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Evening star., 1912-11-17

billion doliars-several times the business
of the Pennsylvania system. This VII
give you some idea of the quick rise of
the automobile industry in the past dec
ade.
Now, the question that comes up i.
this: How shall We take care of this
vast business? And we discover this
fact-that the dealer is the intermediary
in whom the success of this automobile
business lies. Without the dealers effort
to give service and satisfaction-to save
the public money-the industry will SUI
fer. So it is the duty of the manufac-
turer not only to protect the dealer. but
also to give him every possible means
of support and assistance.
THE day of intense selfishness. where
each man struck at the other, is past
And the spirit of co-operation-of all men
working together for a common end-fhe
good of the business-is here. 1t Is pleas
ant to note this change in business tac-
ties, which is true not only in the au-
tomobile and its allied industries, but I'm
business generally"
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RICHMOND MOTOR
EVENT SANCTIONED
Entry Blanks for Virginia
Classic Have Been Re-
Ceived Here.

Entry blanks were received in Wash
ington a few days ago for the automobile
race meet to be held at the State Fair
track, Richmond, Va, November % and
80, starting at o'clock in the afternoon
each day. The meet has been officially
sanctioned by the American Automobile
Association, and T. B. Shoemaker Of the
contest board will represent that organi-
cation and see that the rules of the board
are complied with in order to prevent ac-
eident. The meet is being held under the
auspices of the Automobile Club of Rich.
mond.
The program for the first day includes
a five-mile race for owners. all cars to
be fully equipped; five-mile race for
owners, fully equipped touring cars rang
ing from $1,601 to $1,000; ten-mile race
for owners, fully equipped touring cars
and runabouts under $1,6O0 entries linn
tied to members of the Automobile Club
of Richmond; heat race, first heat one
mile, second heat two miles, third heat
three miles, best two out of three heats,
for professional drivers only, and ten
mile handicap for professional drivers.
The prizes in the first three events are
$25; fourth event, 500 and $50, and fifth
event, $1UO $50 and SD.
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TO DISCUSS GOOD ROADS.
American Automobile Association
Meets in Chicago Next Month.

Involved in the holding of the eleventh
annual meeting of the American Auto
mobile Association, to take place in Chi
cago, December and 3, will be the con-
sideration of road questions Of both ma
tional and state import. During the past
twelve-month highway Improvement has
received countrywide impetus. due in
great degree to the energy of the asso-
ciation's forty-four state bodies and 400
local clubs. Several states have con-
sidered bond issues involving millions Of
dollars, and there isn't single common
wealth in the entire Union which has
not, in one way or another, made prog
ress in road development.
The matter of federal participation in
highway Improvement has been a mark
ed feature of the administration Of Presi-
dent Robert P. Hooper. who declines q
reelection, on the ground that it is now
the duty of another automobilist of ma
tiOnal repute to come forward and head
the association which represents in or
ganized form nearly million road users
Mr.. Hooper, like his predecessor in the
presidency, Mr.. Speare Of Massachusetts,
will continue to be the head of a state
organization. that of Pennsylvania. which
has kept him in office since it's inception
some seven years ago.
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A War Orchestra.
From the Chicago Journal.


Much comment is being wasted on the
big superintendent Pennsylvania. This
vessel may be all that is claimed for her,
and still not be good investment.
All through American naval history. too
much attention has been paid to the IN
dividual ship. and too little to the feet. As
a result, the country has at times been
destitute of fleet altogether. and at
otner times has had fleet composed or
such widely different units that they
could not act together.
In the war of 1872, half dozen ships OF
the line, acting in squadron. could have
broken the blockade of our coasts, and
prevented the raid on Washington.
In the war with Spain. Sampson :
SQUADRON while cruising in search of Ger
vera, made a speed of only seven. miles
per hour. because the battleships and
cruisers had to be held back to. the snai $
pace Of the antiquated monitor, Puritan.
When the war music starts. the coun-
try does not need a brillan soloist SO
much as a well trained war orchestra. a
moderate-sized fleet of high-class ships.
built to act together. is the feet that will
give the best account of itself.
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The Newspapers and Children.
From Suburban Life. !.

From Suburban Life.
"Some one has asked me the question
Shall we allow our boys and girls to
read the newspapers? OF course. we
all know why such a question is asked.
There is much in our daily paper we
wish might be eliminated; the murder
trials, divorce proceedings, crimes with
out number in all their revolving aspects,
and what Lowell calls the 'stagnant
goose ponds Of village gossip But. since
fathers and mothers read the daily paper,
they cannot consistently prohibit their
children from doing the same In its
way, the newspaper is a great educator.
1t brings us each day in touch with the
whole world. Its recapitulation of cur
rent events is timely and helpful. The
newspaper is a necessity. We could not
spare 1t from our table, in spite OF it's
faults. There are newspapers and news
papers. 1t is for each parent to bring
into his home as clean a sheet as he can
find. knowing that the innocent eyes Of
his little children will scan its pages.'
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Advance in Motor Cars.

One Of the most remarkable achieve
ments OF the last few decades has been
the advance from the low, numbering
stage coach to the beautiful, swift-mov-
ing, luxurious motor car.
Yet some remarkable and very inter-
esting changes have taken place in the
construction of the car itself. The motor
car presents difficult but thoughtful
development along the lines of beauty,
elegance and efficiency.
Automobile building up to the present
time has been automobile experimenting.
Motor enthusiasts and the most scientific
engineers all over the world have been
searching by experiment and experience
for the principles of design and the par
ticular building materials that are the
essential factors in the safety of the car
that eventually will survive.
They have accomplished much, and the
present year gives motordom the very
highest type of automobile design and
construction.
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Crack Drivers Enter.

The second days races include a five
mile race for owners. stock touring cars
and runabouts fully equipped; ten-mile
race for non-stock cars 231 to 800 cubic
inches piston displacement; five-mile race
for non-stock cars under 600 cubic inches
piston displacement, and twenty -five-rnile
free-for- The prize for the first even,
is $25; second event, $50 and 500; third
event. 500 and $50, and fourth event.
$500. $50 and $50.
F. J. Wagner. official starter of the
American Automobile Association. will
be at the starting line both days
Among the crack drivers who have
entered are Ralph Mulford. Spencer
Wishart. Leland Mitchell. John Minker.
Louis Disbrow and several of the west
ern pilots. The Chamber Of Commerce
of Richmond is expected to donate a
trophy for one Of the events. Jay
Lewis, secretary and treasurer of the
Automobile Club of Richmond, is ar
ranging the details for the coming
meet. 1t is expected that several of the
local boys will enter the races.
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AUTO BUSINESS MAY
EXCEED RAILROADS
Motor Era lust Beginning,
While Other Is at Nor
NAL Stage.

1T Is not a stretch of the Imagination
to say that the automobile business will
eventually exceed the entire business of
the railroads Of the United States" said
F. A. Seiberling, president Of big tire
company, in an address delivered at the
recent convention Of automobile manu-
facturers and dealers. held at Indianap-
oils, Ind.
''The automobile business must be con-
sidered as just beginning. The railroad
business has already reached its normal
or stationary period. When we shall
have developed in this country the good
roads comparable to the continental
roads Of Europe. and we shall have taken
advantage Of them by connecting towns.
villages and cities with automobile travel,
carrying the traffic under a schedule as
the railroads are now doing-when we
shall handle all the traffic on the streets
with the commercial car. and the pro-
duce of the farmer is transported to the
city by the same means-all of which is
bound to come-then it Is no stretch of
the imagination to say that the auto
mobile business will exceed the entire
business Of the railroads of the United
States.
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Announcement was made during the
past week of the appointment of Frank
w. Robartes as resident manager OF the
Washington branch of the Locomob1ie
Company of America, at 1924 Connecticut
avenue northwest.
Mr.. Robartes comes from the General
Motors Company, with which he has been
connected for some time past. His ex-
perience in the automobile business dates
back several years. He was formerly
western sales manager for the Oldsmo-
bile Company, with headquarters in Chi
cago.
He is a young man, thirty-four years
old, and comes to Washington because OF
the many attractions and its congeniai
people. He is a true type of the west
ern man. Mr.. Robartes Is a Mason and
also a member of Kismet Temple Of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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TO MAKE FINANCIAL
VENTURE OF HIGHWAY
Gen. du Pont to Build Road
Across the State of
Delaware.

II would be impossible to find in the
whole United States a person who has
made any study of public highway condi-
tions who does not believe in the pay
ing qualities Of Il good road. One needs
only to look at Delaware to find that this
Is true. There Is not a shrewder Judge
Of investments in that state than Gen.
du Pout. He proposes to build modern
thoroughfare across the entire length of
the state and earn the interest on it by
exploiting the 160 feet of the right OF
way which is not used by the road. This
NJ looks upon a9 a sane and sensible
business proposition, and he ought to
know
In many communities where good roads
or so-cd!led good roads have been built
But this is the outcome of a lack of
be- primarily constructed and as TO how
A good brick road properly put down.
and il is now well known how such roads
should be Observation-Disclosures a per-
manent value to d degree which really
makes them free from the cost Of up
keep.
III is really impossible to give definite
figures AS to what the people of the
uIted States lose each year in the mat
ter Of transportation over poor highways
bat II viii run into more than Ssoe.0uU. 900
TAR more than enough to put every pubic
wagon road Of the country into the best
possible condition
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Machines Imported.

No automobiles are made in Mexico,
every machine used being imported. The
City of Mexico is the distributing center
of the republic and the buying center for
the principal mining districts. All the
streets are asphalted and most of the
roads leading out of the city are ma
cadamized.
Evening star., 1912-11-17

with good roads Improvement has been
the matter of maintenance and often
highways seemingly well constructed have
gone back to their original condition be-
cause of the lack of proper care. But
with the modern method of building road
ways the maintenance becomes a very
insignificant affair. For example, Cuya-
hoga county, in Ohio several years ago,
came to a realization that bad roads must
become a matter of the past.
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GOING SOME.

The old town of Westmoreland,
near Huntington, W. Va. has
made revolutionary step and
fixed the speed limits within it's
borders at ninety miles an hour. as
is announced on huge signboards.
The reason for this ordinance is
that lower speed limits are apt to
be ignored.
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Not of Modern Origin. i.

The movement in behalf of better roads
is not of modern origin. More than half
century ago the proposition was ad-
vanced by Congress to build a national
pike from Baltimore 10 the Pacific coast,
and money for this purpose was appro-
priated. Almost surmountable difficult
ties were experienced in blazing the way
across the mountains and through the
forests which We're then as nature had
made them The road was never COM
pleted except from Cumberland. Md, to
a point in Indiana. Recently there has
been organized what is known as the
Old Trails Ocean-to-Ocean Association,
having for it's object the building of this
road from New York to Los Ange es.
which would give a complete across-the-
country highway of the most modern
construction and the longest in the world.
But the movement has gone far beyond
anything like a matter OF purely govern
ment aid and the different states are TAX
ing IL UP an their own way. In Massachu-
setts. New Jersey. California and other
states legislatures have appropriated mil
lions of dollars for state aid in the car
rying on of the work. and Ohio and
other commonwealths are proposing to
follow the example set by these other
states
a very important factor in connection
Evening star., 1912-11-17
When You Travel.

When touring it is convenient plan.
if not always advisable. to put a good
deal of the luggage on the footboard
strapped over and well secured to the
body or frame as well. Many cars travel
much more easily on their springs IL not
loaded too heavily behind and luggage
grids or racks have an awkward way of
sagging downward when they have been
much used. In fact complete fracture
Continued on Eighth Pagel
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Roads Need Care.

The Cleveland merchants were the first
to grasp the situation and know that bet
ter highways meant more trade, and
therefore larger profit at the end of
the year. Therefore the county commits
sioners were urged and willingly gave
their consent 10 the building of several
hundred miles Of modern thoroug hfares.
Brick as a rule was used, and now, un-
der the mode of construction adopted,
there is hardly a mile of all this new
roadway which is not in as good con-
dition as it was at the time it was
laid.
the merchants find that they were
right in their belief that good roads
meant better business, and at no place
In the Ii ted States can more enthusi-
astic supporters of good roads be found
than they. But the farmers likewise
who live outside of Cleveland, are no
less enthusiastic, because it has opened
up to them an avenue by which they
can reach the city every day of the
year and do so without Inconvenience.
Moreover they can haul loads with a
single team double the weight which
they hauled under the old conditions.
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Receives Promotion.

Willis D. Cronkhite. formerly connected
with the Buick Motor Company in this
city. and who Joined the Republic Motor
Company of New York in August last,
has been promoted to district manager.
with headquarters in New York city,
pending the completion of the large plant
in Philadelphia. Mr. Cronkhite will have
under his supervision the Philadelphia
branch and Delaware, Maryland, District
of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina as his territory.
Mr. Cronkhite was connected with the
local branch for two and a half years.
Previous to that time he was engaged in
the automobile business in East Orange
n. j. He succeeds Ted S. Johnston, who
was manager of the local branch and re-
signed in August to become District sales
manager for the Republic Motor Com
pany. November / Mr.. Johnston was
promoted to general sales manager of the
company and transferred to Detroit
where he is now located. The cars pro-
duced by the Republic company are the
Little and Chevrolet cars.
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Can Use Two Doors.

With the steering wheel on the left
| side and the levers in the center, 1t is
said, that in addition to the advantages
of the steering wheel and control levers
to the left. it permits the use of the two
front doors. giving free access to each
of the front seats from it's side or the
car and gets the levers out OF too close
proximity to the door. Opponents, now
ever, assert that the driver must avoid
levers IN entering or leaving the car az
the right side, a passenger In the right
front seat may disturb the levers, and
the use of a single lap robe In the front
seat Is rendered impossible.
Among the advantages derived from
the steering wheel being on the right,
with the control levers In the center to
the drivers left are: Overtaking tramc
may be observed in passing vehicle
in the opposite direction the driver can
see the edge of the ditch on the right
side of the road and knows how Tar ne
can turn out. In passing vehicle going
in the same direction he can see how
much clearance there is between the
tenders and thus can avoid an accident.
In drawing up to a curb he can see
how much clearance there Is between the
| front wheel and the curb. The levers are
not crowded against the door. There Is
! clear access to each of the front seats
| from the side, allowing the use of two
/ fore doors.
| The disadvantages include the inability
of the driver to see how much clearance
| there is between the tenders when pass
! ing a car going in the opposite direction.
The driver cannot see well to make
the turn to the left as with the left side
steer. He cannot judge the amount of
room between his car and the edge of
the ditch when passing a car going in
the same direction. as well as with the
left side steer, while the use of a single
lap robe with any amount of comfort in
the front seats is made practically i'm
possible.
The benefits to be derived from the
right-side control are: AS the present
standard every one is accustomed to 1t;
most people are rght-handed and may
find it easier to shift gears with that
hand. and clear access can be had from
the left side of the car. Opponents say
the gear control and emergency brake
levers are crowded against the door and
the position of levers renders entrance and
exit at the right side Of the car a prac-
teal impossibility. Many of the automo-
bile engineers prefer the left-hand type Of
steering without being particular regard
ing the position of the control levers. A
number maintain that the right-hand
steer is the best system, most preferring
the central location for the levers. De-
spite the divided opinion. it is the general
impression that the locat tion of the steer
ing wheel should be left to the option Of
the purchaser
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Totals $1,000, 900, 600.

'It is estimated that the grand total
Of automobile and the allied accessory
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Good for Morals, Too.

There was an impression abroad at the
time the agitation started in behalf of
good roads that 1t was largely in favor of
those fortunate people who possess auto
mobiles or a horse and carriage. but this
has been dispelled as the fact has be come
apparent that il is of equal benefit to
those living in the country or city, who
are compe led to go about on foot. A
striking Illustration of this is shown in
every township where children are COM
PEELED to walk to school. Formerly there
We're many days in the year when they
were unable to attend school because of
the impossible condition of the roads over
which they had to go. In communities
where good roads have been installed this
is no lonSer true, and the statistics in
every state of the Union will show that
in such places the daily average of at
tendance has increased many per cent.
If looked at from a moral standpoint
| good roads pay an important part Many
| people formerly did not go to church be-
| cause they could neither drive nor walk
| to the place of worship, but where good
| roads have gone into effect this is nc
| longer true. So. looked at in every way
| there seems TO be no possible objection
which can be raised to the idea of i'm.
proving the public highways of the en-.
i tire country.
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Joins Goodyear Company.

Frank Boyd. one Of the pioneers in the
automobile game in Washington. has
joined the Philadelphia branch of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and
will travel through eastern territory for
that branch. Mr.. Boyd was for some
time connected with the Century Tire
Company. both in this city and later as
manager Of the branch in Boston, Mass.
y X X x
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MOTORING
Continued from Sixth Page.)

the steering wheel on the right; also he
can see how much room there Is to pass
a car on a narrow road. Similarly In
pa ssing vehicles coming toward him, that
is, in an opposite direction. he Is able
to see how much clearance there Will
be between the tenders Of the two ma
chimes and thus avert a possible accident.
The rules OF the road necessitate keep
ing to the right. and the slant Of the
crowded roads throws the center OF grav-
ity of the car to the right. Putting the
driver on the left overcomes this, and
there is better weight distribution ali
around. The driver has a better view
when turning to the left on a side street,
and 1t Is easier to signal when he Is
about to turn to the left. When turning
to the right no signal is necessary, as
the driver must keep to the right any
way.
Against this formidable array of ad-
vantages the adherents of the opposite
type assert that the gear control and
emergency brake levers are crowded
close to the door and render exit from
the left side of the car impossible. or at
least difficult. The driver has not good
view of overtaking traffic and has diff
Guilty in estimating the minimum distance
which he must keep between the car ana
ditch to its right; also in turning
around a curb into a street to the right,
he is liable to strike the curbstone, which
Is not in his view.
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Continued on Eighth Page.)
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Regal Visitor Here.

w. r. Wheeler, representative Of the
Regal Motor Company Of Detroit. was in
Washington last week arranging for the
Regal line for 1913. He left Thursday for
Baltimore, Nd.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-28
A GOOD MAN

Z. II Brumbach, one OF the most
prominent farmers Of the Big Bend Sec
ton of Malheur county, Oregon, has
announced himself as a candidate for
commissioner Of that county. Zeke is
perhaps the most popular man residing
in the Big Bend and the people there
will vote FOR him as a unit regardless Of
politics He has been one Of the most
prominent among the men who have
made the Big Bend section OF MalheuR
county a veritable garden, where for
merly nothing but sagebrush grew. He
has prospered during his residence there
and has caused his country to prosper
We have known Zeke and the people
among whom he lives for a number of
years and have never heard bis integrity
questioned. The people Of Malheur'
county could make no better selection
than Mr.. Brumbach for county commis--
sioner
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-03-28
What swat,er. Face7

female house ny which bas hibsr-
mated in a dwelling house. or else
where writes Prof F. L. Washburr'
in the Popular Science Monthly. may
produce In the spring. at the lowest-
estimate. 100 eggs. Assuming thatr
one-half of these hatch as females,
and allowing that the breeding goes'
on without check for four months. We
have as the descendants of a singles
hbernlting individual 214.557, 7,s44 $780,
700, 100. 900, 900 flies. Now, a house fly
measures exactly oRe-fourth of ans
inch in length; the distance around
the earth at the equator is said to be-
24.sO0 miles It would take. therefore. ..
s.6sS. S.312, 900 flies placed end to end tor
go around the world once. Using thisi
number as a denominator, and thee
number Of flies produced IN fourf
months from one mother as a numer--
ator. we find she will give rise, in the
course Of summer. to enough flies to-
encircle the globe at the equator
5000 times. and have plenty OF
progeny to sparel