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PETROL PRICES.

Possiblity of a Risc. Washington, Aug. 15 Pro

miscuous country-wida side slash. ng of rasoline prices has brou-ht temporary joy to the motorist, tut is leaving him in a quandary as to the cause and effect of it all.

With oil rushing out of the earth in such enormous quantities that the flow can hardly be con- trolled, it is no wonder that a cry should be raised against the prices that existed before the gen- eral downfall. It has been known for quite a while that production was far exceeding consumption, despite the enormous increase of Jantomobiles on the highway.

In fact the situation became so unwieldy that pro ducers were forced to shut down in the refining of oil for gasoline. An oversupply of some eight or ten million gallons, a few months ago, was suggested for distribu- tion among the retailers so as not to cause a panicky situation among the refiners.

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It was this condition, at first held secret among the producers and refiners, that cropped out and was caught upon as good cause for

general reduction in of gasoline prices. some of

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The cry the m that the present low prices in some of the western states have been made at a loss does not seem to cause jany worry among those authori

ties and consumers who started the trouble.

But, generally, oil men believe the situation will level itself! down to an average reduction of 2 or 3 cents from the prices that existed before the wild cutting,

SUPPLEMENT

ADJUSTING THE CARBURETTEK.

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How to Remedy the Mcst Usual Troubles.

Luckily, it is not often that the owner-driver is called urea to adjust his carl uretter, says Cart. F. de Norman.ville in the city Chronicle. It is a tox of tricks of which most mctcrists have a general idea, lut few realis, un- ! Cerstand its detail functionice.

Before you begin to adjust the carl uretter, it is of course, fore what desirable that you should knew whether the trouble you want to remedy is really eart uret ter or magneto! The symptoms. are frequently rather akin.

Misfiring due to carburetter trouble can generally be dis- tinguished from the similar com- pisint due to faulty magneto, by the presence of "popping back."

Sometimes the trouble is due to water in the fuel, and if you race the engine, close the throttle suddenly, and open it again sud- denly. you can often draw the water out of the float chamber without leaving the driving seats WATER IN THE FLOAT CHAMBER.

Reducing the matter to its essential elements, I will give you she "make up" of a car buretter and its functioning, so shat you may see what you are First, there is the float chamber. after when making adjustments. This should but very rarely re- quire attention unless water gets in it, which you cannot draw off by racing the engine.

Turn off the petro! first. There is usually a little spring clip holding the cover on. More the spring clip so that the cover can In some of the states, like Chiccome off. Generally the cover will lift off, but sometimes it wants and farther east, this conservative redaction has already been make, turning round part of a circle

before it lifts of and it is expected it will act as a stabilizer for the whole industry. The low prices of 11 to 16.6 centsi

When the cover is off, you will see A "needle attached to it a callon will be raised gradually the centre of the flat, which which goes down through a hole

to about 18 or 20 cents, it is pre- dicted, and thus they remain at least for anther year.

Oil Gen do not deny that they can afford to cut prices. The realize that is the best way to et rid of their surplus stock. But they do no: relish the recent the slashing to which they! were forced by the action of the overnor of South Dakota and others. It is below cost, they

Cry.

FUTURE PRICES. Well the price will return grad- ually and in a month or more. That is generally taken for granted. It will go back as soon as the present excitement over gasoline dies down.

But it will not go back to the former level. Instead, the price generally will stop at about 18 or 20 cent and remain there perhaps over next winter and spring.

In all, the producers have esed this lesson from their folly:

They are curbidz their zeal for the production of gasoline be nd the capacity of consump tioa.

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you will also see now.

With a long match eich side of the a, you can lift the float sufficien ly to get it out With clean raz, soak up the petrol in the float chamber, and also the water and any particles of dirt.

SOME OTHER TROUBLES

If the carburetter has shown any signs of flooding, now look at the tapered end of the needle. I it looks ridey." polish it to a clean ünished surface with a pieca of ane emery cloth, taking care to revolve the needle, so as not to polish one side more than another.

If you have persistent bad flooding, it will be due to one of two causes-both, luckily, of very rare occurrence. The float may be punctured, or the needle may have changed position relatively to the collar you will see on it, in which the counter weights act to control the vertical movement of the needle.

ON CLEANING THE JETS. If a novice is overtaken by either of these defects, he or she had better make for the neare karaz bè claim assistance from an experienced passing motorist.

Then you have the jets to con- sider, and there are usually two three, or four of them. On minst types you have a slow running device and a main jet and & secondary for compensatin,z) jet.

These jets occasionally ret choked up with a particle of dirt. They are readily accessible with the special jet sjenders provided Eat you usually have to unscIEW them from the Editora.

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