes whatever on the wheels. ‘There is, however, a tendency to adopt brakes and a tail wheel. The average speed of the ships in service is 85.90 miles per hour. If one can keep from catching cold he adds about five years to his life,| declared a European medical authority recently. |House and Senate in op ST 'R. WASHIN DIAL TELEPHONES tem Will Be Universal Within 15 Years. iy burn, N BY J. C. ROYLE. ephone & Telegraph Co. total Tearly 500,000, e connection. New York, as reported to telephone will be so great that there systems . ‘The panel system and the step-by-step dial system are utilized in various cities. The size of the community and the vol- | tem, a subsidiary of the In ume of telephone communication deter- mine which shall be used in most in- 000 telephones in use in the United States. Nearly 5,000,000 are operated on Enai E t N s | Siati pian 11t st wese 867,127 tel- | power is utilized in ind = | ephones cha rom the manual to nglneers Xpee ew )'S the automatic plan of communication | cidedly optimistic outlook on the fs in 1929, with an increase of 23,220 | production of the country. phones, This growth has been regis- | tered since 1892, when the dial phones in America were first installed on a large scale in Portland, Me., and Au- The argument over the availability of | the dial phones is especially pertinent Stockholders in the American Tel-|in view of the fact that the American | Telephone™ & Telegraph Co. has the , are expressing concern | largest number of shareholders of any in many quarters over the action of the | corporation in the world at the present posing vigor- | time. The larger stock d ously the dial system of telephonic|that there has been a wide diffusion of the corporate ownership of this com- | A recent study of the situation in|pany. Many big blocks of margin-held | the Depart- | common stocks in the last year have | ment of Commerce, indicated that in|been broken up, adding matcrially to the | 10 years the growth of the use of fhe number of stockholders of record. system. This problem, it is declared, | United States. of New York for eight or nine years. | ‘Telephone engineers declare that in i Hydro-electric System. (Copyright, 1930.) Sinclair 0il Corpor;tion, operating in | to act on the sal The number of customers utilizing electric power in 1920 grew to 24,250,000, despite the decline in industrial produc. tion beginning in Oetober. The use of | electrical power has remained practi- | cally stable in late months. Electrical | engineers declare the long term future | of electric power has become so impor- tant to industry that steady expansion s assured. Prospective new customers, they | | declare, total 33 1-3 per cent of the en- alers report | tire Dopulation of the United States. | NEW YORK, May 28 (A —The Sin- imber of stockiold ccord. | clair Consollasted Oll Corporation has | e problem of the cost of telephone | agreed to pay $18,750,000 for the Pier, will not be enough operators to take | service is being considered in practically | Petrol 4 care of the calls Under the old manual | every big oenter of mdusty in the | Excroleum Corporatian and will provide cash for redemption of th In general it is 8 Stock, In sddianoing follow- | Pierce preferred stock, i will be eliminated by the use of the|ing the line of electrical rates. One Ol‘nr«umln'; the com ve e automatic switchboard, which has been | the largest public utllity concerns of the | Stockholders are being advi | utilized in some of the central stations | country company's labilities, has just issued a statement de- | effect by William H. 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