Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12
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| THE crude rubber We get from Ceylon
| comes in entirely different form from
| what we get from Brazil" says the su-
| perintendent Of a tire company. Yet II
ber-and of practically the same quality.
Seeds Of the Hevea tree. which produces
| the Brazilian Para rubber. were taken to
Ceylon some years ago and planted IN
soil very similar to that to which it is
| Indigenous in the valley of the Amazon.
Some day these young trees are going
| to be just as good as those in the Anna
zonian forests. and In the trade 1t Is be-
lieved to be only a matter Of time when
what is called the cultivated rubber crop
| will be sufficient to supply the needs Of
the world. and probably at a much lower
cost than manufacturers have been pay
ing:
from CeylOn did not exceed 1900 tons /;
the next year it was 1900 tons; last year
| it had grown beyond 5000 tons. and this
years crop is estimated as likely to
| reach 14.00O tons. A few years hence the
| cultivated crop will equal the wild or
| natural crop Of South America"
| In a lecture before several hundred
young men Of the Bedford Branch Y. NJ.
G. A.. in Brooklyn, last Friday, on 1.-The
Opportunities Offered to Young Men in
the Automobile Industry" Alfred Reeves
Of the Association OF Licensed Automo-
bile Manufacturers said
LAS the motor car is now the tool Of
civilization and forms a most important
part In our everyday life, its making and
selling offer excellent opportunities for
young men of character and ability. 1t
has been well said that any one who aids
in the transportation of people, mer-
chandise or thought IS public bene-
factor. SO surely the makers of motor
cars and those in that trade have earned
that title.
'The automobile trade has been a
young mans business since it's inception.
and the greatest successes have been
scored by young men. Among the eighty
factories In the Association of Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers which l have
the honor to represent, the youngest
president, and he heads a successful
million-dollar company. is only thirty
one years old, while the average age
Of the presidents Of those companies is
not more than forty-two. with few
older and very substantial business men
who have made great leaders. This
record Is unequaled. for in most in
before he reaches the highest chair in
the organization.
THE record growth Of the automobile
business during the past ten years has
been startling to the conservative bust
to believe that motoring was more than
pastfme and that the motor car is just
as much q necessity as the telephone,
the telegraph or transportation lines. For
have predicted failure. yet each year has
| seen more and better motor cars pro-
duced and more and more men en-
ployed. until now we have such startling
| figures as the following:
Three hundred automobile factories in
America, Of which 12j are beyond the
experimental stage and are producing
| fifty or mote machines a year
-Four hundred and seventy-ave million
dollars capital in the motor car and &C.
in motor car factories alone.
-Four hundred and ten thousand auto
mobiles manufactured during the past
ten years. almost all of which are in use.
sand men employed in the various
branches Of motor-car making and SELL
ing.
"Ninety-four hundred dealers in Amer
lea, most OF whom maintain salesrooms
or garages.
| Twenty-Five thousand registered auto
mobile drivers and almost 10000 machines
In use in the state Of New York.
Motor cars are now used the world
over. even in the most remote parts of
Asia and Africa. So far as I know.
there is only one place where motor cars
are not used. and that is in bermuda,
where the roads are SO narrow as to
make motoring unsafe: The authorities
| the islands
| In a little shop in ST James street,
! Philadelphia, which is still standing.
Oliver Evans. Familiarity known to most
Americans as the father Of American
milling, drew the plans for a steam-pro-
PEELED vehicle and in 1904 he constructed
a five-horsepower machine which he ran
| from his other shop at the corner of
| Vine street and Ridge road to the Schuyl-
kill, a full mile and half-Charles Split
| dorf explains: THE machine that Evans
built weighed about two tons and made
| speed OF two and one-half miles
per hour and may be considered to
| 1775 when but eighteen years old. Evans
constructed the first high pressure steam
engine ever built. the same principle
which is used today on all locomotives.
| to the Lancaster Turnpike Company in
which he offered to build at a low cost q
steam carriage to carry 100 barrels OF
| -four fifty miles in twenty-four hours. He
riage would make more net profits than
| ten fve-horse wagons on a good road.
| But little or no attention was paid to
him. and the carriage was never built"
x i: *
Rubber tires. If they are Of the proper
| weight, will outwear by far those of iron
or STEEL" said NJ. ]. Hammers of Detroit.
Mich, who through years of experience
! in the building Of both carriages. vehicles
and automobiles has conducted many ex-
periments as to the life Of tires made
Of iron, rubber and fiber.
whoever heard" said Mr.. Hammers,
"of any iron tire on a wagon or q buggy
or any other vehicle except an automobile
standing up for $1,000 to 10000 miles OF
continuous service? Yet that is no I'M
usual service or mileage for rubber tires
loads, but at faster rate Of speed"
A record made in everyday service by
a car driven by DR.. Robert NJ. Rogers of
Brooklyn, n. Y, is advanced in support
automobile Is no more expensive than q
horse and carriage. This physician paid
for the storing Of his car. excluding which
expense, the mile cost was but % cents.
The gasoline cost per mile .919, and the
mileage per gallon was twenty-five. This
record was made during the year 1910,
with a total mileage of 5000. His tire
cost for that time was slightly over l
cent per mile.
Other items included in his estimate are
for parts and would not in many in
| given by him are: Tires. $38. 10; Oil. s.. 10:
ga soiine. 1853: starting crank, So:
glass in windshield. 81: weed chains, 81; ;
| idler gear, So; soldering gas tank. $3.50:
| adjusting bearings. $13: electric horn and
| batteries. 49, grease. 1915; total. $217.O6
Varnish may easily be ruined by i'm
proper use of soap in washing. Dissolve
\ a pound Of soap in gallon Of water and