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are being adopted to create a demand for it. Oil companies 

 are pushing the kerosene stove instead of the gasoline stove. 

 They are handling oil heaters, lanterns, lamps and every 

 device for increasing kerosene consumption. Refiners are 

 stipulating the purchase of a carload of kerosene with every 

 carload of gasoline. 



In the ten years previous to 1909 the export value per 

 gallon of naphthas rose 56 per cent, as against 19 per cent, 

 for kerosene and practically nothing for crude oii. The ex- 

 ports of kerosene increased twenty-three and one half times 



The bigger the cow the thinner the cream 



faster than those of gasoline. Even 

 in far-off China 400 million people are 

 being taught the use of our discarded 

 . , kerosene lamp, to provide a market 



nsPenaytoitoJtav for the by . pro p duct . 



It is difficult now to secure the lightest crude oil products 

 in the open market, since they assist the refiner to dispose of 

 some of the heavier compounds in mixtures sold as commercial 

 gasoline. A prominent oil man says that the proposition 

 is like that of a dairy farmer. His Jersey cows can produce 



