The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

30 sure and is willing to wait . short
time TO be shown.
"The prospects for selling motor trucks
seemed unusually bright. In fact. ]
have never before been so thoroughly
impressed with the wonderful opportuni-
ties for the placing OF commercial trucks,
and It seems to me that all of the truck
! factories in the United States will hardly
be able to fll the demands that VIII be
made upon them during the coming year
for motor trucks. Neither do the pros
poets seera TO be confined to any one par
| ticular line of trade, but all classes of
business that have hauling TO do seem
\ TO be awakening 10 the imperative neces-
sity for motor trucks, and the wonder
full possibilities in the use Of trucks not
only in effecting economies but in ex-
i panding trade. wish / could carry a
message to those prospective purchasers
who are waiting for the spring to send
in orders. because really believe q large
percentage OF the orders turned In to
the factories in the spring will not be
filled until late in the fall"
American-made cars are now giving
the foreign-made product keen eompe-
tition in South America, says Charles
Stulik. a travelling representative for
some years for large European automo-
bile interests, and he tells why. Mr..
StuIik arrived in New York a few days
ago from a business trip through South
America and while visiting a factory
where cars are made, gave some inter
esting data on how the American auto
mobile is fast coming into favor in such
cities as Rio de Janeiro, Ruenos Ayres,
Montivedeo, &c. To back up his con-
victions he Ii endeavoring to secure a
number Of cars for export to Brazil
this in view of the fact that he has
numerous connections. having Travelled
in many countries and could secure con-
signments of foreign makes with less
difficulty.
TT is but two years ago." Mr.. stulIk
says, when on the trip before my re-
cent one to South America, I. found
hardly any cars of American manu-
facture and 1t looked as though the
European makers, who were first in in
Producing the automobile in South Amer
lea, were going to have it all their own
way. However, my visit this summer
proved a great surprise. for without go
ing far l noticed a great change in the
situation. Dealers, as well as the buy
ing public. who two years ago would not
consider anything but a European made
car, favor the American product
with all due respect TO hiEh-class
be said that the American-u1sde ones
are built on more practical lines, which
result in greater accessibility to the in
dividual parts OF the machine, making
the exchange Of parts caster in cases of
accident and having a greater adapta-
bility to poor road conditions. Ameri-
can cars also have more practical de-
signs OF bodies and they represent a
far better value in view of the fact
that they are equipped. as a class with
larger motors, developing more horse
power than European cars-a thing most
essential for the mountainous country
and poor roads OF South America. Then,
too, American manufacturers give quick
er service there and more liberal treat
ment IN regard to guarantees, whereas
the European competitors are known for
being somewhat slow and narrow
The question is often asked why we
use a different construction for our We
hicle tires from that used on gasoline
vehicles" says P. w. Litchheld, factory
manager OF the Goodyear Tire and Rub
Der Company, Akron. Ohio. THE chief
reasons are that an electric vehicle,
gets its power from a storage battery,
takes a long time to charge when 1t is
run down. frequent recharging and dis
charging wears ont the batteries, and
tnlTQ. tne Speeu OF the NeniCleS Is limited,
owing &c the excessive weight of battery
required. This makes IT necessary to
place more Importance upon any item
which will increase the life of the ex-
pensive battery, increase the number Of
miles which the car may make on a given
charge, and increase the speed of the car
for a given amount of current used. 1t
has been demonstrated that by the use of
specially constructed tires, the mileage
per battery charge and the speed at
which the vehicle may operate, may be
increased from 90 per cent to 35 per cent
over that which is possible with the or
binary gasoline tire. This represents the
saving of power which is absorbed by
these tires in traction and rolling along
the road. That there is some saving is
appreciated by nearly every one, but
very few realize what a large saving this
is, as the above figures will show.
Our gasoline tires are constructed OF a
square woven fabric. and during the iex-