The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 13, 1920, Page 14

_ Crude 0il and - the Automobile N 1913 (when there were 1,009,000 auta- 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 new fields unprofitable, and in 1915 only 14,000 wells were drilled. This halt in produc- tion enabled demand 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 proe duce an equivalent amount of gasoline. (Indiana) Standard Oil Company 910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IIL Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers PAGE FOURTEEN 2 e Book Reviews WAR’S WRECKAGE Wounded Souls, by Philip Gibbs, a novel. Published by George H. Doran company, New York. 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 and 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 the 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. HIS book is written, it is stated frankly, to urge readers to take active 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, etec. 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? 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