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Jwtt norther broke oxer tbU see-
tVm of the 8tate and made bad going
6a the city roads in the Vicinity of
Houston during tbe past mid-week
but several days of ' sunshine and
wld winds righted this unfavorable
situation making it possible to motor
: ' over all routes at this time eccord-
tag to the weekly road report of the
? lfotor League of South Texas.
While the ram disturbed the move-
ment of traffic to some extent it was
a (Salvation to the unimproved seo-
Vtibna of the roads as it has made it
possible for some needed maintenance
work to be done that is sadly needed
to save tnese roads.
Aided by the continuous drouth the
wearing 'strain of heavy traffic was
playing havoc with the roads in gen-
eral more Darticular to those with-
s out hard surfacing. In many in-
- stances even these with the shrink-
!ng of the sub-base were cracking
; iud giving way.
Travel using the Telephone road
' till find a detour necessary at the
.'Veity .Units in the Eastwood section
where tbe road is being worked. This
V 'detour h bad going and after a rain
? almost impassable. It is better to
I'i t out Harrisburg boulevard and take
the Brookllne cut-off back to the
Telenhone road or if in the south
Jt end go through Hermann park and
'take tbe Uriggs road arouna we
east end section.
-In going across Liberty county it
i. is better to use tbe old route after
rainfall after leaving Dayton picking
op the concrete at Nome. During dry
' weather the new road is ued. ' W.
C. Young county engineer of Liberty
county advises that on account of
detrurtivn to the road trucks will
not be allowed to use the main road
between Harris county -and Dayton
. during bad weather; they will have
v . ro neourvi Dirocn nm iu injiuu
fr; ' The weather bureau forecasts fair
V: and cool weather over Sunday. This
Will make better going as the muddy
Slices caused by the recent rains will
ry out under these favorable condK
t Hons
Houston to New Orleans via Beau-
mont and Orange Good going to
' county line through Crosbv then
' rough (bad if wet) through Liberty
county followed by concrete to
-;. Orange except east of the Neches
v river crossing at Beaumont Is rough
" short detour balance good.
' Houston to Shreveport via Humble
V'Urtngston Lufkin Nacogdoches
Good going to Humble then sandy and
jar. rough good at Cleveland then rough;
J.r sandy through Shepherd and Urban
IJ( to river then good going through Llv-
I ( ingston practically he balance of
' Ue route; recent rains have mads
"" tnHv a(Mihek htter roinc. i '
Hoimton to Palestine and Tyler via
"Tombs 11 road" to make Oonroe ac-
count of bridge work. It is fair go-
ing. Then rough roads the balance
of the route. Nacogdoches may be
made from Crockett via Alto over fair
to rough road.
Good to fnir roads Houston to Dal-
las. Fort Worth and points north
via Hempstead. Hearne Bremond
Martin. Waco and Hillsboro. Rough at
Reagan near Murlin. with rough
sandy ' utrctches between Hearne
Bryan. Navasota and Hempstead then
fair to Dallas via Alvarado.
Austin is made from Hempstead;
very snndv and rough going to Chap-
pell Hill ferry then over concrete
road through Hrrnham to Burton. .It
it fair at LdDtter ana near ma-
I .' nor: balance nood going now. West
! Tests is made from Hearne through
i1' Cameron to Temple over good road.
A' thea to Brownwood. fair to rough;
Vi bslnnce generally good going to Ama-
i ' rillo to Denver.
Houston to San Antonio via Sugar
ll-' Land. The route leads out of the
vis efty via South Main street. It is
i'' rough going where several bridges are
' y'i being built. necesnitathiK -small de-
iK ' tours through sections between Har-
ty lem and the ferry crossing Into Bich-
r'" mond then Ksst Bernard; Katy de-
" flour atbo rough balance fair going
i- V Both routes impassable after rain.
Beyond San Antonio it is good to
i' Junction then very rough to Kent
taliuire good Into Kl Paso with miles
' i of good road to Ios Angeles mixed
V with a rough sPretcfa here and there.
A detour offering better going Is made
'' ' from San Antonio through Frederirks-
l '- knr Han Anselo. His Sprlni to Kent
and El Paso to avoid rough sections
west of Junrtion on the msin road.
BrownviIle and Rio Grande valley
are made from- Rosenberg through
Whartou and Victoria. The recent
rahis made heavy going but It is now
dry aqd roinh here and there but
good near th Valley section. Tbe
route leaves the main road at Rosen-
berg snd goes through Beatley.
Houston to Freeport snd eosatal
points via Alvin and Angleton which
in fond improved. road all the way
then fair to rough in stretches here
and there to West Columbia. Bay
City and Brasoria. The Almeda road
(0 Angelton is fair going.
Houston to Oalveston airline via
. Webster is again open to travel with
fair to good going. Tbe route via
Telephone rood and Alvin is not as
food. -To reaeh the Telephone road
rom the city it is best to go via Har-
risburg boulevard and take the Brook-
Mae cut-off. or through Hermann park
tnd Origgs road. This is necessary
n account of road work at the city
jmlta of Eastwood.
Motorists will find msps and logs
si ai! routes available at the Motor
Leacue office in the lobby of Bender
hotel. Daily road reports are received
i . and information as to the best routes
(.' tnd rosd conditions may be secured.
Mail Inquiries must be accompanied
itjv' by etamped envelope.
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'Motor League to
f Hold Meet Monday
. Brantly Harris attorney for the
' Galveston Auto Protective associa-
i' Mob. will be guest of the .Motor
v' league at ita semi-monthly luncheon
Monday noon to be held to the ball-
Mum of the Bender hotel.
v judge Ijewls FJsher. chairman of
the league's highway committee will
be the principal speasrr 01 tne occa
0.1 v slon.
' Judge I B. Moody first vice presi
i dent ot tht leacut will prttidt.
GASOLINE TAX
IN3ISTATES
Tex. Univ Economic
Chief Discusses
Plan
(Associated Press.)
AUSTIN Texas Nov. 22. Thirty-
seven States now have a tax on gas-
oline to support public highways ac-
cording to a study made by Prof. E. T.
Miller of tbe economics department of
the University of Texss.
In this connection he said:
"It has been proposed that tbe gas-
oline tax take the place of all other
special taxes with the exception per'
baps of a nominal registration fee.
The advantages claimed for this tax
are that it is in accordance with the
use of the roads that it is in propor-
tion to' tbe factors which determine
the wear of tbe roads that it is easily
collected especially when paid by
wholesalers that it is paid at a time
convenient to tbe taxpayer or con-
sumer and that it reaches the out of
Slate tourist users of the roada. Tbe
objections urged against the tax are
that it is a consumption tax and as
such discriminates against the owner
of the cheap car hi favor of the owner
of the heavy expensive car or put
in another way it does not result in
taxation according to ability to pay
that if collected of retailers it makes
additional administrative officers and
that weight and speed as factors of
wear and tear of tbe roads are not
reached adequately by the tax.
"It is remarkable that the motor
fuel tax appeared only as recently as
1019 Oregon being the first Statt to
adopt it. At tbe end of 1010 only
four States had it; in 1020 one more
State adopted it; in 1021 11 States:
in 1022 three States and in 1023 17
States and the District of Columbia
enacted it On January 1 1024 37
States and the District of Columbia
had it but in two of tbe State it
was to be sabject to t referendum in
1024. Also in 1023 12 of tbe Ststes
already using it raised tbeir rates.
On January 1 1024 11 States had a
tax of 1 cent a gallon 17 Had a tax
of 2 cents a gallon seven had a tax
of 8 cents and two had taxea of from
one-fourth of 1 cent to 2 1-2 cents.
At present according to information
of the Texas highway commission 11
States hove in operation a tax of 1
cent 13 a tax of 2 cents one a tax
of 2 1-2 .cents and one (Arkansas) a
tax- of 4 cents. The tendency is dear-
ly to t tax of 2 cents and above. Ex-
cept ip two States and the District ef
Columbia the tax is in addition to all
other taxes and fees. Eighteen States
entrust either the expenditure or the
supervision of expenditure of the pro-
ceeds to the Statf highway commis-
sion; nine States divide the revenues
between the State and the county; one
State distributes the receipts to the
counties for highway purposes and
the Other nine States do not dedicate
the reeelDts to hlxhway uses eidn-
Hrely. but -turn them over either
wholly or In part to the general rev
enue fund or some other nonhighway
fund. Twenty-six States collect the
tax from the Importer or manufactur-
er flv collect It from the retailer
and the remainder from the whole-
's Icr or retailer ' or other agency.
Twenty-three States make no exemp-
tions; the others have exemptions
some being of uses other than for run-
ning of vehicles on public roads and
some being that used in publicly
owned cars. Exeitintlons are held In
disfavor because of the administrative
dUfleuIUtt."
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Nath Co. Official
Visits Tex. Home
(Post-Dispatch Special)
WILLS POINT Ttxas Ntv
22 WaK Alter. vlot arttl-
test tf tht Nash Motor oom-
aar hat rtttrttd tr hit ken
. la KtMuha. Whv tfrw vlsltlag
7. kty hi fainM u
Willi Pelaf tohttl asd It te
happettd that ht was tht first
hoy te tradaatt frtm tht Willi
Peiat High tohttl which was a
lately established iattitvtlot at
that tint. Dtrlni hit yttat
maahotd' ht was thorteghly
Identified with tht towa't best
interests. Ht left htrt 20 years
ago ftr 8t. Ltait where ht
held resatatlblo tttltlttt of
tratt for ttMt time.
Some tlint later hi wti ten-
dered tad aocetted tht place
as vice presMsat aaf geatral
manager of tht Nash Mtttr
company with htadqiarttri at
Ktnotha. J
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ROAD MEETING
PLANS PUSHED
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Special Railroad
Rates to Houston
Sought
BIRMINGHAM. Nov. 22. The of-
fcial call for the thirteenth annual
seasion of United States Good Roada
association which will meet in con-
junction with the United States Good
Roads show and the Bankhead Na-
tional Highway association In Hous-
ton. April 21-26 has been Issued by
J. A. Rountree director general of
these organixations. after consulta-
tion with the officials and executive
board of tbe three organizations.
Active work to snake the coming
meeting and the United States Good
Roads show the most successful in
the .history of the three organisations
is beini pushed at permanent head-
quarters in Birmingham and will con-
tinue until after the conventions.
Temporary headquarters will be
opened at Houston January 15
where a staff of assistants and ste-
nographers will actively work in ar-
ranging all detaila for the conventions
as well as to promote the United
States Good Roads show.
Applications have been made to all
tbe railroads throughout the country
for special rates. A request has been
made that tne tickets be extended so
the delegates will have an opportunity
to visit the various enterprising cities
and towns in Texas and their rela-
tives before they return borne from
tbe conventions. It is expected that
thousands of people from all parts of
tbe United States will take advan-
tage of these railroad rites to visit
Texas as well as to attend these two
conventions and the - United States
Good Roada show. .
Governor K. I-ee Trinkle. president
United States Good liosds associa-
tion and Colonel Bennehan Cameron
president of the Bankbead Highway
associstion. will issue ringing appeals
to tbe good roada advocates through-
out tbe nation to attend these conven-
tions and take part in the same. The
outlook for the coming gstherina; is
quite bright and promises to be large-
ly attended by enthusiastic good
roads enthusiasts throughout the
country
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ESSAY PRIZES
ARE OFFERED
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Highway Poard Puts
' Up$650afor
Awards
WASHINGTON D. C. Nov. 22.
School children of the United States
are to be given an opportunity to
answer the vexing question of traffic
control that today engages the at ten
tion of city officials and others every
where.
Tbe highway education board of
Washington D. C will present more
than $6500 in cash prizes and mednla
to elementary school pupils and ele-
mentary school teachers who submit
the bent essays and the best lessons
In the 1DZ4 national essay and national
lesson contests.
This is tbe same body that spon-
sors the Firestone university scholar-
ship an annual contest for the high
school pupils of the country who sub-
mit essays on subjects dealing with
progress in highway transportation
tbe grand prize being a four-year uni-
versity course.
Officials of the board are not op-
timistic enough to believe it is said
that any final solution will come from
the esunjH by children but it is be-
lieved that s nationwide considera-
tion of the traffic problem will have
a beneficial effect in reducing the
number of accidents and fatalities on
streets and highways.
The basic principle of the contest
is to trsin children in careful con-
duct on etreetn and highways and to
impress upon them a sense of per-
sonal responsibility.
. All pupils of the fifth sixth sev-
enth snd eighth grades are eligible to
compete whether attending public pri-
vate or parochial schools. Four hun-
dred and eighty-eight checks and as
many medaU will be given for the
best State esnays while three national
prises will be awarded for the three
essays chosen as the best of all t how-
to be written throughout the nation.
The first nntionarprise is n gold
watch and a trip to Washington with
all expanses psid. Tbe second and
third State prises are gold watches
of relative values.
In addition to the prizes and med-
als for pupils this organisation offers
to the teacher writing the bent prac-
tical safety lesnon a check for g.VK)
snd a trip to Washington. As iwcond
and third prise checks for $300 and
$200 will be given to tbe succesnful
teachera.
Pupils are requested to write es-
says on the mibject. "My Conduct on
Street i and Highways." while teach-
ers are invited to prepare practical
leaHOns for uxe in the clas room. Es-
says are not to exceed 500 words in
length while lesnons by teacliem msy
vary between 1000 and 1000 words
according to the inclination of the
teacher.
Detailed information concerning the
eontewt has been sent to all schools
throughout the United States and pos-
sessions. AN IMPROVED WIRED SCREW.
On certsin parts of a car can
screws are used which hsve a holt
drilled in the head for the insertion
of S wire for locking them Ip place.
If one of thene Hhonld happen to be-
come lout and can not readily be re-
placed a substitute can easily be made
as follows: An ordinary cap screw Is
given a ssw cut about half way
through the hesd. By striking clone
to the open end of the slot with e
cold chiHel. the metsl will be upset
cloning the slot so that a wire inaert-ed-
In the slot will be retained in do-
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Tour Party Covers Route
To Beaumont In Maxwell
New Road Is Open
During Dry
Season
- Traveling in a new model Maxwell
touring car through the courtesy of
Union Motors Inc. distributors of
Maxwell and Chrysler cars the Hous-
ton Post-Dispatch party toured over
the new highway to Beaumont to see
the high school football team there
administer tbe Houston Central High
school's first detest of the sCnxon.
The new route to Beaumont over
the Old Spanish Trail is now open all
the way for the first time although
it is completed for only some 25 miles
out of Beaumont.
The concrete topping has been
placed to Nome while the dump to
tbe Harris county line has been com-
pleted for some time. The grade is
"seasoned" for the most part and is
being beaten bard by the heavy flow
of traffic with preparations well
under way to begin the concrete work
through Liberty county as soon as
arrangements for the work cfii be
made.
Through the concentrated efforts
of the Motor League of South Texas
and the highway department plunx
have been made to keep a route to
Beaumont open during the wet
weather. Since tbe grade in immx-
able after heavy rains a temporary
road Hkirting the dump Iihh been
shelled practically all the way through
Liberty county while all-weather de-
lours have been laid out and condi-
tioned to carry4 the wet weuther traf-
fic in other sections.
With the completion of I lie con-
struction work now in progrexH an-
other important liuk in the hurd-Hiir-faced
route leading from Jacksonville
Kla. to Ios Angeles Cel. will have
been completed and by lOLMI it in
hoped that the transcontinental trail
will be completed in itx eutirety.
Officials of the Maxwell Motor
corporation are declaring today that
the nationwide reception being ac-
corded Walter I. Olir.vuler'H latent
creation the new good Maxwell is
the greatest and most enthusiastic
ever given a Maxwell product. It is
even more enthusiastic than the re-
ception given the first good Maxwell
three years ago.
Thousand upon thuussnds of per-
sonsthe motoring public sutomohile
distributors and denlers automobile
factory reprenentotlves and factory
executives from practically every
motor car company together with
hundreds of newspaper and automo-
bile trade publication men have
swarmed to the Maxwell-Chrysler
show rooms throughout the country
to see the line of cam that publicity
proclaims to he without a peer among
four-cylinder motor csrs in l he world
and from which he adds results have
been achieved which surpass those
hitherto attained from any four-cylinder
car.
The tremendous and outspoken en-
thusiasm with which the public has
greeted the new Maxwell permits us
to arrive ' at' but one conclusion"
Bragg Calloway vice president and
general manager of Union Motors
said "and that is that the new car is
making Just as profound a sensation
as did the Chrysler itselfj The re-
ception being accorded it reminds me
of that given the Chrysler last win
ter when tnat car created the begin.
r m-A
nlng of a demand that we have never
been able to meet.
"This Is the MaxweU that we have
been building toward ever since we
began to plan tbe I nryaler. It Is the
csr that Maxwell-Chrysler engineers
have been concentrating upon ever
since they completed designing the
Chrysler Six nearly two years ago."
Requests for demonstrations to
prospective purchasers in some cities
have been so numerous tbat appoint-
ments have been booked up days In
advance and distributors have adopted
a system of issuing demonstration
tickets entitling each holder to a ride.
The striking features of the new
csr is its mechanical co-ordination
lack of vibration flashing acceleration
and extreme flexibility.
TEX. DEALERS'
STOCKS URGE
Tire Goods Well
Above Country's
Average
(I'ost-Dispatcli Special.)
WASHINGTON Nov. 22. Tire
dealers In Tcjus flirry larger slocks
than do the dealers of any other
StMte. except those of Oregon Mis-
souri and California it is shown as
the result of a study just completed
by the department of commerce. The
average Texas stock includes (12.2
casings and 112.: inner tub's;' this
is well above the average for the
country of 411.7 casings ana 7(1.9 inner
ti.bes.
More than KMNI tire dealers in the
Htate of Texas responded to the ques-
tionnaire sent out by the department
for the purpose of ascertaining the
average stocks carried throughout the
country. Replies from Hi'l denlers
showed lUMUl ballooon tires on hand
and W dealers reported 01.253 high
prewure tires on bnnd. Returns from
10n.'l dealers showed 11H.227 inner
tube on hand. These figures are all
as of October J.
Six Texas denlers do a business
thnt justifies their regularly currying
a stock of more than 1000 casings
the department reports a record ex-
ceeded only in the States of California
and New York where there are seven
such stocks reported. Seven dealers
regularly carry between 400 and 1000
casings; aeven carry between MOO and
400 and 21 curry between 200 and
300. Twelve dealers reported carry-
ing more than six different makes of
tires nine carry six makes 24 carry
five makes and 00 carry four makes.
A total of (174 dealers carry more
than one make.
The Texas tire hnsinesa is largely
in the hands of dealers who also
handle other lines only lofi of the
10.13 dealers reKirling being able to
show that tires and tubes constitute
the mnior portion of their sales. Vul-
canizing i the main business of 10fi
denlers. 30 1 sell automobiles. xrA aell
automobile nce'sories 82(1 sell gas
anH oil and 30-i sell general hard
ware
5) Upper left The ttw tests tt the
highway bstwtet Diyttt and Noma
which avoids tht ttttritasly had sec-
tion ta tht tld route knowa as Dev-
on Weeds and Willis Late. Tht atw
Maxwell tearing oar la which the
Post-Dlspateh pirty aiadt tht Beau-
Most trip it shows la the fertgreaad.
Upper right The Maxwell teariag
ta the Iota spaa tvtr tht Trinity river
ea tht Old Spanish Trail rottt to
Beaumont.
Lower left Tht Ctatral High
school hind leading tht parada of
Hoastta studtttt In Btitmoat ta tht
day tf tht gams.
Lower right The. aew Maxwell
tturiag car aear the tatnaot to the
Beaamoat ball park where the Hoes-
tea Ciatrtl Hhjh tohttl foothill team
bowed to the Beaamoat High aggre
gation la tnt utitt t rirtt teisat.
PLAN BOSTON
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New England Trans
port Problems to
Come Up
BOSTON. Nov. 22. A New Eng
land motor trausport conference to
discuss toe highway transports! io
problems of New Kuglsnd will be held
st lloston on December 11 snd VI
under tbe guidance of tbe Nutionul
Automobile Chumber of Commerce
and with the co-operation of mini)
New England organisations represent-
ing motor vehicle users.
Leaders in tbe automobile industry
are convinced tbst there is a dis
tinct place in tbe transportation tielo
for each facility toe railroads the
Waterway's the electric lines and the
lilghwuy vehicles and taut If tn
proper economic sphere of each is
more fully determined and better un
derstood there need be no conflict. 1
Is tbeir belief that the meetings to
be held in New England will assist
In the process of making better un-
derstood the function of each trans-
portation facility
Railroad men and trolley officials
will be among the speakers and spe-
cial sessions of the conference will be
devoted entirely to discussion of how
electric railways are using the motor
bus and how railroads are' solving
with the motor truck the problem of
handling local less tliun carload
freight.
The rapid progress which lias been
made In New England and elsewhere
in building up a net work of inter-
city motor coach operation in re-
sponse to popular demand will be
discussed. Among the speakers will
be some of the pioneers in this de-
velopment. Other speakers will tell of what the
commercial use of New England's
great new highway system means in
dollars snd cents and of how the
automobile is helping to reclaim New
England's deserted farms. The fed-
eral government's research program
into tbe economics of road use will
also be presented.
One of the most important topics
will be a discussion of how to pro-
mote safety and reduce highway con-
gestion. Experts will speak on this
subject and It is expected that a
large number of 8tate and city offi
cials will be present and participate
in tne discussion.
Resides members of sutomobile or
gsnlxntions railroad men snd electric
railwsv representatives. Htate hlrh
way officials mayors city planning
experts shippers snd others will be
invited to the New England motor
transport conference.
CLOSE ALLIANCE
OF RUBBER. AUTO
INDUSTRY CITED
It ie apparent to many how closely
the automotive and rubber manufac-
turing industries are allied but what
has not received so much considera-
tion is the outstanding fact that so
long as motor cars burn gHsoline and
run on rubber tires sll three of these
great industries oil with sn invented
capital of 1UsM1.000.0Nl; the automo-
tive industry with nearly $3000.000.
000; and rubber manufacturing em-
ploying nearly $1000000000; aggre-
gating approximately $13000000000
of American capital are dependent
largely on cultivated rubber for ex-
istence. Yet America with this tremendous
capital involved and consuming over
MOTOR MEET
t urem service.! .
DETROIT Mich Nov. 22 That tfc4 i '
motor-buying public and automobile) '
dealers are being put to needleaa coo:. j
rpn hv HAnsntinnal artlflfl. In mneA
trade journals regarding what thejf A-
term "pandemonium in tbe autom-"" -
bile industry" and which they asacrt
prompted the introduction of foar- ".V;
wheel brakes. eicht-in-Iine motors
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and balloon tires is charged by Ben . . ' .
jumin 11. Cram economist and atatia-'' '. -tician
in tbe current issue of "Cram'g 'r'"'
i renus ol ttusiness ana r mince iam :
leading economic authority on the in--dustry.
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Mr. Cram declares that such attackt ;f';';
once were justified but now are not.;:
are vicious do incalculable damage '
make the leaders of the industry aeesa ;;
to be deliberately wrecking both tbeir
own business and tbe dealer's; and
the motor-buying public anxious and
cause it to lose faith in the Industry 1 ;"f.;'.
and in the very cars it drives. Me '..
Cram contends that stage of tbe in- jr ';
dustry is passing if it has not al ready
passed; that the automobile ia
near perfection and will be subject to vX
very few radical changes from now .. :
on and that the future of the dealer v : :
is much brighter today than it ever
has been providing of course they Vf
IUIIUI UlUUwI U UUHUCOD Mill UJwVaww.U . "
disinr methods.
"These articles assert that tbl in- ;
dustry is doing desperate things to
tttimiilut anl-M ' 1 aol ! it iWnf W ."'
"is. seixinr nnnn inf and nverv nvl f't.'
and untried thing to induce the pubHa
effect introduction of these tbinga will
have on cars now in use and imply l;"
tbst in this class are four-wheel '
brakes eight-in-line motors and bal-'
loon tires each of which we are told j ':
have not yet been sufficiently deyeK
oped to justify their use. ; 't i
"We are told the industry's leaders :'
have gone stark mad in tbeir scram-
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uiv lur MMcsi luai pauavmomuisi
reigns; that each is grasping at strawa
and putting in his car something aew
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doing it and he himself does not want
to be outdone. And we are finally
told that because of thla the new
models are forcing dealers with many
old models on their bands into bank-
ruptcy and tbat tbe cars the public la
driving are little better than junk. V' V i
"A grievous wrong and no good i '; .'
being done by this needless and de- .
structive criticism. There Is no pan-
demonium no wild scrambling in tha'V 'V
industry. Manufacturers are not neb v .
Ing pell-mell into new ideas. They . .
are hard-thinking far-sighted mea.v I
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i iicj hib suiviiis lur luv livrivct csr . i'f
They are not doing things over-night ;
They are improving slowly moving
cautiously ana wnac la more are r -building
well They are trying tf v:'
make a better car at a ehaausr niice!
and are aucceedlnf.
"No new idea is Incorporated h'-'
ways at great expense. They spend tl
iii..M thniitunil a mab. mmtmlm
new minir is rignt. une company . t .
000 before they were satisfied wit ' '
eight-in-line motors. Another spent .
t.KMl.OOO to build larger motora to ' -meet
the greater tractive resistance ' .:
of balloons. Witt".
"The fact that fnnr.wh! KnlnL 1
eight-in-line motora and balloon tlrea '.v '.
came out almost simultaneously la -:v
I ui re Happenstance it Dai no slgnin-.r
inni Thw SMI nnl lntant-wl
selling Inducements. They were pure-
ly developments. Tbey appeared Bt; .;
a time when auto sales were except
for 1023 at the peak point in history.
"These and tne previous change!
may have hurt the dealer but the
Industry had to pass through what
every other industry has gone through
before the eventual product la ar-
rived at. Tbey may have hurt the'
public but they hurried the day whea
the public will have the IdealVar.
"Tbe situation these journals pie '
lure though in exaggerated fsshloa 1
once existed we admit. Manufaetur- w .
ers were somewhat ruthless in their '..
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i T-aimi-UL (lie ucnivi luu UUVWM- 5 "
cerned over the effect of new care oa . ;.
cars the public was driving. Wd id-
mlt that m lauiill ma n w Jb)mm
were forced out of business and that
r..p t-.-... i...i..w 1 v.... 91 n ..ji.
...i J . 1 1 iiriuni Hiriiini 11m " J-
per cent profit. But what we ca - :"'
tend is tins tnat attitude baa cnangea .
thst situation is passing. This belna ;
so. the occasion for such senaatioaa .'X
articles also has passed. ' .
"However these critics do not con-
cede that the situation is passing and. .-v.
therein lies the wrong of tbeir un-. .".
anything constructive to aid the deal-'
r.i fi.iiBiiii.iii. .ii mi mri u ll W .
er to fare this pictured discouraging
future. 80 the considerable damage
they do the concent they arouse are.
needless and not called for. '
"Luckily we can build up hope la
both the dealer and tbe motorist. The
experiments! dsys of the Industry ;"'
linvr innnril II ia IIUW VpniDwCSIBg
stability. From now on there will
be fewer and leas sharp changes la ' '
csrs in motors in design leaa fre-'
quent bringing out of new models lesa ' .
obsoleting of cars. From now ea " ' ;
dealers will not suffer from each fro- f
auent changes. From now on owner T
Will tint hllT fl-W l-wlPa tAnlw Ia aawfl...'
them ma lie old tomorrow. 80 alea .
win ine usra-car proDiem necome aim-
pie. with owners driving their car
to the last mile in them for fire and
10 v.nrs snit nlianln tk. .-I- . '
. .. . ...... ...... . ... .n wiu (
' " J wiv auaifVB gwciU
70 per cent of the world's produetloa ? '
.. 1 niaN.iA. 1. 1. . .1 ' ;
3 per cent of tha'nlantMl i . .
In h(. Law Iwtl.a.m.. 1lk. Ult.L 1 . '
... ........... . . & u w RJ t lyjwm ... - .
. I .111..- tl II 1) . 1 1 . '
nui rimrr iuMDciauy or pouuoauyv.:i
more man 7.1 per eent of tbe ourtrat .
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ui iinuiuuu ruuoer toe ueveiop- t j
ment of which has been due to their i'-
vision pluck and energy. h
By their control of this basic to-'"VV.
dustry. the British hsve the power .S"
to elose our automobile planta aad
rubber factoriea and to depress the i
price of oil securities. Without nlaa-
tation rubber the bottom would fall 7
out of these three Industries. Start-
ling but true! - ". :;'
However we are fortunate that the X
control of this important key indue-"
try rests In the hands of a netioa '
which fundamentally desires to "play
the game" and which realise- that
Its well-being depends upon tbe pres
parity and good will ol the gaataf tta
world.
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